"Quad's odds"; . readful jack-knife is working among his blessedvitals! Perkins sat down in a tremble, some of the women cried,and a fat man went out on the back door-step and wipedthe tears away with a new three-dollar hat, utterly regard-less of expense. Hold the young un up ! yelled him on the back! screamed him over! squealed old Mrs. Johnson. And they heldthat boy up by oneleg and swung himthis way and flung him onthe lounge androlled him overand over, maulinghim in the backwith their fists, andhe made the neigh-Thet held Him Up. borhood ring with his howls.
"Quad's odds"; . readful jack-knife is working among his blessedvitals! Perkins sat down in a tremble, some of the women cried,and a fat man went out on the back door-step and wipedthe tears away with a new three-dollar hat, utterly regard-less of expense. Hold the young un up ! yelled him on the back! screamed him over! squealed old Mrs. Johnson. And they heldthat boy up by oneleg and swung himthis way and flung him onthe lounge androlled him overand over, maulinghim in the backwith their fists, andhe made the neigh-Thet held Him Up. borhood ring with his howls. Finally the doctor arrived, and he put the boy onthe table and pinched his ribs and rubbed his stomach andtried to count his pulse. I think the knife rests right here, he said, placing hishand on the babys stomach. Sposen it should open and commence to whittle awayon his vitals ! wailed Mrs. Perkins. Hand me mustard, and tepid water, and salt, and somepills, and strong coffee, and chloroform! answered IT DIDN T SEEM POSSIBLE. 153 Then they held that boy and filled him up with stuff,and rubbed and pounded him some more, and as he clawedaround and kicked old Mrs. Frazer in the nose they said itwas convulsions, contortions and dying agonies. Theywore the hair off his head before they got through withhim, and the doctor said that he would have to either cuthim open and take the jack-knife out with a pair of tongs,or see the innocent die, when Mrs. Gregorys tow-headedboy, who was prowling around, discovered the jack-knifeunder the bureau. Then the doctor got red in the face,Perkins jumped over the table, and the old women wipedtheir eyes and remarked: It didnt seem possible that Providence was going totake the little darling away!
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