[{"node":{"title":"Hanna149","Collections":"Part Two","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna149","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Woman, Coughing","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna149","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Hanna149_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff143\n\nThe coughing began again and the young mother raised the child in\nher arms in an effort to ease him, but this seemed only to aggravate the\nattack. Hurrying down to the kitchen she blew up the dying fire and\nheated a little milk. When she gave it to the boy it seemed to soothe\nhim and he lay back in her arms with his eyes closed. Then he retched\nthe milk up which had curdled in his stomach, and the cough came again\nwith greater voilence. The child\u2019s face darkened, and he grasped\nSarah\u2019s nightdress convulsively while he drew breath in great whoops\nof sound that terrified the woman. Looking towards the inner door\ndistractedly, the mother heard noises beyond the wail, and first\nHamilton and then Frank appeared, blinking and screwing up their eyes.\n\"What ails him, Sarah?\" asked Frank, padding forward on his bare feet\nand peering down at the boy. \"I\u2019m feard it\u2019s the hooping-cough,\" answered\nthe mother. \"One of ye may go and fetch Agnes.\" Hamilton had already\nleft the room and in a few minutes he reappeared, with jacket and trousers\npulled on and unlaced boots on his feet. He brought a hurricane lamp\nwith him which he proceeded to trim and light. \"If you\u2019re going, dont\ndelay, Hami,\" pleaded Sarah, as he closed the globe. He left the house\nand went out into the close which was bathed in keen white moonlight.\n\nUnder the moon the lamp became a pallid globe of light. He extinguished\nit, and setting it on the ditch, hurried down the loanen.\nIt seemed hours before Frank and Sarah heard the measured clack of\nfeet ascending the loanen. The old woman came in and lifted the boy from\nhis cradle. \"Aye, its the hooping-cough,\" she said. She told Sarah to\nheat some water while she held the child\u2019s wrists to ease the strain on\nthe little body. When the water was heated she mixed a draught that she\nhad brought with her, and made the boy drink it. The coughing eased\n","Type":"Text"}}]