San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-31

under his soulueI OAHuD "oU s4uAh S0u
him full o. the limp. Inc man was
afeared, but DR.. Cotch says TO him,
Lie, aisy, We blaggard; the wurrums
4 I'm after putin Until We, VIII ate up
the dis'ase and thin yell be cured. !"
Mickey stopped to look about him
and see what effect his remarkable
statement had made upon his audi
tors. The bull dog was gasping for
breath i'm the tobacco laden air.
"The dog can't sthand 1t. pll have
to be takin him. out in the yard"
said Jack Brady. rising and leaving
the room with his open-faced pet.
Don't mind him, acushla," said
Mrs. O'Brien soothingly to Mickey.
go wan wild yor sthory.n There
was an angry flush upon the boys
face and a glitter in his eye as he
continued:
"By hockey, I'll not tell yer any.
thing more about things. I'm not
goinI to be med fun of by thin as
hasn't eddicashun."
"Don't mind, Mickey, dear. arose
from all sides. ''Tell US something
else."
"I'm almost through" said the
boy, "but before Pm quite done
must tell We about the loopus."
1.-THE fwhat?" exclaimed his
mother.
"The loopus, a quare dis'ase that
killed mano dacent man that said
his prayers every night. YEN be
gettin, up in the mornin' afther goin'
to bed airly like a dacint man should
and veil be fipdin' yer neck wild red
patches on it like bed quilt. Ii We
have the loopus rale bed ye're like to
die with it. But il ye take a squirt
gun full o. limp whin ye're first cotch
wild the dis'ase ye're all right. That's
all I can tell you tonight, becase 1
have to go out and see il the goat has
any in his barrel"
The neighbours filed slowly out of
the shanty and walked homeward in
groups, discussing the marvels of the
new discovery. =
The next morning when Mr.. Finn
arose at 6 O'Clock and washed himself
in the little tin hand basin he looked
in the cracked mirror before the wash
stand. In the truthful quicksilver he
saw upon his neck large red spot,
which seemed to grow as he looked at
it until it apparently covered the side
of his face. With howl of fear he ran
into the bed room and covered him
self with the quilt.
"Oh, dear! oh, dear!" he groaned,
II have the loopus. It's dyin' I am.
Biddy, dear, sind for DIR. Cotch aud
the squirt-gun. Quick, quick, l feel
quare in me bones. Whare's Mickey,
till kiss him goodbye"
Mickey came running into the bed
room In Mr.. Firms fear he had ex-
posed his feet, and they also were
flushed as vivid color as that of his
neck. Mickey was thoroughly alarm
ed. He ran for DIR. Chorker. The
latter examined his patient, and
with q solemn face said:
Pm afraid, Michael, that it's a
case of dye" f,
"Arrah, don't say that, docther
dear; I'm not fit to 60. didn't go to
mass lasht Sunday. Don't touch it, f"
cried the suffering man, as the doctor
took one of the discolored arms in his
hand. you'll catch it,"
"There,s hope for you Michael, if
you'll lie quiet" said the doctor, as he
wrote followil prescription:
r
Sapponis Mollis. o.. xii
Aqua pura ad. ........ Gall. j
Sig. Lavata cum Spougi Magni.
B. F. CHORKER, M. D.
The druggist smiled as he read the
prescription.
why, sonny" said he, "that's soft
soap and water"
Mr.. Finn had been tossing around
in uneasy slum Der under a newly
dyed bed quilt all night, and the
perspiration had loosened the color