South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-29
Let Ne Feel Your Pulse-By O. Henry

piee. Of work"
had seen The BOOK why
doesn't she do it by writing another
T one instead o" ] asked.
AS you see, I wasn't as flr gone
as they thought / was
The gentleman pouring water
through the funnel" continued the
I physician in charge. is q Wall St
/ broker broken down from over
work
buttoued my coat.
others inc pointed ont were arcni-
tcrts playing with Noah's arks. min
sters reading Darviu's Theory Of
evolution lawyers saving wood,
( cred-out society ladies talking Ibsen
10 the ue-sweatered spOngeholder,
q neurotic millionaire lying asleep
on the floor. and a prominent artist
drawing a little red wagon around
The room.
You look pretty strong" said the
physician in charge 20 me. Il think
ne best mental relaxation for you
would be throwing small bouiders
over the nOUntainside and then
bringing them up again.
I was a hundred yards away be-
fore my doctor overlook me.
What's the natter he asked.
The matter is. said L. that there
arc no aeroplanes handy. SO 1 am
going 20 merrily and hastily jog the
foot pathway TO yOn station and
catch the Hrst unlimited -sott-codI
express back 20 town"
Well" said the doctor. perhaps
you are right This seems hardly
;he suitable place for you. But what
you need is rest-absOlute rest and
/ exercise.
That night 7 went to hotel Ia
. tire city. and said 70 the clerk: Nv hat
/ ] need is absolute rest and exercise.
/ Can YOU give me a room with one
I OF those tall folding beds In IL. and
"A relay of bellbOys TO work IL up
and down while l rest2'
/ The clerk rubbed a speck off one
or his finger nails and glanced SIDE
/ wise at a tall man IN a white nat
. sitting in the lobby. That man came
over and asked me politely II l had
4 seen the shrubbery at the west en- =
trance / had not. so ne showed II
+ To me and then looked me over.
Il thought you had en- he said.
not unkiudly but l guess you're ali
right. You'd better go see doc
/ TOR. old man.
4 week afterward my doctor test
ed my blood pressure again without
. the preliminary stimulant he looH-
, cd 10 me a little less like Napoleon.
| And his socks we're OF shade OF tan
/ that did not appeal 10 me. 80.
What you need he decided is
sea- air and companiOnship.'
Would a mermaid" I began;
but ne slipped on his professional
Il myself" he said. will take
I Won 20 the Hotel BOnair OF the coast
I OF Long Island and see that you get
| in good shape. 1t is a quiet. cont
Portable resort where you VIII soon
T recuperate."
The Hotel Bonair proved 70 be =
+ nfnc-hundred room fashionable hos
/ tclry on an island of the main Shore'
/ Everybody who did not dress Tor
I dinner was showed into side din
.ng room and given only a terrapin
and champagne table dhote. Inc
4 bav was a great stamping ground
| For wealthy yachtsmen. The Cor
air anchored there the day We ar
rived. I saw Mr. Morgan standing
On deck eating heese sandwich
and gazing longingly at the hotel.
still. il was very inexpensive place.
Nobody could afford To pay their
/ prices When you went away you
simply left your baggage. stole a
.kiff. and beat II for the mainland
i'm the night
when we got back to town a
thought seemed TO occur to him sud
denly. by the way he asked.
how do YOU feel2"
Relieved OF very much re-
piled.
Now a consulting physician is
different He isn't exactly surc
this uncertainty insures you either
the most careful OF the most care
less attention. Ny doctor took me 20
see q consulting physician. He made
n poor guess and gave me careful
attention. liked him immensely.
Tic put me through some co-ordind-
ttiOn exercises.
Have YOU a pain in the back OF
YOUR head ." ne asked. l told him
had not.
shut your eyes" ne ordered, put
your feet close together. and jump
backward as far as you can"
I always was a good backward
jumper with my eyes shut, so
obeyed Ny head struck the edge
OF the bathroom door. which had
been left open and was only three
feet away The doctor was very
sorry. He had overlooked the fact
that the door was open. He closed
it,
Now touch your nose with your
right foreGnger." he said.
Where is it," I asked
ION your face said he.
ct mean my right forehnger,'
explained.
"Oh. excuse me-" said he He re-
opened the bathroom door. and
took my finger ont OF the crack OF n
After I had performed the marvel
/ Ious diEito- nasal feat 1 said:
Il do not wish 20 deceive YOU a:
10 symptoms doctor: I really hav,
something like pain in the back OF
my head He ignored the sym 2.
tom and examined my heart care,
fully with iatest-popular-a
penny in-the-slCt ear trumpet.
: felt like a ballad.
Now" he said, "Ealiop like 8
horse for about five minutes around
the room