St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-12-26

lcootinned Mira Stetson. locking rease
lively ct the ridge. I'm wonderin'
WHETHER They'll 60 up there tonight
salue's ever. But there! I want to tell
yo& all about ii.
sit was twA mornin's ago that I was
settin' out here shellln' peas for dinner
two quart pickin's from the back lot
jiniu'D. and my brother Ell rode by on
his mowin'-machinc, an stopped to
hare q little chat about crops an
church matters I s'pose we'd been
| talkin' S much as twenty minutes
when Eli says: Too bad bout Clorin-
dys, II forgot 10 tell you. Elviry, that I
hadn't seen her on the ridge the night
before. although SJabe waited for her
sohe time; an I'D been kind o worry
in ever sence.) So when he said that
Of course I was all alive to know what
was the matter. Well. men = GURUS
bein's'." and Mrs. Stctson laid down
her knitting while she looked absently
at the old buff ca. who had crept back
ON the porch, and was now playing
with her ibaifof yarn in the most bare
faced manner There's Eli; you know
he's deacon. an can pray in meetin'
most as we'll as the minister, an
knows the Bible an the Farmers AL.
\ manac through and through; then, he's
rot a good head for business. too. and
can drive rs Sharp bargain down tc
the store as anybody; but he could
MT give me the least idee of what was
tho matter with Clorindy. Men don't
seem to have any carryin' power in
| their heads about sickness an such
! things; although I knew Elfd heard all
the particulars from his wife. First,
he said she'd got 'chills all over. an
they couldn't get her warm nohow,' an
then, the next minute, that she was
| 'bnrnin' up with fever an he contra
dicted himself twice. about sore throat.
1 tried to pin him down to so,nethin',
bSt 'twa'n mt no use. Finally, he got all
| mnddled. an commenced scratchin' his
head. an tryin' to make out he reck-
| oped twas the measles When Eli
| commences scratchin' his head. You
! may know there isn't any use talkin' tc
him any longer; SO, S soon'sl Id done
SuGtliA NY R1ocs = RssS ~ AAoS VA al
went over to Ciorindy's.
"Elviry Woodhousc. I'm never n
to cry much. as you know, but If You
could have seen Clorindy, ! believe
! You'd have done the same as l did-had
a good cry" And Mrs Stetson I'm
phasized her remark by removing her
giasscs and weeping quietly, in which
act she was followed by Miss Wood
house. whose emotions were easily
stsaycd.
l..There lay Corindy On the bed.
loo,kin' SO pale and sick. just as If she
| was all tuckered out, an want never
! gvin' to get up again. Her mother set
! nj her side with . campfire bottle in
! oi.e hand an a vinegar bottle in tho
| other; which she was applyin' to Clor-
indy's nose promisc'ous. l declare. il
| Just went to my heart to see her a.
doin' that. an net a smell O boneset
tea in the house. when anybody who
Knows the least about sickness knows
boneset's the thing to give. NO matter
what's the trouble" Here Mrs Stet-
s,,n tw itched the stocking and then
looked pityingly at it, rs though she
had Clorindy's mother before her. Il
didn't say nothin', but Id taken the
precaution to bring a small basket of
medicines with me, an l a tell you.
il didn't take me long to whip out that
Eoneses an go into the kitchen an
make q good. strong cup o tea which
I give to Clorindy immediate. Then l
set down and inquired what was the
laatter." 80
..WeH. it does take you to know how
to do things said Miss Elvira, admir-
ingly.
II do cafclate to know somethin'
;.bout sickness" answered Mrs. Stet-
son. placidly. ''Clorindy's mother said
1.-The best she could express it was to say
bthat Clorindy seemed to go all to pieces
The morninr before. Those were her
very words, all to pieces So she
lust KEEP her bed: but when it came
time to PC to meet Ja6e, as usual, She
tried to struggle mp, an seemed awful
I disappointed when she found she was
| so weak she couldn't stir. So she
| turned her face toward the west win.
| dow. an lay there with that wistful
expression on her face she's had so
inuch lately. She was lynn there just
| The same when 1 first see her but she
thrned her eyes on me once when en-
tered with such q lon&in', q~uest'onin'
look. ! knew what 1t meant; so. $
looms l had a chance, l drew her
lnother into the closet, an says:
,Hasn't he been here? An she only
shook her head and swallowed hard.
well, we did everything we could
for Clorindy. l don't knows VIC left a
single stone u~pturned. workin' over her
NIL the time. We tried a-sweatin' her,
an soaxin' her feet in nustArd water.
an loss Of other things; ut nothtn'
seemed e Do any gOoA ] think she
grew walker. Il auythin'. an' finally
Aeggeazo0e INT let alona So we
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