Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-03-06


'Why, Lizzy, DEAR interposed Mrs.
Walton, show can you be so imprudent?
Go and put on dry stockings at once.' @
Lizzy obeyed, and as she left the room
| her uncle said
'How can you permit that girl 10 60 up
on the street, in mid winter, with shoes
almost as thin as paper
Her shoes have thick soles,' replied
Mrs Walton. You certainly don't think
that would let her wear thin shoes on a
day like this
Uncle Thomas was confounded. Thick
shoes! French lasting, and soles of the
| thickness of half dollar
She ought to have leather boots, sister
said the old gentleman, earnestly. Stout
leather boots. Nothing less can be called
protection for the feet in damp, wintry
! weather.
Leather boots!'
Mrs Walton seemed little less surpri-
sed than the daughter had been at the
same suggestion.
1t is very cold, damp day. said Un-
Gle Thomas. ss-..s' a-
True, but Lizzy was warmly clad. l
am very particular on this point, knowing
the delicacy Of her constitution. She
never goes out in winter time without
her furs.'
'Furs for the neck and hands, and last
ing shoes and thin cotton stockings for the
feet!' -.. .. ...~D -.s.....-
'Thick-soled boots said Mrs. Walton
quickly. .e...s.=
| There are thick soled boots
And the old gentleman thurst out both
of his feet, well clad in heavy calfskin.
Mrs. Walton could not keep from
laughing, as the image Of her daughter 5
feet, thus encased, presented itself to her
mind.
Perhaps said Uncle Thomas just q
little cautiously, 'Lizzy has stronger
constitution than have, and can bear a
great deal more. For my part, I would
almost a. lief take small dose Of poison,
as 10 60 out, on day like this, with no.
thing on my feet but thin cotton stockings
and lasting Shoes ..-.... ....
Boots interposed Mrs. Walton.
4 call them boots said the old gentle
man, glancing down again at his stout,
double -soled calf skins.
But, it was Of no avail that Uncle
Thomas entered his protest against thin
shoes, when, in the estimation Of city la
dies, they were thick And so in i, due
time, he saw his error and gave up the
argument. t.
When Lizzy came down from her room,
her color was still higher-much higher
than usual and her voice, as she spoke,
was very little veiled. But she was in
very fine spirits, and talked away merrily
Uncle Thomas did not. however, fail te
observe that every little while she cleared
her throat with low h h EN-; and he knew
that this was occasioned by an increased
secretion OF mucous by the lining mem.
brane Of the throat, consequent npo,
slight inflamation. The cause, he attribu
ted to thin shoes and wet feet; and he wa.
not far from wrong. The warm boa ant
muff were not sufficient safeguards for
the throat when the feet were exposed to
cold and wet. .-...... ... ..
That evening at tea time, Mr. Walton
observed that Lizzy eat scarcely anything,
and that her face was little pale. He
also noted an expression that indicated
either mental or bodily suffering-no Sc
we're, but enough to make itself visible.
Are you not well?' he asked.
'Oh yes, very WE'LL was the quick re-
ply:
You are fatigued, then?'
"A little
Go early 10 bed. A nights sleep will
restore all 4t ....
Mr. Walton said this, rather because he
hoped than believed it would be so.
% yes. A nights rest is all I want,
replied Lizzy. @r-. a.s
But she erred in this.
where is Lizzy?' asked Mr. Walton,
on meeting his sister-in-law, at the break
fast table on the next morning. The
face of the latter wore sober express
sion. .-ss....e ...-. .us -.....
Not very well, l am sorry to say was
the answer. ..- ....ss
What ails her?' e. ~.
sShe has taken bad cold: hardly
know how, perhaps from getting her fee,
wet yesterday; and is hoarse this morn
ing, that she can scarcely speak above a
whisper a.. .. E.......
4 feared as much, was the old gentle
mans reply. Have you sent for your
doctor?' .......
Not yet
Then do so Immediately. A constitu-
tion like hers will not bear the shock OF
a bad cold unless it is met instantly by ap-
propriate remedies .......
In due time the family physician came.
He looked serious when he saw the con-
dition of his patient. @~ @
'To what are you indebted for this?' he
asked.
TO thin Shoes was the prompt reply
Of the uncle who was present.
4 have warned you against this more
than once,' said the doctor, in tone OF
gentle reproof.
'Oh no; brother is mistaken spoke up
Mrs Walton. 'She wore thick-soled
shoes. But the streets, as you know,
were very wet yesterday, and it was i'm
possible TO keep the fee. dry. az
If she had worn good, stont, sensible
leather boots, as she ought 10 have done,
the water wonld never have touched her
feet said Mr. Walton. s,~sa -s.s-e.
sYou had on your p1ms?' remarked the