The San Francisco call., 1913-10-31

/ q HIvERING in her thin nightgown,
Helen looked through the bath
room medicine chest for a bottle
marked Cough Syrup"
It's not here, dear. We must have
used 1t up last winter. think I re-
member throwing away the empty
| bottle Shall 1 make you a hot
| lemonade ?.
Lemonade's not going to help a
cough" growled Warren. who lay
huddled in his bed with the clothes
pulled up over his ears. Got any of
those lozengesY'
"Oh, didn't think of those: There's
box in my room"
| His slightest ailment Warren al
ways took most seriously. And now
that he had cold and a troublesome
cough, he felt sure he was threatened
with pneumonia
With a comical solemnity he suck ed
at the lozenge Helen gave him She
had been up twice before, once to
get more covers and once to fill the
hot water bottle. for he was positive
he had chill
Dear, is it hot enough?" feeling
the lowell wrapped bottle at his feet.
He answered with a spluttering
cough, and Helen hurried out to the
kitchen to heat more water.
| When she came back Warren was
asleep. Softly she placed the bottle
at his feet, turned out the lights and
slipped into bed. hoping he would now
sleep until morning.
Hardly had she dozed off when she
was awakened by his demanding
another cough drop.
''The box is right there on the table
beside you"
But in fumbling for the lozenges
he knocked off tumbler. Helen
! sprang up, turned on the lights and
started to pick up the broken glass.
Better brush that up. Well get
the blamed stuff in our feet"
"Yes, Til have Nora brush it up
good in the morning. Be careful,
dear. when you get up. Here's your
slippers"
But Warren had horror of broken
glass, and wanted 1T brushed up at
once. SO Helen made another trip to
the kitchen for the dustpan and
broom That she might take cold
! running around in her nightgown
with only bath robe over her should
ers did not occur to him.
While you're UP tuck in this
blanket at the foot. Why don't you
show that girl how to make bed so
the covers won't keep pulling up?"
Again Helen turned out the lights,
got into bed and finally fell asleep.
This time she was awakened by War
rem starting up with a savage
This blamed things LEAKING"
In an instant she was wide awake,
feeling under the clothes for the hot
| water bottle.
A SMALL LEAK
TITS not leaking much. DEAR" for
there was only a small wet spot on
| the towel in which it was wrapped
."rhe stopper wasn't in tight"
Not leaking much? The beds all
wet Enough to give me pneumonia,
If haven't got it already
Helen felt the bed and found there
was a tiny damp spot on the sheet
over which she carefully spread a
large bath towel.
Get me another handkerchief, will
you? Why on earth do you let that
woman starch the handkerchief? ?" as
Helen handed him fresh one
Would you like a piece of sterilized
gauze? It's nice and soft"
"Anything'n do better than this
It's like a board"
Helen found the gauze, cut off two
large pieces, gave him one and tucked
the other under his pillow.
Don't know where I caught this in
fernal cold" he grumbied for the hum
dredth time, as he snfffled, coughed
and drew the clothes up around his
shoulders with such force that they
again came up from the foot.
BY this time 1T was dawn. Helen
did not try to sleep again, and was up
at 1890
She cautioned Nora to make no
noise, as Mr.. Curtis cough had kept
him awake most of the night and she
wanted him to sleep late.
1t was a gray. drizzling, foggy
morning. Should Warren go to the
office on a day like this with such q
cold?
Then she heard him calling. and ran
in to find him sitting on the edge of
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