The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-05-19

Anu You COOK anu wash t0r them,
SUPPOSED"
"Of course"
How many COWS have your"
"Fourteon.
"And you make butter for markstp"
Sister Anna smiled as she answered
this question"
''I average about sixty pounds per
week.
"what time do you got up in the
About four o'clock"
What time do you go TO bod2"
Anywhere from ten 10 twelve" and
thon, with glance in my direction,
"you SOC, farmers have 70 keep ahead OF
time. II they didn't manage TO do this
they couldn't lay up anything, 10 save
their lives"
"Anna, said tho doctor, taking no no.
tioc of the above remark, "I intond 10
stay in Vermont q month. unless am
needed In New York. Would you like
mo TO take charge of your case during
that timer"
"My easel" her sister repeated In
great perplexity. ~ don't suppose
shall need anything more than that med.
icine."
''I will gladly do all 1 can for you,
Anna" the doctor resumed, "and when l
am compelled 10 go back I will leave you
in good hands; but II must be on oondi-
ton Of tho most perfect obedience on
your part. You have hard coughing
spells every morning, do you not2"
"Yes, Mary, bat how In the world did
you know that?"
mo matter how know il. That do
know il 10 sufficient. To begin with,
Anna, your husband must fnd other
placea for his workmen, and some ono
mus. bc found immediately 10 do your
housework. You must 60 10 bed every
night ut eight o'clock. and remain in bod
till after breakfast. You must have ell
sorts of nourishing food, and pork and
Goldfish must be eliminated frona your
bill of fare"
MARY, what do you mean7"
There WINS look OF terror in the poor
woman's eyes, and her lips quivsred
painfully.
81 mean, if you do exactly as tell
you, you may got we'll: IL not, 10 is i'm.
possible. the doctor replied. "If yon
think am exaggerating. or don't know
what / am talking about, send for any
reputable physician you please and ask
him to tell yon the truth"
"Oh Mary There isnt any way Of do
ing the things you speak of. Clarke
feels awfully poor this summer, and
have been trying harder than ever TO
make the ends lap over"
"Wher1 is Clarke7" tho doctor in
quired
Hes down n tho creek. hayinR."
al will drive down and have talk
with him right away" said my friend.
making ready 10 leave.
"ohi Maryl Don't you think there is
any other way?"
The poor woman had broken down
completely nov. and the doctor held her
for . moment ia her strong arm aud
careSsed her fondly.
''No other way. ais. ;" she replied; "but
We will do the best We. can. Tllere's no
telling what O good rest aud careful
nursing may DO for your poor tired body.
my dear"
II was going 10 take you 20 some
other places" doctor remarked. as NO
drove away, "but it would have been
tho same old story; work. work, work
eithout rest or change from years end
TO years end. Ny mother killed her
self by her attempts 20 get ahead of
time. Two sisters have travelled tho
same road that Anna has started on
one of them absolutely dropping dead
in her kitchen in the midst OF her work.
This il the kind Of thing I could not
endure 10 see go on. knew IL wna oil
wrong as soon as ! knew anything. and
when became old enough TO have q
voice in my own education, persisted
in taking a different course. Ny aistsr
Anna has tried 30 hard 10 get ahead Of
time and make things lap over that
she has abused and probably killed
herself, beside oriminAlly neglectinR
and mismAnaging her children.
don't suppose shs has averaged over
Ave hours sleep out Of the twenty-four
during the last Ave years, and think Of
that amount Of rest for o woman whose
brain aud muscle arc forever in use
Every year / come mp here and find
things going from bad 10 worse among
my relatives and most OF my friends,
and the horrible part OF II 10 that moth
ing ono can cay or do will ever have the
slightest effect"
"Dont you think your very natural
anxiety about your sister may have col
ored your diagnosis q littlc?" I inquired.
wv III b1c IcmSt1 my
answered. ''Anna's pulse was one hun
dred and twelve. The respiration was
labored end ominously frequent. There
IL no mistaking such signs"
"How could she keep nc work with
such pulse a. that2" / asked.
"By the exercise Of will power" said
the doctor.
"In our family will power is q direct
inheritance. II il could only have been
put to q good use how much might
have been accomplished MY dear,
this will power eats salt pork when good
beef aud the most nu tritious food are
absolute necessities. II makes all its
cream into butter that the cash may
lap over II drinks skim milk, and
works nineteen hours ont OF twenty
four"
Soon after this the doctor dropped me
at my boarding house.
Nov you know ell about it," she
remarked in parting, "and II any one
ever asks you why Mary Stedman did
not remain among her relatives, yeu
ean say that she declined 10 live among
criminals and suicides"
Five months after the above incident
sister Anna died, and one year from
that date the widower married again
The second wife is 0 duplicate OF the
first, working night and day and "lay
ing up" for future which il is more
than likely she never will enjoy. Chris
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