The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-09

number OF stretChers made, and OF
these conveyed the sufferers 20 the hos
pitals- -Four patients went 10 each hut
The men i sent TO those on the righi
hand of the street, the women to those
on the left. BY this means AS person:
were disposed of, and by 5 O'clock suffi.
cient huts were at my disposal to con-
tain as many more.
By SHUTDOWN every sufferer in the
place had been removed, the nurses
were duly instructed in their duties aud
installed, and the real combating of the
disease had commenced. But at this
juncture serious problem was present.
| ed for our consideration. Having re-
moved the owners to places of safety,
what were we to do with the old houses
and their contents? Taking Allie into
my confidence, explained the situation
TO her, told her how loath ! was to de.
stroy so many good buildings, but at
tie same time pointed opt to her how
iniperatively necessary it was that every
dwelling and any article likely to har-
Dor infection should be got rid of. To
my satisfaction she met it in the proper
spirit
eff it is necessary for the safety of
those who remain, there can be no doubt
at all as to what course we should pur-
sue, F" she answered. 1.-The houses must
60 And that being so, must endeavor
to make it up TO the owners when they
shall require them again. Will you give
the necessary Instructions
did so forthwith, and in less than
half an hour no less than so houses,
with their contents, were blazing OH the
plain.
And so the week went on, and the
next after that, with hardly a break in
the routine Of work. Out Of 100 cases
treated 30 succumbed in the first eight
days, IL in the remaining six, while 10
more were added from the township
during the same period.
And now l must say something about
the care and attention bestowed on these
patients by those who had volunteered
for the arduous task Of nursing. Indeed,
| feel justified in saying that no better
service could have been obtained in any
London hospital. Fortunately a sincere
bond Of affection seemed TO bind all
these people together, and this, taken
with the influence exercised by the
wonderful woman at their head, made
its power thoroughly felt in everything
they did.
And here l should also like to put on
record Allies wonderful devotion to her
people during that time of awful anx-
iety. Day in, day out, night and morn
ing alike, accompanied by her dog, she
was occupied about the different huts
helping and reproving, Gliding and en-
couraging. Her presence was like ray
Of sunlight which seemed to light the
place long after she had left it. The
convalescent derived new vigor from
her touch, the dying were soothed by
her voice. Never once throughout the
whole of the time did she think of her
self The path Of what she considered
to be her duty lay before her, and the
Beautiful White Devil, the notorious
the abductor Of rich mer-
chants, the terror Of the China seas,
trod IL without murmur or complaint.
1t was wonderful exhibition of wom-
anly gentleness, forbearance and endur-
ance. And when ] saw her, tired and
almost dispirited by the results Of the
and noted how she put all this
aside, assumed smiling face to speak
words Of comfort to some sufferer, and
then remembered the accusations and
stories to which / had listened in the
Victoria hotel that first evening, l felt
almost as mean and contemplate as it
was possible for a man to be.