Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — The Specialist. [ARTICLE]

The Specialist.

The eminent specialist looked the patient over. “Yes," he said, “what you need is a gradual gain in muscular tissue. Go at it slowly. Commence by Lifting a ten pound weight Add to this from time to time until you raise fifty pounds with comparative ease. Then come to me again.” The patient hesitated. “I guess,” he said, “you ain’t gittin’ me quite right” The specialist frowned. “What do you mean by that?” he demanded. The patient hesitated. “Why, you see,” he said, ‘Tm the feller that carries th’ trunks downstairs ah’ heaves ’em into th’ transfer company’s baggage wagon.”