Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1901 — A Fearful Struggle. [ARTICLE]

A Fearful Struggle.

“There goes a man who Is having a fearful struggle with his appetite.” “What, that clean-cut, healthy-look-Ing chap over there?” “That’s the one.” “Why, he doesn’t look like a slave to any appetite.” “He is, though, and he’s having an awful time of It. He grits his teeth, and succeeds In subduing It for a whole day, maybe, but the very next It conquers him, and he’s just as bad off as ever.” “What Is it—whisky?" “Oh, no! He never drinks.” “Morphine?” “No, Indeed.” “Well, what is that has such a hold on him?” “His appetite, I told you.” “For food?” “Certainly.” “Well, what’s the matter with It? Why has he any struggle over It?” “Why, he says that if he could only go without eating for about a month he could get the girl he's engaged to a present as elaborate as she expects.” —Harper’s Bazar. To ride one’s hobby-horse around the dining table, to the confusion of one’s hostess.