. Stories of a country doctor . as I was I drove di-rect to Jacks residence. In approaching the house Isaw no sign of life or living thing about the I entered I found Mrs. Jack alone, unconsciousand speechless. She was cold as ice to her elbows andknees and was bathed in a profuse, clammy quickly to the bed I took hold of her arm andfound it pulseless, I went at once to a cross fence andcalled two or three neighboring ladies, sent a boy for aconsulting physician, and, learning that Jack was at the shop, I sent another for him. The women beganmaking mustard drau
. Stories of a country doctor . as I was I drove di-rect to Jacks residence. In approaching the house Isaw no sign of life or living thing about the I entered I found Mrs. Jack alone, unconsciousand speechless. She was cold as ice to her elbows andknees and was bathed in a profuse, clammy quickly to the bed I took hold of her arm andfound it pulseless, I went at once to a cross fence andcalled two or three neighboring ladies, sent a boy for aconsulting physician, and, learning that Jack was at the shop, I sent another for him. The women beganmaking mustard draughts under my direction while I Did Hk Kii,L His Wifk ? 355 tried to get some diffusible stimulus down the this I failed as she either could not or would notswallow. In a few minutes I saw Jack coming throughthe gate with that slipping, shambling, uncertain gaitwhich was characteristic of him. He came in lookingpale and anxious and, instead of going directh to thebed and speaking to his wife, he sidled over to an old. ha, ha, ha, ha-a-a-a-a !stool, with an inquiring, guilty look on his face. (Oh,how plainly I can see it now!) and sat down. How is she, ^ I informed him of her dangerous condition. When she heard his voice she seemed to be momen-tarily aroused from the state of unconsciousness inwhich I had found her. She turned her head and glaredslowly about until she located him, then seemingly gath-ering all her waning strength in one last effort she 356 Did He Kill His Wife? threw her feet out of the bed, and before any of us hadsuflficient presence of mind to arrest her, she came to asitting posture, sHd out of bed and walked straight tohim. She stooped and shook her finger in his face andlaughed the wildest, weirdest and most blood curdlinglaugh that I ever heard or ever expect to hear again—ha, ha, ha, ha-a-a-a-a; and then, staggering, wouldhave fallen, had I not caught her. Two of the ladiesassisted in getting her into bed again, while Jacksat like
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