The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-03-24
VOL. NlII.-NO. Sc.

after
did not call again; but heard from
Doctor s. the result.
After we left, the friends stood anxiously
around the bed upon which the sick man
lay; though the blister began TO draw, no
signs Of returning consciousness showed
themselves, further than an occasional low
moan. or an uneasy tossing of the arms.
For two hours the burning parchcd the ten
der skin Of Mr.. lis head, and was then
removed. 1t had done good service. Dress
ings were then applied; repeated and re-
peated again; but still the sick man lay in
deep stupor.
1T has done no good. Hadn't we better
send for the DOCTOR suggested The wife.
| JnSt then the eyes of IL opened, and
he looked with half Supplied surprise from
/ face 10 face Of the anxious group that sur
/ rounded the bed.
/ what in the niiSchief's the matter p he
at length said. At the same time feeling n
strange sensation abou, his head, he placed
his band rather heavily thereon.
/ HIcavens and earth = He was now fully
! in his senses .IIcavens and earth! What
ais my head ?
For meIcy's sake, keep quiet said the
wife, with clad tears rushing over her face.
You have been very III. There. there, nowv
and she spoke soothinGly. Don't say a
word, but lie very quiet
/ 'But my head. 1t feels as if scalded.
! Where's my hair? Heavens and earth,
Sarah ! don't understand this. And my
arm! What's my arm tied up in this way
/ ior!'
BE quiet, my dear husband, and III ex-
| plain it all. On be very quiet; your life
depends upon it,
| Mr.. Il Sanl; back upon the pillow
/ from which he had risen, and closed his
eyes to think lie PIT his hand to his head,
and felt it tendcrly all over. from temple to
| temple. 10 and from nape to forehead.
! II, it a bliSterF he at length asked.
! YES, dear. You have been very ILL., We
feared for yourlile,' said Mrs. II, ailec-
( tonately. There have beentw physicians
/ in attendance.
II closed his eyes agaii His lips
moved. Those nearest were not much ed
| fled by the whispered words that proceed
ed thcreftom. They would have sounded
strangely in a church. or to ears polite and
refined. After this he lay for some time
! quiet.
Threatened with npopiexy, supposed
he then said. ntcTogaivcly.
yes, DEAR replied his wife. q found
you lying nscn>ible upon the floor, on hap
| pcning To come into your room. 1t was
most rrovidential that | discovered you
when did, or you would certainly have
! died.
Il shut his eyes and muttcred some
thing. with an air OF inpatience. But its
meaning was not understood.
| Finding him on. Of danger, friends and
relatives retired, and the sick man was left
alone with his family.
! Sarah = he said. why in Heavens name
lid you permit the doctors TO butcher me in
+ this way? Pm laid up for week or two,
! and all lol nothiug.'
1T was TO save your life, DEAR
'Save the d-lr
IIu-s-h! There DO, Cor Heavens
sake be quiet. Everything depends up
ON IT,
With a gesture a impotence. II shut
| his eyes, teeth. and hands. and lay perfectly
still for some time. Then he turned his
/ face IL the wall, mUiteied in a low petnlant
voice
too bad too bad too badn
had not erred in my first and last i'm
rrcs>iou Of lis disease; neither had
Doctor $, although he used very ex-
iraorlinary mode Of treatment. The facts
OF the case were these:
IL had q weakness. lie could not
taste of wine or strong drink without being
tempted into excess. Both himself aud
friends were mortified and grieved at this:
and they. by admouition. and he, by good
resolutions. tried TO bring about reform.
But 10 see was 10 taste; 10 taste, was 10
fall. At last his riends urged him 10 shut
himself up AZ home fer certain time, and
see if total abstinence would not give bin,
strength. He GOT on pretty well Tor a few
ayS-pnrticularly SO. as his coachman kept
a well-fllod bottle for him in the carriage
house. to which he not unireGuenly resort
ed ; hat a too ardent devotion TO this bottle
brough: or the supposed apoplexy.
Doctor s. was right in his mode Of
treating the disease after all, and did not err
in suppos;u" that it would reach the predis-
position. The cure was cneCtual. IL
KEEP: quiet ON the subject. and bore his shay
ed head upon lis shoulders with as much
philosophy as he could muster. A wig, ar-
ter the sores made by the blister had disap-
prared, concealed the BARRIERS work until
his own hair grew again, lie never ven
trcd upon wine or brandy again for fear OF
apopleNy.
When the truth leaked ont--as leak out
such things always wil-the friends of Mr..
IL had many a hearty laugh but they
wisely concealed from the object of their
merrimcnt the fact that they knew any
thing more than appeared of the cause Of
his supposed Illness.
Singular ieroCiiy Of Var Etph0nts.-
The number OF elephants employed in the
armies OF the MoGul Soveregns appear al
most incredible ,whenwe rccollect the guam
tiiy of Unnecessary for the support of each
individual. The grand Kublai is said to have
possessed i've thousand, and Capt. Jeneins s.
who was at Agra in 1907, and delivered a
letter from King James TO the Emperor Je-
haniir relates thutthc Emperor n al st,voivo.