The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-08-27

tremendous. Out of his three bottles
there renamed just six-two had been
emptied during the day. Well; at any
rate he could hold out just fifteen days
more. But after the fifteen days-after an
other fifteen days-what the n? He sank to
sleep esigned-resolved to leave the rest
to Providence
y
One Tuesday evening, the wife was
taking an evening walk in the little vii
la"c of Curcpipe, while the colorcd nurse
followed with the little hoy Passing by a
cabin she suddenly heard sound Of pas
slonatc weeping was brave aud went
III. Sad sight, lying on miserable bed
was young girl Of fifteen, with eyes star
lng wildly into vacancy, nostrils dlated,
teeth clcnchrd-aIl motonless and icy
cold. Beside the bed knelt an old wo-
man, crying aloud and wringing her
hands in despair 1t seemed they had
both been rash enough to visit Port, Louis
tho evening before, and the little one
must have caught the fever thcre-she
was going to die 50 Ah, God ah, God
oh, KIND God have pity on us ~
Courageously the lady visitor put her
hand in her po 'ket-the five packages of
qninne were still there She took out
two. Some one in heaven saw her do it.
She poured some water into an old bro
ken cup that the aged woman gave her
she forced open the teeth of the dying
child and made her drink
When she came back after dinner the
young girl was perspiring and sleeping
comfortably. Wednesday and Thursday
tie lady brough; two more packages Of
qulnne. Her husband was to come on
Sunday, and he never travelled without
quininc.
boy begin to moan The cradle Law
within arms reach; she put ont her
hand. The child was hot, very hot
At once she leaped ont Of bed Her
head felt ALI confused She took the
last remaining package and gave the
whole ot the contents to the child at
once Then she awoke the nurse, aud
sent her in all haste for Dr. Jarv.
~" W hat - twenty grains at one
dose - But whe he felt the chill's
pulse his face changed, and he shook his
head. I"u did right" he said; "and
We shall have to give him another dose
Of twenty grains in two hours more"
= But have no quinine, Doctor"
II" The devil rcther have L. But
there is plenty OF qninine at the Port
your husband keeps il, doesn't he
Quick send a man there at once If
We have quinine, this will amount to
nothing. Don't be afraid assure you
it will be all right"
But how could she tell him their child
was sick? How could she friyhten him,
tired as he was, and needing all the
strength he had to fulfill his duty.
-" Doctor-you are sure it. will be all
right: Tell me the truth 1T isn't any
thing really serious, is it -
'Why no, no. my dear Madame ! =
why no ~
She had no confidence in anybody's
drugs except her hGslana's. Dr. Jary
sent his own coachman-a trustworthy
man-wth the message. She gave him
all the spare money she had to purchase
the quininc with. What did it matter
As soon a. the crisis had passed she
would write her husband to bring with
him a whole flask Of quinine when he
should come on Sunday
Five hours later the carriage returned
The servant brought four doses of twenty
grains each, done up into little packages
each bearing the drug store label and
the insc. iption =" .>ulphdte of quinine,
20 grains" She kissed the little pack
ps.-hcr son was saved
The doctor actually wanted to weigh
each package. What was the good Of
that her husband had made them up.
Nevertheless she let him do it, OF course
the full twenty grains were there; she
knew it from the first
Meanwhile the temperature had low
cred considerably, and the doctor, taking
advantage of the remittance, gave an
other twenty grain dose.
=" With that we'll throttle the nasty
fever, Pm sure we've settled it this
time"
Two hours after the ingcstion of this
heroic remedy the child's skin was burn
ing worse than before; there was no
sign Of reaction The doctor was com
pIctclv batfied, and became uneasy
Without saying word to the poor
mother he scrbhed two lines of mes
sage to NJ. Chsabach and told his coach
man to drive as fast as possible.
Still the fever held its gripe; it seized
on the head, and the child suffered with
frightful nervous spasms.
At $ o'clock that evening Chisabach
arrived His wife threw herself upon
his neck, sobbing. He kissed her fore
head, kissed her eyes, calmed her gently
and approached the bed where the child
lay He put his hand on the boys fore
head.
=" How is this ~ he said to DIR. Jary
=" in spite of the quinine."
- In spite Of the quinine, yes 2" re-
turned the Doctor, shaking his head.
:" lie has taken sixty grains in ten hours
see here for yourself!'
And he showed the three little papers,
on which were written, in his own hand
writing, the words " ".Sulphate Of gui-
nine, 20 grs.
The wretched man felt everything
about him whirliny round and round.
He leaned against the bed a moment to
keep himself from falling; something
seemed to seize him by the throat-he
could not even shrek Keeling like
drunken man he made his way to the
garden. The rain was falling; he let it
stream down upon his head without
feeling it.
The doctor sent out after him; he had
resolved unou the desDerate expedient of