people do not have this feeling, however much they eat, and he agreed. Dicky said he did not care a straw what the loathsome disease was, as long as we hurried up and settled on something. Then Alice said—
"It ought to be something very common, and only one thing. Not the pains in the back and all the hundreds of things the people have in somebody's syrup. What's the commonest thing of all?"
And at once we said, "Colds."
So that was settled.
Then we wrote a label to go on the bottle. When it was written it would not go on the vinegar bottle that we had got, but we knew it would go small when it was printed. It was like this:—
Bastable's
Certain Cure for Colds.
Coughs, Asthma, Shortness of Breath, and all infections of the Chest.
One dose gives immediate relief.
It will cure your cold in one bottle.
Especially the larger size at 3s. 6d.
Order at once of the Makers.
To prevent disappointment.
Makers:
D., O., R., A., N., & H. O. Bastable,
150, Lewisham Road, S.E.
(A halfpenny for all bottles returned.)
