The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-10
b bther ana thithsr. one wonders how
llhey manage TO stay In them.
Livingston, Guatemala. F.R


"hea woke up this morning I DID
not feel at all like getting up. TOLD
mamma that l bad a kind Of feeling "A
II should be a great deal better u
stayed In bed till noon. rs do some.
times when have bronchitis In winter
But mamma smiled and kissed me
ana said she thought II would be best
Tor me to get up. SO. OF course. had
TO- All the time I was dressing kept
feeling worse and worse. aud ! didn't
want any breakfast at ALL
THE child isn't we'll" said papa.
told him tha, | thought should
feel great deal better In bed. and he
looked at mamma 10 see what she
thought. but mamma shook her head,
and said would be better by and by
kneg what she meant by that. and
Il only made me feel worse. SO, after
breakfast went and lay down on the
sofa and shut my eyes: and did feel
very badly indeed Polly came and sat
BY ne. and famed me. and asked II my
mead ached: hut II wasn't my head ex-
actiy. !; was a feeling inside me a. II
my heart kept going down and down.
and then almost stopping. and then go'
Ing on again with a Jump.
When I saw mamma coming with
her bonnet aud cloak on. my heart
jumped very hard indeed: and shut
my eyes tight and hoped she would
think was asleep. But she took my
hand and said.
Come. Tommy. dearl Come with
me. and We will have Il all over very
soon"
knew by the way she spoke that
nothing was Of any use. and that |
must 10.
We started. and walked AZ slowly
az ] could. and all the time felt vorse
and worse
asked mamma n people did not die
when their hearts stopped and when
she said yes ! told her that my heart
kept stopping all the time. and that
thought might b. going 10 die And.
II am going 10 die" said. there IL
no need Of my golng-;here
Mamma only patled my shoulder. and
told me 10 BE- a brave boy: but didn't
want 20 be a brave boy. wanted 20
30 home.
However. I tried 20 hold my head M.
and by the time We came TO DR.. VIII
sons door mamma said I was doing
very well. and that she should be very
much pleased with me II was brave.
Il is very nice TO have mamma
pleased with you. her voice sounds 20
nice. and her eyes shine when she
smiles. SO tried as hard az ever
could. and when DR.. Wilson came out
and looked al me over his speciAcles. I
said Good morning. quite loud,
though my voice sounded as u were
under a feather bed.
So then got up into the horrld. hor-
rid chair. and my heart was going so
hard that thought Il would come out
Of my ears. l opened my mouth. and
he fshed about with the dreadful little
steel things: and screwed my eyes
up tight. for I knew every minute that
Il was going TO hurt dreadfully.
hut suddenly he stopped. and I
opened my eyes lie was standing
looking Al me; and. really. his smile
was quite pleasant. and not half &C
much like an ogre's rs thought Il
was.
We'll. doctor" said mamma. ia
there very much 10 be doneG"
Then DR.. Wilson smiled again. MY
dear madam" he said. 4 am Obliged
10 tell you-thai this boy"-here ne
looked very hard al me. and my heart
stopped again-"that this boy-has-
nothing whatever TO be done. and that
bic teeth will be In perfect order for
the next six months"
/. I think cried little. know nam.
IA dld; Cor you see she had been keep
Ing her courage up, too. And she had
done d 30 well that I never knew her
heart was jumping and stopping. just
Ike mine. until she told me.
But We we're 30 happy-oh. 80 happy!
And we ven; away together. after We
had shaken hands with that nice Or
Wilson. and ! think he was almost a.
glad as We were. and We had ice cream
and Strawberries. and We took some
home TO Polly IN a paper box And the
funny thing IL that I never have had
any more trouble with my hear, since
/ then Laura l. Richards.