Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-03-09
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I fetched the eoose-greass and went
to sleep again. Once moreI Was called.
'MoFtimer, I 20 hate 10 disturb you.
bot the room 10 still too cold for me "a
try to apply this stun. Would ron mind
lighting the 6res Il 10 oil ready 70
touch match to-
dragged myself out and nc tie Gre,
and then sat down discoasolats.
Mortimer. don't sit there and catch
your death Of cold. Come to bed
As I was stepping in she said:
But wait minute. Please give the
child some more d IT, - -;
which I did. II 60 - G4 - X
made . child more or lee lively; % my
wife made use of its waking interval 10
strip il and grease il al over with goose
oil. was soon asleep once more, but
once more had to get up.
Mortimer. I feel . draft. I feel it
distinctly. There is nothing 30 bad for
this disease a. Q draft. Please move
the crib in front Of the fire.'
/ did it and collided With the rug
again, which threw into the FIRE. Mrs.
McWilliams sprang out Of bed and res
cued it and We bad some words. / had
another trifling interval Of sleep and
then got ur, by request, and construc-
ted . fax.seed poultice. This was
placed upon the child's breast and left
there to do its healing work.
A wood fire is not apermaneut thing.
I got up every twenty minutes and re-
newed ours, and this gave Mrs. McWil-
liams an opportunity to shorten the
times Of giving the medicines BY ten
minutes, which was great satisfaction
to her. Now and then, between times,
l reorganized the Aaxseed poultices, and
applied sinapisms and other blisters
where unoccupied places could be found
upon the child. Well. toward morning
the wood gave out, and my wife wanted
me to 60 down into the cellar and get
some more. / said:
MY dear, it 10 . laborious job. and
the child must be nearly warm enough,
with her extra clothing. Now, mightn't
we put on another layer Of poultices
and-
l did not finish, because I was inter-
rupted. I lugged wood up from below
for some little time. aud then turned in
and fell to snoring as only . man can
whose strength is all gone and whose
soul is worn out. Last at broad day
light ] felt q grip on my shoulder that
brought me to my senses suddenly.-
Ny wife was glaring down on me and
gasping. A. soon as she could COM
mand her tongue she said:
Its all over! Allover! The child's
What shall We do?'
Mercy, how you terrify mel Idon't
know what We ought to do. Maybe if
We scraped her and put her in the draft
again
oh, idiot! There is not 9 moment
to lose. Go for the doctor. Go your
self. Tell him he mxst come, dead or
alive
l dragged that poor. sick man from
his bed and brought him. He looked
at the child and said she was not dying.
This was joy unspeakable to me, but it
made my wife as mad as if he had Of
fered q personal affront. Then he said
the cbild's cough was only caused BY
some trifling irritation or other in the
throat. At this l thought my wife had
a mind to show him the door. Now
the doctor said he would make the child
cough harder and dislodge the trouble.
So he gave her something that sent her
into spasm of coughing. and present.
ly up came little wood splinter or so.
This child has no membranous Group,
said be.
She has been chewing a bit of pine
shingle or something of the kind, and
got some little slivers in her throat
They won't do her any hurt
No. said I. I can we'll believe that
Indeed, the turpentine that is in them
is very good for certain sorts of diseases
that are peculiar to children. Ny wife
will tell you so.'
But she did not. She turned away
in disdain, and left the room; and since
that time there is one episode in ouy
life which We never refer to. Hence the
tide of our. DAYS flows nv in deep aud
untroubled serenitv.-Nark Tirai~.