The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-02-04

plentifu'ly With her warm, soft, loving.
life-giving hands to the benumbcd feet
and hands of the sick woman, the doctor
entered. Nurse had met him in the
hall and Informed him of the advent Of
bis patients sister, and he met her
With great respect and tenderness, ap-
proved Of what she was doing as some
thing that could do no harm, and was
glad when she followed him out of the
room to talk Of his patient. When he
had gently given her to understand
that he bad DO hope, her look Of dis:
tFess would have made him feel that.
eae was the sister of the doomed NO.
man, even if he had not already heard
it from the nurse, and when she laid
her hand on bis arm and said confident.
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''Doctor, she must not die now {" he
felt bis spirit stirred to realiz her hope
and said. doubtfally:
If her stomach could only: bear the
stimulante aud noari:hmsnt to carry
her through the criais"-
She / answered quickly:
=, "Why not relieve it Of tho labor it
refuses, spply the stimulants externally,
and give aourishment that will not
reach the stomaeh7 have seen moth.
.r do thia."
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"Bsthe her entire body With brandy
and sweat oil Her skin is dry as pa
per- Nature is not able to lucubrate it
MS she docs in. health. The pores and all
that tissue of blood vessels and nerves
in the skin are pa,cbcd and shriv-
eled, tied up, unable to work. Moist
en- them with frequent applications of
oil until nature can secrete that ncces-
sary ingredient of lite. Let me do
this and get some good beetzteak, hold
it over live Goals until it is warmed
through, then press the juice into a
spoon and put one drop of this on her
tongue every twenty minutes OF halt
hour uatil she can take nourishment.
This is what I saw mother do with
Willie when no one had hope of him,
and he got well, and" she added wiring
ing her hands IN her great earnestness,
t:shetnust not die r., .....>
Tho doctor approved her Plan of op~
sist.ons, and going back into the room
CIV The nurse the requisite diree-
tiea1 aud arranged that: Sally should
watch With her mistress that: night:
:Aftsr be left and Margaret was apply
ing her own prescriptions, her patient
asked to be awhile alone with her and
briefly told her the reason she bad sent
tor her. She had child, a boy four
years old, Of whom she wished her to
assume some kind of impossible guar
diauship. She wanted him shielded
from the shame of his birth, educated
by quakcrs, saved from all the evils of
life, carried over all its rough places
and set down at the shining portals Of
the New Jerusalem without the great
tribulations through which the dwellcrs
by the River Of Life do generally come
to, their blessed inheritance.
Margaret evinced all the interest in
the child which the mother could hope,
but said in answer to her gasping en-
treaties:
"You are not going to die. You
must live to bring up your child and
teach him to walk in the paths Of vir-
-tue: Do not talk. Gods grace is suf.
feiset tor !, on. The love Of Christ will
sustain and redeem you. You must
live. to serve Him, and die to elorifJ
Hin hereafter. Christ sent me to you
because He loved you. AK Him to
wash away your sins. No matter what
it is, His grace j. sufficient"
While she talked, her calm, true
eyss looked hope aud comfort into those
Of her listener, and her warm hands
communicated strength to-. the wasted
form. -. go - 81. /, 8,
After seeing the establishment of
tho: treatment she had recommended,
she left her charges With Sally, and
found it ten o'clock as she left the
house on her way home.
As she passed out Of the gate, Mr..
Tvinzy was approaching, on his return
from a visit to his friend, Mr.. Thomp-
son, who lived in that direction. He
raw her, and stepped into an alley way
to AVOID being seen, then stealthily
tracked her home. By indirectly ques.
tioning the cook he learned of the visit
of the negro woman, and rightly juds-
ed that she was a messenger between
the inmate Of the leprous dwelling and
the objeet Of his revenge. lie was
elated, bpt concluded to wait and
watch.
Margaret felt oppressed with her
tseret and almost resolved to tell Mrs:
Walters, but tho feeling that it would
plass her il the light OF missionary.
! woman With . mission-mado her
sh,ink y she ever did from oil claims
Is I'll s,,hip q superiority. She did
not need to recall the scripture injunc-
too, de. not thy right hand know
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