Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-02

mot If / know myself I'll get
good and worse before take that
dose. l think I'd better consult q
DOCTOR"
"Oh. MOI Try the simple home
remedies first. Bring home some shot
this evening"
Deaf to wifely exhortation. Moffatt
persisted in his high-headed atti-
tude until he started on for his days
work. At about three O'Clock. how
ever. he appeared at home with q
chastened look on his face and q
pound Of shot in his pocket
There's a new one starting on the
other side Of my neck" he confessed.
Go ahead and boil up the shot II
you want to. and then let's fix some
bread and milk poultices. I've heard
Of them all my life"
When he had gulped down the shot
favored milk and was lying on the
couch. decorated with poultices, q
kind hearted neighbor ran In
"Oh. know all about it," she
told him, after inquirfng into his all
ment. Il had 43-one after the other.
Nothing helped me-nothing."
Matte" Moffatt demanded next
morning. do look like your idea OF
Jobf"
NO. nor act like it. either" But
she was sorry as soon as she had
said II.
There's another Of these things
coming under my chin" he an
nounced. "There1l be whole noun
tain range Of them on my neck. from
ear to ear. cah't 60 to the ONCE
Poor Franklinis She soothed him
with subtle tings of elation IN her
| tone. i've something new to try
an ointment that Cousin Sally told
me about. I'VE had the druggist put
It up. II smells dreadfully, dear. bu'
| she says II you rub It in faithfully
always with an upward motion, it's .
J certain cure. I'll rub some in before
| breakfast"
For PHYS sakel" cried Grandma
Worthington. when she walked In
| the. morning after. and found Moifati
still staying at home with his tribula
/ lions. Don't fuss aropnd with oint
ments. childreni No use paying ou'
money to druggists for q thing lfks
this. Don't you know what to do'
Take the shells Of three eggs and
mash them to q powder; then swJ
low one Of them every morning fol
three days running.
Outwardly scofing. but secretly
hoping, Moffatt began to eat egg
shells. Three days passed. and ths
only result Of the treatment was that
q new and angry peak had added II
self to the chain which threatened tf
encircle his neck
'Franklin." said his wife, then. al
most timidly. "Mollie has been talk
ing to me all day about something
that never fails. II = person only hal
the grit to try It.. She knows per
sonally of twenty-nine cases that y
has cured, but / haven't said any
thing because was afraid you'd 10
| fuse"
"What is TT" growied Jobs under
study, peering grimly from above
/ widely bandaged neck
She hesitated. Suppose you Try \
without knowing what II is7 It MAJ
go( down easier"
Bring It on!" was the desperate
order.
Hastening to the kitchen, Mrs
Moffatt produced the remedy. ~
ready prepared on the chance that
he might be induced to try II. II con
sisted of a piece Of yellow washing
soau. melted and mised with an
onion which had previously beer
boiled to pulp.
aMollie." said Mrs. Monatt re
proachfully, when her ,aundress came
hack to iron next day. why didn''
YOU tell me that medicine was an
emetic?"
aWha's that, Mis- Morattf You
dome tried IT, Emetic7" Suddenly q
look of mingled horror and slee over
spread the black face. Don 90 fof
to ten me he swalluhed IT."
Certainly As much as you could
get ON a 25-cent piece. That's what
you said"
~Oh. massy!" Moliie sank into
chair and tried to look solemn "oh
masy, That was to ruf avn. don
you knowY Lawsl Whah's Mistaf
| Mofratt. now?"
She peered about as II she ex
pected to see him stretched under
the kitchen table
aHe has gone to the doctor" Mrs
Moffatt's tone was stern
Again that gleeful horror convuised
MolIie's face. which she covered with
her apron. Don't worry, honey; he'll
get WE'LL" she declared, unanimously
through folds Of gingham. "Doctahi
noh nufin caynt prevent IT. Any
body at can eat that dose an hvs
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