Washington telegraph., 1848-02-09

- a'f"'H tAN NNiiaH VI lHt hllslef uull lttl
uneasy. sensibily will be restored soon
after.
l did not call sgain, but heard from
Doctor s. the result.
Alter we left the friends stood anyonsly
around the bed upon which the sick man
layi but thongh tho blister began to draw,
no Sims oi returning Consciousness showed
themselves further than an occasional low
NOM, OF an uneasy tossing Of the alms.--
For tnll lwo hours the burning plaster parch.
ed the tender skin oi H. shan
heaa. aud was then removed, Il had done
good s"rviee. Dressings were then ap.
piled, repeated and repeated again; but
'ull The sick man lay in a deeper s,upnr.
Il has done no good. liadn we better
send lH lhr DnrlorP suggested the wife.
las' lhfn the efes of IL opened.
lud aa .uHsei nilIl hafslnpld surprise from
iaEe TO luce Of the anxious group that sur.
ruunIad iha bed.
Whit IA lhc mischirfs the mauerl' he
al Iaag.h saId. Allhe ,ame time feeling a
strange sensation abuli hs head. he placed
his hand Haiher heavily thereon.
Heavens aud eahhl lie was now fully
hIsseuses. 'lleayens aud caahl-whal
ai.s IN, headf
'fur msfey's sake keep quiet. said the
wife, the gIad icafs gushing over her face.
You have been very III. There. there.
noNi Aal she spoto soolhingly. Don't
say word; but ha very silt
Hut my head Wbal's The matter with
my head. Il feels as iisealdcd. Where's
my tairl Heavens aud earth, sarahl-l
dnut understand This. Aud my am'-
What uy arm tied up in this way for
Be quiel my dear husband, ani l'll ex
PLAN i all. oh. be very quiet. Your life
depends upan iil'
Mr. Il sunk baeh upon pillow
from which he had arisen. and closed his
eyes IN think. lie put his hand To his head
aud leIi it. tendeflY. all over. from temple To
temple, anu from napo Ia forehead
Il il blisierl he al length asked.
'lfs, dear. leu have been very ILL.,
We lrared tor your lite, sad MIS-. IL
aleeiiunalely. There have been two
phi isieians IN attendance.
II closed his eyes again. His
lip. moved. those nearest were not much
edIiied by The whispered words thai issued
thetrliom. They would have sounded yeiy
.imugIy ia a chufch; or 10 ears polite and
refined. Atrr lhi, he lag Tor sometime
qu!rl.
Threatened with apoploSy, supsosel'
be- then said, inlcrrogairly.
YES, dear replied his vile. i found
yuu iyng insensible upon The iloor On hap.
ptnns lo come into your room. II was
most Presidential that | discovered you
when did, or you certainly would have
died
Il ,hu, bis eyes and muierej out
something with an air ofimpalience. But
it. meaning was moi understood.
Finding him out Of danger, friends and
rr.aHyes retired, aud the sick man was leil
slonr with bis family.
SARAH, be said, why in Heaven, name
did You permit the Doctors to butcher me in
this way I'm laid up for week or two,
aud all ior nothing
1t was To save your lie, dear
Save the .--r
'liu u shl Thcrcl DO, for Heavens
sake! be quiet. Every thing depends upon
it,
with a gesture Of Impotence, Il
shut bis eyes, teeth and hands, and lay per
irclly still tor some minutes. Then he
turned his face To the wall, muiterng, in
low pelulam voice.
Too badl Too badl Too badl'
] had not erfcd in my first and in my last
impression Of H. disease, neither
had Doctor S.. although he used
very extraordinary mode Of treatment
The facts ol the case were these.
IL had la weakness. III couldn't
taste wine nor strong drink without heing
tempted into excess. Both himself aud
friend. were mortified and gricved At this;
mud they hy uimonition. aud he, By good
resolutions lried 10 bring about reform.
Iiua see was 10 taste, to iase was to fall.
A. a.. hts friend. urged him to shut him.
sell up at home lnr certain time. aud see
il loia abstinence would net give him
strength. II, got on pretty well for few
days, particularly so as his coachman kept
a well iled bottle in the carriage house.
10 which he not unlfrqueniy resoucd, but
a too ardent devotion to this bottle brought
on The supposed apopleNy.
Doctor s. was right in his mode
Of treating the disease after all, aud did not
err in supposing lha, it would reach tho
The cure was cilectual.-
H kept quiet on tho subject, and
bore his shaved head on his shoulders, with
as much philosophy as he could muster. A
wig, after the sores made by the blister had
concealed the barbers work
until his own hair grew again. He never
ventured upon wine or brandy again for
fear Of an apoplery,
When the truth leaked ont, as leak oui
such things alwaya will, the friends Of
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