Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10
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leave them for those who need them
more. They will do mc no good. List
ru 90 me, doctor. ] shall save her and
Vie. do what Won will. Here l. hor
purse. which ] have found, with money
IN H. send her away when she is able
Ia be- moved. There is no safety in this
poisoned air. For me. neither fear
death, nor would avoid il; only wait
Tor my release
Holy mother u l. the priest she
needs more than me- muttcr,d the doc
tor. angr.ly. LET them believe they
urr going to die, and they will die in
spite IT US
lie saw his successor ~ he had prom.
iscd and urged his interest in these two
cases. but with victims multiplying with
every passing hour. with the hravcst
lying from the stricken city. with tho
dcath-Curt rattliugall night long through
the streets. and only handful at de-
voted men and women u minister To
overwhelming numbers, il il not sur-
pris.ng that those two were forgotten.
When. days later. the new physician
came opposite the house and suddenly
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the dcath-clrt stood before the door.
"A priest came down the stairs as the
doctor assembled.
1T j. the nurse who Is gone" he
SAIL, in answer to the lattrr's inquiry.
"Found dead al her post by the lady's
bedside. The Sonora Oliphant will live.
80 far ~ can judge. hut will wait
for your opinion and report ii to Sonora
AlvrrCz. -
Were YOU hero while Almcdi at
tcndcd them DIR. Flurc, inquired.
Twice. lie gave me charge To
have the Sonora removed ~ soon n You
thought II advisable"
III news travels apacc. but the second
week was well advanced before the fatal
sweep which the epidemic was making
came in vague rumors 10 the ears Of
that party in the interior OF the island
Power Oliphant. assaulted by the sharp
est anxiety on account uf his wifp, left
them Immediately, and. attended hy n
native servant, sat out ON his return 10
Havana. The road was the mcrcst
birdie path through u hilly wilderness.
and on one of the steep dcsc"nts. "a
stone turned under his hur- - houf; the
beast stumbled and came 20 his knees.
pitching his rider over his bead upon
the rocks which lined the WAY. where
he lay 4 bleeding and unconscious heap.
with no bones broken fortunately. but a
diSlucntcd shoulder bruises and loss Of
blood from small artery which was
severed, made IL five long weeks before
he reached the hacienda where the
senior AiycrcI had meanwhile rcioincd
his family.
Here he was Informed of his wife :
favorable condition. She had pinned for
the little Dana, and Father Nicola had
himself come for the child few davs
before. lie W., strongly advising her
Ia leave the island without awaiting her
husband return. the time of which had
been reported To Scnor Alycrez a. most
uncertain. Power pushed on with all
haste after hearing this. quito nnmind,
ful Of package NJ lr'trrs and parc--
which hW hrcg given him. ut .tLc
hacicnda( Tut lw raachcd the city d.
learn that bis wife had already departed
10y the steamer To- New Orleans.
lie followed by che next. which started
that same evening. and when he was
alone In his state-room examined the
package of mail matter he had thus far
neglected. There was sorrow i'm store
for Rose. 4 black-burdcrcd missivc
announced the death Of both her parents.
one sOrruwlul event succeeding the other
ny very short interval. He must bc
more than ever n tender and devoted
husband, Power thought, with increas-
iug mpaticncc To be at her side once
mnrC.
10 WI, an Impotence which turned Ia
wonder and anxiety when New Orleans
was reached. and he found no trace ol
his wife at any Of the leading hotels.
but nm address which had been found in
u notebook belonging To the nurse. re.
CURED To his mind. lie called ear.
rlagr, drove To the place. and sent in
his card. n moment later he was adj
mt'cd and ushcrcd into n spaciou,
draWing-room, where n woman In dead
black turned to meet him. with n look
at apprehension in her haggarl eyes.
You have come for my baby she
said. in quick. startled way.
81 have come to make inquiry re-
garling my wife. I have reason 20
suppose that she would call here after
arriving at New Orleans. Shc-and /
owe debt If gratitude To- one who was
mcmbcr of this family. one Rose
Mignon Almont, lately nurse i'm Ha-
vana. Perhaps YOU do not know that
she was in attendance upon my wife
when she died. that she saved Mrs. Oil
plants lie at the expense III her own.
IL may be-. though the doctors seem to
have had 10 hope Of her from the first
II you arr her sister "
\ change had gone over the woman's
face Awed aud shrinking. she had
stool listening To his eager cNplana-
tions. hut now as he half-paused she
looked at him sadly. and spoke:
"lVu did not receive the letter then
which left with the Consul. Mr.. Oil
phantg There was mistake made; Il
was the nurse who lived. and | ann She.
Heaven knows. l would rather have
died, hut Death passed me by and took
your wife. 10 i very hard for me TO
deal you such blow as | must do in
telling you this. lid not mean that
yOtt should be deceived. and thought /
had guarded against that by leaving a
lcttcr If explanation with the Consul 10
be delivered on your return
II did not see him. said Power, too
bewildercd vet to half-realize the truth.
II do not understand. Why should
YOU wish to deceive anybody
The woman drew in her breath with
half-sob. "Oh. my baby. my babyr'
she murmnrcd to herself. Then aloud:
"Mr. Oliphant, you do not seem 10
know me as MignOn Almont. Perhaps
Won will understand better when you
know that am Mrs. France. and that
Dana Is my child-mine-and more lost
10 me than IL she had died. oh. know
gave her up willingly. but IL was