Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-24
OLD WoGGLEYE's HISTORY.

Copyright. 1915, by the cCIur News
paper Syndicate.)
Old Woggleye lived at the edge of tn,
village and all alone kept the little
shanty. where. as long as anyone could
remember, he had cooked his meals and
slept.
They called him Woggleyc because he
had a curious nervous trouble with one
Of his eyes which made ii move wheth-
er nc wanted ii to or not. and when he
looked ut you this eye would move in
the most disturbing manner.
Some of the larger boys often tried
To plague the old man by throwing
things at his shanty after il was dark
and he could not see who did il. and
they called him names and cried aux
things to him. But he never answered
them and bore their tauntS ana abuse
without complaining.
The village was SO small that scarceiN
anything that happened in II was not
known to everybody. and when Ezra
Sampson Was taken i'll with u disease
which the doctor said MAS very UNI
usual. so unusual that he had never
seen a case OF it before. everybody III.
the town knew about II before night
fan.
hzra's father and mother were terri
bly, frightened because iae MAS 50 al.
and tRex were especially alarmed he
cause the doctor said that he nj not
tell how MS Illness was going to end
Non Ezra had been one of the boys
who had done much l. make the hfe
OF old Wogcleve uncomfortable.
Therefore Ezra father and mother
were SURPRISED on Tho night when Ezra
"2s most critically Ill to hear q knock
II the aoo- and. on opening il. u find
cd WoEe!sye standing outside.
Man come IN he ASKED I have
Aea-o ira, Your ou9 Ezra Is in with
= strange disease. The doctor told me
IS rs passed my door and ! asked him If
/ might not come up and sre him and
dc What ! could 70 help him
AzTa : father and old Wossleyt went
a~5istairs 10 where Ezra gay on the bed
looking oh SO white and III and So
weak that ne could scarcely move his
hand
The old man looked al hin for a
moment iaid ms hand softly on his
forehead touched his wrist lightly IS
he felt his pulse, and then. turning TO
ilzra father. a. said i think / can
save ms life If Won arr willing to trust
hin IL nv hands"
"CerraiulH we are willing" said Ez-
"a S father The old man rurnmased in
his pocket and brought out three or
four bottles. They We're bottles such as
t1Z-a : father remembered having seen
an Ole doctor have when ~ was q boy.
The old man asked for hot water. and
q il had been brought ne dropped
liquid from. Two OF the bottles into one
glass and from one of The bottles into
another.
Lzras father. worn with his long
watch, lay down il another room and
ole WoEgleye sal by Ezra's bedside un-
I'll morning -Four 10y hour he gave
him the medicine he had prepared. and
hour by hour he saw The alarming
symptoms of the Illness disa ppear. Just
before dayhreak he saw Ezra drop
into q quiet sleep. and then he knew
that the disease had been conquered,
and that he WAS going to get well. 1t
wa nor until then that he went and
called Ezra's father.
Your hoy viii get WELL" he said.
t crisis has been safely passed, and
all that rs needs o is care n nur-
sing To make him as we'll as ever. The
doctor viii understand it all when he