The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-05-15

! between these shed rooms, but none be
tween the front rooms. The entranc
from the ysrl in front was into the lar
ger of these two rooms.
was out in the yard under the shad
of an apple tree, in my shirt sleeves
busilv engaged il. the mysteries of Nir
gifs Eneid. when a switch across m
shoulders made me cry out and sprn.
from my chair, upsetting my little table
Virgil, Lexicon and all, and runnin.
away to the house, was Nancy. | wa
halt mad for the blow was scorcher
and after her went determined on rev
enge. Through the house we went
Nancy was fleet O, the country girls o
Georgia IN that day, What strapping
things they were. They never saw a cor
set-never wore tight fitting shoe, ant
their toes were as free from corns as theil
fingers were from diamond rings.
Nancy had the start, but | thought
had the wind and was determined OF
catching her. Around the house we
went, into the yard. How she laughed
and how shOne her white teeth, and
sparkled her great black eyes. | wa:
gaining on her, when she ran through
the house, and into my room. | follow
ed. "Leave me alone" she said, and
jumped upon my bed. | followed and
caught her. Quick as cat she slipped
through my arms and leaped to the floor
There is father and mother" she ex-
claimed. "What will they say to me if
| they find me here in your room with you
Jump into the bed and say you are sick. :"
had at this warning gotten off the bed.
did as | was bid, and lay down, bitter
| ly complaining. She, in the meantime,
/ caught up her hair, which, in our scuttl es
had been badly tumbled, and running
out, met her parents coming into the
house Gather" she exclaimed, loud
enough for me to hear, ''cousin Gus is
mighty sick" She had called me cousin
from the first week of our acquaintance.
The old gentleman came slowly into the
room He could not, or would not, com
promise his dignity by accelerating his
motions for any consideration. He
was Judge at the inferior court, and
that was to be thought of in all he said
or did Nancy came in behind him,
and whilst he felt my pulse, she was
peeping from behind him, grinning and
winking in ecstacy over my shamming.
| could have murdered her Slowly the
old man continued to feel my pulse and
to look wise He shook his head grave
ly as he took his fingers from impulse.
"Why Gus, my son." he exclaimed,
''You must be very sick, for l never felt
such pulse in the worst of fevers."
There stood Nancy, peeping and wink
ing from behind her father in mockery.
When the old man, with great gravity,
asked, "Gus, how are your bowels?"
Nancy jerked her head behind her father
as | groaned and turned over. Turning
to his daughter, the Judge said, "He is
pretty sick, and needs medicine; 90 you
and get that yaller mug, the big one
put as much SIENNA in it as you can grasp
80, with the point Of his finger upon his
thumb and fill it up with boiling
water"
Nancy went, but upon reaching the
door turned half round to look at us, and
putting her thumb upon the tip Of her
nose, waved her fingers and darted away.
The Judge slowly left the room, and had
there been any chance for my escape
from the house unobserved, would have
fled like feIon. But / was in for it,
and must go through with it.
1t was not long before the Judge re-
turned with the yellow mug, trimming
with SIENNA tea, and Nancy following.
He pour out tea cup full of the tea.
"Here, nay son, he said, ''drink this
you must take another cup full" "Here,
hold this, must go out and seethe pre-
scription DR. Sankey left for your moth
err" and be handed her the mug and cup.
This was her opportunity. She set down
on the bedside and assuming the gravity
of her father, asked with much sympathy
how | felt, putting on as long a face as
hypOcrite at camp meeting, and insisted
on feeling my pulse. But the Judge re-
turning said the prescription of the doctor
said two caps full at first, and one every
half hour after until the bowels were re-
lieved. Nancy stood behind, with her
tongue thrust into her cheek and her
eyes cleaning with mischief, as she
poured out cup full to the very rim of
the nauseating stuff. | swallowed it and
they left the room, but not until Nancy
had given me another specimen of her
affected sympathy.
That day will be remembered by me as
long as live; for go where | would, or
when, Nancy was sure to be in the way
to watch and litter.
The next morning the Judge came in,
Nancy with him. to inquire after my health
and feel my pulse with the sage gravity
one might suppose belonging to Escu
lapius himself. Better, much better,
this morning. The medicine operated
well, did it, my son? Your pulse is
quite feeble. It Was fortunate | came
heme at the time did, for you were GER
tainly threatened with very severe at
tack but you are we'll over it now.
Lucky, Nancy, wasn't it?" Very" said
Nancy, with a sly leer and wink at me,
nothing like good purgative to reduce
these violent attacks" "Do you feel
like you could eat something, my boy ?"
asked the considerable Judge, eyes,
sir" | answered enphatioally, Il nn'
very hungry ga very rn'h ;oo NV
boy but you n% ms. be very careful lest
20" Lave relapse; and that might get
you into trouble, and might" he added,
''be fatal. These attacks, you should
know, Nancy, are sometimes very dan
gerous with young people, with older
ones they are not so frequent or so dan
gerous, and the scriptures say the second
condition of a man under such circum-
stances is always worse than the first.
Nancy, you have some chicken broth
made; and he must take sparingly of it.
A youth subject to these infammatory
attacks, must be depleted and should he
have return of it, blood letting may be
ecessary-scarcely anything else will so
soon reduce such pulse as he had yes
terday."
Nancy, all this while, was behind her
father, making every demonstration of