The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-18
LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH.

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ls old as the human race in India
From its birthplace at the mouth 81 the,
Ganges and Brahmaputra it has march
ID forth with giant strides to the four
quarters OF TIE habitable globe, leaving
desolatioh and sorrow in Its track.
The first world wide3 epidemic started
4 n Jessora, India, in 1917, and having:
lain over 600, 900 victims IN that: coun-l
by alone, It marched slowly through
China, Persia and Arabia, through
Russia, Prussia and Germany, gaining
4 new territory each year, until 1881 It
I crossed to England and overlapping
+ The sea appeared June. 1882. in Mon
real and Quebec. Before the end Of
islhe summer it was claiming its victims
Sby hundreds in all the principal cities
Vt tho eastern and middle states.
During the prevalence Of the epidem-
\ y in Boston occurred the incidents 1
I IN about to relate. all Of which are
well known to persons now living, the
The only change being in the names Of
I the principal actors, the circumstances
being personally known to me. James
zimmerman was Junior partner in q
we'll known Boston dry-goods firm.
1 He was %, with q wife but no children.
!: Each of his partners had families of
three children, and,when, in the first
lew weeks Of the epidemic, all who
3 possessed the. means fed from the
ssplague-stricken city, he felt il was but
his duty to urge his partners to leave
with their families, while he remained
Il i week orStwo to attend to the closing
mp Of business. :' :s, 5 I !.
8 He tried to induce his wife to accom-
\ Pany them, or Sd to her home away
lmongg the New Hampshire hills, but
4 The persistently refused to go. &:53s
si5zs When you can go, James, I All
ready, was her firm answer to all his
\ Persuasions, "but not until them So
d they remained a week or more after
4 their friends had left. ssS
g The death-rate. increased rapidly,
and on the tenth day the cholera flag,
waved its dread signal from the house
opposite James Ammerman's. 81
Pack every thing necessary for our
Journey he said to his wife the morn
ing after the flag Appeared. II will
close up business to-day, and tomorrow
morning we will take the first train
4 tor New Hampshire 9.
AL Of Mrs zimmerman servants,
except her chamber girl. had fled at
the first approach Of the dread disease,
,but3faithful Katy Sullivan was bound.
I % her mistress BY strong ties of Aztec
lion and would only leave when the
L family did. 5:i t3:
.:An' sure its meself, 2 she said, 4 as
sHill stay with ye until ye're out q the
city sure: H:
By night rything was packed, the
1 upholstered furniture covered and all
! ]. IL readiness for the journey in the
iEsarl y morning.
Mr.. zimmerman returned at 6 o. clock
I g usual, but tho quick eye Of his wife
4 detected a change in his Appearance.
s;}S 81 have not been feeling well all
/ day he admitted, in answer to her
1 anxious questioning. ."SomewayE I feel
y weak and stupid and a little chilly. It's
a aothing serious y he added rcassuring-
"I'l lie. down for awhile and i
Z presume / shall soon feel better.
Mrs. zimmerman .hastened him to
q bed, made hot applications and admin
i lstered warm stimulants, but the chill
ness increased and soon sharp, agoniz-
y ing: cramps seized him. I. ,!s g$. Z.
: Katie was hastily dispatched for the
{ family physician, who was SOON by the
4 .ick mans bedside. 4.
He made his examination with a
grave face, but one that betrayed no
emotion Of hope or fears to the anxious
a wife. 5.s.; 81. e. b. EE
sis it cholerap" she asked at last,
pronouncing the dread word with a;
shudder and waiting in an agony Of sus-,
pense for the doctors reply.
at may be only cholerine. was the
guarded answer, as DR.. Tyler dealt ont
Y bis medicine. Give him this every;
half hour and will call again in an
I hour or two. 3
When he made his next visit at 10
o'clock, there remained no longer q
4 doubt of the nature of the disease.
Thew needed only the evidence Of
her own senses to convince her that
the dreaded foe had entered sher-house-
hold. s.5 ;5.,s &
All through the long hours Of that
/. sad night she watched beside her hus-
band, fighting the advance Of the de-
\ stroyer with every means at her COM
m1lasnd; Katie. ii her faithful devotion,
standing ready to second her every
/ wish. 81.
But notwithstanding their united Of
forts the work of death went on slow
sily: AS the morning began to, dawn his
hands grew icy@ cold. the pulse became
4 weak. thready and hardly perceptible
at times, his breath short, confined and
incomplete. the respirations increased
h 10 over thirty asmin,te. r
Occasionally, when she could raise
i,im for an instant from bis semi-con-
! seious condition, he answered her in
qniries ID q voice SO weak and hoarse
that she hardly recognized It.
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