The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-03

child in! Mortimer, please hurry. Give
the poor, perishing thing tablespoonful,
and try to be quickw "What, my dear,
a tablespoonful might -" "Don'tdriv
me franticl q" > There, there,
there, my precious, my own; its nasty,
bitter stuff, but its good for Nelly-good
for mothers precious darling; and it will
make her well. There, there, there, put
the little head on mammals breast and go
to sleep, and pretty soon--Oh, ] know
she can't live till morningl Mortimer, a
tablespoonful every half hour will -
Oh, the child needs belladonna, too. /
know she does-and aconite. Get them,
Mortimer. Now do let me have my way.
You know nothing about these things"
We now went to bed, placing the crib
close to my wife's pillow. All this tur-
MOL had worn upon me, and within two
minutes was something more than half
asleep. Mrs. McWilliams aroused me:
Darling, is that register turned on"
"No."
a thought as much. Please turn it
on at once. This room is cold"
turned it on and presently fell asleep
again. | was aroused once more.
"Dearie, would YOU mind moving the
crib to your side OF the bed? It's nearer
the register"
Imoycd it, but had collision with the
rug and woke up the child. dozed of
once more, while my wife qnieted the sut-
ferer. But in little while these words
came murmuring remotely through the
fog Of my drowsiness
Mortimer, il we only had some goose
grease-will you ring?"
climbed drearily out, and stepped on
u cat, which responded with protest,
and would have got n convincing kick
for it, il chair had not got 1t instead.
"Now, Mortimer, why do you want TO
turn up that gas and wake up the child
again?'
because want to see how much am
hurt, Caroline"
"Well, look at the chair, tool have
no doubt it is ruined. Poor cat, suppose
you had"
"Now, l am not going to suppose any;
thing about the cat. It never would
have occurred II Maria had been allowed
to remain here and attend to these duties,
which are in her line, and are not in
mine"
"Now, Mortimer, l should think you
would be ashamed to make u remark
like that. 1t is a pity il you can not do
the few little things that l ask OF you at
such IN awful time as this, when our
child
"Therc, there; will do anything you
want. But l can't raise anybody with
this bell. They've all gone to bed. Where
Is the goose greasep
"On the mantlepiece in the nursery. II
you'll step there and speak to Maria"
fetched the goose grease, aud went TO
sleep again. Once more was called:
@Mortimer, l so hate to disturb you, but
the room is still too cold for me to try to
apply this stuff. Would you mind light
ing the fire? 1t is all ready to touch a
match tor
dragged myself out and lit the fire, and
then sat down disconsolate.
Mortimer, don't sit there and catch
your death OF cold. Come to bed"
As was stepping in, she said: "But
wait amoment. Please give the child
some more Of tho medicine"
Which did. 1t was medicine which
made child more or less lively; SO my
wife made use Of its waking intervals 10
strip it and grease it all over with the
goose oil. l was soon asleep once more,
but once more had to get up.
GMortimcr, / feel a draft feel it dis,
tinctly. There is nothing so bad for this
disease as draft. Please move the crib
in front Of the fire. .
Ibid 1t, and collided with the rug again,
which threw into the fire. Mrs. Nc.
Williams sprang out Of bed and rescued
it, and we had some words. 1had anoth'
or triaing interval Of sleep, and then got
up, by request, and constructed flax
seed poultice. This was placed upon the
child's breast and left there to do its heal
ing work:
A wood fire Is not permanent thing.
I got up every twenty-five minutes and
renewed ours, and this gave Mrs. Nc
Williams an opportunity to shorten the
times Of giving the medicines by ten
minutes, which was great satisfaction
TO her. Now and then, between times, !
recognized the Aax-seed poultices, and
applied sinapisms and other blisters
where unoccupied places could be found
upon the child.
We'll, toward morning tho wood gave
out, and my wife wanted me TO 90 down
cellar and get some more. SAID: "My
dear, II is laboriouS job, and tho child
mast be nearly warm enough, with her
extra clothing. Now, mightn't We put
on another layer OF poultices, and"
did not finish, because I was inter.
rupted. lugged wood up from below
for some little time, and then turned in
and fell to snoring as only a man can
whose strength Is all gone and whose
soul is worn out,
Last, at broad daylight, felt q grip
on my shoulder that brought me TO my
senses suddenly. My wife was glariDg
down on me and gasping. As sooE as
she could command her tongue, she said
at Is all over! AL overt The child's
perspiringl What shall we dor
@Afercy, how you terribly me l don't
know what we oughtto do. Maybe II We
scraped her and put her in the draft
90, iliotl There Is not q moment tc
lose. Go for the doctor. Go yourself
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