The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-09-28


she was dressed like a girl OF sixteen
While her face and figure smacked OF
youth. IL at the same time smacked OF
age. asked II she was DR.. Jinks.
She said she was Miss Jtnks and In
vited me into a coy consulting room
What Is your speciality" I asked
her
-Squabbles." she said IN a cracked
voice as peculiar as her appearance.
.-Squabbles9 l never heard Of thar
disease"
-It's universal Every one suffers
from It more or less
what are the sympt0msy
lit comes largely from oyerstrained
nerves Sometimes IL Is reasonable.
though usually unreasonable. Il Is
most common between husband and
wife. for the reason that a man is a
man. while a woman Is half child"
What You. a woman. make that
statementY~
"A man living with a woman" she
went on. lis continually IN the pres
ence Of a being made up entirely diff
ferent from himself. aud vice versa.
Therefore they are subject at all times
TO the disease Of which ! make q spe-
cialty-squabbles.
~Oh. I see! Wen. don't know that
my wife and / have any more OF that
disease than the average couple AT
the same time
The last four words were enough for
Miss links She told me OF dinicul-
ties had with my wife with as much
exactness as II she had been mem
Der OF my family. They were not seri-
Gus. but annoying. and sometimes Dor
dered on what might be called guar
Felsome.
-And you eradicate these difficulties.
these squabbles. as you call them7"
wherever I can get my patients to
take my medicine"
what Is your freatment7~
That Is my secret II y0u desire
me to treat you and your wife ] shall
charge you a fee to begin with
you would need to call upon my
wife" / interrupted. -and don't see
what reason could be offered for do
ing So"
~Nct at an Your wife win can
on me-
How do you make out thatY"
-GIve me your address and win
send her my card"
How would that effect the pur-
poser
what led you to make this visitT
Curiosity"
'will you deny that your wife has
less curiosity than your
ION the contrary. she has ten times /
as much as |"
"She need not know you have been /
here. As I was about to say when
you interrupted me. I shah charge you
a consulting fee Of IS and WIN charge
your wife a fee OF $40"
why charge my wife more than
met"
~PeOple only value what costs them
something. A woman Is always bound
10 get the fun value Of her money. II Il
your wife pays a good sum for my
advice she win be more apt to fol-
ow It. The man is more liable to act
upon the value Of what he receives as
he sees IT."
You surely know your sex"
I'VE women all know one another"
Before left Miss Jinks / handed
YER a I've dollar bin and gave her my
rome address. asking her for the med
cine But she said q prescription
would be sent in due time. Squabbles
vas a plural disease; no one could
ave It without inocuIating some one
lse. The cure must therefore be pin.
al saw the point and submitted
0 be guided BY Miss Jinks' method.
left her trusting that her efforts to
ure my wife would be successful
ince all cur difficulties were her fault,
be treatment would naturally pertain
D her. Miss Jinks did not gainsay
bis; she only smiled a wizened smile
A few days after this my wife In
ormed me that she was going to make
tour In the ear and would be gone
II day. Since IL was a days ride 70
nd from the domesteOpath's assumed
rat she was going there. She return
! without saying where she had been,
ut ] noticed that when ! found fault
fifth her for concealing her d0ings she
Strained from answering back.
The next morning received BY mail
prescription from Miss Jinks; Look
,r the fault within yourself"
To make a long story short, Miss
INKS had given me and my wife the
lme prescription. II struck as ON
that the prescription was
orth what we paid FOR II. and OBJ
rived the treatment on this account
llIa observed it because she didn't
'oposc TO pay out $40 for nothing"
We have kept up Miss links treat
ent from that day to this, and no
'nsehold 10 happier. =