The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-10-19

/ throat, The bottled beer, "ysters, d-vilet
i kidneys, whiskry punch. pickles rnd cigars
Mege hreMins fllcir- customary hraia.4 and il4e
result was burning thirst and i humping
headache 4 gnoan from Tom told me he
was also awake and suffering.
Tom SAID /, rs there aay drinking wa
! ter IN the room
Not drop, said Tom; they fergot to
put ;be pitcher in ti,e room before they
went TO bed. Gall am not going to disturb,
any Of them nov.
-Heaven forbid 9 Iexelaimel, .bo, did
you try the kitchen
+ -.f'ye run around il twice. he answered
WITH a doieiul gFoan, .'aud divil drop Of
anything liquid can | iag my hands on. :
/ and he groaned again.
Five minutes might haze elapsed in SUI
ferihg silence wien Tom sa; ap With sui,
,lcn start. There's tipt China bowl, said
I he. ~lal 20 and fiittilat at the well, : and l,s
vas gone 90 the instant while sat Up ia
the bed ani iinpatientiy watched The ,oor
for his return. Oh hut he w4s 4 lung
/ timc away, and wien Ic did come Al last It
vas witi,out the bowl, ard w..I, . eauaten-
ance the very model of distress and siIssal,-
loinimeni Hewas shivering tit IL shake
his teeth ouf,l lreiaeiabef the higi; was frosty
I aud lie lla5i but his shirt on. Ia f.4c., as hc
spoke lie chopped every word lie uttered into
nvetl six pieces. What's tiie matter Z
eriS.i /. aHd without waiting for an answer.
where's tie water '-Ja-Ja-Ja-Jack =
hv .jerketEE +.sst, Il dro-op-op-ged the 10 =
owl down into t!,c we-;well, and ca
i '~ea-can't get it up a-a-again. and thus
he went on until made ont that lie wanted
me TO come and fish up thai ao9l IS uas
something taller and longer IN the arms
than lie was And nos Us both like a pair
Of bciatea spcctres anlblcd down the gar
dest path. that, specklcd with lsoary first,
s,cne and glinte,l in tile moonlight as # il
we're sprinkled wlth diannstsIs .,.id 4iay-
self dnwt on the edge &c the well. and while
! Tom held onto my ankles, plunged half
! my lsady down into The eAKits ia tie rain
/ effort to rccoTcr the hssl. es,aid lust
touch it with my inge,s, and that WAS alli
50, alter scoopiHg UP few drops Of water
in the hollow ot cur hands, NC wire compel
! 81 to 20 to bed again, with thirst iuorc ~.
gravatel ,l,sn when We started Out.
1t Was useless trying To sleep, 81, after a
little while Tom sta:te,LsTp to prowi around
the Kitchen once more. lie Was back Tins
time in the ~lwiakling Of bed pos,, anu
in state Of high excitement hauled me ou.
iol bed
/ chad founa skillet fa!l Of soup, hc ex-
pliined, standing in recess OF the kitchen
re,place 50 there, standing in iiie ,ark, too
/ raeuous TO get dipper, We handed round
the pot from ono 10 the other until VIC had
I drained it TO the last drop; then tumhling
into heli Ac ANefs-sa' sevtrtrs, ttffrr streT' 0f
( the weary and we'll refreshed
The sun was high and brigh, wien Nc
were awakened b. the ls,isteruas
entianceof Mrs. Butter, ami her excJana-
tioa Of 50, YOU are there, are you! yoa
| pair Of night walking sasai'ontis Where
/ dii y-u spend the alsht I'll, Tom mu,ier.
cd something al'ou, the hospital "oh, hos
pitai indeed she rstorte, Its iine ex.
euse that same hospital, I'm thinking Z
/ A. for you, and she gave nae ahearts punch
/. in the ribs, Il don't know but what ought
to tell your mother all about this hospital.
I. but get vi. nov tie pair of yep, breakfast i
ready aud the girls arc Waiting, rs an not