Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-12-03
'why, yes. ci{l.e. Know anything

why, yes cf Know anything
about the symptHT .ss'
''Symptomsr' - tie clark. with
gasp, and he to- two or three steps
backward and. .hy sfes began to diiate.
..Symptoms-tSht's IT Should you
say. for instancS that had the cliol-
era? Would yo1 believe II, I mean, to
look at n1e?"
:. The young md who dispensed drugs
began to back tway, looking as il he
were waiting q chance to make q
break for the stlte ct ." :.
.soh, don't ge{frightened," said the
New Jersey mad Tith his calm smile.
81 haven't got be cholera-no such
luck" Al
"L,uck!" exclat l. the startled cleflk
"Yes, luck. u eal it luck TO get an
A I, first-class, ~ sine, guaranteed case
of true Asiatic -lera. freshly import
ed"
"Why. man, y re craz-excuse me.
you can't mean at you say!"
Mean what ssv2T declaDed the
searcher for cA era 4 mean every
word that say&s -su sou, sir, that I,
was born in thepesdest town that eyer
died. was rats in it have lived
in that town fo4thirty-four years. I'd
rather live in graveyard There
aren't even ghod sor spirits in my town
Now that place Us got to be walked up.
If we don't do 6snething we won't be
able to distingut between a dead man
and a live mank Then we'll be in q
pretty fix, won't we? Wen have dead
men-I mean rhny dead men bury
ing live men--f bean men that breathe;
and Wen havcEive men hobnobbing
with men tkattonght to have been
buried long agS Just because every
things SO dead bat it seems natural
''Oh, of coarsS- gasped the bewild-
cred clerk
snow thai pie has got to wake up
There's only ots thing in the world
that will wakeh up. That's cholera.
Now I thought HAT I'd be willing to
catch the chole1 Ind take it over there
| just for the gofi of my town. I'm a
| public spirited &izen and I'm willing
| to make some tacrifice to benefit my
native town. lit I found that they
would not let m4eatch it. Can't get to
people WIZ have the cholcra-that is,
can get there, tut l can't get away
again. OF courS shat wouldn't do any
good, would it? Would it ncw?'
"of course ndf answered the clerk,
ready to shout 1unatic" at the first
sign of violencSnn the part of the Wis
itor.
'Of course nd That's Just what
thought So I iDught maybe / could
get up n good ID tatiou Of cholera and
take it over TIL I'd have it break
out as soon as / kOt well into town. Id
drop right dovt IN the street and be-
gin to howl. Td'aelE and yell and dig
my nails into e ground and turn
summersapltS. A..sn the peonle RGt
around to mel course II would ia &c
a long time I'd = a slow town-fd
grab everybody cpUll reach and yell
cholera / tbdvuJ tha' would fetch
them. They a a 10 r up a hospital
for me and get I'd into il and take care
of me. THEY'D ret more or less in ter.
ested, YOU see HThen il knew the
symptoms by heat. I'd go through the
whole business I'D by the time / was
convaIescent tbught that everybody
In the town wouth have heard that
had the cholera ad that would do then
good 1t would 4 IKE them up, you see.
Now" added be New Jersey philan'
thropist, with apublic-spirited smile
.'can you teach me anything about
symptoms? Thass what want q
know now. If Ikan't get the cholera
I'll have to tal1t next best thing
Can't you help md fout?"
I'm afraid n t." said the clerk
"Why don't yo, try dynamite? III
easier
sOh, that woutin't do any good.
know them too lwell They'd thinl
dynamite explosihs were n church or
gan and they'd 30 right Off to sleeE
again"
sorry. but i hn't do anything TO
you in the choler, way" said the clerk
well, good byt then. I'm sorry Z
have troubled ySL Perhaps it's jus
as we'll to give IL Ip. ] amt sure tha
one case would ID much good anyway
| guess, come I'd think of it, that
would take a Wide shipload. I'll hav
to wait Maybe lcaa get up Johns
town disaster ot a Chicago fire an
maybe we'll hap better luck wit
cholera next sealon. Good day. sir,
and he rebuttonet his coat and wake
AWAY with a tlbughtful air.-N.
Tribune.