[Cy Whittaker’s Place by Joseph C. Lincoln]@TWC D-Link bookCy Whittaker’s Place CHAPTER VI 13/33
"You got one ?" "Hey? Oh, yes! Yes, I've got one." By way of proof he coughed until the lamp chimneys rattled on the shelf. "Judas! I should think you had! Well, there's 'Pine Bark Oil' and 'Sassafras Elixir' and two kinds of sass'p'rilla--that's good for most everything--and--Is your throat sore ?" "Hey? Yes, I guess so." "Don't you KNOW? If you've got sore throat there ain't nothin' better'n 'Arabian Balsam.' But what in time are you doin' out in this drizzle with a cold and no umbrella? Do you want to--" "Never mind my umbrella.
I left it in the church entry t'other Sunday and somebody got out afore I did.
This 'Arabian Balsam'-- seems to me I remember my ma's usin' that on me.
Wet a rag with it, don't you, and tie it round your neck ?" "Yup.
Be sure and use a flannel rag, and red flannel if you've got it; that acts quicker'n the other kinds.
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