The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-01-31
Their Married Life
BY MABEL HERsERr uanEa

Shivering in her thin nightgown.
Helen looked through the bathroom
medicine chest for a bottle marked
Cough Syrup"
It's not here, dear. We must have
used it up last winter I think I re-
member throwing away the emptv
bottle. Shall I make you a hot lemo-
nader,
Lemonade not going to help a
cough" growled Warren, who Law
huddled in bed with the clothes pulled
up over his ears. Got any OF those
1ozengers?"
"Oh. I didn't think of that. There's
box in my ROOM,
HIS slightest ailment Warren al
ways took most seriously. And now
that he had cold and troublesome
cough. he felt sure he was threatened
with pneumonia.
| Win eomical solemnity he sucked
at the lozenger Helen gave him. She
had been up twice before, once to get
more cover, and once to fill the hot
water bag, for he was positive he had
a chill.
| Dear, is it hot enough?', feeling the
eowel-wrapped bottle at his feet He
answered with a suffering cough.
and Helen hurled 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 an
other cough drop.
/ G OIL
beside you"
But in fumbling for the lozengers
he knocked off tumbIer Helen
sprang up, turned on the lights and
started to pick UP the broken glass
i, Better brush that up Wen get
the blamed stuff In our feet
Yes, I'll have Nora brush it up good
in the morning. Be careful dear, when
you get up. Here's your slippers
| But Warren had a horror Of broken
glass and wanted it 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 a
bathrobe over her shoulders did not
OCCUR to him.
| while you're up tuck in this blan-
lxet at the foot. Why don't you show
that girl how to make a bed so the
lcovers 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-"The
tb1amed thing is leaking"
In an instant she was wide awake
feeling under the clothes for the hot
Iwater bottle
A Small Leak.
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there was only a small wet spot on the
towel In which 1t was wrapped THE
stopper wasn't in tight
| mot leaking much? The beds all
wet! Enough to give me pneumonia, il
| I heven't got it already"
| Helen felt the bed and found there
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 handkerchiefs?" as
Helen handed his a fresh one.
| would you like a piece Of sterilized
gauze. It's nice and Soft
"Anything'n do better than this
Its 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
Internal cold" he grumbled for the
hundredth time, as he shifted, coughed
and drew the clothes up around his
shoulders with such force that they
again came UP from the foot
i By this time It was dawn. Helen
did not try to sleep again, and was up
at half-past seven.
She cautioned Nora to make no