Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-03-09
MEMBRANOUs GROUP.

Well, to go back to where l was be.
fore digressed to explain to you how
that frightful and incurable disease,
membranous Group. was ravaging the
town and driving all mothers mad with
terror, called Mrs. McWilliams' atten.
ton to little Penelope and said:
Darling. l wouldn't let that child
be chewing that pine stick, if / were
you
Precious, where is the harm in it Z
said she, but at the same time preparing
to take away the stick-for women can
not receive even the most palpably ju-
dicious suegt stion without arguing it;
that 10, married women.
Love, il 10 notorious that pine istbe
least nutritious wood that child can
eat
My wife's hand paused, in the act of
taking the stick, aud returned itself to
her lap. She bridled pereeptibly, and
said
Hubby, you know better than that.
You know you do. Doctors all say that
turpentine in pine wood is good for
weak back and the kidneys
'Ah! ] was under u,isapprebension.
! did not know that the cbild's kidneys
and spine were affected, and that the
family physician bad recommended
Who said that the child's spine and
kidneys were affeetedp'
MY love, you intimated it.
The idea! Inever intimated any
thing of the kind
why. my dear, it hasn't been two
minutes since you said-'
Bother what l said / don't care
what l did say. There isn't any harm
in the child's chewing u bit of pine
stick if she wants TO, aud YOU know it
perfectly well. And she shall chew it,
too! So there, now!
Say no more, my dear. now see
the force of our reasoning, and will
go and order two or three cords Of the
best pine wood to-day. No child Of
mine shall want while l.
oh, please go along to your Office,
and let me have some peace. A body
can never make the simplest remark but
you must take it up and go to arguing,
and arguing. and arguing till you don't
know what you are talking about, and
you nerer do
Very we'll, it shall be as you say.
But there is want Of logic in your last
remark which-
However, she was gone with flourish
before could finish, and had taken the
child with her. That night at dinner
she confronted me with face as white
a. sheet.
% Mortimer, there's another! Lit
tie George Gordon 10 taken
'Membranous croupf'
.Membranous Group
is there any hope for himt'
None in the wide world. Oh, what
is to become Of US z
by and by our nurse brought in our
Penelope tosay goodnight and offer
the customary prayer at the mothers
knee. In the midst Of Now l lay me
down to sleep" she gave slight cough.
My wife fell hack like one stricken with
death. But the next moment she was
up and running away with the active
ness which terror inspires.
She commanded that the child's crib
be removed from the nursery to our he'd
room; and she went along 10 zee the or.
der executed. She took me with her.
of course. We got matters arranged
with speed. A cot bed was put up in
INV wife's dressing room for the nurse
But now Mrs. Mcwilliams said We were
too far away from the other haby, and
what If he were to have the symptoms
in the highland she blanchsd again
poor thing.
We then restored the crib and the
nurse to the nursery, and pus up bed
for ourselves in q room adjoining.
Presently. however. Mrs. McWilliam,
said, suppose the baby should catch i,
from Penelope This thought struck q
new panic to her heart, and the tribe a,
us could not get the crib oetE Of tb.
nursery again fast enough to satisfy my
wife, though she assisted in her owl
person and well.nigh pulled the crib ts
pieces in her frantic hurry.
We moved downstairs, but there va.
no place 20 stow the nurse. and Mrs
McWilliams said The nurses experience
would be an inestimable help. So ",
returned, bag and baggage. to our owl
bedrooms orce more. and felt . grea,
gladness, like storm. buffeted birds tha
have foand their uest again.
Mrs. MeWilliams sped 20 the nurser,
TO see how things were going on there
She was back in . moment with nsv
dread. She said,