to the floor. "That prescription," he said. "Too successful."



"How?"



"Loss of weight--almost complete."



And then, of course, I understood.



"By Jove, Pyecraft," said I, "what you wanted was a cure for fatness!

But you always called it weight. You would call it weight."



Somehow I was extremely delighted. I quite liked Pyecraft for the time.

"Let me help you!" I said, and took his hand and pulled him down.

He kicked about, trying to get a foothold somewhere. It was very like

holding a flag on a windy day.



"That table," he said, pointing, "is solid mahogany and very heavy.

If you can put me under that---"



I did, and there he wallowed about like a captive balloon, while

I stood on his hearthrug and talked to him.



I lit a cigar. "Tell me," I said, "what happened?"



"I took it," he said.



"How did it taste?"



"Oh, BEASTLY!"



I should fancy they all did. Whether one regards the ingredients

or the probable compound or the possible results, almost all of

my great-grandmother's remedies appear to me at least to be

extraordinarily uninviting. For my own part--



"I took a little sip first."



"Yes?"



"And as I felt lighter and better after an hour, I decided to take

the draught."



"My dear Pyecraft!"



"I held my nose," he explained. "And then I kept on getting lighter

and lighter--and helpless, you know."



He gave way to a sudden burst of passion. "What the goodness am I

to DO?" he said.





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