Evening star., 1909-09-11

"Oh. she's alive" said Susan: but she
amt much moren alive, an it's wonder
that she's that, an II would be very bad
for her if she wasn't, for young DR.. Brown
says she can die fifty times before he'll
ever go near her again. He's awful mad.
an he's got bad bump on his nose. too,
where he fell over her, an Mrs. Sweets
got to stay In bed these days, too, for her
arm where she disloca;ed it jerkin'-al-
though goodness knows what she tried
for-for I'd as soon think O. tryin' to JERK
elephant from under whale as to try
to jerk Mrs. Macy from under a carpet.
An even with it all they couldn't get her
up an had to get the blacksmith's crow
bar an pry. an Mrs. Sweet says If any
one doubts as pryin' is painful they'd
ought to of been there to hear Mrs. Macy
an see Hiram an the blacksmith
But what cried Mrs. Lathrop
I'm goin' to tell you if you'll just keep
still little longer and let me get through
to the end.'' said her friend. Il got this
part all back an forth an upside down
from Mrs. Sweet while l was takin' her
home by the other arm. Oh, my, but it S
awful about her. for she was preservin'
and wanted an extra cullender. an lost
her right arm. hope her experience'll be
lesson to you. Mrs. Lathrop. for it's
been such a lesson to me that may men,
ton right here and now t if ever hear
you hollerin' l shall put for the opposite
direction as quick as / can. for wouldn't
never take no chances at gettin' dislocated
like Mrs. Sweet is-not if know it, Young
DR.. Brown says she's decapitated the an
gular connection between her collar bone
an somewhere elsej an she says she can
we'll believe it, judsin' from the way her
ear keeps shootin' into her wrist an back
again.
But" interrupted Mrs. Lathrop.
well, Mrs. Lathrop, you know how
Mrs. Macy always was forever givin' to
economizin'. ] don't say as economizin' is
any sin, for If 1t was the most of the
world'd be In prison for it, but l will say
as Mrs Macy's ways Of economizin' is
sometimes most singular, an today's an
example O. that. Economy's all right as
long as you economize out of yourself. but
when 1t takes in Mrs. Sweet an bumps
young DR.. Brown I've no patience-no
more'n Mrs. Sweet an young Dr. Brown
has. Young DR.. Brown says it looks awful
to have black eye an no reason for it
when he explains as Mrs. Macy was under
the carpet no one is goin' to think it any
thin but funny. an he says a doctor
mustn't be hurt funny ways. Mrs Sweet
she don't feel to blame herself none for
her arm cause she jerked like she does
eyerythin' else, with her whole heart, an
she says she did SO want to set her up
that she tried harder an harder every
jerk.
well, Mrs. Lathrop to go way back
to the beginnin, seems IS Mrs. Macy set
out last night. as / said before. to make
over her carpet Seems as she wanted to
turn it all aroun' SOS it'd fade away un-
der the stove an fray out in the corner
where 1t don't show. 1 don't say as the
idea wasn't good one-aithough it's come
pretty hard on Mrs. Sweet-but anyhow
good or no good. she dug up the tacks last
night an ripped the widths an set down
to sew this mornin'. Her story is as she
turned the duck out to pasture right after
breakfast this mornin', an then went 20
work an sewed away as happy as bean
until about 10 o'clock. Then she felt most
awful tired from the rippin' an yesterday
an all. SO she thought she'd rest a little.
Seems as her legs was all done up in the
carpet an gettin' out was hard. SO she
thought she'd just lay back on the floor
Seems she lay back suddener as she really
intended, an as she hit the floor she was
took.
on givin' yells for one solid hour an no
one come. She says as no words can ever
tell how awful it was, for every yell sent
h,r
in an knifin' all ways through her. No
one heard her, for the blacksmith was
shoeing a mule on one side of her an
Gran'ma Mullins and Lucy was discuss
in Hiram on the other. You know what
a mule is to shoe. Mrs. Lathrop, an you
know what Gran'ma Mullins an Lucy is
to discuss Hiram. I'll take my Bible oath
as when Gran'ma Mullins an Lucy gets
to discussin' Hiram they couldn't hear no
steam Penelope out of a circus. not if, it
was settin' full tilt right on their very own
door mat. So poor Mrs. Macy laid there
an hollered till Mrs. Sweet came for the
cullender
Mrs. Sweet says the shock she got
when she opened the door an see her with
the carpet on her was enough to upset
her.
She says she thought at first as Mrs.
Macy was tryin' to take up her carpet by
crawlin under 1t an maxim the tacks
come out that way. But when she see
her face was UP. an o course no Chris
tian d ever crawl under no carpet with
her face up. So she asked her what was
the matter. and Mrs. Macy told her frank
an open as she didn't know what was the
matter. Then Mrs. Sweet went to work
and tried to set her up. An she says the
way she yelled was perfectly awful.
.'She says she jerked her by the arms
an by the legs, an even by the head. an
her howls only grew awfuller an aw-
fuller. Mrs. Macy says as her agonies was
terrible every time she slid little along,
an she begged an prayed for her to go
an get young DR.. Brown. So finally Mrs
Sweet ran next door an separated Lucy
an Gran MA Mullins. an Lucy went for
young DIR. Brown, an Gran'ma Mullins
an Mrs. Sweet went for Mrs. Macy Oh,
my, but their story is as they jerked harl
then. for they wanted her to be respect
able in bed afore he came. but it was no
Macy an the carpet. before his eyes got
used to where he was. They had to help
him up an then he had to go in the
kitchen an disinfect his bumps before he
could take a look at Mrs. Macy. But
seems he got around to her at last and felt
her pulse. an then, as he'd forgot his
kinetoscope, he just pounded her softly all
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