The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-11-03
The Quest Of a Cow.

with never q clinical thermometer OF
. sierilisr both RoxAnAs grandparents an
' mine rAisei families Of . round dezen
> 30, aud with less than twelfth OF the f1'
: that we maee over our one infant. IL the
7 were sIekley there were hot tiannels, an
: mustsrd, and paragoric; and When tho'
: failed we'll, II WAS 40 over-ruling Prov
depee, and who should gainsAy itF ferhsp
! that Vas the better way. But even ou
grandparents felt anxious over their hri
, babe, Ths was oar first baby and,
r thought good deal Of II.
had devoted much time and though
to that baby. | once calculated that alto
gether | had coaxed into him, through rub
Der nipples that collapsed Ut every othe
such, not less than one thousand bottles 0
: food, or something like seven thousand
liquid ounces, administered chiefly betwecl
the hours Of eleven p. m. and siI m. Tn
calculation was made, remember, abou
dawn on a cold December morning, but
believe 1t Ia substantially correct. also
considered myself something Of an expert
Ia preparing his food. could measure thu
bnley.wa.er to q teaspoonful and put II ID
with my eyes shut; and always woke W
at precisely the psychological moment
when the gas had to b, shut "a or the
whole tliag would be spoiled. In fact,
had taken my full share In the raising Of
that baby by hand. must say, therefore,
II grityed me to have RoIans speak as she
did.
1t was one hot light in June, when
came home tired out. had brought the
sbsorben cotton, and the nursing bottles,
and | had told The doctor about the cough
and the temperature, and the rash on the
back; but had forgotten to speak to him
about the milk, R1xans looked q. me re.
proachfully,
Oh, Sylvester, she said, and turned up
her es and laid down her hands with that
gesture which means How can woman
ge, along when she has TO depend on auch
stupid things as mei 7
And told you The very last thing, she
added. You know how important II II,
The child Is not well at all. He hasl't
gained but an ounce this last two weeks.
You know how anxious was to hear what
| the doctor thinks about l..
About what, Roxanaf | asked, as pa
| tiently as possible. ] could make allow
ances for Roxana.
Why, about the milk supply, Sylvester.
We discussed it so fully was sure you
| understood, Just as the doctor was leav-
ing last Thu shay he said something about
feeding the + .by on milk from one COW.
didn't quite ca ch T., but know what he
meant. The thing is TO keep the food as
even in quail y a: ? s.lD,e /. never ought
to be over sixteen per cent cream. You
know he has said that often, Sylvester.
And have been looking at 1t today, ard |
am sure It's too rich for him. It's per-
fectly awful on his poor little stomach.
And you never asked him about 1t
Roxana's lip trembled, and her eyes flll-
cd. Why, really my dear, began sooth-
ingly, didn't understand | wss to ask
about 1t. And II 1t had been important
don't you think he would have mentioned
itg told Lin about the cough and the
Roxans pushed away the arm | was try
Ing to put about her. Oh, she moaned, !
Just knew you would forget it. You don't
care, that's what's the matter. Nobody
cares for that poor little thing but me.
Oh, come now, Roxana, l protested.
That's pretty strong, isn't III And for this
one COW Idea, never heard anything more
ridiculous in my life. shall expect to
hear next that the doctor has prescribed
pigeons milk.
Oh, how can your burst out Roxana,
tremulously. He never suggested such .
thing, never, But that's the way. Make
light Of the whole thing, do. You don't
care II the child dies. You don't love him
one bit. No, don't tell me you do. You
never biood over him as do. You never
worry about him. All the burden falls on
me And Roxana hid her face In q silk
portiere, and wept.
/ might have repr0acted Roxana.
might have reminded her that / had walked
that baby on an average two hours q night
for the past week or 60, In order that she
might rest. | might have recalled to her
the glorious ride 10 Perkins new auto
which had refused only the afternoon be-
fore, that could come home on an early
train with the boraclc acid and the sugar
Of milk. But didn't. Instead found her
something less expensive and more CON
fortipg than a silk p ,rtiere to wipe her eyes
on, and drew her down In my lap. For
knew very we'll that Roxana was not her
self by any means. The baby had been III
nearly a month, and we we're both pretty
well discouraged. may also have been
little piqued at Roxana's lack Of considers
tion. At any rate made up my mind then
and there that weuld attend to the mat
ter Of the milk before went to bed that
night.
Ourimlk came from the dairy farm Of
one Jones, not far away. walked over 10
the place Immediately after dinner, while
Roxsna was putting the baby to sleep,
The dairyman was jast coming ou. Of bis
with a pail Of milk In each
hand. introduced myself and said had
come to ask question about the milk.
Why, It's right, aln't III Inquired Jones.
guss It's clesn, aIn's III I'm very pertick-
Ter about my mix, added, ~ be wiped a
grlmmy hnger On bis ovsralls aud ii nmed
Of . potato bag which was beginning to
to fear |, would not be refcued. guess
there's DO cleaner milk than mine any.
where's, he declared with evident pride.
dIdn't dispute II. Tha. Was no, what
| had come for. The science Of pediatrlcs
10 no. TO be laugh, to any dairyman In one
lesson. Mr.. Jones, besaa, we have q
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