The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-28
Woman's Love the Best Doctor.
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 One of my fathers brothers (says Mrs. L. Nj. Child), residing in Bostop, became victim to the prevailing cholera ep- idemic. When the first symptoms ap- peared, his wife sent the children into the country, and she herself remained to attend upon him. Her friends warned her against such rasauess. They told her it would be death to her, and no benefit to him, for he would soon be too i'll to know who attended upon him These arguments made no impression upon her afectionate heart. She felt that it would be lifelong satisfaction to her to know who attended upon him, if he did not. She accordingly stayed, and watched him with unremitting care. This, however, did not avail to save him. He grew worse and worse, and finally died. Those who went round with the seen that the end was near. They now came to take the body, according to official instructions. His wife refused to let it go. She told me she never knew how to account for 1t, but though he was perfectly cold and rigid, and to every ap. pearance quite dead, tbere was a DO wer- ful impression on her mind that lite was not quite ex.inct The men were over borne by the strength Of her conviction, though their ewn reasea was opposed to 1t. The halfhour again came round, and again was heard the solemn words, " Bring out your dead" The wife again resisted their importunities; but this time tho men were more resolute. They said the duty assigned to them was painiUi one, but the health of the city required punctual obedience te the orders they received 1; if they ever expected the pesti- removal of the dead, and immediate fumigation of the infected apartments She pleaded and pleaded, and even knelt to them in an agony of tears, continually saying, am sure be is not dead" The men represented the utter absurdity of such an idea; bat 6nally, overcome by her tears, again departed. With trem- bling haste she renewed her efforts to re- store life. She raised his head, rolled his limbs in hot hanael, and placed hat onions on his feet. The dreaded half hour again came round, and found him as cold and rigid as e~ey. She renewed her enTeaties 90 desperately that the messengers began to think iittie gentle force would be necessary. They accord ingly attempted to remove the body against her wili i; bat she threw herself upon it, and clung to it with such frantic strength, that they could not easily leosen her grasp. Impressed by the remarkable energy of her will, they relaxed their efforts. To all their remonstSances she answered, |" If you bary him, you shall bury me with him." At last, by diat ef reasoning on the necessity Of the case. they obtained from her promise that if he showed no signs of life beSore they again came round, she would make no further opposition to the removal. Has- ing gained this respite, she hung the watch up on the bed-post, and renewed her efforts with redoubled zeal She placed kegs of hot water about him, fssced brandy between his teeth, breashed into his nostrils, and held hartshorn to his nose, but still the body Lay motion less and cold. She looked anxiously at the watch in five minutes the promised halfhonr would expire, and those dread full voices would be heard, passing through the streets Hopelessness came over her, she dropped the head she had been sustaining; her hand trembIed violently; and the hartshorn she had been holding was spilled on the pallid face. Accidently the position of the head had become slightly tipped back ward, and the powerful liquid flowed into his rc=ty;Is- Instantly fhere was a short, quick gasp. a struggle, his eyes opened, and when the deathmen came again they found him sitting up in the bed. He lived for many years aferward, and enjoyed unusually good heaIth.