The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-08-08
A VERY NATURAL MISTAKE.

ItIsitpn ltf TtGstlof UDit tisbss
mosi sry other son,n would have tbrow
IT 90 The Ssh rils ~ to3u ~ IL vss en-
tied. bat TO Miss Deborah lhe nsiors
thing Was 10 elesD IL snd store IL svsy o.
shtii 10 her woo5sbed eupbosri viil
% srmy Of other bottles. large soi small
No sriisle ever seemed 10 Miss Uetorsl
10 have oailivti its nstfolaess, iber
us slssyss possibility that "t nigh
come 10 handy sometime. and IL wa
treasured for tbs expected reed. The el
Of the great sLiie house op the nsi,
street OF Fast Elmore which bad come i.
10 the possession Of Miss Deborah 81 ID,
death Of her father more than twenty
yesrs $50 vas . vetissbIe iank shop, bul
II differed from some 10 ooe essential
M" Dsborsh's slorerooms we're scrupu
lonsIy clean snd we'll ordered. they furnis
he'd 10 retreat for moths or ocbwebs. aud
the Hoors and windows compared favor
ably With any Kitchen 10 the villsge 10
their iresdom from dnst.
People nigh, by turus feel amused and
erssp' rated by Miss Deborsh's eIsgeerst
ed love Of economy. but their commeuts
on her slssys ended with. After all. she's
dteadiul good hesrted. there's nobody in
the whole town more ready to lend hand
thsn Deborah Mrbhsm snd il she takes
any comfort 10 being so saving thsps
her osn sf.ir. She can sflord to be over
psrtieulsr. For che has the finest house
snd the largest income 10 East Elmore.
II wonld be pity not to keep this
bottle, she commented. holding 1t sssiust
the light, it's tuch 9 convenient size and
the glass is so clear. wonder what
sort OF glne that label was stuck on With
after ell the bot water it's been 10 it hssn't
bodeed q bit, I've u good miod not to
scrspe it Of. bnt keep the bottle Just Ms
tits. Like 70 notI shall want o bottle
sometime Tor holding poison. snd then
this one will be sll labeled and ready.
Not long sfterwsfd Miss Deborsh de
cided ths. she must hsve the advice OF
the village doctor. All summer she hsd
been totmented with nervous headaches
and sleeplets nights. She had doctored |
herself and had tried one kind OF diet
aud then another without relief, ard her
one servant, sn old woman who had been |
kilcbenmsid 10 the house sinoe the days
when Miss Deborah had been little Debby |
Markham, hal eIperim ented upon her
mistress with oil the potent mixtures she
knew how TO compound, bat she, too
to failed TO work cure.
Accordingly DR. B,scom was summoned.
TIE result OF this professional visit was q
slip of paper that Miss Deborsh twisted
10 her hogers as she watched the doctor
climb into his high buggy before her gate
She uvtivoi tLst Mo, r.~..-.t -is~ ---
watching from her side piszzi, where she
sat sewing, and the shutters 10 one win
dow OF Mrs. Tresdways vsultlike psrlor
we're rolled up, q sure indication that the
lady herself was sitting behind them.
The neighbors will be RAINING 10 to sec
what ie the matter over here, so shall
have to send Hsnnsh TO the drugstore Tor
the medicine. thought Deborah, realizing
that for . few hours she was 10 be the
most interesting person IN the village,
Her prediction was true one. Within
half sn hour both Mrs, Tresdway and
Mrs.. Prescott were established 10 com
Portable chhirs In her sitting room masking
anxious Inquiries about her health and
going over the last bits OF neiebborhood
gossip. Other ladies followed them, Tor /
the doctors team hitched before the bonse
had advertised to every one the fact that
either Miss Deborah or Hannah was i'll,
Apd the last callers did not leave until
HsDush's crater over the tea table inform
ed them ibst the old woman considered ii
time they we're we'll out OF the way and /
her mistress st supper. q
1t was after sunset when she found her /
self OF liberty to prepare the The medi =
,ine Tor use. DR. B,scom had informed |
her that IL was = preparation OF bromide {
y hich would come 10 the form Of white 7
powder snd would require solution. To c
be dissolved 10 eight ouoces OF water 8
.he read on the slip OF instructions.
Then the Gf,t thing | want 10 an eight /
oupce bottle, sbe thousb sbt, and that ought s
10 be very easy 10 get 10 the shed |
,npbo.rj. 8
The tviliaht vas almost dsrkness 10
Ihe shed, bat che dill not take light. o
md her hands eroped sbout among the |
bottles ia search OF oue that toe sense OF
ouch ahould tell ber was OF the required [
,lz', 10 the very front row she came up .
20 one that abe jadsed would do. The Q
Kitchen uss very oinly Lighted BY its Q
,ofth Windows, bu, Miss Dsborsh did not t
top 10 light . lsnp before sitting the
,ow der through little funnel into the t0' /
ie snd filing /, with cold water. Not IN O
II she vas resdy 10 take the fret dose OF q
he nev remedy dii she discover ibst .
hero vas small white LIBEL pasted scrCss 4
zoe side Of the bottle --s skull shove two
spd the word "Poison" orns
neuted the label. q
I.ssa s,,tling occorrsrce. bot bsr o
sn.e Of humor cane 10 the rescue, I've II
10 do,bt 1t 6ts veil euousb. sbe remsrk Il
d grizzly, Mosi eruss are roisoo ! y
hall t.vs TO thos Dr.. Bsscor The nsus q
have siy o 10 wttt be oslls = harmless .
snedy, e
she fo1nd she poison 90 ,hescions
h., q seek later when Hsppsh came o
Iosu 10 toe N 1inins siib saiis faee snd u
uli eye., eoup ibies q siet tesasrhe, b