Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-30

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always very ready 10 tara. AID came
faster back. and trottsd up tss stair
VITA mach lightnsss. and wsaf ssrsirht
~ that deos-
JssA tiss mare. had besn sent ~ith
her wea;her-woya cart. 70 HowgAfs,
and had ao.bfiess her swn Asm and
placid meaitssioas ana eonfusions. On
the sb>rac- q her master ard IA b. ana
her unnatural freedom frosu the road
saa her esrt
For some days Ai,ie did well The
woUpd healed .'by the nrst intention"
Tor, as James said. s'oor Alias akin.
over clean "a bell" The students came
IN qulet and anxious. and surrcundssi
her bed She said she liked 10 see their
young. honest fzees The surgeon
dressed her. and spoke 70 her In his
own short. hind way, plying her
thrcuys his eyes. Rah and James out
side the circle .-Rab being now recon.
elied. and even cordial. and having
made up his mind that a. yet nobody
required worrying. but, as YOU may
snopps,> s~snper paratns
90 far wen; puI -FOUR dsys after tina
operation. my patient had . sudden and
long shiver.pg. 'groossin'." As she
called it. I Jaw her soon after; her
eyes ~ere too bright, hef cheek colored,
she was restless, and ashamed OF being
90. the balance was Lost; mischief had
segun. Tn looking At the wound. =
olnhh Of red told the s<crst. her pulse
was rapid, her breathing anxious and
quick: she wasn't herself, as she said,
and was vexed at her rastiessnesa We
tried what We could James did every
thing, was everywhere; never in the
way. never out OF Il; Eab subsidized un-
motioRlsss. all but his eye, which fol-
lowed everyone. Allie got worse; be-
gan TO wander in her mind, gently;
was more demoaStrative in her ways 10
James. rapid in her questions, and sharp
AZ times He was vexcd. amp said. ''shs
WAS never that way afore: no, never
For tune she knew her head was
wrong. and was always asking our
pardon.-thc dear, gentle old woman:
then delirium set in strong. without
pause. Her brain gave way, and then
came that terrible spectacle
II be intellectual power. through words and
things.
Went sounding on its dim and perilous way:"
she sang bits Of old songs and Psalms.
stopping suddenly ,mingling the Psalms
of David and the diviner words of his
Son and Lord with homcly odds and
ends and scraps of ballads
Nothing more touching. or In . sense
more strangely beautiful, did l ever
witness Her tremulous, rapid, affec-
tionate. eager Scotch voice. swift.
aimless. bewildered mind. the ba fYied
utterance. the bright and perilous eye;
some wild words, some household cares,
something for James, the names of the
dead. Rab called rapidly in ''fremyt"
voice. and he starting up surprised. and
sinking of as il he were To blame
somehow, or had been dreaming he
heard; many eager questions and I've
seedlings which James and could make
nothing of. and on which she seemed