Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-03-19

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fellow; and saucy Kate thought more
Of him than she wished to think Of one
in such deplora able condition. Hence
she resolved that as she couldn't be
cured, John must. She had always
been : kind nurse to, him, humoring all
his wilkins and crothets, and taking the
best of care of him. iisfe al9 i
II am sure, mother :, she always
called Aunt Heprey mother .'that'
Cousin John looks very badly. and
ought to have medical attendance at
once; bat as tn. doctor is not near
enough 10 be Of sessice we in.,st do orr
best to save him" land she felt his
prle h.h1r very littls tIfpqf9. and.
Pdrstd up hsFiips an1id6krsf very rise'
indeed. lsisesssa dls b Il b %
John began to look alarmed at this
eorroboration Of his own gloomy fears.
sHe must have a dose OF composition
at once, bottle Of hot water put to
his feet, aud Of course must go to he'd
Immediately" ',..''.@ I.
|, John wonld have demurred to this
part of the arrangement, but she did
not give him time. .lssf ial ia !-ss.
Typhoid is very plenty around just
now, and no, doubt he is going to have
an attack; nearly every case fatal, too"
she added musingly to herself. Il M.
John was how in cold persl.iration
of anxiety at the way she treated the
matter.
Ill youlnever you don't really
think 50, de yeui III think l am
f.elinsa little better stammered he;
but Kate extinguished him at once.
"Nonsense, you are worse; much
worse; you change every minute. You
must 60 to bed at once;' and as he
really grew pale, she SAID, as though
thinking aloud Probably. wont be
delirious for some hours yeti which
had the effect of using hun up COM
plctely.ii "oil g t1m iisiI anT &
For three days she kept him close
prisoner in bed, curtains close drawn;
instructing Aunt Hepsey, who att Tended
him, to keep plenty of good warm
blankets piled upon him, and make him
drink plenty Of hot properties and
such things; which things, combined
with his nervous fears, k PIT him in .
continual state Of perspisa,ion, and
were, taken On the whole, considerably
worse to endure than the fever would
have been. During that time she in
vlted in some of her young friends and
made the house ring with fan; all Of
which made the sick room seem doubly
tedious Then she allowed him to
come down stairs, looking very pale.
and weak aud s'bleaohy.s''.------~~
SLOW do you feel today, Cousin'"
asked Kate, locking fresh aud rosy
herself as could be. e3 ie5sfas de4sii-
81 feel very weak; the room has been
rather close aud warm" /, Which was
very true; Aunt gHepsey having
metaphorically speaking given good
measure; saying nothing, but looking
as though the question had been
somehow answered. "Don't You think
q little turn outside in the air would do
me goods" e9s.ifi4 90, -
IN .rcy! no. What an ideal" and
Kate looked horrifed. sit down here
by the fire, instantly, and be covered
up" aud three large warm shawls werei
wrapped and piled around him that
warm autumn day. The heat, and
something she said in a low tone to
her mother q bout "Poor fellow, I am
afraid the cancer is growing again, and
how lucky it is that farther bought the,
cemetery lot 80 soon, made him the
source of vast number Of little rivers
If perspiration Immediately. r {
For three weeks Kate would not
allow poor John. to venture near an
open window or look out of the door,
nut continued the first treatment; and
then she declared the fever yanquished.
But as she had discovered meantime
about five hundred new diseases fasten
ed upon him, he did not 6.ra much
reli.t in the victory. In fact, being
sick under his own treatment and. an
der hers were two, different thin,gs,..----
Every day she prescribed some bitter
and disagre+able dose to cure new
malady she had perceived coming on.
His pleasant walks were all done away
with, loo; be being too weak and i'll;
SIC said, to venture out. All Of which
afforded the old lady .unbounded
satisfaction and delight.
One night Kate came in and, seating
herself beside John, who sat alone I'M
the room, said: = ''''s. + saass3 =
'sCouisn John, of course you are my
friend, and will advise me tor the best
aud | want some good advice just now
IL think, John, Of getting married. :
Though she looked bluahingly ~ The
fire as she spoke, she observed him
very n ,rrowly out Of the corner Of her