Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-25

her hand shook and SO the fluid penetrat-
ed to every nook and corner Of the young
mans food receptacle, There was yell
of agony which awoke every deg in the
neighborhood, and Charley performed a
hornpipe in the middle of the fioOr, and
accompanied 1t with aseries of words, the
majority of which his wife had never
heard before.
IL was an hour before Charley got
quieted sufficiently to sit down, and
about that time q lady neighbOr ven
tured in to ask ii they had sickness in the
family. She was told of the atfiiction
which had overtaken Charley, and she
was all sympathy at once. She had
suffered just so herself, and the only way
to cure the trouble was by making cold
applications upon the outside of the
cheek.
SO she went home, and Charley's wife
made a neat little bag and filed it with
chopped ice, and then tied it on to his face
with long red stocking.
This had the effect OF changing the ma
ture OF the pain and make Charley feel as
though he was having needles thrust into
his brain.
He could feel the hair stand right up on
the top of his head, and his eyes pro-
truded from their sockets to such an eX-
tent that his vile thought Charley was
going crazy.
Pretty soon the ice began to melt and to
drip down upon Cbarley's shirt bosom.
and to meander around his collar, and
course slowly down his spine, and Char
ley in his delirium felt as though he had
been fishing and fallen overheard. Then
he began TO pace up and down the room
and kick the fO0tstools, and stare out of
the windows, and look unkindly at the
cat; and just at this juncture a friend OF
Charley and Mrs. Charley arrived. His
name was Arthur, and be had been n drug
clerk before he became dude, and in
consequence the most intimate friends all
called him Doctor"
de was much interested when he found
how his friend was suffering, and he
smiled a superior smile when Charey's
wife explained what she had done for him.
What was needed, ne SAID, was counter
1rrltant. The teeth and the interior OF the
mouth were infiamed, and there was I'M
doubleday fever there. A hot plaster OF
some kind on the outside would be Just
the thing. He said that if Charley's wife
would get him the materials he would
prepare something which would ease the
pain almost immediately.
So they all went to the kitchen and
Arthur turned back his cuffs and began
work. Fist he ripped open tue bag
WhiSh h0u Obnbdib0U bAt ANt anu idiu ~
out FIAT. Then he put on coating OF
mustard and moistened it with hot water.
Then he put on layer of red pepper and
then sprinkled the whole with water so
that it made nice thick paste. He tied
that upon Charley's face and then put
bandage soaked with hot water over that,
and then tied the red stocking on once
more. Then he went home and Charley
went to bed.
During period OF about twenty min
utes after Arthur had bowed himself out
Mrs. Charley was firm believer in She0l.
Charley made her believe it. He hOwled,
he swOre, he danced, aud he stood upon
his head. His wife at first asked him ''if
it ached worse" Then she didn't dare get
within speaking distance OF him, until in
moment OF wild frenzy he tore the plAst-
er from his face and dashed it at picture
Of ''TwO Cherubs," which was hanging
upon the wall.
Then Charley tainted, and she had a
chance to look at his face. There was
the swelling, the mustard, the pepper
and a two days beard all mixed together.
The removal of the plaster had also
caused the secession of considerable
section Of cuticle, and, take it altogether,
1t lid not look like the same face which
Charley's wife used TO think ''too sweet
for anything"
She thought that his face must be sore,
and she remembered that once when she
was little girl she burned her finger one
day and her mother put cold molasses on
the injured member aud that took the pain
away. So she took the syrup pitcher and
poured its contents on Charley's face.
Two ladies who lived down the block
called just then to see who had been in
iured in the house, as they had thought
they bad heard somebody groan there.
One Of these, when she found out the cause
of the trouble, said that sweet oil and
lime water was good for burns. She had
some all prepared at home, ana she kindly
offered to 20 and get it. While she was
gone the other lady thought that flour was
good for burns, so they threw handful OF
breadstuffs upon the molasses. Then the
other lady came with the sweet oil and
lime-water mixture, and they poured that
on. just then the family washerwoman
called to see if they wanted to have their
washing done the following day. AS
Charley still seemed 'tO suffer some
pain" they asked the washerwoman, who
was old and Irish, and they thought ought
to be wise, as to what to do. She said that
''blueing" was the best thing In the world,
and so they added another color 20 Char
ley's face.
Well, the two ladies stsid with Char
ley's wife that night, and they have since
declared that Charley is the wOrst-temper-
ed man they ever saw.
Charley is better now, but be says
that he will not get out OF the house
for month to come unless he wears a
mask.
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