The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-09-15
HOW HE WASCURED.


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HOW HE WAS S-CURED.
s By AMY RANDOLPH.
s.Dear me dear me dear dear me Y
said Aunt Ennice Elsley, as she tool
off her spectacles and mournfully
rubbed the glasses. To think, Har-
vey, that, you should ever come to
thisl"
9Hulnph n was Mrs. Jameson's on
ly remark-brief but wonderfully
suggestive ;aewhile Harvey Elsley
groaned mildly.
He was sitting in a cushioned arm
chair, his feet in tub of warm water,
and his eyes fixed on thermometer
that hung on the wall close by, while
his mouth, drawn dolorously down at
the corners, and three parallel lines
on his forehead, Indicate tempera-
ment considerable below zero, if such
an expression may be considered al
lowable.
"And you think you're going to
die?" said Aunt Eunice sympathetic
ally.
"I don't believe I can be mistaken
in the symptoms" groaned Mr.. Els
ley. sssea.
Symptoms, indeed!" broke in
Mrs. Jameson; she was Harvey Els
ley's widowed sister, and living with
him for the double purpose of crosset-
ting him and contradicting him.ss He
ha'n,t no more symptoms than other
folks has, Eli szEs q ess'fs
Harvey shook his head in the direc-
ton of his Aunt Eunice.
"You can't expect sympathy from
them as has never suffered" said Aunt
Eunice.
"Humphp' once again snorted Mrs
JAMESON.
And now, if I was you," added
Aunt Eunice, ssI'd try to sleep little.
Sleeps dreadful good for the nerves
and the room'll be quiet while Matilda
and are lookin' arter the dinner"
I8F IH tPy,n said Mr.. Elsley resignedly
But I can't.oftan sleep with my poor
shattered constitution"
Mrs Jameson founced out of the
room; Aunt Eunice following more
soberly.
.Annt, I'm astonished at you Mrs.
jameson burst out. When you
know perfectly well that it's all his
own ridiculous notionsiY
And I'm astonished at you, Matil-
dy! !" said the elder lady serenely. 81
guess you've forgotten the days when
you was gal, and used to paddle on
the bay" s9g
No 1 haven't" said Mrs. Jameson
wonderingly. Why?"
Because I should think you'd re-
member how much easier it was to
float with the tide than against it."
"Ohp said Mrs. Jameson, as if she
but half eomprehended, after all.
But he is SO tryingr'
/" ] haven't doubt of it" said Aunt
EaiieeS g I'm going to take him
home with me-"
s@ But, Aunt Eunice, you don't know
him. He'll worry you to DEATH"
81 guess not" said Aunt Eunice
sagely.
But you'll repent it, Aunt: see if
you doa't,a 3 said Mrs. Jameson
La, childin said the spectacled
philosopheress. Sickness amt moth
in but notion, half the time. Some
times it's medicine that cures it, and
sounetimesitsi something else. I've a
kind of fancy to try ny hand doc
"Fm sure aI've no objection," said
Mrs. Jameson heartily.
= q I don't know about going" said
Mr.. Harvey Elsley obviously when
the plan was broached to him. Sim
q poor trayeller-always was-and
should hate dreadfnlly to die away
from home.n
I. atBnt you won't, /" said Aunt Eunice.
g PlaysdelPs an awful wholesome
place, and the change of air'll do you
Hgood.p -.
SIS there good medical man
thsre e?a .siss,, a.,5 - So
gas' Two or three of 'eIn."
And Mr.. Elsley allowed himself to
be persuaded.
Dear Aunt Eunicei she showed
herself to be "a gem among nurses. Sc
different, thought the gratified Har.
,Yey, from Matilda Jameson, who
scotfed at his ailments, and made
light of his bgroans, Did he evei
|eonlplain of q headache, Aunt Eunice
rained sscamphor and cologne ovel
him, parhoiled his feet in scaldine
water, and ransacked the whole phar.
naeopeia for prescriptions; did ht
get rheumatic, she plastered him from
head to foot with mnstard, cabbag,
leaves and hops; was he Threatened
with trifle of indigestion, she KEEP