Show COLD WATER CURE FOR HEART DISEASE there was a company of merry mak ers at colonel B Is s the other evening grace and aggie B when the playing of games and became vapid Y and d thre there was a lull in conversation called on their grandma B for a story of the olden times of course grandma demurred according to custom but everybody said yes do so she gave way and following is the story she told in substance if not in her exact words everything always partook of the jollity natural to youth with us young folks in those days we had to manage things th atway had to make a food deal of fun out of very small affairs sometimes to keep our spirits bright and lively just as we used to have bave scrimp and contrive and turn when making up or repairing reP wring clothing to get the most good out of whatever material we could get hold of our young people of today have no idea of the ways in which their fathers and in mothers others had to walk in order to make the most of life as it came to them rate kate W was one of the liveliest sirls airis in our company while we were crossing the plains no one old or young could have the blues when sh he was around some bonze of the girls and ad more especially some of the older folks used to think she carried things too far at times she would be a little too personal in some of her broad hints which were always calculated to do good and they never really did any harm and never failed in cheering people up however dull they might have become but this has little to do with the story atory john H fell in love with pretty piquant sunshiny hy kate and was afraid to tell her of it yes yea that was wa the state of affairs when we teg sched the valleys in september 1851 john wa was a staunch earnest good you young nrman man and nearly every one felt wry for him tor for it was easy to 0 see in those times which of a dozen doten or more young ladies a boy had set his heart on when it was really settled flirting was not such a common pas ato young people then as it is now no at A least not in our set act actually began to grow pale and hol low eyed and some days could not eat his rations that terra term to is correct speaking of those times there was another girl in camp who liked fun and joking as well as kate although she was not so good a hand at f putting up such things but she was one of johns sympathizing friends and wanted very much to lo see matters brought to an issue between him and kate in ili fact anete that was her name was in love her elf and on the point of becoming engaged to one of kates brothers she had several and whatever savored of romance especially with a little spice pice in it was food for annies soul the exact food required to make her developing nature expand and thrive in ili a most satisfactory way the company drove down echo caan canyon and on into the settlement they rested for a day then broke up and scattered here and there some going farther south some one way and some another all finding places for future homes johns folks and annies settled aled close together and were near neighbors but to the discomfort of both ese lovesick love sick young people kates ther took his bis family to a place three and 8 a half miles distant dl slant from them go fio instead of being associated day after aay with their hearts idols as they bad been during their journey across the plains sometimes a whole week would pass without their even hearing from them everyone was extremely busy then preparing for the winter which would soon he be upon them and now annie began to droop too she sympathized more and more with her neighbor john until at last she could bear it no longer she had to speak to him of the thoughts and feelings which never left her mind or her heart it was early saturday morning when a chance offered for annie to express her sympathy for her friend she was breaking up brush to make a fire some distance from where the tents and wagons stood they had not got into their homes yetchen yet when john casne came along by her carrying an ox yoke on his shoulder john said annie why dont you go and marry kate and bring her here to live I 1 was never so lonesome in my libei life I 1 shall die if I 1 have to be separated from kate much longer in this way Is it kate or phil that you are so near dying for asked john throwing down the yoke and turning in to help break up the brush they talked not fair of you john youre mean to turn it like that when I 1 would like to help you answered annie pet tishey but the deep blush which covered her face and neck told john that he was right after all now see here annie anni he sald said 1 I can acknowledge to you that I 1 love kate devotedly and I 1 wish it were so easy for me to say it to her but she wont let me find out whether it would do me her or not I 1 dont any an y good to tell but I 1 fool of myself want to make a cant tell either from her words or actions whether she would marry me if I 1 should ask her she wont let T ask her but always confuses me when I 1 try to talk to her of love or marriage and will not let me get to the question nu estion to help me you say you would like annie now tell me what to do to get kate to listen to me annie looked up smiling rather sheepishly and blushing again said softly ask phil finest idea in the world annie thank you for it said john break ing sticks very a again rii ill go down this very day j shaved and brushed soon as I 1 can get up for sunday he continued stepping off quickly john annie called after him when she had picked up her arms full of sticks he stopped and turned round and she ran towards him how will you go she asked on old bet said john its kind of a long tramp when a fellows got a horse he can as well ride as not want to go he asked seeing that annie looked very wistful will bet carry double asked annie yes she will take us both all right today but if she gets tired she might no not t want to bring us both back this evening you better tell your ma you may stay all night with kate if she wants you to and then they both hurried to their work with lighter hearts than they had had for sometime in anticipation of the happy visit they were about to make at 2 that afternoon phil W ath joyous countenance open arms and loudly beating heart lifted annie from old bets crupper while john still seated in the saddle held on to kates hand which she had graciously extended before kissing and embracing her dear friend annie yes yea john held kates brown work stained hand in his with a warmer clasp p and for a longer time than he had d ever before ventured upon for he felt that he was more desperately in love with her thin than ever and more determined ter mined to have the question between them settled one way or the other he imagined her hand trembled slightly as it rested in his and then thought it might have been bothin nothing but his own emotions as he sou sought gg t earnestly but vainly to discover something more than friendship in the calm clear eyes which she dhe shaded with her left hand and raised to his he was not yet keen enough to de fine her real feelings towards him well johnny she said in her light irresistible way it seems a long time ever so long since wo we parted last how are you better thank you since I 1 find you well he answered with a little firmer clasp of the hand which she now essayed to withdraw he wanted to draw her nearer to him and to look deeper into her eyes but as if quite unconscious of his de sign kate suddenly twitched her fingers out of his exclaiming oh i have not saluted bonny annie yet phil will attend to your errand john come and she threw her arm around annie and hurried her into the cabin newly raised but not yet rooted ex capt by a wagon cover your program for this afternoon phil asked john phil answered slowly while his eyes followed the girls as they went into the house that depends on off your arrange ments and annies if she can only be here a little while I 1 must spend that time with her but if you and she can caja stay over sunday with us I 1 will go with george to the creek and get 0 a load of willows to help shingle the house if it will be no intrusion said john we will stay tonight and tomorrow with you youre the best fellow I 1 know john sald said phil warmly come on to the creek with george and m me old bet can eat while we cut and load the willows all right said john george may ride bet if he would like tot to and I 1 will ride with you behind the oxen kate said I 1 must do my errand with you and that will afford me a good chance george was very pleased on horseback instead of on an ox wagon and aad he galloped away out of sight of the older boys leaving them to a quiet conversation co between themselves when kate led annie into the new clean cabin it seemed so much like the real beginning of an actual home that annie could have cried or laughed either one with delight fit she did neither she just jus sat eat down where kate told her to on 9 a rough hewn bench and asked where all the folks were kate said her father and mother had haa been invited to spend sunday with the J s and had gone over and taken all the younger children with them as some of the authorities would be there to ho hold id meeting and had sent a request q aest for all who could to attend 11 so you and phil and george were alone 1 one till john and I 1 came caine said annie yes answered kate and I 1 think it Is 18 at least for me that you have come yu must stay with us tonight and tomorrow I 1 have wanted to see you so much lately you can stay cant you 1 I shall have to if the boys get john to stay answered annie and kate was satisfied for she knew phil would not let john go if his staying would keep annie there for twenty four hours kate kale had mending andody and odd jobs to j I 1 10 lo do which both she and her visitor I 1 worked at for some time until all F was finished then they walked about md ad viewed the situation of the land which the W s had settled on and E were talking away in a lively manner the load of willows came in sight only george came with it saying the other boys stopped to fish and would come on bet after a while they did come and as they came annie was reminded and told kate of what john had bad said about the horse not being willing to carry two if she were tired leor she came rearing and plunging as it if she wanted to rid herself of her double burden the girls screamed phil slipped off the back of the horse and unharmed but john was stood up pitched ditched forward on to the butt end of the load of willows and rolling to the ground lay motionless and alpar antly lifeless 88 phil hilad had a string of fish in his hand running to john and bending and after over him to ascertain if he could kow how badly his friend might be injured he hurriedly reached the fish to kate and ca liling calling to george to come and help him he lifted johns head and shoulders while george took his limbs and they chev carried hm into the huse the about and prepared a couch irla girls flew I 1 son upon which he was carefully and tend ten fe derly ilg si laid his thead head ee said phil teg ing to spots of blood on johns fore kaal 9 i tt it must be other injuries besides those said kate examining closely chev athey are only slight scratches its i heart failure what it is aw phil heart failure often fol jerks oi or falls of that kind tows iowa sudden and is exceedingly dangerous in such annie will you gather some of ceases aebi shoni sage growing at the back of Is particularly good for the ha house it george take care of johns bruises bruise si to mother C Is horse I 1 will run over s she thinks best to do out what and find noI and kate circumstances under the YOU must mus stay by johnana john Joh nand and if you think of anything that might help to revive min t T it in S another moment kate was wag alone in the house with a sick perhaps a dy she did not appreciate the dinv inv man but her brother position ve very ry highly had told her to d do 0 whatever she might ahne of to revive him she must do her duty first she felt his pulse if she anything of that concern understood stood S le must murt be in a high fever tor for his lation was ve very ry quick and heavy his face tor for watched intently then hen she a moment and a strange significant mile played over her own she bent over 1 him putting heH her nose not her HW very close to the spots of blood on his his forehead then she smiled again and whispered in a tone too low for unconscious johie to hear fishy she thought it time for annie to come in surely they were not going to need tl k bushel of wild sage she went and looked through a crack in the back of the house to see where annie was wae annie was there not gathering sage however but besting contentedly in pulls arms while he whispered something in her ear and then kissed her two or three times wild sage oh yes said kate mentally mother IC 0 eh heh annie must have fainted from excitement or gone into hysterics phil has thought of something that would help to revive her and is trying it ive thought of a remedy for heart failure of this kind too and believe it will cure in one second she seized a pail of cold water and dashing cashing it into the face of her still prostrate patient whirled quickly round and started for the door but she had not taken more than three steps when john caught her dont stop me she exclaimed laughing and struggling to free herself from ills ibis ala clasping spins arms cold war cure for heart failure let me get you vou some more 6 no thank you kate that Is quite sufficient returned john and he laughed too but would not release her hearing the noise inside phil and annie came to the door what up already john exclaimed phil 1 I expected kate would have to nurse you for a week at least im cured said john still holding kate with one arm in spite of her attempts to get away from him hes cured of heart failure but hes out of his head come and take care of him phil laughed kate phil shook his head and his hand at them and answered oh no your treatment seems to be just what he requires he wo would ulo d rather have your services than mine be good to him kate a dear come on annie ill show you where your house is to be built as soon as mothers is finished john seated himself and his captive kate on the couch from which he had arisen so suddenly and it did not take them long to come to an understanding after that he was cured of his faint faintheartedness heartedness and she admitted in answer to his avowed love for her that she had loved him always but had never known it until that moment did I 1 wash all the fish blood oft off lifting his hair very gently who put up that joke on me anyhow was it phil or annie or all of you annie thought of it first but we were all in it replied replie ep lied dJohn john and make much off from me with all your smartness c combined did you and kate laughed again yes we have made a great deal made all we had any hopes of making made my girl come to terms and agree to marry me and all I 1 want for the present said john as he insisted on seating her beside him again but they heard footsteps foot steps just then and laid their love making aside until another opportunity should present that finished the story I 1 said grandma B was that girls name really kate grandma inquired aggie and was the mans name john or was it seth beth asked grace their grandma shook her head bead at them and said reprovingly you should be satisfied with the plain facts asi have given them to you and not stickle for unimportant particulars but the real gist of the little romance came to grace and aggie the next morning before they left their room hearing low voices under their open window they looked out and down to see who was there it was rex their good natured gardener and mete their pretty danish housemaid rex ex was stopping down training up the climbing rose tyee tree and honeysuckles honey suckles while mete stood by talking |