The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-18

shall chew il, too, 80 there, now ~
"Say no more, my dear. | now see III
4 force of your reasoning, and will go and OF
= der two or three cords OF the best pine Woo
: today No child of mine shall want VIII
ooh, please 20 along 10 your office, ana IL
me have some peace. body can ncNe
-, make the simplest remark but you must tax
up aud 90 10 arguing, and arguing, and Al
cuing, till you don't know what your n!
= talking about, and you never do
every well, it shall be as you say. Bn
there is n wan. o. logic in your last remark
which -
However, she was gone with flourish BE-
fore could finish, and had taken the chile
with her. That night al dinner, she con
froned me with a face as white rs a sheet.
ooh, Mortimer, there's aAohe'' llt'lt
: George Gordon is taken
, "Membranous Group
. "Membranous Group
as there any hope for him.
None in the world. Oh, what i To- be
come of us
By and by our nurse brought in our penc
lope to say good night, ana oller the Gus ,I,
'tomary PRAYER AT the mothers knee. In the
midst of "Now lay me down to sleep, she
gave slight cough. My wife fell back like
one stricken with death. But the next mo
mcnt she was up and running away with the
aCtivcness which terror inspires.
She commanded that the child's crib be re
moved from the nurSey to our bed room ana
she went along to see the order executed She
took me " in her, OF course. A cot bed was
rut up in nv wiies dressing room for the
nurse. But now Mrs. McWllhams said we
were too far away from the other baby, and
what if he were TO have the symptoms in the
night and she blanched again, poor thing
| We then restored the crib and the nurse TO
The nursery, and put up bed for ourselves in
Il room adjoining
Presently, however Mrs McWiliams said
Suppose the baby should catch It from Pene.
lopc!" This thought struck a new panic TO
her heart, and the tribe of us could not get
the CRIB out OF the nursery again fast enough
to satisfy my wife, though she assisted in her
own person, and well nigh pulled the crib to
pieces in her frantic hurry.
! We moved down stairs, but there was no
place to stow the nurse, and Mrs. MCWlI-
| lams said the nurses experience would be
an inestimablc help. So we returned bag
and baggage, to our own bed room once more,
and iclt great gladness, like storm bulicled
I birds that have found their nests again.
Mrs McWlliams sped 10 the nursery 10
see how things were going on there. She
was back in moment with new dread. She
said "What can make the baby sleep sO?"
/ said: why, my darling, baby always
sleeps like craven image
/ II know, know; but there's something
peculiar about his sleep now. lie seems to
he seems to breathe so regularly. oh, this is
dreadful"
But, my dear, he always breathes regu
larly."
ooh, know il, bu, there's something dread
full abou; il now. His nurse Is too young and
inexperienced. Maria shall stay there with
her and be on hand II anything happens
"Thls il a good idea, but who will help
youy"
"YOu can help me all want, | wouldn't
allow anybody to do anything but myself,
anyhow, al such time as this
( said | would ieel mean to be abed and
sleep. and leave her to watch and toll over
our little patien. all the weary night. But she
reconciled me TO ii. SO old Maria departed
and took up her ancient quarters in the nur.
sery.
! Penelope coughed twice in her sleep.
"Oh, why don't the doctor come: Alorti.
mer this room is too warm. This room is
certainly too warm. Turn OFF the register
quickw
shut it of, glanced at the thermometer at
was too warm for sick child
The coachman arrived from down town
with the news that the physician was i'll and
confined to his bed. Mrs. McWiliams turn.
ed IL dead eye on me, and said in dead voice,
There is providence IN it. II is foreordain.
ed. He never was sick before Never We
have not been living rs we ought To live.
Mortimer time and time again | have told
you so. Now you see the result Our child
will never get we'll. lie thankful you can
forgive yourself never can forgive myself.
/ said, without intent to hurt, but with
needless choice Of words, that could not see
that We had been living such an abandoned
life.
Mortimer, DO you want to bring the
judgment upon baby too?'
Then she began TO cry, but suddenly cS-
claimed, "The doctor must have sent medi.
cineS"
] said, Certainly they are here. | was
only waiting for you to give me Il chance"
well, do give them to me, Don't you
know that every moment is precioas now.
But what was the use IN sending medicines
when he knows that the disease isincurable?'
said that while there was life there was
hope.
Hope. Mortimer, you no more what you
are talking about than the child unborn. IL
| you would-As live, the directions say
| give one teaspooniul once al hourl Once an
hour! AS if we had whole year before us
~ save the child in! Mortimer, please hur,
'ry! Give the poor perishing thing table
spoonful, and try 20 be quick
! What, my dear! 4 tablespoonful might"
/ Don't drive me frantic! There,
there, there, my precious, my OWL; liz nasty,
bitter stuff, but It's 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 60 TO sleep, and
pretty soon-Oh. | know she can't live till
morning! Mortimer, u tablespoonful every
half hour will-Oh, the child reeds belladOR.
ma, too! know she docs-and aconite Get
them, Mortimer. Now, do let me have my
own way-you know nothing shout these
things"
We now went To bed, placing the crib close
TO my wiie's pillow Al this turmoil had
worn upon me, and within two minutes was
something more than half asleep. Mrs. Nc