Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-05-22
What Came of a Cold in the Head.

What Game OF a Gold in the Head
"MUsTARD PoULTCEsw said Mrs
Graham, nodding her head oracularly
land plenty Of Irish moss tea. They'll
be sure to set you right after a while
Bless me! a cold in the head is moth
ing serious. Everybody has EN- now
a-days. | suppose its the changeabl'
weather and the fall rains"
"Oh, do" answered Mr.. Alexander
Graham, with catarrhal sarcasm, 9;
gold ID the head is dothig Red dose
head full OF buzzing doises, bahogady
golored face, paid id your bodies, like
50 badly dives ad scissors-it's dothic
at all !"
Helen Graham laughed in spite o.
herself
How funny your voice does sound
AlccN !! she cried, gaily. But new
cr mind if we nurse you up wei
you'll be all right before Isabel Tracy's
ball, But | wouldn't have her set
you now for anything. Let me see
what had | better do?" and she laiC
one rosy finger mcditatively on hel
forehead. "Oh, I'll Just sit down anC
write little note, to tell her that yor
will not arrive before next week. That
is the wisest policy. And you wouli
like me to send word to Leonard Ap
pleton that you are here"
Dear old Leodard y cried our hero
with as much enthusiasm as his in
huenza had left him. "The best ad
doblest fellow i'll the world! OF course
| wad to see Leodard. He'd cobe tc
me, if I had sball-pox, | do believed"
And now, before / 60 out" sale
his sister-in-law, coaXingly, ''you'll just
let me make you comfortable in papa's
big easy chair Dear, papa, how for
tunato that he should chance to be
out of town just now for a week
You can settle down into his nook. sc
costly. you see. And here's his nice
wadded dressing -gown-a little long
in the skirts for you, to be sure, but
that's no mattcr-and his nice black
velvet skull cap, to keep your ears
warm, and protect the back Of YOU
head from anything like a draft, and &
tin tub full Of steaming hot water fol
your feet. That's right, Betsey," tc
the maid who had brought in the last
named article of modern luxury: "NTr
Graham will ring when he wishes you
to take it away again. Now, Alex
don't be obstinate. A hot bath is the
best thing in the world for the feet
when one is suffering from a cold il
the head. Keep the extremities warn
and the trunk will take care of itself
DR.. BluepiIl always says. That's {
dear fellow!' as the spiritless victim
hclplessly submitted to being denuded
of boots and hose. eyes, yes;
know the water is pretty hot! in re
sponse to a subdued howl "but yor
can put your feet in it by degrees.
shall be gone only an hour, and wher
I come back l will bring the driec
catnip, and fresh mustard, and the
potash lozenges, and, oh, ever so many
nice things for your
II abobidate bustard blasters, ad
dode like botash lozedgesz!' groane(
poor Alecl Graham.
"Oh, that's all nonesense" said Hel
en-, briskly, as one might check {
querulous child "Now, be good ant
quiet, there's darling, and you shal
have chicken-broth, and port wine
with an egg beaten up in it-for YOU
lunch, when I come back !"
And Helen tripped briskly away
leaving her miserable brother-in-law
enwrapped, as 1t were, in vaporou
halo of palm-leaf patterned dressing
gown, boiling steam, and black vel
vet skull-cap.
II suppose this is the way | shal
look when | get to be an old man,
thought Aleck, as he caught glimps
of himself in mirror opposite. {"
don't think l should know myself ifi
wasn't for the onyx-seal ring on th
little finger of my left hand. Oh
dear! ] wonder how long this mad
dening state of things is to last
Phew! how hot the water is! Am