Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-07-11

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sefe ihon applifd ftrssisd 81
fepeaisi sgain bet slill ihe ia
man luy in . deep siupor
II has duns hin no good. llafn
Ne better send &C. ihf dott0rf sug
resiad the siis.
lust thea the eyes az Il Open
90 sad hC locked xah half siupit
surprise fum lace 10 face Of ih'
anxious gruaP that surTou ded ih,
l,d.
What in the misehiefs the mat
tcTf be al lenglh said. At ihs
same time feeling a strange sensa-
lion about his head, he placed hi,
hand rather heavily thereon
Heavens and earihl" lie Was fal-
b. ia his SENSES, ''lleavens aud
earth what ails my headT'
Fer meny = sake, keep quiet,
said his wife, lhc glad tears gushing
over her face, You have been very
III, There, there, now r. and she
spoke so0ihingly, Don't say a
ward, hut b. very still"
But my hcadl What's the mat
ter with my head ? Ii feels as il
sealded, Where's nay hairg lleav
Gus and earth Sarah, | don't under,
stand this, What's my arm tied
Ia this way furl"
"Bc quiet, my dear husband, and
III explain ilall, oh, be very quiet,
Your life depends upon ilG'
Mr.. IL sank back upon his
pillow, from which he had risen,
aud closed his eyes to think. lie
put his hand - his head and felt il
lendorly from temple to temple, aud
irUm napc 10 forehead.
lis il u blislerg' no 1t length
asked.
"Ycs, dear You have been very
III. We feared for Your liie," said
Mrs. IL, aiIeotionatoly. "There
have been two'physicians in atten.
dance"
Il closed his eyes again. His
lips moved. Those ncrrcst were
not much edited by tie whispered
words that issued thcreirom. They
would have sounded very strangely
in church, or to ears polite aud
refined. Amer this he lay Tor some
time quiet.
"Thrcatcncd with apoplcxy, l
suppose2" he then said, ihterroga.
lively.
ayes, dear" replied his wife. "a
found you lying inscnsiblc on the
floor on happening to come into
your room. 1t was most providcn-
lal that | discovered you us | did,
or you you'd certainly have died"
Il shat his eyes and muttcr.
cd something with an air of impa.
ticncc; 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 |" he said, "why in hcav.
ems name did you permit the doc.
tors to butcher me in this way2 i
am laid up for n week or two, and
all for nothing"
1T was to save your life, dear"
"Save -W
"IIu.u sh There, do for heav-
cas- sake be quiet; everything de-
Ponds upon it,"
With II gesture of impotence.
Mr.. Il shut his eyes, teeth and
hands, and lay perfectly still for
some minutes. ThcI. he turned his
face to the wall, muttcrcd in Il low,
petulant voice:
"Too bad too bad too bad"
l had not erred in my and my
last impression Of lis disease,
neither had DR.. s., although he
used a very extraordinary mode of
The facts of tho case
,rc these:
Il had weakness. Ho
taste wine nor strong drink
being tempted into excess.
Both himself and friends were NOR
.ifed and griovcd at this and they,
by admonition, and he by good res
tried to bring about re-
5orm. But to see was to taste; to
,aste was to fall. At last, his
friends urged him to shut himself
up at home for certain time, and
SEQ if total abstinence would not
give him strength. lie got on pref
~ well for few days, particularly
80 long us his coachman kept we'll
filed bottle for him in the carriage
house, to which he not unfrequcnt-
y resorted ; but a too ardent dovo-
ion to this bottle brought on this
apoplexy.
Dir. s. was right in his mode
If treating the diseases after all, and
lid not err in supposing that it
would reach the prcdisposition. The
;ure was effectual IL kept quiet
IN the subject and bore his shaved
head en- his shoulders with as much
philosophy as he could muster. A
Wig, after the sores mado by the
Ulster had disappeared, concealed
he BARRIERS work until his own
lair grew again. He never ventur-
ID upon wine or brandy again for
ear of apoploxy.
When the truth leaked out, as
UGH things always will, the friends
# H had many hearty laugh;
,ut they wisely concealed from him
he object of their merrimont, the
act that they knew anything moro
han appeared of the supposed ILL.,
less. sHC
"They tell us if we go to Texas,
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