The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-14

Oh, OF course. it's a step promotion,
don't you know; but It's a bore. Tent
ms a jolly lot better, especially with
the plague eareering along. Camps the
place In plague time. Can do as you
like there. Cholera? Same thing as
cholera? Huh. not much. Cholera's easy.
There's cholera every high Nile. There's
plague. TOO. oftener'n folks know. STARS
that gees. They cali it typhus. aggra-
waited typhus. don't you know. But chol-
era2 Cholera is as much healthier than
this pimpy Johnny they're having down
east as-ss beer is healthier than water
and the young engineer. who, with his
smooth. fresh face looked little more than
a boy drained his glass with sigh OF
satisfaction.
Wen get il hot" he resumed in the
long waits Of the table d'hote service.
''Soda'll be dear. Cholera is deucedly ex-
penslve. SmaIlweed-you know Small
weed-tubed himself in fizz water all last
summer. Talk about Cleopatra's milk
baths. Good sort, Smallweed. but boiled
waiter IS a fairlsh tub for me-
Cholera is nothing. 1t was bad. though,
two years ago. Saw EN- in Fayum carry
ing out the dead every night. Dozens. on
d0nkeys. Did EN- up in bags like grain.
NJ cholera there. you know. Natives
wouldn't report 1t. No doctor sent for.
Howled all night. though. so a fellow
Dead give away. Joke. don't you see2
Here nowling gave the dead away. Here.
YOU boy. hat moyeh harden. bring some
more fish, you son of Mohammed, do you
hear2"
You were IN camp that season. asked
- the tan Arab waiter hurried 10 obey,
Yes. lost my leave. Got my noti-e
same as always. You are entitled 10 six
weeks leave - Down al the foot they'd
H.. Ma. Id
IL YOU do not take leave this year What
could a fellow do? Hard work. too. Moved
camp every three days. kept things clean.
Thirsty work. too We have weather up
the Nile It's not 50 beastly cold as IL Is
in Cairo. have a nasty throat here all
the time Didn't drink drop OF water IN
six months Beer Rather mott Not in
cholera time. Went into 4 chemists.
saw some kind OF fig v alter. Asked him
how much he'd got. Said he had ten
dozen bottles. IN take the lot says /.
Used TO have il sent 10 camp a little at
a time There's 4 heap OF money In soda
IN high Nile.
You ought to have seen the sanitary
rules | had In that camp. That's the
beauty Of camp-you get something Ike
your own way. l had kit inspection twice
day. before meals. 10 see II those fellows
hadn't srnugCled in some sJom8chache
know. Eat green truck2 My men had
their bac4li cooked for them. If sou please.
What did they drink Water. boiled.
Took on five extra men put EN- on the
government Kept 'em boiling water all
dag. Men washed iu boiled water. when !
was looking anyhow. That sort 81 thing
made paraugnc stoves dear. Wood, too.
Ohye wood donE burn We'll. 4 palm
trunks a find Men used 10 have n Jolly
good scrub before eating Nearly took the
hide OF 'eIn. A. for the one that went 10
che village Cor supplies. I offered to boil
hin. Dadn't take me. though.
''Beastly nuisance. that's what cholera
S." resumed the young engineer. after
slowing away e generous portion Of salad.
Used 10 sleep vita one ear open Had 20
40 after she men when they ran away.
IHcy'd break fa~ town IN the middle OF TIE
ngat to gee s. beIlyfui OF raw germs Had
so saddle and rallup FOR them Do Round
cu lp. ~ yOu Americans SAY, and give
ern tie hutt 81 nv whip II they wouldn't
tcae back 80 amp pe8ceahly. Tie EN- up
when / sol esn there. Ny Hckin's ma me
good Raen 7 Ns4s Nd. These Arabs are
STcwa-3zp Ssis They know when they
need tsuuiu and feel better when
eaey ve Eat g. or course the regulations
80 1he service Don't ueutiou whip butts.
eus 7 eouidn-t have work interrupted and
e dozen oyc,s ~ ln uy canals. Just because
some too} Arabs chose 20 tumble down
wsth cholera Rather nozt
HAD only one rasc ia my camp Pallea
1tm through Joke on Irsis Had the
aest camp 70 mine. IagAs did. ard one q
a-s a&sssass VeFs wrong So ms .nsiaes
same Eir9e ss utUe Won = Aver Of n
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aHt keep Pro; p'ssEers Oh 3 usaa ala n.rht
Eef1w gees erred after a WAl3e. CsA. I.dra
taA1s noehiH< 10 horse racing. thaswe.
I'm broker usAn ard gas. Image % DE-
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