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tensely painful, and I began to grow anxious. I went to 

 bed, but did not sleep much, as my arm was never free 

 from pain. Sunday morning I was pretty badly off, and 

 was thoroughly scared. It was so much like the old at-' 

 tack of inflammatory rheumatism I had in my forearm at 

 Saratoga that I began to contemplate another siege. I 

 could dress myself only with great difficulty, doing every- 

 thing with my left hand. My right wrist was much swoll- 

 en, and it pained me acutely to touch it. Spencer was in 

 a great fume. Lord, how he did give it to me at breakfast ! 

 It was Sunday, and the day was splendid. He forbade my 

 going out. We were to dine at Busk's in the evening, and 

 that I had to give up. After preaching till he was tired 

 about my imprudence, etc., he went out to a druggist's 

 and had some liniment made, brought it in, and called 

 "Jeames," the waiter, who came. Then he told me to 

 " take off my coat," which with '' Jeames's " help I did, and 

 it nearly killed me. Then the servant was ordered to rub 

 my arm with the liniment. The brute went at it and nearly 

 killed me. It was horribly excruciating, but he kept at it, 

 rubbing around the sore place, and finally I took it up my- 

 self, and by very gentle friction at first I was able, after a 

 time, to increase the friction, and in an hour the acute pain 

 was all gone. I repeated the process half a dozen times, 

 and in the evening was nearly all right again. While in 

 the morning I could hardly bend my fingers, at night I 

 could grasp firmly with my hand. I slept well ; and, al- 

 though the wrist is stiff and somewhat sore this morning, I 

 write with only a little aching. The swelling, however, is 

 not quite all gone yet. It is raining like great guns, and I 

 am again forbidden to go out. It is just as well. This 

 sitting in the house and doing nothing is a great thing, 

 and I think is doing me much good. 



Spencer went to Busk's, and put his dressing-gown on 

 me over my coat before he left, and covered my pate with 



