Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-22

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prst haste. O. relieve an afute misery
about the heart Al another. Mn
hoddle had a prcsentimeut that she
was destined 10 die Of nervous prostra.
ton. supcrinduccd by the exhaustion
consequent upon several previous rat
lacks all equally W and mystcr-
iouS
Upon the last occasion Mrs Boddle.
lying proppcd up with pillows insisted
that DrN PcpPcrpin and slambang
should he called In, % consult with DR..
sampson.
For somehow. said she feehly. "hit
seems 10 ms I'm bound 10 70 this
time. ef something extronnery haint
done"
"All right Malindy. said Uncle Bill
". feelinFly. Il don't kecr for the
trouble where your wishes are son.
cerned. But, are you SURF them fried
sausages yc ate last night didn't disa-
gree with YEP"
Mrs Boddle cast a look Of piteous re-
proaeh at her husband. then turned 20
DIR. sampson, who. ON the other side of
the bed. vas solicitiously Offering n
sedative draught
Tin fist too weak 20 swaller the
stuff, =" she whispered, family. ''and yet
my own husband talks like that. l
might as well die To once aud leave
such an onfecling world"
Good Lord. Malindy. no. I'll send
for EN- right straight Here. Easter, tell
Jim. to fly around and saddle up, and
fetch Pepperpill. III go for Slambang
myself. Cheer up, Malindy. DIR. Samp-
son. with Casters help, will keep We
alive till we git back"
Mrs. Boddlc looked the thanks she
seemed too weak to express in words,
as Uncle Billy hurried away. DIR.
Sampson went below to smoke n pipe.
leaving Aunt Easter with the sick
woman.
Easter, said Mrs. Boddlc, after a
long silence. seems As IL another plate
of that kraut ! could hardly eat thi,
morning would help me some. You
needn't tell sampson, doctors are 81
peculiar. But ef three of EN- are 20.
ing to set over me, III surely need
NoiitAlAAk NAIflkAltlilE
Aunt Easter departed rather unwill
ingly, with her nose in the air. She under
stood that Mrs. Bodies ailments were
largely in the nature of humbugs. In
u little while the smell of smoke began
To permeate the room. and the sicl
woman, after shutting suspiciously, be.
gan 10 revive.
DIR. Sampson and Aunt Easter, be
low. heard a shrill cry over their heads
'Fire. Fire! Fire! Help! Muir
der! F.i-r-e!'
The tones were so shrill, strong anc
startling, that the two, utterly mysti
fed, ran upstairs To find Mrs. Boddl,
with a wrapper thrown loosely ON
striding about the upper rooms ms Wig
orously as II she had never been in 4
sick bed in her life.
Bring up water, Easter. she ex
claimed, rummaging in Il closet near
the chimney. "rhc house is afr,
under this upper floor. Hits caugh.
from a tlue, | reckon. Doctor, yol
must help me down with the things.
We can throw the beds out of the win
dows-Oh Lord!-that | should live I,
see this day"
The doctor, though greatly startled
proceeded to lug down the furniture
Aunt Easter stood as If paralyzed n
first, then she actually grinned as sh,
hurried away, Meanwhile Mrs, Boddl,
was throwing bedding and clothing
from the windows, and making frapti,
attempts TO discover where the flame.
were located, and also shouting con
t%inuously TO the full extent of wha
now seemed TO be n vigorous pair %
lungs. The fire was somewhere be
tween floor and ceiling. Smoke wa.
bubbling up here and there through
the chinks, in increasing volumes.
The doctor and Aunt Easter ais,
added their shouts, and soon the neigh
bors came running. Many willing
hands were now removing the furni