Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-01-27
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\ For mercy's sake keep quiet, said the
wife, the glad tears gushing over her face
i You have been very i'll. There, there, now
And she spoke soo;hingly. Don't say a
word but lie very still
But my head What ~ the mat with
my head. 1t feels o. # scadrd Whtr,s my
hair Heavens and ep 2 Foah dol
understand this. Ano ny aanf What's my
arm tied up in this way ior
BE quiet, my dear husband, aud N ex-
plain it all. Oh, be very quiet Your iie de-
pends upon il =
Mr.. Il sunk back upon the pillow from
which he had arisen, and closed his eyes to
think. He put his hand to his head, and felt
it, tenderly, all over, from temple to temple,
and from nape to forehead
Is it blister . he at length asked
! Yes, dear. You have been very i'll. We
feared for your life, said Mrs. Il, aiicc-
tionately. There have been two physicians
in attendance
! Il closed his eyes again. His lips
moved Those nearest were not much edited
by the whispered words that issued thereirom
They would have sounded very strangely in
church or to ears polite and refined After
tins he lay for some time quiet.
Threatened with apoplcxy, l suppose = he
then sald interrogatively.
Yes, dear, replied his wife. ] found you
lying insensible on the floor on happening to
come into your room. 1t was most Proyiden-
tia that discovered you when / did, or you
would certainly have died.
Il shut his eyes and muttercd some
thing, with an air of inpatience. But its
meaning was not understood.
Finding him out ofdanger, friends and rela-
uves retired, and the sick man was left alone
with his family.
Sarah y he said, why in Heavens name,
did you permit the Doctors to butcher Inc III
this way! I'm laid up for a week or two, and
all for nothing
II was to save your life, dear
Save the -
IIu-u-sh There! Do, for Heavens
sake be quiet. Every thing depends upon
it,
With gesture of Impotence, H shut
his eyes, teeth and hands, and lay perfectly
still for some minutes. Then he turned his
face to the wall, muttering in a low, pctulant
voice.
Too bad Too bad Too bad -
had not erred i'll my first and my last i'm
preston of lI-'s Disease, neither had Dr.
$, although he used a very extraordinary
mode of treatment. Tho facts in the case
were these.
IL had weakness. lie couldn't taste
wine nor strong drink without being tempted
into excess. Both himself and friends were
mortified and gricvcd at this and they, by ad-
moniton, and he, by good resolutions, tried to
bring about a reform. But, too see was to
taste, to taste was to fall At last his friends
urged him to shut himsclfup AT home for
certain time, and see If total absnancc would
not give him strength lie got on pretty well
for few days, particularly So as his coach
man kept Il wcll-flcd bottle for him in the
carrage-housn, To which he not unrequcntly
rcsoricd, hut too ardent devotion to this bot
tie brought on the supposed apopIcXy.
Doctor $ was right IN his mode Oftreat-
ing the disease after ALL and did not err IN sup
posing that it would reach the prcdlsposltlon.
The cure was cfIcctual. H kept quiet on
the 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 disappeared, concealed the bar
bcr's work until his own hair grew again. lie
never vcnturcd upon wine or brandy again for
fear Of apoplcXy.
When the truth leaked out, as leak ont such
things always will, the friends Of Il had
many hearty laugh; but they wisely CON
cealcd from the object of their mcrrment the
fact that they knew anything more than ap-
pcarcd of the cause of his supposed illness