The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-24
How Supposed Case OF Scarlatinn Was
Guarded by n Parent

Chpcee~ AS no nos DCcn Sitting In tho
breakfast room al. tho morning. We Will
Jock the door until I can fumicato It.
But, james, dcar''-
Don't stop arguing, Lucy. We shall
BIO losing valuable time III run round
TO tho chemists for few things. In tho
meantime just SEQ that there is plenty Of
bot water for disinfccting baths and fas-
ten sheets over oil the doors And what
ever you do. Lucy, keep cool Don't be
frightened or nervous shan't bo long
BY Jove I'vo got nasty SOTO thnxlt my
self hope It's nothing"
<Dtsinfecturts, eirp''
Yea There's serious outbreak Of 70
WI at our house. What havp you gots''
"Hosblng's patent purifler''-
send dozen bottles to 60 On WITH
"Dabb's huid'-
tSamc quantity"
AWobstcr's ozonc disscminst.r'-
six will DO enough"
"Jaspcr's disinfcctant, IN excellent Grti-
Gle"
iii havo u dozen Of that"
"Carbolic acid, sirs"
"Wcll, yes Say % gallon, md n pound
on pcrnanganatc of potash crystals. -
Anything else, sir9"
"a quarter of a hundrctlwpfght of chic
ride Of lime, thrco OF four pounds of rock
sulphur, and put in anything else you can
think Of that have forgotten How soon
Gun you send thoscS'
Immediately, sir I soc my boy has
just como bnck with tho cart
Now, my dear, the disinfcctants arr
here Is everything rcady2''
Il think so, James
Tho master of tho house then took off
his coat, turned up his shirt sleeves and
set about his task. First of all he sent his
Wife to Tolnny's room and pcrcnptorily
ordered her TO remain There for six weeks.
Ho then cmpticd n bottle of .Jaspcr's dis
infcctant into n bucketful of water, and
with II garden syringe proceeded to play
upon the sheets fastened over the doors
until the landing was converted into q
running brook and tho stairs into small
cascade. The drawing room underneath
rcsclnblcd the dropping well ut Ennrcsbor-
ough, and the ceiling of the hall was Gov
crcd with liquid brown beads.
Lie next powdered every rom with
Webster 5 ozone disscminator until 1t look
cd like tho interior of u flour1nill. 1t was
almost impossible to move without put
ting your foot in bowl of Dabb's fluid or
knocking over n dish OF IIosking's patent
purifier
Then he Transferred tho contents of the
be deposited on an iron support In tho lit
tic breakfast room and covered with four
pounds Of crushed rock sulphur, carefully
scaling windows and doors and closing
the register of the fireplace
After that he poured half gallon OF
carbolic acid down the sink and covered
the scullery floor On inch deep with chic
ride Of limo.
By this time the atmosphere Of tho plnce
had become little oppressive, and it Is
perhaps not surprising that both he and
the servant felt sick. This he interpreted
es another bad symptom, but he was sat
isfied TINT he had done oil he could
He then proceeded to take hot bath,
in which he hnd dissolved half on ounce
of the potash crystals, and went to bed
having thoroughly drilled tho servant in
the precautions she should take and or
dcrcd her to take similar bath herself.
He hardly slept at all that night. First
he had very sore throat, then pains In
the back He was fcvcrish, too-decidcd-
ly fevcrish; felt sick and had q quick
pulse When he crcpt down stairs In the
early morning, his legs shook beneath
him, and he lookcd-no, he did not look
pale. He would have done SO, though,
had not tho strong solution Of potash crys-
tails dyed him O rich brown When tho
that her master was the Same color as her
self, she grinncd from car to ear.
What arc you laughing at, you boo
byf" ho Exclaimed In anger isn't it
better to be copper colorcd than fever
8trtckont There's the doctor at the door
Let him go up stairs.''
When the medical man came down and
met the anxious father at the foot of the
stairs, he could hardly keep q serious coun-
tcnance
We'll, doctor, how Is tho patientr"
Quite well, I'm glad to say"
"Quito welll''
Yes. 1t was only bilious attack, aft
ef ADJUST littlo overeatin9 or some
thing Of that sort"
Tom1ny's father WAS for the moment
spcechless IIo could not make up his
mind whether he ought to thrash his off
spring or the doctor. 1t wasn't exactly
shat he was sorry 1t was not scarlatina,
after all, but he wanted to kick somebody.
de didn't care particularly who 1t was
and would have kicked himself If he had
been able.
doctor, " he at length gasped out, II We
been fooledi don't say you've done 1t,
but feel I've been fooled. Five hundred
dollars won't cover the damage and ex-
pense of this business. But should like
you to distinctly understand one thing
I'm not at all u nervous man Don't get
that Idea into your head. But believe In
taking proper precaution--in always being
on the safe SIDE
quite understand, said the doctor,
and 1t is very laudable, but don't you
think that It, is sometimes possible to have
Just little too much Of o good thingf"-
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