The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-29

beginning to count the weeks till her
husbands return. We do not number
them quite so eagerly, for when
he comes he will take her away
from us, and we shall miss her sore
ly. 1t is summer agsln-a hot, damp
summer; 1t has been very sickly
summer, and my hands are full.
l shall have TO get partner,
my DEAR" l say to my wife as l pre-.
pare to ge out. "If this goes on
| shall have more to do than | can
msr age, There is nasty fever about
which l don't like the look Of; and
if W don't have a Change for the
better in this muggy weather, there
Is no saving what it may turn to-"
IL am glad all the boys are al
school, observes Mary Anne, "snd
l think l will let the girls accept
their aunrs invitation, and go TO her
tot mouth"
alt would b' very good plan,
and 1 should be glad If you would
90, too. A little change would do you
gooi."
"And, pray, who is to look alter
your" asks my wife, reproschfully,
"Who is to see that you take your
meals properly, and don't run of to
see your patients, leaving your dinner
untasted on the table?"
Mentally l confess that l should
probably be poorly off without my
Mary Anne; but it is a bad plan to
encourage vanity IN ones wife, so
l say: sob, l should be very well by
myself" and with parting nod betakQ
myself to my daily duty.
In the village l meet Mrs. Ogilvie,
basket in hand. She doesen't look
well, and l say 50.
"You have no business out in the heat
of the day." tell her. "Wbst will your
husband say if he does not sec you look
ing your best when he comes bsck?"
A shade passes over her face. "Ah!
he would not be pleased, +" she says, rsth-
er gravely; "he always likes to see me
look my very best and prettiest."
"Well, then, as your doctor, | must
forbid your doing any more cottage Wis
iting just ut present. You are not look
ing strong, and going into those close
houses is not good for you. | will come
aud see you on my way back"
Which l do. l find there is nothing
the matter with her; she is is only u little
languld.
"You had better send the children
away tomorrow morning, Mary Anne,
| say as soon as | get in. "Mrs. Black
is very i'll, and / am afraid cannot
quite tell vet, but | SIN atrsid-she is 60
ing to have the smallpox. Of course, |
shall have her removed at once, if / am
right; but it may prove not to be al $50
lated case, and it will be as well to get
the children out of the way. | shall try
and persuade every one in the village to
be vscCinated to morrow"
You will be clever if yeu manage
that" says my wife. Il Am afraid some
OF the people are very prtjudlced against
it. You know when the children and l
were revsccinsted three years ago, you
could not persuade auy OF the villagers
TO be done ut the same time"
On the following day We dispatch the
children early to their aunts, under the
care OF an old servant, and as soon as 1
have seen them oil l go down TO Mrs.
Backs. To my CONSERVATION, | find
Mrs. Ogilvie inst leaving the house.
81 have been dlsobedient, you see" she
says gsyly; but | promised to bring
Mrs. Black something early this morn
ing; and she seemed so i'll yesterday that
| did not like to dissppolnt her. But l
am not going to trsnsgress orders again
for Franks sake" she adds softly.
l give an internal groan. Heaven
grant she may not have transgressed
them once too oftenl And | hasten into
the cottage, TO find my worst fears con-
frmed. Mrs Black has smallpox quite
Enthusiastically.
For some hours | am occupied in max.
ing arrangements for her removal to the
intrmsry, and in vaCcinating such of my
poorer patients as l can brighten or
coerce into allowing me to do SO; and it
s afternoon before | am able TO 90 and
look after Mrs. Oglivle.
She seems rather ss'onished when /
inform her what my errand is-thst /
want to vaccinate her (for do not wish
W lIlBuGou uSi W IclIuS hoi aUOuI LIE.
Black; but she submits readily enough
when | say that | have heard OF case of
smallpox in neighboring village
which hsve), and think it would be
4 wise precautionary measure.
at is good of you" she says, in her
pretty, gracious way, as she bsres her
white arm. 81 have never been vsccin-
mated since / was a baby, so suppose it
will be desirable"
Desirable? should think so; indeed2
And send up a prayer as l perform the
operation that l may not be too late.
I'm so busy for the next few days that
Am unable to go down TO the cottage.
One or two more cases of small poI IN
he village, and | am anxious and hard
worked, but Mary Anne tells me Mrs.
)gilvIe mas heard Of Mrs Blacks re-
novsl, and Is dreadtully nervous about
lerselt. Il hope she will not frighten
herself into it," adds my wife.
'If she hadn't contracted it before l
7accinated her, l think she is pretty
sfe." l reply; "but there is just the
,hsnce that she may have had the poison
n her previously"
Almost as / speak a message comes
rom Mrs. Ogilvie, who "wishes to see
ne professionally" My heart sinks as
eize my hat sud follow the messenger;
md with too good reason. l find her
from the first symptoms Cf
mall-psx; and In tweuty-four hours 1t
las declared itself unequivocally and
threatens to be a bad case. try to
Keep the nature of her illness from her,
,ut in vain. She questions me closely,
md when she discovers the truth, gives
way to burst of despair which Is pain
al 20 wItness. 81 shall be marked; |
hsll be hideousl" she exclaims, sobbing
bitterly. Poor Frank, how he will |
late mel
In vain l try to comfort her, to con-
yinCe her that in not one out of a hundred |
asses does the disease leave dreadful |
races behind it; she refuses to be con-
oiled. And sco1 she is too i'll to be reason
ID with, or indeed TO know much of her
,wn state. She is IN orphan, and has no
ear relatives for whom she can send, so
Mary Anne instslls herself in the sick
Dom as head nurse; and as l see her
banding lovingly over the poor dlstigured |