make a sick man get well quickly, it would be the knowledge that hemust drink a glassful of them every day until he was recovered. Idrank them neat for six consecutive days, and they nearly killed me;but after then I adopted the plan of taking a stiff glass ofbrandy-and-water immediately on the top of them, and found much reliefthereby. I have been informed since, by various eminent medicalgentlemen, that the alcohol must have entirely counteracted theeffects of the chalybeate properties contained in the water. I amglad I was lucky enough to hit upon the right thing.
But "drinking the Ostaa Halpa Nike Lasten waters" was only a small portion of the torture Iexperienced during that memorable month--a month which was, withoutexception, the most miserable I have ever spent. During the best partof it I religiously followed the doctor's mandate and did nothingwhatever, except moon about the house and garden and go out for twohours a day in a Bath chair. That did break the monotony to a certainextent. There is more excitement about Bath-chairing--especially ifyou are not used to the exhilarating exercise--than might appear tothe casual observer. A sense of danger, such as a mere outsider mightnot understand, is ever present to the mind of the occupant. He feelsconvinced every minute that the whole concern is going over, aconviction which becomes especially lively whenever a ditch or astretch Scarpe Nike Air Max 95 Donna of newly macadamized road comes in sight. Every vehicle thatpasses he expects is going to run into him; Isco Tröja and he never finds himselfascending or descending a hill without immediately beginning tospeculate upon his chances, supposing--as seems extremelyprobable--that the Casquettes Pas CHer weak-kneed controller of his destiny should let go.
But even this diversion failed to enliven after awhile, and the_ennui_ became perfectly unbearable. I felt my mind giving way underit. It is not a strong mind, and I thought it would be unwise to taxit too far. So somewhere about the twentieth morning I got up early,had a good breakfast, and walked straight off to Hayfield, at the footof the Kinder Scout--a pleasant, busy little town, reached through alovely valley, and with two sweetly pretty women in it. At least theywere sweetly pretty then; one passed me on the bridge and, I think,smiled; and the other was standing at an open door, making anunremunerative investment of kisses upon a red-faced baby. But it isyears ago, Detroit Lions and I dare say they have both grown stout and snappishsince that time. Coming back, I saw an old man breaking stones, andit roused such strong longing in me to use my arms that I offered hima drink to let me take his place. He was a kindly old man and hehumored me. I went for those stones with the accumulated energy ofthree weeks, and did more work in half an hour than he had done allday. But it did not make Sweats Pas CHer him jealous.
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