The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-09
THE DOCTORS WIFE.

or hhd been down VITA chlils anu iofcr
or intermittents. Several had died
with sinking chills.
One bright little lady gave no signs
of illness. She, would be out all the
evening. walking In the moonlight.
made no dlsinfecting fires In her bed
rooms, and took no quinine. She was
the wife OF the nourishing physician OF
the village.
How Is IL, Mr.. Withers." said q
neighbor, .that your wife Is so sure
she will not get the ague"
..Has sho never told you9 Why.
got her right out of the jungles OF the
African gold coast within a few de-
grees OF the equator, Malaria 10 her
natural Diet
You must have little story TO tell
about that jungle trip"
You're right DO you want to
hear it9"
Very anxious"
.s( ONE Into the back Office then.
Il was surgeon on a United States
man-of-war that sometimes lay for
months of that coast Her father
was one OF company OF American
missionaries who had determined 10
undertake a mission In this the very
worst place they could find.
'4Of all the people ever saw shese
excelled In the matter of devotion 10
the work they had undertaken. The
men were gaunt hollow-eyed. abb
stracted-looking. The ladies--~for the
women were most deiicataly reared,
educated and ntelllgent--seemed the
very perfection OF everything woman
ly that we had seen at home.
Il remember the first time saw my
| wife. Ii was sultry summer morn
| ing, the sun in copper sky, etc, as
usual I'm that InurKy region. A party
/ OF us officers had come ashore, and
| were lolliug under the trees about o
quarter OF a mile from the mission.
! All had their comments TO make on
the mission; but all, including several
atheists and deists, were agreed that
IL was plucky thing TO do"
| Presently fair-haired girl
| emerged from the thicket q lew rods
of, walking quickly towards us. .
Gentlemen, my father invites
you 10 the mission-house. TO taste our
fruits and vegetables
Our commanding oliic +, not wish,
ing to burden the tssiOnaries,
deputed about third OF our number,
myself among them, 10 pay the visit
We were well entertained
.sSoon after that there WAS an un
usual amount OF sickness at the mis-
sion. and the captain OF our vesse
consented to my proposition to q
there every day. as the crew wer'
quite healthy.
, The fact il, was already prett,
we'll caught by this sly-boots OF I
Young woman. called her my jung
/ Frau OF the Jungle.
That sIranga- -seems-llke 1
, dream now. What domestic affec
tiou there was there! / neve
saw such love OF husband and wife
|: parent and child. as among that bant
of aus ere deyotees.
. ..Well. they sickened and sickened
} and died and died. There were twenty
ali told, white persons when / wen
there. Finally all were gone but TIVE
men and this girl~-her father thu
|. leader OF she forlorn hope being on,
: of the survivors She had been a
angel OF mercy, and almost stood Il
q awe OF her.
During the latter part Of this de
struction / had told our captain that
was ashamed 10 go on board at night
= After much remonstrance, he permit
y tad me 10 .see IL out'--there bein
% another physician on board.
II sat one evening on the piazza Q
Z the large dwelling-house. now nearl
deserted. My Margaret's father wa
writing his report 70 the society !
America as sturdily as II nothing ha
happened, The other missionary
= worn cut with watching the last d.
}; ceased, had gone 10 rest
Margaret. does not your father ~
vet that this must stops For the sak
OF showing others that death IL b.
the inevitable result OF coming hei
?. you should go home
y My lovely one sat there medita
VI ING for a moment. her fine face full
that heroic courage which animats
her father
Gerald, for so you say must ca
y Won, fear he win never leave her
He thinks that another company wi
o come out in about four monthS'
q !, The ship leaves next week, 50
= / tn low. hesitating voice for | w
afraid OF her. Il intend that II
leaves you II shall leGge me-
10: !. Why, Gerald How can y,
talk such things here. In the jaws
deathp'
II took courage from the qnaver
her voice.
..Margarel / loved you since q
q. day when ypu stepped out Of 7
&C. thicket
I'd. ..At length. quietly sending out b
littlc hand as fiag Of truce--yoU N