Show from the diary of a faithful contributor by guess who i dear doc you remember that speech you so generously wrote for me to deliver over at the monroe high school tit at their thanksgiving ag program well I 1 just want to tell you vou that that speech darn dam near killed rile me it put me ine to bed for several lays days clear out of my illy head I 1 dont know what it did to the audience I 1 had sufficient courage to I 1 inquire how they stood it but I 1 wish you would make a few careful inquiries and find out how they are I 1 am particularly interested in reed swen sons girl there have been lots of sick men in history job of old king george the ath the democratic party both members william H wa wattis and several others but none of them a bit sicker than I 1 was my head felt like a couple of old hack back saws were going right straight down through my temples if you have never enjoyed this sensation doc you ought to try it harvey dastrup would probably be glad to let you take a couple of old saws for this kind of an exper experiment brient my nose ran until my mustache had never experienced such a thorough irrigation since the days of my youth I 1 coughed until I 1 shook a couple of loose bricks off the chimney the one side of my deckwas neck was so sore that if a woman had approached tie roe from that side I 1 would have been compelled much against my wishes to have asked her either get around on the other side or else leave me alone my back hurt till I 1 drag myself around if flu I 1 have it if it was just a plain cold I 1 dont want anything worse but I 1 do want to say this doc that during the couple of days I 1 was down I 1 am deeply grateful to mr and mrs mr ramsay and all the others who helped me over they certainly N were ere kind to me when I 1 needed it while I 1 am grateful to my old friend jim and mrs ramsay that dont go for teen she gave me some of the vilest tasting cough medicine and she had such an innocent look when ahen she gave it to me I 1 can taste that stuff yet some of my intimate friends came in one night while I 1 was listening to the little e birds sing and joe poulson and jim ramsay started to build the boulder dam and when they got it tip to 1500 feet I 1 fell into a iran tranquil quil sleep dr dreaming beaming I 1 had a woman by the hand when I 1 awoke in the morning I 1 found I 1 was clasping a piece of cedar wood if I 1 ever find out which one of those fellows pulled this cruel joke on a sick man there is going to be trouble and lots of it my illy medical advisers during the critical part of my illness were doctors james B D ramsay and I 1 L I 1 would suggest this doc get both of these fellows at th the e same time th they can do you less damage because they cant agree on anything so the less they get done for you the better chance you have of recovering |