The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-10-24

| And she had Just paid Messrs. Isaacson
X Co. a thousand dollars apiece for
draping her drawing-room windows with
lace and brocatelle-so, of course, there
was nothing left for such trife as the
comfort of her servants.
els Kathleen sick, mammal" little
Julian Arnott asked one day; "she cries
so much and she looks so white ~
Mr.. Arnott, stout-built, good-heart-
ell man, of forty or thereabouts, glanced
up from his newspaper.
"What does the child mean, Lucre-
tia?' be asked of his wife. 81 hope
you look little after your girls"
",Of course do," said Mrs. Arnott,
sharply, Kathleen is onlymoping. She's
silent, sullen thing, at best, and l
shall discharge her next month. Natalie
has cousin who wants the place"
Has she any friends in this country
Kathleen, 1 mean ?"
"Not that know of. ;"
"Seems to me I wouldn't discharge
her, then. 1t would be rather hard, IN
less she has actually been guilty of some
fault"
Mrs. Arnott bit her lip.
Gentlemen understand nothing of
the management of a household" said
she, tartly. "These girls haven't our
sensitive natures either; they are quite
used to knocking around the world.
Are you going down town now?"
eyes"
4" wish you'd stop and ask DR.. Hart
to stop here this morning. Little Clar-
ence is feverish."
Anything serious?'
81 hope not" the mother answered,
"but l always like to take these things
in time"
DR.. Hart looked over Clarence's little
crib he involuntarily uttered the name
of malignant type of fever just then
raging in the.city.
81 wish you had sent for me before?'
said he; "but I fear it is too late to Sc
cure the exemption of your two other
little one. But with constant care i
think We may save the little fellow. 1ou
have good nurse ?"
"An excellent one. lean trust Natalie
as I would myself"
"You are fortunate" said the doctor.
He had scarcely closed the hall-door
behind him, when Natalie came to her
mist; es'.
My month expires tomorrow, madam
will you pay me my wages, and lei me
take my departure at once ?"
"But, Natalie, the baby is sick"
Cones first duty is to ones self,
madam. would not risk the infection
for twice what you pay me"
And Natalie packed her trunk and de-
parted without even coming into the
nursery to bid little Clarence good-by.
The cook was the next to give warn
ing. Matilda the laundress took her
self off without any such preliminary
ceremony.
81 know what the fever is" said she.
"And missus can't expect we're going to
lose our lives for bit of money
"Tm going, too, said the seamstress.
"Mrs, Arnott wouldn't have lifted her
finger if we'd all been dying, and be-
lieve in doing to others as they do to
me-"
And almost before she knew it, the
stricken mother was left alone by the
bedside of her suffering babe. Neigh
bors crossed on the other side of the
street, like priests and Levites of old
friends contented themselves by sending
to inouire even hired nurses avoided
the malignent fever.
els there no one to help me 2" she
moaned, wringing her white jeweled
hands together. Have all pity and
charity and womanly sympathy died out
of the world %
She TURNED dl sOlllS iahticu HooiN'
Kathleen O'Neil was at her side, busted
in arranging the table.
81 thought you, too, had gone, kath
leen," she cried out.
"Sure, ma am, what should ! be go
ing for" asked Kathleen, simply, "ano
the bits of childher sick, and you in the
sore trouble? Inursed the little broth
ers and sisters through the faver al
home, and l know just what needs to be
done"
And she took little Clarence in hel
arms. with soft tenderness that wen
to the mothers heart.
care you not afraid, Kathleen"
"What would be afraid OF ma am
Isn't the good Gods sky over us all
whether it's the green banks of IRELAND
or the church steeples in this great con
fusin' city? Oh, ma'am, don't fear
He'll not take the bonny baby from us.
All Mrs. Arnott's children had the fe
yer-last of all she was prostrated D,
it-and Kathleen watched over over.