Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-12

nOur, DuC more OlLen II plural,
Marge! Dearie, I'm thankful I've
lived if only to find out that just life
itself can be so heavenly beautiful;
ond that love such as ours can be so
divinely glorious! Don has to work
to keep things going, but he phones
up days to see how I'm coming on;
no need, for I'm doing fine.
Til tell you a fool thing [ did re-
Gently. l was enjoying a blue fit.
I'd suddenly concluded nurses nor
old doctors cared a bit whether |
ever got we'll or died anyway, and l
ought to be having bottles of ton
les and patent connections dosea out c,l I.
to me regularly, and l wasn't getting
to swallow my share of such dope,
so [ felt awfully bad over it, and
that 1 wasn't getting enough treat
ment anyway, so l worked myself up
in a nice little state when Dr. Peach
poked his head in my door one hot
afternoon. (The're all hot, Marge-
a breath from down below from
oh. we'll scorchersD and asked
well, how are you, Mrs. McLarity?
Just going to stay up here always,
II been thinking that myself, and
was homesick with it, and when he
said that 1 replied, Pm not doing
so well. J want some tonic. L
want-they don't give me---boo, hoo,
boo-ooh!" and L sQualled right there
on my pillow, before DR.: Peach!
Baby! and, there he stood, looking
at me pitingly, twirling his thumbs
awkWardly, for the world and all
L remembered once I'd thought he
missed his calling and should have
been a farmer instead of a doctor,
because he looked like a farmer and
besides peaches are supposed 10
bloom on a farm anyway!
The reason I never selected MIN
for my physician was because "a
heard he's an atheist, and L didn't
want any infdel doctoring on me
if he thinks I've no soul, because
I've got a soul! And, nobody can
have my confidence who doesn't be-
lieVe in God, either, and you want
to believe in your doctor, Marge.
Well, Peach stood awhile, and then
after looking so funny, so pathetl-
cally funny, beat it pronto. He al
ways makes me want to cry, that
man does! I don't know why, I'M
less it's because he doomed out
AS for my blue fit imagining I
was neglected, L sure was when 1t
came to being privileged to sWal-
low patent dope from bottles! 1
had pink pills along, which Dr.
wilkins swore are good for pale
people, but I took a notion [ want
eu d 1dIuouS VI DOINhC IOIiAS
(has a nice per cent alcohoD and
/ even dreamed I had a pitcher full
of it in my hand and walked over
the room imbibing freely along,
and growing so strong! Some dream.
So I related this dream to DR..
cause this tonic is thoroughly hated
and ridiculed by physicians gener-
ally. and I knew it. DR.. saw I had
to have some dope, so he instruct
ed nurse to give me something and
Lordy, mercy! Gas Dinah used to
say it was a bitter dose, like gall,
and I'm sure he prescribed it out
of pure spite for it fairly took my
breath away. However, it improved
my failing appetite so amazingly,
they soon discontinued it. I sWore
I was cured, too, because I knew
I'd soon be killed if I took that
dose much oftener!
A letter from Winnifred, of Ell
Paso, today. She said she wouldn't
mind marrying if only she knew
she'd be SO happy as Don and I.
Well, happiness isn't always a
""happen So" We often have to fight
all the sweeter for having earned
the right to it. We should never
go in to lose, but to win the fight.
Truly, a generous portion of mine
has been melted out to me here in
Gods hand" And. I'm humbly
grateful for this. fact; a treasured
remembrance for all my days. Aft
err all my wondrous ambitions and
dreams I've tried so hard to realize,
I've been all down-and-out for these
many weeks, but I'm going to be
come back" yet; simply will
not remain in the "down-and-out"
club! But, having belonged for
awhile, can always sympathize with
those who remain in that clique,
even Al. He's been a living speci-
men of that order to me. Whether
he'll ever be a come back the fu-
ture alone can show. If he'd leave
off the booze possibly his better ma
ture would get a chance to develop
itself yet. It's been long stunted
from being smothered out and
surrounded, you know, but possibly
something, a great something, might
vet happen along to change even
AL! You say his family are raising
quite a kick about your sudden and
unannounced departure, and that
they've even pointed out you'll not
come in for your part of their es-
tate in future; seven thousand dol
lars!