St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-06-07
A SERIES OF GRIPS.
Various Phases the Disease A.
sumed-The Last Grip

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Harrison as he wended his way toward.
the library where he knew Miss Con
stance Clayton was probably seated
with her little, Acknowledgements feet
in front nf the glowing crate.
Harwood lived with his rich, fashion.
able, maiden aunt, and this winter, IS
usual, Miss Constance was making her
q long visit.
The only cloud on the horizon II
present was the afluent aunt's anxiety
lest she should miss having the fashion
able prevalent influenza. "Why, just
think of it," she said at the breakfast
table in a tone Of despair. ''here are
Mrs. Ashton and two of the vandergrits
and several of the McKinstry families
all sick with IA grippe and here l am,
iust as well as ever. Ideclare, l am
simply mortified" But with . strong
Imagination and an u~nwavering deter
mination . great deal can be accom-
plished.
That evening. after Harwood had com-
fortably seated himself by the charming
Miss Constance and her blue satin slip
pers, by the glowing crate, while trying
to fight of fits Of sneesing and coughing
which c~ontinuslly threatened him, he
managed to lead the'conversation round
to a point q which no had been aiming
for MANY weeks. In fact he had Just
taken possession Of four plump little
fingers, and commenced telling 0her Of
his undying love, when the sneeses took
possession of him, and the declaration
ended in decided symptoms Of the grip.
She seized the opportunity to remark
that ''some physicians claimed tho grip
was contagious, !" and moved to the other
side of the crate.
After this temporary interruption.
Harwood manfully braced up. and wa
agaiA turning the conversation to the
point on his mind-orh earebut It be-
ing difficult to make love st . distance,
he was ON the point Of crossing the rug,
to kneA At the blue-satin-slippere1
shine, when in rushed . servant in .
whirl Of pleasurable excitement .
nouncing, with evident satisfaction,
that hes mistress felt SURE she now had
the grin and wished Harwood to hurry
for D.. Grimshaw. the most fashionable
physician on Fifth avenue. l4
The faithful maid was . devoted At
tendant, and shared In her mistress ex-
hilarsticn as the prospect Of being -
fashionable as her sick society-saferera
Harwood for some days had been
struggling with the prevailing iniu-
enza; but tonight, when the grip had
been the cause of two such Interrupt
tions,, he felt . sudden horror and dread
of tho disesse. which seemed - have
grip d his.f6ss He especially realized
this. whom. On leaving the house. he
met AMMAN on To steps whom he had
always felt was . powerful rival in his
path % Miss Constance's affections
After lsaving he messsgs 1t the doc
tors o6ice. his ffst impulse res to fush
back and bt0Hk up the teS5eArtete be-
tween Mis- Clayton and Ills dreaded
rival; but lnstead OF thiA - v1ndsred
slowly home tortured By inlesoEibsble
pangs; he woosanable 70 0eih1o vAether
it was iron ic4aouly % tn Hx1p
The nest night xxs - sd6te Sor the
germat At the 1yahnA.kssaa Har-
woods; cold had 50 increased that he
theampossibility OF keeping
enkagemen4s-sna this meant that
his drosAsa-siRaA~uoald escort Miss
However, he took solid
consolation in tbs. kQoWledge thrt his
wps the worst waltzerin NewIosk.
The hight Of tho dapoauWhilo Asr-
wood psced th0 floor at home with the
grip. hs could think Of nothing except
the rival cS4befing thr0uehiSfAe &slt
with 0nsten0e In MszGtsnS,F who on
this occasion was arrayed in Ans Of her
most beautiful toilet&-To-8aswsoa's
eyes she seemed . vision of loneliness;
and the more beautiful she looked, the
more ferocious were his feelings teward1
her escort. These thouRfitS, combined
with his cold. did not tend to soothe his
mind for sldmber. "a
After attempts 1t reading
and various limitations Of writing, he
finally settled bispself by The grats IRE
with an unacknowledged determinatton
to be up when Constance should return. |.
He was Unconscious Of tie flight Of
time, till, suddenly, the Sound Of Q
suppressed sneeze, . real grip sneese.
aroused him. His first thought was
that one Of the servants was passine
through the hall; but on elaHci1g At the
clock he realised that the. lAtenesa OF
tho hour made that unlfkely, |
SO he cautiousa1~1sse through the
rooms into the hall. and again . smoth-
cred neeze caught his ear. 1t seemed
to be in ~Constance's. room. bat It was NO
feminine sneeze; SO cautiously 'ap-
preaching the door, which ~ partly
open, he Pecrcd in. and wa . tsaAs