Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
MISCELLANY.
Touching Story from. Savannah

Providence Or. ~ Journal.
A private letter from Augusta, Ca,
to Providence gentleman contains a
fcvcr-stricken Savannah, which ought
to have wide publication as an I'M
pressivc illustration of the noblest
attributes of human nature. The
writer is explaining that some bust
ness delay is caused by the grievous
family affection of an assistant, and
goes on to say.
The death of young brother, in
Savannah, Monday morning, has
thrown his whole familya.into tho
deepest grief-a young fellow, not
much more than boy, who martyr.
cd himself for the good of people
suffering with the yellow fever, and
himself fell q victim. He was pre-
scription clerk in Lippman's drug
store there, and when the fever broke
out the whole force left but the book
keeper and him. A little later the
book-kceper left, and Charley ran the
whole thing himself, till Lippman or
dcrcd him, by letter, to close the
store. Then, instead of coming home,
as his people kept begging him to do,
he replied no. He felt it was his du-
ty to stay, and he went to work in
Clay's drug storc,putting up prescrip-
tons, hundreds per day; no time to
rest, no time for dinner. Clay took
the fever and Charley nursed him,
but he died. Charley still ran the
store. His cook took the fever; he
,,pvcnI hav o~I ho uyl,a.,
; a young friend, Symons; he nursed
him and got him up, running the
store day and night. He wrote his
mother-'T have to get something to
eat the best way l can. My cook is
down. l have no time for myself
putting up prescriptions all day
When night comes am so tired 1 car
hardly put one foot before the other
l have not had my clothes off in Q
week, and l have not brushed nv
hair in four days." This although hi
was extremely neat and careful Of his
person. 1t sounds like old army
times. At last, when Symons was up
, Charley took sick. He wrote that hi
, had taken the fever, but was feeling
pretty strong, and was confident Of
soon being up and at work again
kilograms then began to pass ten o.
twenty day, Charley is Improving
| with good care he will come througl
, all right" and everything looked
hopeful, when all at once, "Charley i
WORSE" and he began to sink. Sy
mons nursing him in his turn ant
Q keeping up constant correspondence
r with Augusta by telegraph. FINAL!
, kilograms could be passed with diff
Guilty, the telegraph boys refusing t,
> carry messages in Savannah. 1t wa
: the worst quarter in the whole city
Q The last two kilograms received from
q Symons were: II will stick to him K
. the last" 81 shall not sleep tonight.
: And the brave young fellow kept hi
d word; they both died the same night
Q Symons had never fully recoverc'
:, and wore himself out waiting on hi
v friend. They were two brave boys
: were they not? Does it make any dit
ference which side such souls tough
i for twelve years ago? Can't yo1
reach out and shake hands over an
. distance? Charley was a brave sou
c | could not help mourning his death
It she ought not to regret that he stay
ia ed; and my esteem for him is s
!. great that my little boy, now fou
years old, whose name before was or
ly Arthur, is now Charles Arthur
e and didn't do right? His is nam
h that ought never to die, and it wi
- live forever somewhere.