The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-10-13


I "I'm going to tell you." says
she. "Mr. Hartley said I could
have the lounge"
| Then she told me what her plan
was. Twas a mighty good one,
and / promised to help along. /
laughed over 1t till supper time.
That evening Eureka was just
Finishing the dishes. All of a sud
den I heard her say:
| PA, don't s'pose you feel we'll
lenough to go to work."
could hear her dads feet come
down off the stove hearth with a
lthump.
1 mo. l knew you want fit to
work. But Pa, I've been hoping
to find way to cure you some
lday, and now I've learned the
way. And I'm going to try it,"
| Cure? Humph!" shifts the old
man. I'm past curing, darter."
i Eureka come in the dining
room and took a magazine out of
the chest Of drawers. Then she
opened to a place where the leaf
was turned down, and went back
to the kitchen.
Consumption, Pa" she says,
"ain't cured by medicine no more.
Fresh air night and day is what's
needed, and you don't get 1t here
by the stove or shut up in your
room. You ought to live outdoor.
Yes, and sleep there, too"
Sleep outdoor? What kind of
talk is that? Be you crazy, Or
Don't screech so, Pa" says
Eureka. Listen to this. Here's a
piece about consumption in the
magazine. They call 1t the White
Plague I'll read you some of it. :"
Washy kept yelling that he
didn't want to hear no such fool
ishness, but his daughter spelt out
different parts of the magazine
piece. 1t told about how danger
Gus shutup rooms and confined
latmospheres" was, and about
what 1t called "open air sanitar-
iums" and outdoor bedrooms.
Pa" says Eureka, I'm going
to cure you or die a-trying. The
old Toulouse out back of the
barn is just the place for you. It's
full OF holes and cracks, so there'll
be plenty Of fresh air. And took
the sofy out there this very day.
You can sleep there nights and
set in the sun day times. You
mustn't come In the house at all.
mean to keep you outdoor all
winter, and then"
| Washy Sparrow howled. "All
winter!" he screams. 1.-The gals
gone loony! She wants to kill me
and get me out of the way. I
shant stir one step. You hear
me? Not one step!"
This piece says that many pa
tients act that way first along. In
such cases it is often necessary to
use force Mr.. Pratt, will you
take Pa out to the tool shed?"
Would 1? l was aching for the
chance to get my hands on the
little rat. stood up and squared
my shoulders. l got my fingers
on the back of that consumptive's
neck. He fought and hung back.
Then | grabbed him by the waist
band with t'other hand. He moved
then, walking Spanish" like the
boy in the school-yard.
Eureka opened the door. mo
body can say" says she, emphatic,
that let my Pa die of consump-
ton without trying to cure him.
Come along, Mr.. Pratt"
We went out and across the
yard and round back of the harm.
When we got to the shed there
was a brand-new paddock on the
door of it.
II put II on this afternoon"
says she. Pm pretty handy at
fixing things up"
The patient set down on the
lounge and looked at the cracks
In the walls. The wind off the
bay was singing through 'em, and
there was steady hailstorm of
sand coming with it. II fresh air
was physic, Sparrow was certain
to be well man.
Next day was raw AMI chilly,
and the invalid put in the hours
chasing what few patches of sun
shine happened to come along.
Eureka brought his meals out to
him. He begged and pleaded to
be let into the house, but twas
no go. He spent that night in
the tool-house, same as he had the
first.
| For week he stayed outdoor.
Then he said he felt so much bet
ter that he guessed he could risk
a day inside. Eureka was ready
for him.
"I'm glad your lungs feel bet
tier, Pa" she says. ri thought
they would. But, Of course. you
mustn't come in for months and
months yet. I guess it's time to
start In on the dyspepsy line"
j She took a piece of paper out
'lch hOi uiCoo WdlbL anu unIOlueQ
1T. II sent dollar to a doctor
that advertised in the PEOPLES
Magazine" she says, land I got
this. It's for dyspepsy, Pa, and
particular nervous dyspepsy. "A
careful diet and plenty of exer-
cise." she read. We'll begin
on the dieting. "In severe cases
patient should take nothing but
hot milk. We've got plenty of
; milk. That's a comfort"
Her dad had been setting on the
J wash-bench back of the Kitchen.
Now he jumped UP off 1t like twas
red hot. DO you have the face
to tell me-" he screams, that I
can't have nothing to eat but
milk"
i Doctors orders, Pa" says
Eureka "Pm going by doctors
orders, and see what they've dona