The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-16

his loving wife, after seeing HIM comfort
ably reposing, with q sad and. sorrowtul
heart attended to her child. H. q ~
One would have thought who had
heard the. storm of abuse which William
Malcolm had showeredA upon his wife, in
.lslahSuagc which at times was horrible to
\ slieaf; that he was brutal wretch, devoid
of feeling; but he would have been mis-
9ktaken. When sober, he was one of the
4 Eindest of husbands, and loved his babe
with an almost womanly love. But when
lathe demon Of drink had taken possession
1taofS ffAlsssoul, ali! then, alas that so many
KSllould know the horrid brutality which
l8he poison instils into the heart OF its
slsS1ctims.
,JssS The hours sped slowly on. In the mid
Idle of the night the anxious mother was
a awakencd by a strange noise which she
had ssnever before noticed in her child s
lsbreathing The mothers heart was
alarmed, and in her anxiety she awakened
her husband. .... ,t-,
a"Willie, Willie, dear, there's some
thing the matter with baby"
| 1,"Oh, it's only slight cold she's got.
! She'll be better in the mornin'," he NUT
( tered, half awake and rather angrily at
i being disturbed, and then turned to sleep.
Sleep visited not the mothers eyes; anXi-
ETY. :. for the child was above all other
thoughts. She lay awake listening to the
hoarse noise, and half afraid again to dis
4 turb Her husband. Even she thought it
was only Il cold which the child had got,
al ailment to which it was rather prone.
In the stiffness of the night, and with all
:: her feelings strung to hear the slightest
note, of alarm; she fancied the childs
! breathing was getting hoarser Yes, there
was no doubt OF it; her babe was getting
worse!pt
gAWillie, dear Willie, do waken, dear
Baby's very ill.,
.loTt'aWhat? Who says baby's ill?' he ex-
claimed, starting'up.
oh" Hush, Willie, do you hear that strange
noise?"N
4 The father was now thoroughly awake
4 and in his right mind. Yes, he heard the
noise-a hoarse croaking noise which &C
. companied the child's every breath. He
was alarmed now. thoroughly, and love
for his babe was the uppermost feeling
in his eheart.
i s&Hadn't you better 60 for the doctor,
2 Willie?" asked his wife gently.
ooh, yes, Jessie! I1fgo at once," and
the father hurriedly prepared to depart
"Don't be long, Willie dear" ~
: H'4" Never fear, Jessie, I'll be as fast as
y can. u.lo's ..2Uc
: fr"'" Out into the..n ght -. ther~.wind~ blew
right in his teeth, as if it would shiver his
very frame. But what cared he fol. the
wind? Was not his child ill--perhaps
, dangerously i'll? The thought sent thrill
, of agony through his heart and he rushed
! on faster than before. The nearest doc.
tor must BE sought. He reached the
house and rang the bell. -. h..
, Sis the doctor in?' he asked with 3
! quiyer on his lips. -.......
1No sir, he was called out some time
ago;;''@and the servant maid, none the
B 3morescivil because she had been awakened
f from her sleep, closed the door. 80
r He must go for his own doctor, then
] sob, that he should be I'M" He rushed
through the streets, the Waterman, as liz
walked his weary round, looking sus
: piciously at him as he passed. He rang
! the bell. Minutes seemed to pass and
: still no one answered. At last the doc
was opened. d f..'> T. ..A
"Is Dr: s NTH in?" He was almos
!, afraid to look the servant in the face
!, lest he might read the" dreaded answer
II in her eyes. s'fa,s go. Ia
|, eyes" ~sg rs .adt
Strange that simple word should have
+ such power to lift such a load of anxiety
from his mind. ,,y .- -ss,
=: William Malcolm was ushered into
: room and the doctor presently came in
The father hurriedly described tn.
:, symptoms of his child's illness til,
:, croaking noise. which accompanied it
> sbreathing. That was enough. Group
= The DOCTOR knew the symptoms too well
II shall he along Immediately. Pu
the feet in warm water as soon as yol
get home" :: ...' '-.t a"'sN
With lighter heart than he had lief
, with the father: returned to his home
Alas that he should be fated to hav'
his heart weighed down by still heavie
! load of: agony. His babe was worse
J. unwilling as he was to believe it, ther,
was no getting away from the horrible
thought. - -.
> The child lay in its little. cot, its fac
p livid, breathing with so much difficult,
, that sometimes the poor neither though
it would he suffocated. The father tol.
+ her what the doctor had advised, ant
! she Immediately proceeded to do. .Wha
o she could. But the fire was out, and
was sometime before she could get j
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