The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-11-19
ssMv dear sir'' he hogan nc Dav;,

sick mau-there can be no doubt of that
| consider you the most dangerous cas-
on my list.
'"Do You really, Doctor?" demanded
David, with his eyes wide open.
Most undoubtedly. How can I have
beenso misled, all along, as to the nature
Of your disease, [ really cannot compre
hend Suffice it to say, now, that [ an
fully aware of your danger | shall pro
coed to administer most prompt and pow
erful remedies. -
you don say so, doctor.
'Do you see these white powders, sir
these gray pills? | only give them in the
most desperate cases. Alternate them
every half hour. Good morning, sir |
must go nome and study ont your case.
David stared rather uneasily at the gray
pills and white powders that the doctor
| had left upon his table.
Jesse" he said to his wife, "do-do
you think the doctor really considers me
| dangerously i'll p
Il am afraid so, sighed Mrs. Ward.
DO try and be runctual about the med
lcines, and perhaps you may overcome
the perils hat threaten you.
David fell back AMONG his pillows like
a log, his lower jaw upconsciously drop
ped, and his eyes assumed q fishy un-
comfortable glare As the hop vine fees
when the sturdy pole ON which it has
leaned is suddenly pulled from its cling
ing tendrils, so felt David. with the brace
of his wife's resolute hopefulness with
drawn.
Jesse -
'What is it. my poor, dear, husband ?''
tsEen th,,,i- 7 i
ly?"
Very, you are so deadly pale and
there are such shadows under your eyes,
and
But I am not sure but I am feeling a
good deal better this morning"
''Oh that is quite impossible, said
Mrs. Ward, solemnly. You can t be
better. Here is gray pill, my love-
remember your life depends on your
medicines.
y thought would like fresh egg
breakfast, il
''Oh my dear, how can you talk so un-
feelingly of fresh eggs when your gray
pill is not taken.
Bother the gray pill - said David
with good deal of energy for sick man.
Il suppose I may as well swallow it, [
suppose, and now bring me up some
breakfast
All that morning he lay cogitating on
the altered manners and looks OF his
nurses aud the doctor.
[ do:a' { believe / can be so very III,
after all. he said, suddenly
Take a white powder, dear" said
Jesse, with sorrowful alacrity 1T is
already three seconds past the regular
time
And David swallowed his powder and
disgust together.
Paul Dayton arrived bright and early,
next morning Somewhat to Jesse's
surprise, he took off his boots in the hail,
and crept up stairs with ostentatious
quietness.
''W hat are you creeping along like
with some aSperity.
der? whispered Paul, consulting his
watch.
''Dence take the white powders 'ejac-
ulated David, aggravated beyond all en-
dnrance
My dear David you don consider the
importance n puncfua!ity in your present
highly periiouS condition. Dear me!
your pulse Is lcaping along like Il steam
engine
My pnlse is well enough" ungra-
cious!y rytortcd Dayid, jerking his wrist
away from Paul.
'-i>ari.l, said Paul. seating himself
beside the bed, there is no Disgusting
the Fact Chat you are very ii-very i'll,
iu,lee.i For the sake of Your wife-tor
s?ig sake. take the white powdar,
III. Ward reSolutely took the powder
containing the snowy grains and tossed
them out OF the window
Paul gave 4 deep groan.
Inclined to be deIerious and violent
Symptoms very bad indeed.
''No more Gelirious than you are?"
roared David, quite forgetting the sub
dued accents of an invalid.
Il am delighted to hear it, said Paul.
for | want a little serious conversation
with you on very grave topic. In case
OF the worst happeniag-and we have
every reason, considering your long sick
ness and the delicacy of your constitution
to apprchend the worst
David listened breathless!y
In case, say, Of sudden relapse and
melancholy consequences, it would be
sad pleasure to us to have your last wish
es. Where would you prefer to be bur-
ried?
Buried !" shrieked David, Buried!
| have no idea of being buried anywhere
Just yet. Get me my clothes quick, aud
clear out Of the room. am going TO
dress myself and come down stairs -
: But my dear David just consider your
weakness.
Weakness be hanged | tell you ]
won lie here ana be imposed upon any
longer Buried, indeed | am as well
as YOU are and | an going to prove it. "
But Doctor Pinnock
81 will see Dr. Pinnoek in Jericho be-
fore [ take any more Of his white powders
and gray pills Get out of the room, |
tell you
And when DR. Pinnock arrived, with
his face properly elongated the very first
person he met was his patient, smoking
a cigar on the piazza. with his feet upon
Il garden chair. while Jessie sat at his side
hemming ruff1cs. with the most contented
little face in the world
Cured, ch?'' said the doctor, laconic-
ally
Cured SAID David. with equal brev-
ity And he added, Doctor, | am
afraid you will think have been an UNI
mitieatcd fool all these weeks!
IF you only won't be angry, doctor,
gently coaxed Jessie; David knows our
plot told him. -
That the way women keep secret
said the doctor, with Il groan.
And what do you think of our treat
ment, Ward p
Novel. but successful" was the an-
swer.
There's one thing, Mrs. Ward
couldn't hayc told you; because she did