Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-08-30

feet and legs were wet IL ached ~
fommy's head the next morning when
he got up, but he did not think to tell
anyone about it His mamma u d
been too busy thinking of her part in
the coming entertainment TO ask if he
had learned his .Sunday-school lesson.
He had an old-fashioned teacher, had
Tommy, and had to commit six verses
TO memory each week. For quiet he
retired behind the curtains in the bow
window, and no one thought of the
redness OF his face when he came ont
But when at dinner he ate little of his
chicken, and said he was too sleepy to
wait for Lis pie, his father discovered
that Tommy was sick boy, and sent
off for DIR. Sanders.
'Is il something contagious? VIII !
have to give up having the banquet
here?'' asked Mrs. Deck, when the doc
tor had felt of Tommy's pulse, and
looked at his tongue and his breast.
THE symptoms are rather obscure,
| Just now" said the doctor, who never
told anything of which he did not feel
very sure. There's good deal Of
/ 0Ad5 lNNNi tbbhN dhAA ihNheif-iff anu
I'm bound TO say there's smallpox over
in Bagdsd."
Mrs. Deck threw no her hands ex-
claiming 'Smallpoxr'
yes, but | suppose he has not been
over in that region. Ii may b simply
slight stomach trouble. Children,
| especially of nervous, sanguine tem-
permanent are liable 10 fever for slight
causes
Have YOU been over to Ragdad?'' de
manded Mr. Deck Of Tommy
Yes, sir" replied Tommy, unfalter-
ingly. - went yesterday morning with
Harry Tucker We wanted 10 see the
thing Oh Uncle Lijah BlalSe's made
Its d man saving wood and goes by
wind like a PAPER windmill Uncle
Liiah said he'd whittle me one for two
nicbeis."
Bless my soul,' exclaimed the doe
tor. Then he looked at Iommy's vac
cination SPOT
1T never took good, You know, said
Tommy's mammn. 1.-The girls were
all right bnt Tomnys was contrary
Now, II anyone can have the heart 70
hold q rose over hot fire and see IL
quickly shrivel and wilt be can have
some idea Of what befell Tommy Deck
within the mex. week He did not
have the smallpot. but something near
~ as bad. scarlet fever. and after that
first day he knew no one file cl;ing.
however, closely - his mother. 1om
he took to be Mrs Tucker. and he
wrung her heart by imploriug her not
to 20 away. II like You so. he would
whisper, huskily Il 'spect I'd like
mamma, II could get a chance 70 get
acquainted with her But she's awful
busy, and guess she don't like boys
as Wen as girls ! forget and rum
pie her bangs and her frills, and ]
do forget about the forks aud spoons
But you're SO coy TO have round
Mrs Tucker. aud please do tell me that
story about the Wild bear Of County
Clare again"
Unluckily, Mrs Tucker herself was
kept close at home with her boy Harry
who was sick with the dreaded small |
pox, SO the story of the wild bear could |
not be repeated Plenty OF other stories |
were, however, and dust gathered IT, |
the pretty parlors, and the spring bon.
nets came. and siiil Mrs Deck thought /
OF nothing but Tommy But at la
there came day, and what "a happy /
day il was, when he knew her and Old
DR. Sanders announced that, IL he DID
not catch cold, and II he d not have
the dropsy, or half a dozen other com
plications he would soon mend and L
/ bout again. 70 look at Tommy was
a sorry Spectacle His hair had grown
So thin il looked like the wiry seed ves-
sells Of wood moss aud stuck straight
up dry and dead. His checks We're
thin, and bis fingers were skinny. and.
Tor that matter, the whole OF his body
was peeiing lie trembled when he
tried to sit up, and he wanted to do
thousand things he could not, and IL he
had never really been an awful boy. ht
became one during the weeks of hi
But it was his mother
who read 10 him, played dominoes with
him. and taught him 10 use his paint
All things end, even uuhap-
py things, and after sulphur had made
he whole house sweet, and whitewash
aud paint aud securing had purified
Fommy's sick room, and Tommy him
self was allowed to 60 out on sunny
lays. Mrs. Deck scared him and sur.
orised his sisters and Mr.. Deck by To,
declaration that she was going 10 turn
,ver a new leaf Tommy, with quick
Of the DAYS before his i'll
ness, broke out impetuously; 20 man
ma, don't Just 60 on.
Well perhaps that's what il will
amount To- The parlors are the pleas
,ntest rooms in the house aud have
aiken down everything IN them that
an be easily soiled or broken. 30 we
.au cniov them every evening, aud
IN going 10 stop making frills Of amy
ort fancy cakes. fancy frocks Tor
iris, and all sorts Of things that take
-reat deal Of care and time. SO we can
lave leisure for more stories and study
ogether.
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