The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-11-19
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"And oh, mamma, you promised
the first holiday you would trim my
dolls bonnet"
Il want kite, too? stuck in
Mark.
"Oh, DO let me get my breath, .
cried the little woman. where S
your hat, TomT'
"Oh, 1 forgot" said Tom, sweep
ing it off with profound bow.
Here, take this chair and let me
take your bonnet and saque up
stairs. You are very tired"
"Ill help take them," SAID Bes-
sic; land PlI go and watch Tom,
mamma, If you don't feel like trim
ming the bonnet"
We'll see after dinner" said
Mrs. Turmoyle, looking from one
round, rosy face to the other, mark
ing the sturdy limbs and dancing
eyes. To be sure the hair of all
three must be reduced from rebel
lion before they were presentable at
the table, and soap and water were
pleasant suggestions in the mater
nal eyes. There was perfect health
and happiness, if the voices were
shrill and boots noisy.
"I've been to see Mrs. Stone"
she said, when washed and com bed,
the children gathered around her to
wait for papa and dinner, "and 1
wondered if | could ever make my
children as quiet and orderly as
hers are"
"Willie Stone is a milk -sopp
said Tom, contemptuously. CAL
ways crying because his head aches!
He can't play anything and daren't
move for fear of spelling his
clothes. Wouldn't play foot ball
for fear of getting dust on his shoes.
There's a nice boy for you-he
might as well be a girl"
"And mother, the teacher had to
write note to Mrs. Stone the day
John Gray spilled ink on Maud's
apron. She was so afraid to go
home, it was awful! She said her
mother would whip her and keep
her on bread and water for a whole
day. Miss Lee told her to say it
was not her fault, but she said her
mother would not believe her"
"Dinner-and here comes papa~
cried Tom.
Mr.Turmoyle came in with a very
grave face. He made no comment
on the boisterous announcement of
the holiday but stopped to kiss the
rosy faces with unwonted tender
ness. After dinner he sent the
children to the nursery, and he said
to his wife who had been anxiously
watching his clouded face:
"Tillie, l met DR.. Holmes on my
way home and he tells me that
there have been three cases of scar
let fever from the school. 1t is rag
ing fearfully, he says"
Mrs. Turmoyle turned pale.
''In the SCHOOL," she asked.
"Well, among the pupils.
There was a little more to say,
but the heart of each parent sent
up a petition to a kind Heavenly
Father to keep the plague from
their door.
Yet it came. A week later Mark
sickened and in three days more all
three were down. Tender, loving
care and unexpected ductility OF
patients carried the little Turmoyles
safely out upon the road of healt b
again. The most nauseous medi-
cines were swallowed if mamma
coaxed, and the most stringent
stiffness was observed when papa
was discovered to have tears in his
eyes beside Bessie's crib.
The day the children assembled
in the sitting-room for the first
time was gala day, but papa was
observed to have a sad face.
while we are thankful, deal
children" he said, ''for our bless
ings, let JUS not forget to sympa-
thize with the sorrows of others
Willie and Maud Stone were buried
to day and Amy will be deaf foI
life. The others are still very ILL.,
At bed time, when the children
slept the sleep of convalescence, Mr.
Turmoyle came to the nursery
where the blue-eyed wife was laying
out the morning clothing.
, ''Tillie," he said, drawing the lit
tie woman close in his strong arms
81 have had long talk with DR.
Holmes, and 1 cannot rest until
thank you for our unbroken nurse
: ry. Next to God you have saved
our children"
Il am sure you never spared
r yourself in nursing" said Mrs
| Turmoyle.
( "The nursing was the smallest
part of it. Dr.. Holmes says it wa
not the scarlet fever that killeC
7 Stones children, but the mother
t system. The fever found overtaxet
{ brains, bodies weakened by want O
2 exercise, tempers made sullen by
a deprivation of all childish pleas
ures. They we're nursed by sys
e TEN, no allowance being made 70
S weakness or suffering, and the tw
e that are gone but precede the tw
that are dangerously i'll. If the
recover from the fever they vii
e never reach maturity unless thei
!, mother sees her error. You ma
t thank your wife's management fo
your children the doctor said t
5 me; there was something to bull
r upon in the sturdy frames of thos
young savages.'
7 Mrs. Stone could see no fault i
s her system, though two little grave
r attested its weakness. Her chi
q dren, recovering from the fever
there was no relaxation of HON
i rule, and listless, pale and dull-eyeC
g they went back to the routine.
l. Four years passed away and ToI
O left home for boarding school,
t gentlemanly boy of sixteen, we'll u
Il in his studies and in perfect healtl
t Driving home from the station, q
d ter starting upon his journey, M
r aud Mrs. Turmoyle passed Al
l. Stones handsome house, prim an