The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-10-16

A Great Surprise.
When I woke up this morning I did
not feel at all like getting up. I told
mamma that 1 had kind of feeling as
if l should be a great deal better If I
stayed in bed till noon, as I do some
times when have bronchitis in winter.
But mamma smiled and kissed me
and said she thought it would be best
for me to get up. So, of course, I had
60. All the time was dressing kept
feeling worse and worse. and I didn't
want any breakfast at al,
"The child isn't we'll" said papa.
told him that 1 thought I should
feel great deal better in bed, and he
looked at mamma to see what she
thought; but mamma shook her head,
and said would be better by and by.
knew what she meant by that, and
it only made me feel worse. So, after
breakfast I went and lay down on the
sofa and shut my eyes; and did feel
very badly indeed. Polly came and sat
by me, and famed me- and asked If my
head ached; but it wasn't my head ex-
actly 1t was feeling inside me as if
my heart kept going down and down,
and then almost stopping, and then go
ing on again with jump.
When l saw mamma coming with
her bonnet and cloak on, my heart
jumped very hard indeed and shut
my eyes tight and hoped she would
think 1 was asleep. But she took my
hand and said:
Come, Tommy, dear! Come with
me, and we will have it all over very
soon."
1 knew by the way she spoke that
nothing wag of any use, and that
must go.
We started, and walked as slowly
as could, and all the time 1 felt worse
and worse.
Mamma only patted my shoulder, and
told me to be brave boy: but 1 didn't
want to be brave boy; 1 wanted to
go home.
However, tried to hold my head uD,
and by the time we came to DR.. Will
sons door mamma said was doing
very well, and that she should be very
much pleased with me if was brave.
1t is very nice to have mamma
pleased with you, her voice sounds so
nice, and her eyes shine when she
smiles So l tried as hard as ever
could; and when DR.. Wilson came out
and looked at me over his spectacles. I
said Good morning. quite loud.
though my voice sounded as if I were
under feather bed,
So then got up into the horrid hor-
rid chair; and my heart was going so
hard that 1 thought it would come ont
OF my ears. 1 opened my mouth. and
ne nshed about with the dreadful little
steel things; and screwed nv ewes
up tight, for knew every minute that
1t was going to hurt dreadfulIv.
But suddenly he stopped. ana 7
opened my eyes. He was ston5Vng
looking at me; and, really, his smile,
was quite pleasant, and not half so
much like an ogre's as 1 Thought n
was. ~
Well doctor" said mamma. II,
there very much to be done?"
Then DR.. Wilson smiled again "nr,
dear madam" he said, II am ob1,.oJ
70 tell you-that this boy'-bere bs
looked very hard at me, and INV heart
stopped again-"that this bov-bss-
nothing whatever to be done, and that
ms teeth will be in perfect order FOR
the next six months ~ 40
tnlnk cried little. know man.
ma did; for you see she had been I-oan
ing her courage up, too. Ana She has
S Sone 1t so well that I never knew her
l neart was jumping and stopning inst
IKE mine. until she told me.
But we were so happy-ob so b.rDv,
ana we went away together af 4pP =:
mad shaken hands with thai 49, W.
wilson and 1 think he was almost a.
slad as we were, and we had ice Crso1,
and Strawberries. and we tool ' son1a
nome to Polly in a paper box. And the
,olny thlng is that never have boS
my more trouble with my hear sj ~
.hen'-LaRra e. Richards SinoO