Miracle Elixir #7
Aged in oak barrels under a waning moon. Distilled from spring water, mountain herbs, and a single, well-kept secret.
- ✦ Restores vim
- ✦ Restores vigor
- ✦ Restores vital fluids (legally)
A charming purveyor of fine, fine bottles — guaranteed to restore what the good Lord and modern medicine could not.
Hand-bottled under candlelight. Results not typical. Or typical. We forget which.
Aged in oak barrels under a waning moon. Distilled from spring water, mountain herbs, and a single, well-kept secret.
Why do doctors recommend it? Because we asked nicely and they owed us a favor. Tastes like black licorice and ambition.
Passed down from my pappy, who got it from his pappy, who definitely did not purchase it wholesale from a catalog.
"Ladies and gentlemen, gather 'round. You there, in the back — yes, you with the skeptical look. Lay down that newspaper. What I'm holding in this here weathered hand is the finest tonic this side of the Mississippi, distilled from a recipe so secret I had to sign a blood oath not to tell my own wife."
A wagon rolls into town. A crowd gathers. The pitch begins.
A volunteer from the audience drinks. A miracle unfolds.
Bottles change hands. The wagon rolls on. We part ways richer.
Names have been changed to protect the credulous.
I was bedridden for weeks. One spoonful and I was back to chasing the chickens by sundown.
Used it on my horse. Now he reads. Couldn't be more pleased.
My husband says I haven't been this lively since the wedding. He means it as a compliment. I think.
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