St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-02-07

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Immature! !''''s1iast; spring she had tic
whoopipg cough. insjtsl worst: form aas
her langs hst not Recovered: THE whole
state 6, gietH Hgsspe1al health xas,snch as t
be'pecnliarly un6t*tc contend with disease,
while her distress. and that ,ofsher, family
a. Cliatou:s death. added greitly to hei
peril. ,"T ,Thep. hez q 'li,s. isea.e lad been pio
sraaains .tsadilJ< for nearly five days. r:
It waas hard hard 10 speak Of 7deathlto The
brishtyjcyous creature; 30 suddenly struck
with siSk aess ala dgst It s4eat osorrow, -
We felt it SO, al swesat and held 'hef han nd,
and looked into her; great, soR, trown eyea
|IWith their eager, cauestiosipgIlook. We
In thought other s,she, had beep on nhanks:
giving IEvhheeqq 2 sq,an party. Of us; diued at
her father'fs, p: and 4hss was gay las a mock
in+s, bi}rqd, flashing hither and thither hke'a
sunbeam.! We had .seenr,her, but, once
sipae and that tn At = evening party where
ahe. was noted for the -psomiseuof rcsplen:
dent -womanly beauty ,aanda present child.
ish grace, andthe schceffatncss with which
shc went home at the hour named ,i BY het
other, sna' I! lett he'r companions d dancing.
!, f]Tainlkins y Of all this We saida gently, II
will DO sll that, I; can tor you; Carrie dear,
asda We, will all hall that We cam but
you knew the cure9is1 not with ust.' us; You
must ask"oaf Father Who is il,'1hi ii heaven, to
direct as to the proper; means, and bless
them in The use---tthat, is. # :H.is HI. oiN
that you sho: Il reeover R',d i:,; ::.,...' J
A great solcmnity felloupon: her face, in
an instant! Then l.oking up calmly she
said :. 4.,lii .ei,i J.. :>,.,.,:,;' T''':' / ;
ri "I wilI."'i.s,~,, ,r<:.. ..y!.: >roIi .'"t; ;
T.: "And you will ask him: to make you
willing that the result shall bc as He
thinks best,?", III : II js;:i5 .'7:;9; -:
| She waited to t.ke in the idea and con-
slider, then answered solemnly :n:''> Il ! :
,;HH ;HHI y i'll. 81 Yes, 9I:wilf:',; tuA1 bull. .-1
En:~After this, in any Of those moments
when it, appeared easier to die than make
another exertion, We had uonly to remind
her Of her duty to use all proper means; or
appeals to her leve!for her parents, and she
INSTANTLY did all'that was required: - so
Twlce'it appeared that the disease Had
passed its crisis. On Monday at'midnigh'
she appeared to be-dyimg, and her friends
were summoned { with 'iher teacher, the
Rev. a.. .'tNelson.2 She was calm,: re-
! signed. and peaceful in~iew of immediate
death, regnetting to leave: her parents, bu
willing to ? depart: and he with. Christ
: which is far better. Ina few hours 'sh,
, was better: The disease appeared to. hav,
! passed the crisis. The false :m1t'ccmbr,an,, me
was loosened from the bronchial tubes aat
was being rapidly expelled; and her l,ear
was full of thankfulness. Her natura
|playfulncss andicheerfulness was beautiful
and touching amid nl tho solemnity Of he
thanksgiving. .,,;-,>.., !:
The only hope for her then. was i,
; keeping up her strength and courage unit
the lungs could expel the dread, enemy, s.
that no allpsion to the probable fatal ter
mination was permitted in her presence
She was encouraged, to- think only otr
covcry until Wednesday forenoon, when i
became apparent that despite all effort
the lungs: were filling with loose matte
which they had no power to eject. A
she looked upon, her hands rapidly be
coming discolored by, tho sunoxvgize.
blood blloood she OWNED it all, and inquired ca
f gerly Of MIR. Nelson if she would recover
There appeared no longer any hopo ii
, trying to! withhold the truth from her a
she demanded it. saying; .,:-..:..,..
, "1f I am. dying Iwaut to know it, for l.
want to talk,".s .. ..,.4...s , :: f>.,,!:1: ,
, Her voice had been ihaudible for hours
but she spoke in very distict whispers
!, and when told there was no hope, askct
for, every member, of her family ,by name