The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-09-13

we can get her to throw up mebbe
she'll come out all right. Where's the
mustard, MIR. Perkins? Get me some
quick as you can, while I'm gettin'
some warm water ready.
"Mustard-in tin can-back Of pan
try door" painted Mrs. Perkins. "He
never'd find it. Oh, my, oh, my! how
| do suffer-"
The mustard was found and a large
bowlful of mustard tea was prepared
in short order, and Mrs. Perkins swal-
lowed it in great gulps.
Now, lay right down an keep
stills you can till it has a chance to
Land sakes, if there amt Mis- Smith
an Mis- Ward a-comin. / guess Mr..
Downey must ha' met 'em some
where's an told 'em what had hap
pened. How d We do, Mis- Smith?
How d. ye do, Mis- Ward?" meeting
the newcomers at the door with a
very lugubrious expression on her
face. Amt it just awful?
How is she?" asked Mrs. Smith in
most funereal tones.
shes quiet jest now," answered
Mrs. Downey. Il give her a bowl of
mustard tea an we're waitin' for it
to stir her stommick up"
You'd ought to have give her the
white of half a dozen EGGS" said Mrs.
Ward. My uncle was a doctor an
that's what he always give. We'd
better try it now. If the mustard
don't do no good, that may"
I'D give strong Coffee" said Mrs.
Smith. That's what they give Elder
Browns boy when he ct Paris green
an it fetched him out all right. I'll
fix some an We'll try it on her"
Mrs. Ward had found some eggs
and was breaking them into a bowl
and separating the whites from the
yelks. Mrs. Smith ground almost a
cupful Of coffee and dumped it into
the coffee pot, which was still sim
mering on the stove from dinner time.
Mrs. Perkins groaned by spells, and
now and then showed symptoms of
spasms. Mr.. Perkins stood around in
everybody's way and seemed perfectly
helpless.
Here, swallow this" said Mrs.
Ward, and Mrs. Perkins gulped down
the whites of six eggs. Then she lay
back on the lounge and groaned aw.
fully.
"Oh. Ezry, be good to the children"
she said family. Try to bring EN-
IN &C 7 would 10 ia 1;rodo
Here, take this" said Mrs. Smith,
producing her black coffee. 81 don't
take any stock in mustard tea n
eggs. Coffee's my remedy. Swaller
it all right down. Mis- Perkins"
1t was all Mrs. Perkins could do to
bitter coffee, but she finally succeed
ed in doing SO.
Il feels if l was all floating up in
SIDE" she said presently. Il can't
hardly breathe. l guess l won't last
long now. Dear me! It's such an aw-
full feelin'!"
There was another arrival at this
%juncture; Mr.. Stevens appeared on
the scene
81 saw Downey ridin' to town fast
as he could make his horse go, an he
said Mis- Perkins had took p'ison,"
said the newcomer, so l run right
over. What you want to do is to give
her lard-melted lard"
Mr.. Perkins did as he was told.
Poor Mrs. Perkins opened her mouth
obediently, and the lard followed the
,,,etor ] nruc opI cnffnn
Poor thing" said Mrs. Ward sym.
pathetically; how she must suffer.
shouldn't wonder if she'd drop off
most any time now"
Il don't find any pulse" said Mrs.
Smith, getting hold of Mrs. Perkins
wrist and placing her fingers where
no pulse has ever been known to ex.
list.
The doctors COMMIT" cried Mr.,
Stevens. "Downey must ha' come
acrost him some'rs on the road. He
hain't had time to get to the village.
An here comes the young uns."
DR.. Spooner came bustling in.
II met Downey coming to town." he
said as he proceeded to the bedside,
land he said Mrs. Perkins had taken
poison. How did it happen, Perkins!
Where's the stuff she took?"
Mr., Perkins produced the bottle.
DR.. Spooner took the bottle and looked
at it critically. He uncorked it and
smelled of it.
Il can't make out what it is" he
said. This label isn't anything that
ever came from a d~ruggiSt'S."
81 give her a whole bowlful O mus
tard tea" said Mrs. Downey, but it
hain't seemed to do nc good"
An l give her the whites Of eggs"
said Mrs. Ward; "but they didn't seem
to help any"
II give strong Coffee" said Mrs.
Smith. That's what Elder Brown
give his boy when he took Paris
green; but somehow it hain't worked
in Mic' porkipC' CASE