Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-10-30
LOVE C0NQUERS DEATH.
BY JENNIE p. ARNOLD.

"Cholera," says Ziemssen in his ssCy.
clopedia of Medical Pract ce," ''is as ole
as the human race in India" From it,
birthplace at the mouth of the Gange,
and Brahmaputra it has marched forth
with giant strides to the four quarters o..
the habitable globe, leaving desolatior
and sorrow in its track.
The first worldwide epidemic started
in Jessors. India, in 1917, and having
slain over 600, 900 victims in that coun.
try alone, it marched slowly through
China, Persia and Arabia, through Rus
sla, Prussia and Germany, gaining new
territory each year, until in 1881 il
crossed to England and overlapping the
sea appeared June, 1882, in Mont cal and
Quebec. Before the end of that sum
mcr it was claiming its victims by hun.
dreds in all the principal cities of the
Eastern and Middle States.
During the prevalence of the epidemic
in Boston occurred the incidents l am
about to relate, all of which are we'll.
known to persons now living, the only
change being in the names OF the princi-
pal actors, the circumstances being per.
sonally known to me. James Ammer.
man was the junior partner in vel
known Boston dry goods firm. He was
twenty-eight, with wife but no chill.
dren. Each of his partners had families
of three children, and when, in the firsi
few weeks OF the epidemic, all who pos
sessed sufficient means fled from the
plague-stricken city, he felt it was but
doing his duty to urge his partners tc
leave with their families. while he re
mained for week or two to attend tc
the closing up OF business.
He tried to induce his wife to accom-.
pany them, or go to her own home away
among the New Hampshire hills, but she
perslstently refused to 60.
"When you can go, James. lam ready
was her firm answer to all his persua.
sions, "but not until then" So they re.
NAMED week or more after their friends
had left
The death-rate increased rapidly, and
on the t.nth day the cholera flag waved
its dread signal from the house opposite
James Ammerman's home.
'tPack everything 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 fol
New Hampshire"
Al of Mrs. zimmerman S servants, ex.
cept her chamber girl, had fled at the
first approach Of the dread disease, but
faithful Kate Sullivan was bound to her
mistress by strong ties of affection and
would only leave when the family did.
Gam sure it's meseif " she said, ''as
will stay with ye until ye're out o. tbA
city sure.
ly night everything was packed, the
upholstered furn .ture covered and all in
readiness for the journey in the early
morning.
Mr.. zimmerman returned at o'clock
as usual, but the quick eye of his wife
detected q change in his appearance
81 have not been feeling we'll all day. y
he admitted in answer to her anxious
questioning. sSomeway ] feel weak and
stupid and a little chilly. 'It's nothing
serious" he added. reassuringly. 'tI'll
lie down for while and / presume
shall soon feel better"
Mrs. Ammermam hastcned him to bed,
made hot applications and administered
warm stimulants, but the chiIiness in.
creased and soon sharp, agoniling cramps
seized him.
Kate was hastily dispatched for the
family physician. who was soon by the
sick mans bedside.
He made his examination with grave