Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-05-10
The Cure of
Joel White
BY M. QUAD
Copyright. 1916. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.

III business i've years when the time
came that he had 10 90 To New Yurk
city When there lie went a. the roo
The place was Il great surprise Ia him.
lie was fascinated Instead of making
u visit lasting two or three hours, lac
spent the best part of three days look
ing AT the beasts and birds. aud then
could hardly drag himself away When
he reached home he could talk Of moth.
Ing else 10 his family and h" had "A
certain wildness OF eye which his wifc
did not like az all. However, he went
to bed AZ the usual time and slept
quietly through the night
When joel arose next morning ana
sat down To- breakfast he looked It; the
food placed before him with great con
tempt ana said 10 his wife
This is no food for lion Go down
10 the butcher shop ana bring me Eve
pounds of raw meat
why. what do YOU mean. Joe. - She
asked ia establishment
II mean thai / ain Il fun grown lion
and that shall Kill half dozen per
sons during the day
The wife ran ont ana Got three or
four men, and when they entered Joel
rctrcatcd 10 the back Yard and there
roarcd ana snnrlcd aud paved the
earth like an angry lion TWO doctors
came and examined him. and the YER
diet WAS that he had sone temperate
~ insane. The man-lion was guarded
at day and night and next morning
looked and acted a. sane aS anybody.
lie did not remember that he had play
81 The lion. ANA tho doctors said that
no one must tell him. He went 10
hnSincsS aud for three days was al
right Then he aWokc 10 declare thar
he was an elephant The attack came
upon him just a he had left his gate
behind him 10 80 70 store lie began
swinging his right arm ~ an elephant
swings his trunk and he Sent forth
trumpet blasts
JoefS clcphaniuc tit lasted two days
AMI then suddenly lctt him He picked
M his business AZ just the point where
he left II AMI did not seem to realize
that ne had lost any time Then he
began to perform" again. ami his
performance" created sudden and
IA great shock
loci White WIS member OF one OF
The churches aud WAS always IN his
pew of sunday lie was there on
this particular sunday. aud he was
close listener Ia Tho sermon When
II was about half done Joel suddenly
sftrpt4r Ia lf. f9pf ltf1 X,llYI .tr,-
Look "ui Tor mc. ] have turned
into Il rliiIoccrOS..
IN ihl~ lr BEGAN running M and
down thc aisle ih" people rose nj
and hurried ont ~ fast as they could.
bnt he bumped a-a'n>t fuil score
ana sent tlirn sNiaNiiuS
Tile doctor, were very doubtful Il
- ""'''d Fr'tist. '.t'A 'h., last illn
sion l."r t''" Jay ue remained sullrn
ana A'irlt ana d't n'' Seem o" iecos.
me even lil, vic. ttiri lie a"u'c. a>
II were. ANA Vas iis ienl self aeaih
Nh'" ''"rl came Z" himself asam he
was pi'iiIl loid "t ms past performs
sn''N. ne was utterly a>loniNhcd
nose tlliitSs were Drank Up lim and
he weli over them 80 -i"at Was his
earnc>'lr>~ mat II WIS AGREED {" give
him la't chancc. II hr played 200
on mat Town amy more hc must he
shipped "n 4" no" STAT" aNt ann
'nr m"ih'ne joel was hai'lt- m q
box IN 'front.' ot ms St"tc - lc work
eel away "I Ihr box ie suddenly emit
TED "a s'ehd hrtMcc" hiss ana "A
'ac%Ie. aid. throwing away tile ham
h''r ana h'ii~. uv cf1cd out.
Tom. nave hrch turned INTO an
ostrich And don't lct them pluck out
my icailivr~
With that speech hc went running
III the street With long strides. ana
the town was soon in an excited state
AGAIN. joel hadn't c'mn'ittcd amy lam.
age when %" came ACROSS tim ped.
dlcrS Tis which WIS standing Ia front
oil house. and Tile pcd"lcr hiid>et
had just come out ot the @atc after a
call
Look ont. Look out cried Jccl n
he came striking ui have been
turned inso& ostrich. AMI ii kick Won
once ! shall urcah all your ribs
pcdd'er - am au ostrich my sell. AMI
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