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Show -LIGHTNING DID GOOD WORK Cowboy's Indigestion Cured in Record Time as the Result of a Severe Shock. According to Mike Keating, a cow-boy cow-boy employed on the ranch of J. H. Boyce near Delhart, Tex., no remedy ean begin to compare with a stroke of lightning for curing indigestion and restoring re-storing a badly impaired appetite. Keating was standing by a wire fence when a bolt came kiting along and knocked him over. He was unconscious un-conscious for several hours, and it was thought for a time he was done for. Finally he opened his eyes and looked about him, and his first words were: "Say, you all, get me something to eat mighty quick. I'm just about starving." starv-ing." In the group around the cot was "cookie," who well remembered the hard time he had experienced for many months in trying to tempt Keating's dainty appetite and not arouse the pains of which the cowboy was eternally eter-nally complaining. "What'll you have a poached egg and a piece of buttered toast?" inquired in-quired cookie. "I want some real grub. Bring on a stew of meat, beans and as much other fodder as you can stir up." Keating ate the first big meal he had been able to stow away for many months, and what Is more, he is keeping keep-ing up the gait. New York Sun. |