Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-07-06
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yezrs cd She had been q fxruer's
widow for ferry years and for rh< Ezsx
fifteen had lived with ber $50 Zadoc
and his wife.
She broke her arn
-Grzncna. yoa are sevensy eight
ye&s oad- and IN afraid thss b the
ED OF thszSx.- said The drcsor
THAT'S what rm thinking mys<ik-
she replied Please prop me Ep 10
bed want to 80 oTex thinSs Hftse.
doctor. haven's bad much fun IN
this word At tie age Of ren l fell
CT the barn and bruke sozr r1hSL-
Tea rve beard So"
WHEN ! vas twe.Fe chopped GO
one Of ny toes At fifteen horse ran
away with me and broke my right ieg-
At severteen s.tSped on TIE ICE and
broke the othex."
Tea
Ar cventy l was aimoss drowned n
mil pond Al twenty-five | married
Moses Spooner Doctor. Moses wns .
poke Of rsxn He could hardly keep
out Of the way Of hzystack- he was
always wanting 70 rest l was almosx
glad when be died
Since you knew ne have bad Q
bag in my ear. fallen down Stain. been
bitten By Z snake, booked By q COW.
bowed Up with kerosene. twisted ny
ankle. fell cut Of tree and had var1-
Gus bones broken- This breaking my
arm ID atou, The has, Of me. amt tfy
I'VE viii hope not, bur-
oh. talk 1t right cot. doctor. You
can't scare me none
-As told you, It's serioua~
I'm feeling that way. reckon my
days are oyer. bot I'm not complain
Ing. Do you know. ! never went to .
eircusT
You dsdntT
-Never. / always had . broken Veg
o. something when there was circux
spelling school OF party. l never went
huckIeberrying- ! never skated or aid
downhilL 1 never saw q mad dog o.
a BALBOA ! never went to q church
picnic. I've always had broken bones
On hand or been down with sickness
/ ought to have some little fun In lie.
hadn't I? ought to hare seen Q dog
eight or something"
Surely you Fad" replied the doctor.
and am sorry for you
Then / want jon to do something
for me I've been whixxtng along ali
my Life. and l want to 60 out Of II On
the whiz ! want Zadoc to 60 to town
and hire one Of them autos and take
me for q ride. and want you to tx
NE up for IT, I've got to 60. but l
want TO 60 having fun"
You've got a fever. and It win In
crease IT." ....4.s.e.e
Il can't help IL"
Moving you in and out of the auto
viii be very painful"
But I'm used to IT. ! tell you, doc
tor. I'm going to have some fun to end
up on II have TO jump down the well.
Its my due. jest want to laugh good
and hearty once before 60"
The doctor wrestied with grandma
for the best Of an hour. and then "a
doc was called In to decide After liz
tening to the arguments be said:
why. 1t looks all right to me
Seems as II mother ought to have some
fun after all these years She hain's
got any new bones to break" I
The doctor put II Oh another day.
and then, thinking that the worry was
as bad as the fever. be gave consent
Zadoc went to town and hired an auto
and chauffeur. and the broken woman
was carried out with all due precau-
tons and seated In 1t. She was 10 good
spirits from the brandy the doctor
gave her
Il hope you amt blaming me any.
Zadoc." she said as the machine moved
OF.
Not a unite, mother"
You know I've got to be seventy.
eight years oldY'
Yes"
And you can't remember ever hear.
ing me even giggie. can your
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 last year. but run q rusty
nail into my foot"
$50 you did"
And we was talking Of going to .
picnic next week. and went and
broke my arm"
Yes
But l guess I've got pretty nigh
the end, Zadoc. Is there smile on my
face?"
why, mother. there surely isr'
And ! feel like giggling. Yes, Or,
Zadpc. believe I'm going to be dc
kled after all these years! You won't
mind it. will your
mot a bit. mother. Go ahead and
grin and giggle and laugh" ~
| Then tell him to put on the whix-