The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-07-04

will your husband say if he does not
find you looking your best when he
comes back ?" sE ai-l3.
A shade passes over hen. face. "Ah!
he. would not be pleased,'' she says,
rather grayelY; 6" he always likes to see
me look. my very best and prettiest.n
" Wei, then, as your doctor, must
forbid your doing any more cottage Wis
iting just at present. You are not look
ing strong, and going into those close
houses is not good for you. | will come
and see you on my way back y
Which l do. / find there is nothing
The matter with her; she is only a little
languid. .-,S f. Nh
6 You had better send the children
away tomorrow morning, Mary .Anne,n
| say as soon as | getin. g Mrs.jBlack
is very i'll, and l am afraid can not
quite tell yet, but | am afraid is
going to have smallpox. Of course, |
shall have her removed at once, if am
right; but it may prove not to. be an
isolated case, and it viii be as well to
get the children out of the way. | shall
try and persuade every one in. the. vii
lage to be vaccinated to-morrpw.92
!" You will be clever if, you; manage
that" says my wife. 81 am, afraid
some of the people are very prejudieed
/ against it. !. You know when the chill
dren and were revaccinated three years
ago, you could not persuade any OF the
villagers to be done as.ihe, same time.n
On the following day we dispatch the
children to their aunt's, under the care
of an old servant, and as soon as L see
them off ] go down to Mrs, Blacks. To
my CONSERVATION, [ fnd Mrs. Ogilvie
just leaving the house. " '. 80. : ....'
81 have been disohedient, you see, y
she says gayly ;Tsbut promised to bring
Mrs. Black something early this mora
ing; and she seemed so i'll yesterday
that | did not like to. disappoint her,
But | am not going to transgress orders
again-for Franks sake" she adds
softly. -.
/ l give an internal groan. Heaven
grant she may not have transgressed
4 them once too often! And I hasten in
to the cottage, to find my worst fears
confirmed. Mrs. Black has smallpox
quite Enthusiastically. -4sf q,
For some hours | am occupied, in
making arrangements for her removal
to the infiFmary, and in Matchmaking
such of my poorer patients asa / 'ean
frighten or, eoeree into allowing gme to
do so; and iit,is afternoon, before am
able to go and look after, Mrs. z0gilyie.
She seems rather astonished when I
inform her what my Grand is-that
want to, vaccinate her ,Qpr of course |
do not wish Ia brighten her by telling
her about Mrs., Black but She sub
mits readily enough when Say that I
have heard of a case of smallpox ia a
neighboring villagslQ (Which | have), and
think }ii1kk it would BE IN wise precautionary
at IS ' Very GOOD sd2 81 YOU, she says j. in
her pretty gracious way as she bares
her white arm. 0a'L have never been
vaecinated since I.was, a baby SO sup
pose it will be desifabie.n ID, gg,E ss.tts.
Desirable? should think so, indeed
| And | send up a prayer as perform,the
operation that may not be too late. +.
: am SO busy for the next few days that
am unable to go down to the cottage
One or two more eases of smallpox In
the village, and am anxious and hard
worked; but Mary Anne tells me Mrs
Ogilvie has heard of Mrs. Black s re-
moTal, and is dreadfully nervous about
herself. II hope she will not frighter
! herself into it, adds my wife.
} 90 If she hadn't contracted it before
) vaccinated her, L Think she is prett,
: safe, y | repIy3 ~s bebaheTeq lis just thu
chance that.afe nlaN Dave had the poi
t. son in her pEeViesslMifro ,229 sd1 90
: Almost as speak ,ay flnesFagel comes
from Mrs. OgiIyie, who e wishes. to sex
: me professio1ally.' Ny heart sinks. al a:
! seize my hat and fdll5w the tietsssen
ger; and with too Seoa reason. L AM
her suffering from the first symptoms q
smallpox; and in "a hours it has de
clared itself uneguivocally and1threat
ems to be q bad case. / try to keep til,
nature of her illness from her. but II
vain. She questions me closely, ant
when she discovers the truth, gives way
, to a burst of despair which is painful t
witness. c" shall be marked; shall
be hideous!n she exclaims, sobbiug bit
terly. ssPoor Frank, how he will hatt
, me!n nHf; 5t36f'f aeisaF.
In vain try to comfort her, to con
vince her that in not. ole-o out of u hun
dred eases does the disease, leave dread
full traces behind it; she refuses to b.
consoled. And soon she is too i'll to bt
reasoned withor indeed TO know mucf
of her own state. She is an orphan ant
: has no near relatives for whom we ear
send, SO Mary Anne instalis herself il
I the sick roqqfl .as head 9urse and as
y see her bending lovingly, over the poor
4 disfioured face aud ministering Will