Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-14
MIR. coyuLE. OF DANBURY.

Since the unfortunate accident to- Mr..
CoviIie while on the rcot cour ing the
shingles, he has been cblige{. to keep
pretty close to the house. Last We'd
nesday he went out III tie yard fer the
first time, and on FRI day Mrs. Covi:ie
got him IN easy char, which proved a
great comfort to him. It is one of those
chairs that can De moved by the occu.
pant to form almost any position by
means of rat chefs. Mr. Coville was very
much pleased with this new contrivance,
and the fArst afternoon did nothing but
sit in and work it in all ways He
said that such chair as that did mere
good in this world than hundred SER
mons. He had it in his room, the front
bed room Up stairs, and there he would
sit and lock out of The window, and en-
JOY himself as much as a man can whose
legs have been ventilated with shot.
Monday afternoon he got in the chair as
usual. Mrs. Coville was cut in the back
yard hanging up clothes, and the son
was across the stree: drawing lath
along picket fence. Sitting down. he
grasped the Sides OF the char with both
hands TO settle it back, when the whole
thing gave way. ana Mr.. Coville came
violently to the floor.
For an instant the unfortunate gentle
man was benumbed 10y the suddenness
Of the shock, bat the next be was aroused
by an acute pain in each arm. and great
drops of swea. ooZeI from his forehead
when he found that the little finger in
each hand had caught in the ratchets
and was firmly held as if in wise
There he lay on his back, with the end
of a round stick in his side and both
hand perfectly powerless. The least
move CT his body aggravated the pain
which vas chasing up his arms. He
screamed for help, but Mrs. Coville was
i'll the back yard telling Mrs. Coney,
next door, that she didn't know what
Colvil!e would DO without that chair,
and SO she didn't hear him. He pounded
the floor with his stochined feet, but tie
younger Coyille WAS still drawing emo
ton from the fence across the way, and
ell other sounds were rapidly sinking
into Insignifcance. Besides, Mr.. CO. |
vil!e's legs were not sufficiently recover |
ed from the late accident to permit their |
being protitably used as Eallets.
How he did despise that offspring,
and how fervently he did wish the owner
Of that fence would light On that boy
and reduce him to powder. Then he |
screamed again. and howled, and shouted
' Mariai' but there WAS no response.
What if he should Gle there alone and in
hat awful shape? The perspiration
started afresh, and the pain in his arms
an awful magnitude. Again he
"Maria!" but the matinee
lcross the way only grew in volume, and
he unconscious wife had gone into Mrs.
joney's and was trying on that lady's
edingote. Then he prayed, and howled,
md coughed and swore, and then apollo
,ized for it, and prayed and howled
gain, and screamed at the top of his
-oice the awfulest things he would do to
hat boy if heaven would only spare him
nd show him an OK.
Then he opened his mouth for one
NAL shrek, when the door was opened,
nd Mrs. Coyille appeared with smile
n her face and Mrs. Conveys redinsote ,
n her back. In one glance she saw ,
nat something awful had happened to {
oseph, and with wonderful presence of
lind she screamed for help. and then :
United away and plowed headlong into ,
is stomach. Fortunately the blow de- 6
rived him of speech, else he might l
ave said something he would ever have
sgretted, and before he could regain !
is senses, airs. Coney dashed in and
smoved the grief stricken wife. But it
,Guired blacksmith to cut Coville
'ose. He is again back in bed, with a
is mutilated fingers resting on pillows, t
nd there he lies all day connecting new =
rms of death for the inventor of that =
hair, and hoping nothing will happen c
} his son till he can get well enough to c
minister it himself.-Danbury Ne,os. a
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