American messenger . he longed for and so greatlyneeded. Well, Alma, Im sorry. You oughtto drop the reins for a while. But ifyou cant, that settles it. Well haveto try something else. Ill leave you a•new prescription for a tonic. I dont want any more tonics! ex-claimed Alma Dinock, with moreenergy than the doctor believed her•capable of. I just wont take anymore medicine. There are moments when even thefamily physician is puzzled. He sawthat the woman whom he had knownever since she was a girl was in nomood to be reasoned with. He rose and picked up his Panamabat and driving gloves. Alma rose,
American messenger . he longed for and so greatlyneeded. Well, Alma, Im sorry. You oughtto drop the reins for a while. But ifyou cant, that settles it. Well haveto try something else. Ill leave you a•new prescription for a tonic. I dont want any more tonics! ex-claimed Alma Dinock, with moreenergy than the doctor believed her•capable of. I just wont take anymore medicine. There are moments when even thefamily physician is puzzled. He sawthat the woman whom he had knownever since she was a girl was in nomood to be reasoned with. He rose and picked up his Panamabat and driving gloves. Alma rose, too, and his heart wasmoved as he saw her lips tremble. Shewas almost at the end of her strength. The doctor spoke impulsively. Youwork too hard, Alma. Let some thingsgo. Take life easier. Theres a lot ofbeauty in this world, but we look right Whole Wheat and Malted Barley skillfully blendedand processedmake Grape-Nuts a most deliciousfood in flavoras well as body, brainand nerve builder. Theres a Reason. over it and keep our minds on thethings that dont matter. Youve sim-ply got to rest. Your mother wouldwant you to. He did not stop to see the tears thatwelled up in her dark eyes but he knewthat she had flung herself face downon the chintz-covered couch in thedining room and was weeping bitterly. Poor child! he murmured. In amoment doctor and car were out ofsight down the dusty yellow road. Dinocks place was small but ex-quisitely kept. At night, Ralph and theboys, who were already out at workin order to help the family finances,kept the grass as smooth as velvet,weeded the pansy beds and trained upthe roses. Inside, the house was neatas wax—Alma saw to that. It washer joy and pride that no one everfound dust on her tables or a singlearticle out of its accustomed place. Ralph sometimes wished that Almawas not such an immaculate house-keeper. There were moments whenhe would like to have dropped a news-paper on the floor without having aguilty feeling, or to have
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