Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1900 — HYDROPATHY. [ARTICLE]

HYDROPATHY.

lover’* Mode of Protecting; Hie leg* from Fracture. “Why, Frank, what’s the matter with you?” I said, with Inexcusable bluntnesa. “I never saw a swampler-looklng human being In my life. You look absolutely sodden.” “I’m not surprised at that; I guess I must be water-logged,” my guest replied, with undiluted good humor, however. “That’s partly why I accepted your Invitation. You see, I’ve had to drink a couple of dozen glasses of water every night for the last two or three months.” “The deuce!” I ejaculated. “What Is It—a cure?” “Not exactly,” he replied. “It’s more preventive than remedial. It’s the only way I can keep from breaking my legs.” “Oh, yes, of course, if Is,” I Jerred. I hate to be jollied. “Undoubtedly It saved you from splintering your shinbones, and crushing your thighbones to flinders.” “I beleve, on my word, It did,” he retorted, solemnly. “Say,” he continued, taking pity on my obvious curiosity, “you remember Maud Morenstout, don’t you?” “Certainly," I acknowledged. “She's that enormously fat girl, with the ■” “Well,” he continued, hastily, “I’m engaged to her, and she’s a little sensitive about her weight, and, of course, I wouldn’t hurt her feelings for anything,” . “Oh, I congraulate you," I said, Impatiently. “But what’s that go to do with water saving your legs?” “Why, she likes to sit on my lap,” he explained, blushing a good deal, “and—and I stand it until it seems as though my legs would crack Into a million pieces in another second. Then I ask her If she won’t get me a glass of water, and that gives me a minute’s rest, you see. Yes,” he added, pensively, “I believe I’ve drank as high as fifty or seventy-five glasses when I’ve stayed a little late.’’—Life.