The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22
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The coachman arrived from down town
now with the news that the physician was
ill and confined to his bed. Mrs. McWil-
liams turned dead eye upon me, and
said in dead voice, ''There is provi.
dence in it. 1t is foreordained. He never
was sick before. Never. We have not
been living as we ought to live. Morti-
mer, time and time again I have told you
so. Now you see the result. Our child
will never get we'll. Be thankful if you
can forgive yourself. can never for.
give myself.
I said, without intent to hurt, but with
needless choice Of words, that could not
see that we had been living such an aban-
doned life.
"Mertimer Do you want to bring the
judgment upon 0aby, too e.
Then she began to cry, but suddenly
exclaimed, 1.-THE doctor must have sent
medicines -
said, "Certainly they are here. l
was only waiting for you to give me a
chance
swell do give them to me! Don't you
know that every moment is precious now
But what was the use in sending medi-
cines when he knows that the case is in
durable p
said while there was life there was
hope.
"Hope! Mortimer, you know no more
what you are talking about than the child
! unborn. If you would-As live. the
directions say give one teaspoonful once
an hour Once an hour as if we had
whole year before US to save the child in
Mortimer, please hurry. Give the poor
perishing thing tablespoonful and try
spoonful might -"Don't drive me
frantic \ \ 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
we'll. There, there, there, put the little
head on mammals breast and go to sleep,
and pretty soon Oh, know she can't
live till morning Mortimer, a table.
spoonful every half hour will-Oh, the
child needs belladonna, too know
she does and aconite. Get them Morti-
mer. Now do let me have my way. You
know nothing about these things.''
We now wen. to bed, placing the crib
close to my wiie's pillow. All this tur.
moil had worn upon me, and within two
minutes was something more than half
asleep. Mrs. McWilliams reused me !:
. ''Dar]ing, is that register turned on g.
''No."
II thought as much. Please turn it
on at once. This room is so cold.''
i turned it on, and presently fell asleep
again. l was aroused once more.
''Dearie, would you mind moving the
crib to your side of the bed? 1t is near
er the register"
l moved it, but had collision with the
rug, and woke up the child. I dozea off
once more, while my wife quieted the
sufferer. But in little while these
words came murmuring remotely through
the fog of my drowsiness:
''Mortimer, if we only had some goose
grease-will you ring g.
climbed directly out, anS stepped on
cat, which responded with protest,
and would have got convincing kick for
it, il chair had not got it instead.
! snow, Mortimer, why do you want to
turn up the gas and wake up the child
again e.
because | want to see how much I am
h::rt. Caroline
| " SI13 AOoh az GAC Cll~ll COO nave
no doubt it is ruined. Poor; cat suppose
you had-''
Now, I am not going to suppose
anything about the cat. 1t never
would have occurred if Maria had
been allowed to remain here and
attend to these duties, which are in her
| line, and are not in mine.'
Nov, Mortimer, should think you
would be ashamed to make remark
like that. It is pity you cannot dc the
few little things that ask Of you at such
an awful time as this, when our
| child
''Ihere, there, will do any, hing you
want. But l can't raise any body with
this bell. They're all gone to bed.
Where Is the goose grease?'
"On the mantlePiece in the nursery.
II you'll step in there and speak to
fetched the goose grease and went to
sleep again. Once more was called.
''Mortimer, so hate to disturb YOU,
but the room is too cold for ME to try
to apply this stuff. onld YOU
mind lighting the fire! 1t is all ready
to touch match to-
| udSgeQ myself out ana llC the lire,
and then sat down disconsolate.
'Mortimer, don't sit there and catch
your death Of cold. Come to bed.''
As l was stepping in, she said: ssBut
wait moment. Please give the child
some of the medicine
Which I did. It was a medicine
which made child more or less lively;
so my wife made use of it's waking inter.
val to strip it and grease it all over with
| the goose oil. I was soon asleep once
more, but once more had to get up
'Mortimer, feel draft. feel it dis.