Western Kansas world., 1891-09-12

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nursing with decree of approval that
can hardly be expressed. 81 am no
catholic" said an old soldier who had
seen five years of service and whose face
was pitted and scanned by the small pox
till there was room for no more scars,
but I won't allow any one to say any
thing against that religion, for when 1
became a pest those Sisters of Charity,
or Nuns, or whatever they called them
selves, saved my life. I tell you those
women were mothers to us boys"
Another Illustration of how q man
looked at ability of care for the sick was
shown by the conduct of a young physi-
clan, "down east" One of his patients, a
lady who had always been his friend, was
taken sick and there seemed to be abso-
lutely no one available to wait upon her.
The husband had looked in vain for help
81 will tell you what will do" said the
physician, "Fll 60 and bring Mary over
to make you good cup of tea and some
nice toast which will make you feel like
new" Accordingly the doctor got into
his cutter which stood at the gate and
went for Mary, who was his sweetheart
and mutual friend of the patient and
her husband. The doctor did not hesi-
tate to ask favor when he supposed
long friendship on all sides would make
it pleasure to perform. A pleasant
drive soon brought Mary a welcome
visitor to the sick woman who was look
ing forward wistfully to something appe-
tizing. Mary went directly to the kitchen
and began operations. After waiting
almost an hour the doctor looked in to
see what was the matter. Mary seemed
to be in a dilemma from either ignorance
or dislike OF putting her hands in dish
water. She seemed to be trying to do
her task without setting one thing to
rights in the kitchen which showed evil
dence of having been occupied for few
days by man instead of woman. The
doctor in utter disgust closed the door,
took up his hat and left the house. In
the afternoon he returned to see his
patient. Mary was gone, the kitchen re-
mained as it was before her arrival with
the exception that the table full of dirty
dishes had received some additions.
"Well, how did you like your toast?" he
asked his patient. 'Oh, it didn't taste
just like I thought it would" said she
trying to hide her disappointment with
smile. II just knew it wouldn't, so I
came back to make it myself. Come in
John and we'll bring little order out of
this chaos" Well. the lady got her toast
and tea. Tea with its own flavor and
hot. Toast not after the style of the
bread in the proverb-soaked till it
wouldn't hold together, but Drowned,
buttered and moistened. But Mary lost
her doctor, for as he went about in the
disordered kitchen visions of his own
house rose before him in which rather
limp, ifeless lady figured instead Of Of q
woman with energy and q will and
knowledge to turn that energy to
practical account. Perhaps he saw him.
self, too, tired, worn out with practice. or
sick, in need of dainty repast winch
does 80 much for one when served by
practiced and loving hands. But-instead
of that ideal refreshment such an one as
was served to his patient that day came
before him. sSlop." he mentally termed
it and consigned it to where it belonged.
The serving was as bad as the food.
Why didn't Mary take the prettiest
dishes, the snowiest napkins, for there
were an abundance of all things, and
serve repast that would have tempted
the appetite OF q king? Because abe
thought as 60 many other people do.
"what's the use OF going to % much
troubler" Well. when you get anything
in your house too good for the use Of a
sick one sell it at once and save the mon-
| ey display at the funeral Nov this is
really true, and Il the doctors present
vile has not The ability that Mazy lacked
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