The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-07-26
WESTERLY, R. l., THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1855.

but still the sick man lay in deep stu
por.
1t has done no good Hadn't we
better send for the Doctor = suggested
the wife.
Just then the eyes of Il OPEN
ed, and lie looked with half surprise
from face to face of the anxious group
that surrounded the bed.
'Whattin the mischief's the matter p
he at length said. At the same time
feeling q strange sensation about his
head, he placed his hand rather heavily
thereon.
Heavens and earth!' He was now
fully in his senses. Heavens and
earth! What ails my head =
For mcrcy's sake, keep quiet said
the wife the glad tears gushing over her
face. you have been very i'll. There,
there, nown, And she spoke soothing
.ly Don't say word but lie very
still
But my head What's the matter
with my head 1t feels as if scalded
Where's my hair : Heavens and earth,
Sarah ! And my arm ; What's my
arm tied up in this way for p
BE fsliet,sny dear husband, and I'll
explain it all! Oh, be very quiet
Your life depends upon it y
Mr.. L. 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, tendcrly,
all over, from temple, and from nape to
forehead
Is it blistcr'' he at length asked.
Yes, dear. You have been very ill.
We feared for your life,' said Mrs.
Il, afectionately. There have
been two physicians in attendance
Il closed bis eyes again. His
lips moved. Those nearest were not
much edited by the whispered words
that issued therefrom. They would
have sounded very strangely in church;
or to ears polite and refined. After
this he lay for some time quiet.
: Threatened with apoplexy, 1 sup
pose = he then said, intorrogatively.
Yes, dear, | found you lying inscn-
sible upon the floor on happening to
come into your room. 1t was most
Plovidential that | discovered you when
| did, or you would certainly have died. )
il shut his eyes and muttered
something, with an air of impatience.-
But its meaning was not understood.
Finding him out of danger, friends
and relatives retired, and the sick man
was left alone with his family.
Sarah, said he, why in Hoaven's
namo did you permit the Doctors to
butcher me in this way? am laid up
for week or two, and all for nothing
1t was to save your life, dear
Save the ---n
Hush There Do for Heav-
ems sake be quiet. Everything de-
pends upon it,
With gesture of impatience, II
shut his eyes, teeth and hands, and lay
perfectly still for some minutes. Then
he turned his face to the wall muttering
in low, petulant voice
: Too bad Too bad Too bad y
l had not erred in my first and last
impressions of lis disease, neith
er had Doctor s., although he
used very extraordinary mode Of treat
ment. The facts Of the case were
these:
Il had n weakness. lie .
couldn't taste wine nor strong drink
without being tempted into oYcess:-
Both himself and friends were mortified
and grieved at this; and they, by ad-
monitiop; and he, by good resolution,
tried to bring about reform. But to
see, was to taste, to taste was to fall
At last, his friends urged him to shut
himself up at home for certain time,
and see if total abstinence would not
give him strength. He got on pretty
we'll for few days, particularly 50, as
his coachman kept a well-6lled bottle
for him in the carriage house, to which
he not unfrequcutly resertcd but too
ardent devotion to his bottle, brought
on the supposed apoplexy.
Doctor S. was right in his mode |