Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-20

"Be quiet, my dear husband, and I'll
explain 1t all On, be very quiet
your life depends upon it,"
NJ. H sank back upon the pil.
low from which he had arisen, and
closed his eyes to think. He put his
hand to his head, and felt it, tenderly,
all over, from temple to temple, and
from nape to forehead.
lis it blister!" he at length
asked.
''fes. dear. You have been very
III; "e feared for your life," said Mrs.
Ii, atfectionately; "there have
been two ply sicians in attendance"
Ii closed his eyes again his
lips moved. Those nearest were not
much edited by the whispered words
that issued therefrom. They would
nave sounded very strangly in church,
or TO ears polite and refined. After
this, he lay for some time quiet.
"Ihreatened with apoplexy. sun.
pose he then said, intcrrogatively.
Yes, dear" replied his wife. IL
found you lying insensible upon the
noor, on happening to come into your
room. 1t was most providential that
discovered you when | did, or Won
would certainly have died"
Ii shut his eyes and muttercd
something, with an air of impatience :;
but Its meaning was not Understood
Finding him out of danger, friends and
relatives retired, and the sick man was
LETT alone with his family.
Sarah, lie said, "why, in the name
OF goodness, did you permit the doc.
tors to butcher me in this wav2 Pm
lald up for week or two, and all for
nothing"
"l' was to save your life, dear"
Save the-!"
"H-u-s-h There! do, for mercy's
sake, be quiet; everything depends
upon it,"
With gesture Of impatiencc, H
smut hts eyes, teeth, and han Is, and
lay perfectly still for some minutes.
lhen lie turned his face TO the wall.
muttering i'll low, petulant voice
Too bad too bad too bad :"
| had not erred in my first and INV
last impressions of lis disease.
neither had DR.. 5, although he
used very extraordinary mode of
treatment. The facts OF the case were
these:
Il had u weakness he could not
taste wine nor strong drink without
being tempted into excess. Both HIM
self and friends were mortified and
grIeved at this; and they, by admoni-
ton, and ne, 10y good resolutions,
tried to bring about a reform but To
see was to taste, to taste was TO fall.
AT last, his friends urged him to shut
himself up at home for certain time.
and see If total abstinence would not
give strength He got ON pretty well
lor lew days, particularly so, as his
coachman kept weil-tiIled bottle for
hlm In The carriage-house, to which he |
not unfrequently resorted; but a too
afuenl devotion to this bottle brought |
on the supposed apoplexy.
Dr. . was light in his mode of |
treating the disease after all, and did
not err in supposing that it would |
reach the predIsposltion. The cure
was etiectuaI. H kept quiet on
the subject, and bore his shaved head
upon his shoulders with as much |
philosophy as he could muster. A
wing, alter the sores made by the blis- |
ter had disappeared, concealed the
BARRIERS work until his own hair grew !
again. lie never ventured upon wine
or brandy again for fear of apoplexy.
When the truth leaked out, as leak
out such things always will, the friends |
ot Ii had many hearty laugh
but they wisely concealed from the
object OF their merriment the fact that
they knew anything more than appear
Ell ot the cause OF his supposed ill.,
ness.