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

"Wcll, look AT the CHAIR, 'o'-A h"'o NV
doubt it is ruined Poor cat suppose you
had-----'
"Now, am not going to suppose anything
about the cat II never would nave occurred
# Maria had been allowed 10 remain here and
attend 10 these duties, which are III her line,
and are not in mine
Now, Mortimer, should think you would
be ashamed 10 make a remark IKE that. IL
Is a pity il you cannot do the few litt!e Things
that | ask OF you at such an awiG! umc as
tins, when our child"
There, there, | will do anything you want
But | can't raise anybody with THIS bell.
They're all gone TO bed Where is the goose
grease -
son the mantelplcce in the nursery. If
vou'll step in there and speak to Maria--
fetched the goose grease and wentto sleep
again. once more | was called.
MORTIMER, so hate 10 disturbyou, but the
room IS too cold for me to try to apply TINS
stuff. Would you mind lighting the fire: 1t
IS all ready 10 touch a match to.
dragged myself out and lii the FIRE, and
then sat down discOnsolatc
Mortimer, don't sit there and catch your
death of cold. Come TO bed
As was stepping in, she SAID but wait
moment. Please give the child some more
of the medicine
/ Which did. It was medicine which
made a Chlld more or less lively, 50 my wife
made use of its waking interval TO strip II and
grease it all over with the goose Oil. had
TO get up. ,...,..
There is po,hing so bad for this disease as a
draft. Please move the crib in front OF the
fire"
] did it, and collided with the rug again,
which threw into the fire Mrs. NcWll,
liams sprang out OF bed and rescued II, ana
we had some words. ! had another trItlng
interval of sleep, and then got up, by request,
and constructed faXseed poultcc. rms
was placed upon the chl!ds breast ana Ies'
there 10 do its healing work.
4 wood fire is a permanent thing. go1 up
every twenty minutes and renewed ours, and
this gave Mrs McWiliams an opportunity
to shorten the times OF giving the medicines
by ten minutes which was great satisfaction
TO her Now and then, between times, re.
organized the tlaXseed poultces, and applied
sinapisms and other blisters where unoccu
pied places could be found upon the child !
Well, toward morning the wood gave out,
and my wife wanted me 10 go down cellar
and Get some more. said: My dear, II is
laborious Job, and the child must be nearly
warm enough with her extra clothing Now,
might've put on another layer oil poUltices
and"---
did not finish, because was interrupted.
| lugged wood up from below for some little
time, and 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 daylight, felt grip on my
shoulders that brought me to my senses sud
denly. Ny wife was glaring down on me and
raspiBg As soon as she could command her
tongue she said, ITS all over All over! The
child's perspiring, What shall we do?"
Mercy, how you territy me. don know
what we ought to do. Maybe il we scraped
her and put her in the draft again
80, idiot! There is not moment to lose.
Go for the doctor. Go yourself Tell him he
must come, dead or alive" !
dragged thai poor sick man from his bed
and brought him He looked at the child,
and said she was not dying. This was JOY I'M
spcakable to me, but it made my wifi as mad
as if he had offered q personal insult Then
he said the child's cough was only caused by
some trifling irritation or other in the throat.
At this thought my wife had 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 a spasm of coughing, and pres
emily up came a little wood splinter or so.
This child has no membrauous Group,
SAID he. "She has been chewing bit OF pine
Single or something of the kind, and got
some little slvers in her throat. They won't
10 her any hurt
NO." said l. IL can wellbelIcve that; In
deed the turpentne that is in them is very
good for certain diseases that are peculiar.to
children. My wife will tell yoG So"
But she dld not. She turned away in dis
dain and lett the room and since that time
there is one episode in our life which We
never refer to. Hence the tide of our days
flow by in deep and untroubled serenity