The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-21
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She broke her arm.
Grandma, you are seveuty-eight
years cid. ana I'm afraid this is the
end Of things" said the doctor
That's what I'm thinking myself"
she replied please prop me up in
bed want 70 20 ever things a little.
doctor haven't bad much fun in
this world. At the age Of ten l fell
or the barn aud broke four ribs"
Yes. I've heard So"
when | was twelve I chopped Oh
one Of my toes At fifteen q horse ran
away with me and broke my right leg.
At seventeen slippea On the ioo and
broke the othsF."
yes"
at twenty I was almost drowned in
mill pond At twenty-five married
Moses Spooner. Doctor. Moses was
poke Of man he could hardly keep
out Of che way o. hayataek He WAS
always wanting to rest. was almost
glad when Bic died
Since yeu knew me 1 have had q
bug 10 my ear. fallen down stairs, been
bitten By a snake, hooked BY COW,
bowed up with kerosene. twisted my
ankle fen out o. tree and had vari-
Gus bones broken. This breaking ny
arm Is about the last Of me. amt SO"
we will hops not but
"Oh, talk it right cut, doctor. YJu
cant scare me none"
Gas told you, IT'S serious"
Elm feeliag that way reckon my
days are ever, but I'm not complain,
ing. DO you know, never went to a
elrcusr
aYou didn'tg"
'sNever. / always had q broken leg
or something when there was circus.
spelling school or party. never went
huckiebsrrying. I never skated or slid
downhlll. l never saw a mad dog OF
a balloon. 1 never went to a church
picnic. I've always had broken bones
on hand OF been down with sickness.
/ ought 10 have some little fun in life,
hadn't IL ] ought 10 have seen dog
fight oF something"
ssurely you had replied the doctor,
~and / am sorry FOR you"
"Then I want yea 70 do something
for me. I've been whisging along all
my life. and want to 90 out d Il on
the WIKI. / want Zadoc to 50 to town
and hire one OF them autos and take
nae for a ride, and 1 want you to Ok
me up Tor II. I've Get V 90, but
want 20 20 having fun"
you've got = fever. and II win In
crease II"
Il can't help a."
Moving you in and out o. the auto
VIII be very painful"
"But rm used 10 IL tell you. doc
tor, I'm going 70 have some fun 70 end
up on II have to jump down the we'll
It's my due ! jest vast to laugh good
and hearty once before go"
Tho doctor wrestled with grandma
for the best q an hour, and then "a
doc was called IN to decide. After la-
tening to the arguments he said:
"Why, It looks al right to me.
Seems as e mother ought e have some
fun after al these years She hain't
get any new bones TO break"
The doctor put it or another day.
and fhen, thinking that the worry was
as bad as the fever. be gave consent
Zadoc went to town aad hired an auto
aud chauffeur and the broken woman
was carried cut with an due precau-
lions and seated il 1t. She was n good
spirits from the brandy the doctor
gave her.
4 hope you amt blaming me any,
Zadoc," she said as the machine moved
Of.
mot d mite, mother"
'eYeu know i've got to be seventy
eight yeers oldp'
Yes
..And you can't remember ever hear
ing me even giggle. can youl'
mo. mother"
Always had broken bones or some-
thing to keep me from feeling good.
You was going to take me to the cir
Gus two years ago, but ! fell down the
cellar stairs the day before"
Yes
you was going to take me to camp
meeting lsst year, but run rusty
nail into my foot"
$50 you did.
"And we was talking Of going to
picnic next week, and ! went and
broke ny arm"
eyes"
e'But guess rye got pretty nigh
che end. Zadoc. Is there smile Oh my
EaceYa
why, mother, there surely Isl"
"And feel like gigging Yes. sir,
zadoe. / believe I'm going e be tic
kled after Az these years! You won't
mind it win you2"
aNot bit mother 90 ahead and
grin aud giggle aud laugh"
''Then tell him to put on the whlz.
IT'S great. Zadoc It's grand. Don't
YOU see me grinning Can't you bear
me gigglinRY seYenty-eight years old.
and this is the drst grin and the nrsE
eicgle that can remember
keep Ter 40, mother | shouldn't
wonder II you'd live to be a hundred. +"
"More whiz, Iadoc- more whi1.
And ten minutes later he said to the
RhauHeur:
"Get us back home-ma's deadF
'You don't say"
smiling to beat the band. but she's
dead. Poor ma! She never had any
fun tn now. and rhis has whlzzed the
llfs out Of herr
Progress.