The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-23

eagerly listened for their approach
! wanted To hear my teprOnOuneed
They stopIeiat length where lay,
AMI the dOrtor examined NV body.
NOTIFIED" heard him remark Ia
the dnssssr. Mas nearly deaionesi
By the singing or rather drumming
Ia my ears 81 lay perfectly motion,
less, 90 rs not tn - a single Nori al
what they might ~ escape me, il
possible.
lie is inssnsibis already" tn
doctor continued. ''ani will not last
long. 40 Wetherall will make siSi"
Make siK7" said To mHsalf
make six what" "siN eOEfses, Oi
course, Tor burial at daylight 10,
morrow morning" a voice ss-mel to
laugh out. with iendish sGulHiion.
Tile dresser said something which |
could not distinctly hear. but the
answer enlightened me a. To- the sub,
leet they Wer' discussing.
"Dh, yes, there will b. room enough.
Ia fact. for tao m0gc II nee -ssgAry.
They had gone. and the piaUs uus
IN darkness save tile glimmeT Off
eoeoanut-oll lamp, ! heard tia
scratching Of mumoo,les just outside
tile pandai.
II MAS th-noiss made by the "a I.p
followers who were disginga common
| gray. for SIX OF us. leaving room for
two more. II nec~ssnTy.
irlt utterly stunned. and quite In.
different as tony fate. which. al r1ur -.
| considered ssttlcI. alter what the
assistant surgeon had SAID, My
tough. MAS like u piree nf,iry leather
In INV mouth. which had long s.n.s
ceased Ia Yield nny saliva to Tel.vgu
the ngoniEing burning of my throat
nHi palate, ! could not have made
any sound had attempted TODD 20,
bu, did not try. for the attendants
Nrro nil stretched ON the ground l,s
asleep. | ivlt WIS de,rrt-I-ir't iu
die.
was beginning To- wander. | think.
nnL WIS hack again Ia the bright
gr.cn Euelish meadows. picking d5is
H., with ny little sister, anal ~
should have passed away. liut lust
nt thnt moment. tho coolies who
hal finished digging the ETnv"-my
grnvr-pn ts.l III" rutFnur' ~ tlr
pHninis and one o! them. with iuure
consideration than III. class ununily
show, thrvw n rHnuikinlui Of water
an the cuscus tahiti
II WIS Ike ealynuir shock To me.
resolved To hnyc drink nj uuy
risk. hs.i to lie. "a Whit matter u
hnst-nri NV death an hour ar ttfn
hy drinking cold water. A, lens
should H. relieved from tho torture
of Thirst md die happy.
tried 10 ~; up, but WIS too wc,k
To- stand, and Tell down Htouo". Then
| reflected that was more likely To-
L. hrvn II walked md II detected Ia
mynttcmpi ishould h. hrouglI, back.
nnd perhaps L. strapped down -
die. 10 tried To crawl.
was about ten minutes dragging
~, srli the forty irrt from my cot Ia
thrcntr1ncc. and wriggl"i under tn.
cu-cus tntlii Tx. II shake.
Tirrr wcrr the clnttirs before me,
Tho iirs' I -ciIrl was u,nu,s. and
tho disappointment hcnriy hhd" in-
awuon; hut the second WAS brtm iuli.
throw my arms around u aud
dragged myaclf to Il. plunged my
head into the delicious. limpid wn;cF.
and icyourcd. rather than drank.
hugo mnuthiuis %, the coolnnd hcnv-
cnly fluid. | felt my stomach swell.
liu., with III. enormous draughts !
swallowed: but laughed and drank
nguin mud nenin. rcckcd nlught Of
life or death then.
At length could drink no morn,
and then discipline asserted itself.
knew had mo- righttobc out there,
mud thought II were missed from
my cot | should H. reported. SO
crrpt back the why had come. md
shortly nitcr icll into n profound
sleep.
1t WINS brond daylight when |
nwokc and saw the surgeon
and dresser standing beside me.
How is ,his2" asked the doctor,
'Wcihcrnll ought to be dead"
please. sir" said |, Il am feeling
much better. and have no wish to
mike the sixth this morning"
lie knew had overheard his re-
mnrk on the proceeding night; ho
smiled sadly, and snid, II am sorry
to say there were six without you.
But cannot understand how it Ia
Won are alive. stcStrnordinnryl
rapidly recovered; and M had
never INDUCED in the perniciouscouu-
try nrrnck sold to soldiers ont here,
was soon quite strongagain. was
mnde sergeant very soon, and | re-
manned upward oi 20 years, serving
with different regiments out here; but
it was some time before told any
one how recovered from my attack
of cholera. However told the doc
tor one day all about it: and though
he said the cold water ought to have
killed mo observed the poor fellows
in hospital with cholera got an extra
allowance of water.
All my people were dead orscatter-
ed, and had no wish to return to
England. So ! took my pension;
and the bountics that obtained, add
ed to my savings, enabled me to
buy this bit of land. am doing well,
and have all man can wish for 70
make him happy.
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