Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-11-06
Heroic Conduct and Sad Fate of Mo-

! Among the first who hasteaed. to the
relief OF the Shreveport sufferers was
Agnes Arnold, of Philadelphia. Miss
Arnold was an orphan, the daughter of
as United States naval officer, but when
only three years old she was adopted by
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Arnold, of Philadelphia.
She grew up into beautiful and accom-
plished woman, lovely in character as in
features, the joy of her adopted parents
home, the idol of her friends. She loved,
and, more fortunate than most women,
the maiden found one worthyof her love.
Miss Arnold and her lover, himself a
wealthy man, were engaged to be mar-
riea when the first sad tidings came from
Shreveport. yellow fever, of q most
virulent and malignant type, had broken
.out-numhers had-heen attacked and
many were already dead, Those who
were ableStqao SO were AFing in alright,
and few were left to attend the VICTIMS
of the fell disease, The stricken were
uncared for, aud nesleotkilled almosta
many as the fever. The physicians called
loudly for assistance. When MissfAr
mold saw the call she at once resolved to
goand do what she misil 4 e'rs.: ;s.,etthn
afflicted. Her paren.s "a; i'e} ,1se.
were horror-stricken wren tbcr learned
her determination, arr ilnri1s.s} ''...i
abandonsuch a-peric;ie - .e, -
she steadfastly refuse, AKA ;,c,:, -
cession she would m ms," 49, -
ment to wait for a fey. d
be ascertained w6et6 III -.
had been responde. 90. cN4
however, brought fresh 1s;;-i;ieds IL.
sistance, and Miss Arnold started upon
her noble mission. On arriving in
Shreveport heFssEyiGes, vega offered g to
thephysiciaTis, and, gladly aeaepted. The
nurses were few, the patients many, and
she soon had more than enorgh ofiwork.
Her intelligence, her vigilance and her
prudence made her the admiration OF
the doctors, and her. kindness, her anna
bility, and the devotion with which she
waited upon her charges, rendered her
favorite in the sick room. From home
to home the beautiful girl went, facing
the horrors of the plague with courage
almost more than human. AS one pa
tient died, spite of all efforts to save, or
recovered through careful nursing, she
went on to another, and then another,
seemingly never tiring, and displaying
marvellous strength and endurance. In
the YiIast quarters Of the town with the
worst cases of the disease, she was seen
sitting in the ) saualld room, and by the
bedside ofthe feyer:Astriicken st wretches,
watching, nursing praying: bApgel sAg-
Ies they SOON began to call her, and the
lovely stranger did indeed seem very
angel of;Heaven as she. went, along on
her mission Of mercy and of love-. But
tasking herself as she did-deaf to all
remonstrance Of advice -the end must
come. One morning nurse failed to
obey summons from the principal ply
sician, and the favorite attendant was not
seen among the sick. Soon it was known
that Angel Agnes was herself iil1.that
the poisonhad entered her veins. Friends
were telesraphed. and the lover came on
to nurse his betrothed. Hardly ';how
ever, had he reached the city, when he,
too, was stricken down, and in a short
time Angel Agnes and her aftiianced A.
husband lay dead in the salue building.
LetaJ befievsii THAT they metin another
and better world, where sickness does
net enter, and where parting is unknown.