Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-26


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spuTs caught At every step IN the graz
and earth, jerking the wounded lex AMI
causing exquisite agony. Finally he
groanei aloud, and u young lieutenant
loosed the spurs and took them VT, and
he tainted, waking up some time
after To- find himself in Libby Prison,
confined in u small, close room. with
fourteen other unfortunates. There lac lay
day after day, his wound undressed, him
self unwashed, unkempt, uncared for,
listlessly watching the light creep out at
night through the windOw-bsrs, and
scarcely caring whether he saw it return
next morning, for death seemed the only
release from this living grave; until one
morning he heard little hustle at the
door, and few minutes after his name
called in voice he had ceased hoping
to hear again, and then his wife threw
herself on the floor beside him and gave
way to uncomfortable emotion for few
minutes.
But, like the brave woman she is, she
saw that tears would not help the case,
and, drying her eyes, she set about max
ing him more comfortable. UnrOlling a
heavy travelling shawl, she spread it on
some straw, and, with the help of two
or three of her husbands FELLOWSHIP
ferers, laid him on it. Then she I'M
packed bundle and took out some clean
linen, in which she dressed him; then
bottle of cologne, with which she bathed
his head and face; then q pair of scis-
sors, with which the wild beard and>hair
were clipped, and brush and comb,
with which they were well-dressed; then
a clean handkerchief, which she saturated
with cologne and put in his hand; and
when all this was done he felt, as he said,
las happy Us king" Leaving the prison
for half hour, she went and bought tea
and coffee, q stove with q spirit lamp,
milk, bread, and a dozen little things;
called on q surgeon, q former intimate
friend of both, secured his services, and
was back before the Captain had per-
suaded himself it was all dream.
And then began her ministry among
those fourteen prisoners, several of whom
had bad flesh wounds, in horrible con-
dition from want of attention, and to all
of whom she was a faithful sister. De-
clining the invitations showered upon
her by former friends, calmly meeting
all objections and remOnstrances offered
to her plans, she lived in the prison for
three months, sleeping on the floor, with
only = shawl between her body and the
boards, divided from the rest of the room
by a screen of blankets, and subject to
the demands of her self-chosen patients
at any and all hours of the day and
night, washing and dressing disgusting
wounds two or three times day, and
making sunshine for them all, until an
exchange of prisoners set her husband
and herself free. Two years afterward
she got into car at the corner of Broad
way and Fifth Avenue, in New York,
with her mother. 1t was full, and she
stood moment without seat. Sud-
denly a great six-fOOter sprang up at the
far end of the car and sang out: ''Gen-
tlemsn, stand up, every one Of you, and
take off your hats, for this is Mrs. Gen.
ersl Ricketts,, who nursed fourteen Of US
in Libby Prison for three months. God
bless herr And they did stand up, and,
led by her former patient, cheered until
the street rang, she in the meantime
half-provoked, half-amused, and wholly
WAsAsassss Lsstes ia Cha
cihnafs Cemnercsai.
THK poorest girls in the world ere
three Who have nescr hsen t<nght b
work- Thers ere thsa~aads ef theH-
kaeh Fsr-ass hsse Pessra tn<m. they hsse
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