The Washington herald., 1921-02-06

Suffocation from Inhaling Smoke
or Gas.-There is nothing better
than faXseed. Place a few seed n
the outer corner of the eye
showed the handbook back in
my pocket, and grabbed a boy that
was running by.
Here" says I, giving him some
money, run to the drug store and
bring dollars worth OF fiaxseed.
Hurry, and you'll get another one
for yourself Now" l sings out to
the crowd well have Mrs. Samp-
SON." And I throws away my coat
and hat.
Fou- of the firemen and citizens
grabs hold of me. It's sure death,
they say. to go in the house for the
noors was beginning to fall through.
How in blazes." I sings out kind
OF laughing yet, but not feeling like
H. do you expect me to put faxseed
In eye without the eye?"
l jabbed each elbow in a freman's
race kicked the bark off of one citi-
zen. $ shin. and tripped the other one
with a side hold. And then 1 busted
INTO the house. If l die first I'll
write you letter and tell you if
1t any worse down there than the
inside Of that yellow house was;
but don't believe it yet. was a
heap more cooked than the hurry-up
orders OF broiled chicken that Won
get In restaurants. The fire and
smoke had me down on the floor
twice and was about to shame Her
klmer, but the firemen helped M.
with their litf1n Of
ana l got to Mrs. SIMPSONS room
Shed lost conscientiousness frop,
the smoke. so l wrapped her in the
bed clothes and got her on nv
shoulder. Well, the floors wasn't as
bad as they said, or l never could
nave done it-not by no means.
l carried her out fifty yards from
lne mouse and laid her on the grass
Aneh' OF course, every one of them
other twenty-five plaintiffs to the
lady's hand crowded around with
TN dlppers of water ready to save
her And up runs the boy with tbo
faxseed.
I unwrappcd the covers from Mrs
SIMPSONS head. She opened her
eyes and says:
is that you, Mr.. Pratt?"
"S-s-sh," says I. Don't talk till
you've had the remedy.
l runs my arm around bar nooL
and raises her head, gentle, and
breaks the bag of tlaxseed with the
other hand; and as easy as I could
Dends over and slips three or four
or the seeds in the outer corner of
her eye.
Up gallops the village doc by this
time, and snorts around. and p-rshs
at Mrs. SIMPSONS pulse, and wants
10 Know what I mean by any such
sandblasted nonsense.
Well, old Jalap and Jerusalem
oakSeed,' says l, I'm no regular
practitioner, but I'll show you au-
thority, anyway"
They fetched my coat, and I gets
out the Handbook.
Look on page H." says I, "at
the remedy for suffocation by smoke
or gas. FlaXseed in the outer cor.
ner of the eye. it says. don't
know whether it works as a smoke
consumer or whether it hikes the
compound gastrohippopotamus nerve
into action, but Herkimer saws il
and he was called to the case first.
IL you want to make it a consulta-
ton. there's no objection"
Old doc takes the book and looks
at 1t by means OF his specs and a
fireman's lantern.
We'll, Mr.. Pratt" says he, "vou
evidently got on the wrong line in
reading your diagnosis. The recipe
for suffocation says: Get the pa
tient into fresh air as quickly as
possible. and place in a reclining
position The f1axseed remedy is
for Dust and Cinders in the Eve
on the line above. But. after all" |
See here" interrupts Mrs. Samp-
son, Il reckon I've got something
to say in this consultation. That
done me more good than
anything 1 ever tried" And then
she raises up her head and laws il |
back on my arm again, and saws.
Put some in the other eye, Sandy |
dear"
And so II you was to stop off at |
Rosa tomorrow, or any other day.
you'd see a fine new yellow house |
with Mrs. Pratt, that was Mrs, |
Sampson, embelishing and adorn- |
ing it. And If you was to step in |
side you'd see on the rlarbIe-top |
center table in the parlor "Herki- |
mer's Handbook of Indispensable |
InformatioR," all rebound in red |
morocco, and ready to be consulted !
on any subject pertaining to hu-
man happiness and wisdom.