Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1888-11-08

more nedicinsa she vas very SICK.
he said. much slcker than he had en-.
p@cted she would be. but she was 20
Ing 10 get we'll lie was nursing
her ~ she had nursaa him.
She must ges well-he knew she
would The nights we're still and
the sky vas even more hazy than In
the daytime. and sometimes light
clouds hurried across the heavea.s,
driven on BY some wind uufeit below.
When the moon shone u was with a
half.vailed. uncertain light. and the
stars we're dim.
There was always the rid. omlnaus
glare % enc 90 more prairie frs On The
sky. and sometimes one burned brightly
nearer b.. sending up sharp. flashing
tongues ~ fame and cracking like q
bunch 81 fre-craeker-. when " got
among little patch ~ blue joint
grass. w. day the piaccs wherc the
hrss had burned lay like great hlotehes
On thc gray prairie.
late one night. 4 young man who
lived Ia town. bat had been 10 the
country since before the smallpox
outbreak. slippsd pasl ihe guards and
returned home. 1he Beard - Health
heard ~ Il and promptly assembled
aad summoned him into g. presence
IT, admitted having h,sn exposed 90
The disea-r and Il was de,ided that D.
must b. guarauiinod. - D. vas given
q blanket end q ha-kpi ~ prov islan-.
and started ~ through the darkurss
1 Tor lonely little district s.ho1' house..
q mile from town. uu the river. hank
I There he stayed alone for tao wee -.
bat failed % develop any symptoms of
smallpox, greatly a. the disgust ~
judge Prrry. Justice ~ the peace and
chairman II the Beard ~ Health IT,
claimed h. half believed THAT che Cd.
low lad deliberately '.aarked' the
town ior FREE lodcings and some -aid
that che Judge Intended a. make thr
neat prr-on srnt there give bonds 'n
crne down with yi-Hlrut attack ~
thr .maIi-pox inside - "a days
BIt a. last tbs disoas. soaan ~ near
thn end ~ g. course NcW ,a.ps
creased aHJ gradually most q those
"a ho were 81. recovered The T,nr r.
in tavH tsrHms more cheerful 81 Il
daily h,nmr more pr1tabl, that they
uuuid r-rspr b. low many iu tha
country 90. victim. e. II could mover
hr found uut exactly bat che uumiser
Nas large in proportion 70 the nupui8-
tlon. AZ last thr quarantine waa raised
and business again went ga a. ualtl
Ono. more tho ssfe and elegantly ap-
pointed train stopped and while II
waited twnrtv minutes fur "A possible
I Ut-aruErr she conductor rumH over a.
town and played O. gam. - billiards
With the principal uf to- SCHOOL The
mr.luw Indian summer had wnru into
crisp. right November dave with frost
un The dry graz BLADES 20 4 morning
and clear blue ky. from which the
-uH looked down with hriIHaury an
d.mmnd vs. mi-t or haze. Ana 10
looked down un many y surruv fal
huuar, where fcu asals before a
family haj worked happily together
building upa new home go the frontier.
hut where nov some were mi4sins
And IL nIa1 saw more than one little
empty house. and one former inmate
was sleeping nrar ~ under a little
mound covered rude'v with the gray
sods. But The bright November sun
was cheerful and inspired people -
work and help one another a. much A.
possible And among the arst who
came 20 town was tho old man whose
girl had been STICK and every friend he
mot b. clnap'd his hand and said fer
ycnily. Thank God she g. an we'll
again. kuorrd shr couldn't dc an'
Iraye me- Frsf N CarrHfl. 80 n d