Daily Republican., 1888-08-09
THE rALr or A TADroLE.

Mr.. John. Brown came home one
evening lately, und being very thirsty,
poured out for himself tankard of
water in glass which he thought was
empty. Imagine his surprise and con.
sterna.ion when his son Tommy, aged
eight, came in, just as his draught WIS
finiehed and shrleked:
why, pspai you've swallowed my
ItSdpolel"
"Whaaa,r' shouted the alarmed
father. "You young IDIOT run for the
dOctorw
But the only medical man who could
be got hold of at the moment was
frenchman, visiting 10 the neighbor.
hood. On the case being rather inco.
hercntly explained TO him by the
now thorough y frightened family, he
said:
"YOu make heem SWIM"
"But my husband can't SWIM" re.
piled poor Mrs. Brown, in tears.
mo, II is not 70 man Eat shall swim,
Il Is re leetlc frog who shall swim, you
know, qui'il iaut que lie poisson mage,
so you oil him wild 20 water to his
teeth, zen ze leetle frog he gill swim
up TO &c mout Of Monsieur, and ven
he see re light he will shomp out, so.
And they gave lin bucket after
bucket OF water till he became horri.
bly, sick, but no tadpole "shomped
out"
By this time poor Brown was suffer
ing agonies. The tadpoie, or the large
quantity of water, one OF the other,
was causing him great pain, added TO
which he himself was In a state OF
mortal and indetlnable terror. Just
then the family physician made his
appearance and tried to allay their
fears, but all 10 no purpose, something
practical must be done. Thinking a
little stimulant would do his patient
good afler the drenching he had had,
he said:
"Now, should recommend you, If
you want that iadpole to jump, TO
give him a good dose of brandy, that
will make him risky and perhaps he
will then under the influence of liquor,
make his sudden appearance, and re-
lieve you ALL
This plan was tried on a most
wholesale acale, but instead of max
ing the tadpole risky, it only made
Mr.. Brown somewhat tipey, in which
state he became what the Scotch call
''greetin' flu" In maadlin way he
babe his weeping wife an aiiectionate
farewell and insisted on being put to
bed to die.
The doctor, however. seeing that
1.-THE pOOr man, as woA as his family,
suffering sgonies Of MUD about the
unfortunate little pollywig, determined
Ito take measures 10 bring matters to
satisfactory crisis by little scheme OF
his own. He ordered Mr.. Brown,
who was now in bed, to be partially
Iundressed, promising to return in an
lhour with his assistant when he hoped
| 10 be able to relieve him permanently.
In the succeeding half hour the pa
ltient suffered all sorts OF pains, real
and imaginary, and was more than
ever convinced of the activity of his
unwelcnme tenant.
The doctor, however, meanwhile
had offered halt a dozen small boys a
handsome price for the first tadpole
they would bring him, and the fact
being noised abroad his house soon re-
sembled Pharoah's palace during one
of the plaques Of Egypt. 1t was filled
with frogs and froglings Of oil sizes
and ages, causing great CONSERVATION
| to the medical household.
But long ere this the to2tor and b s
assistant had started of to finally cure
their patient. The doctor carried a
healthy pollywig in a small bottle in
his pocket, the assistant powerful
electric battery in valise. Turning
everyone out of tho room, the conspir-
ators quietly hid the battery under the
bed, alter adjusting 1t to its utmost
power, The new pollywig was then
carefully placed on tho pillow near the
despairing mans head, one battery
wire was arranged under his chin and
at a signal from the doctor the other,
with the full power of the battery,
was suddenly applied to his stomach.
With a horiid yell the poor wretch
suddenly sprsng up In bed, and the
doctor and his assistant both shouted,
E"Hurrahl he is out at lastl''
The unsuspecting family, hearing
the yell, rushed in TO see the startled
MIR. Brown sitting up in bed, the poor
/ little tadpole lying beside him. He
was soon made aware OF the change
IN the state of affairs. and warmly
thanked the doctor, as did all the
family. 81
"He gave me an awful spasm as he
got out though, but thank Heaven 1t Is
now all over"
Just at that moment, however, the
ever unfortunate Tommy rushed into
the room with glass in his hand,
saving: "Why, papAl here is my
tadpolel You never swallowed 1t
after alp
ia bombsheil had burst in the room
the CONSERVATION could not have been
more complete The father, now
cured, suspected some trick. he did not
lexactly know what but seeing the
doctor and his assistant conVulsed