South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-29

gave the best imitation ] could
OF & disqualified Percheron being led
I out OF Madison Square Garden. Then
without dropping In a penny. he
listened 20 my chest again.
40 CHAMBERS IN our family. doc"
said
The consulting physician held up
his forefinger within three inches OF
my nose. Look at my finger" ne
commanded.
Did you ever try Pears be-
gan; but he went on with MS test
rapidly.
wow look across the bay. At
ny finger. Across the bay. Across
the bay. At my finger. Across the
bay" This Tor about three min
utes
He explained that this was a test
OF the action OF the brain. II SEEM
ed easy TO me. never orce mis-
took his finger for the bay I'll bet
that II he had used the phrases.
/ Gaze. as II were. unpreoccupied.
outward-or rather lateraily-in
the direction OF the horizon. under
laid. so to speak. with the adjacent
fluid inlet" and Now, returning
OF rather. IN a manner. withdraw
I ing your attic alton, bestow II upon
my appraised digit"-In bet. I say.
that Henry james himself coEld
have passed the examination.
After asking me IL had ever had
"A grand uncle with curative OF the
I spine or n cousin with swelled
/ ankles, the two doctors retired to
/ the bathroom and sat on the edge
/ OF the bath tub for their consulta-
/ ton. ate an apple. and gazed iirst
/ at my finger and then across the
[ bay
The doctors came out looking
/ grave More; they looked tomb
B stones and papers please
copy. They wrote out a dict list 20
I which / was TO be restricted. II
| had everything that l had ever
/ heard OF to eat on II. except snails.
1 And 7 never eat a snail unless IL
Overtakes me and bites me first.
You must follow this diet strict
/ ~" said the doctors
! I'D follow IT a mile II could get
! one-tenth OF what's on IT." an
/ swered.
"Of next importance" they went
/ on. ''is outdoor air and exercise.
/ And here is prescription that will
! be OF great benefit TO you"
Then all OF Gs took something.
They took their hats. and l took my
departure.
l went to a druggist and showed
him the prescription.
1T Will be t2.S7 for an ounce
| bottle" he said.
viii you give me a piece OF your
wrapping cord?" said I.
I made a hole I'm the prescription,
ran the cord through Il, tied II
around my neck, and tucked in in
1t ~
1 stition, and mine runs 10 a conf
dence in amulets.
OF course there vas nothing the
matter with me. but I was very III.
| I couldn't work. sleep. eat, or bowl.
| The only way / could get any SYM
/ pathy was 20 go without shaving for
4 four days. Even then somebody
would say: "Old man, you look as
! hardy as a pine knot. Been up for
jaunt in the Maine woods, Ell ?"
Then, suddenly. 1 remembered
\ that 1 must have outdoor air and
| exercise. So l went down south to
Johns. John is an approximate
relative by verdict OF a preacher
standing with little book In his
hands in a bower OF chrysanthe-
NUNS while a hundred thousand
f. people looked on. John has a coun-
/ try house seven miles from Pine
Vile. IL is at an altitude and on
the Blue Ridge mountains I'm a Etate
too dignlied 20 be dragged into this
| controversy. John is mica, which
is more valuable and clearer than
gold.
He met me at Pineville. and we
took the trolley car 10 his home. 1t
! IL a big. neighborless cottage on a
hill surrounded by hundred noun
I tains We got off at his little pri-
vate station, where Johns family
and Amaryllis met and greeted us.
Amaryllis looked at me a trifie anxi-
ously
rabbit came bounding across
| the hill between US and the house.
I threw down my suitcase and pur-
sued Il hot-foot. After I had run
20 yards and seen II disappear.
sat down on the grass and wept dis
consolately.
7 can't catch a rabbit any more -
I sobbed. I'm of no further use
in the world. 1 may as well be
dead"
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