The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-06

| such work before, yet / have several
times been i'll in hospital, and have
seen how other ward boys do" he add
ed, anxiously fearing lest the quallh-
cation should not be deemed sufficient
| The wages offered We're high, and dl-
! verified his thoughts from all else. Al
ter few more inquiries the doctor
satisfied himself that the boy would
suit Git was not easy to get any volun-
| teers for such eervice), and 1t was ac-
cordingly arranged for him to COM
mence his duties on the following day.
| The hospital had been opened a short
! time previously by a large pubic
! body for the use of any employees who
might be attacked with the bubonic
| plague, then raging in their midst. 1t
/ VAS long, low mud and thatch build
| ing, erected on a piece of reclamation
| ground some two miles UP the harbor,
the waters Of which lay spread before
| it, Far across on the further side
could be seen the hills of the Kolaba
coast, blue green in the distance by
| day, when the fierce glare of the sun
| was on them; soft pink and gray in
the misty evening light. Immediately
behind the hospital, to which it form
ed a background, rose a plateau firing
ed with cocoanut palms, showing in
clear dark outline against the sky.
| Their roots in places overhung the
semicircular hollow caused by recent
| excavation, the crimson soil of which,
especially with the glow Of sunset rest
ing on it, presented the appearance Of
I still gaping, bleeding wound intlict-
ed on Nature by the wanton hand Of
man. Great powders Of purple rock
lay scattered around, adding to the
Wild picturesqueness of the spot--it
was very silent and sequestefed, hid
den more or less from sights and
sounds of the outside world, and APP
preached by beaten track which
wound round the foot Of the ridge. In
side the hospital was arranged a row
Of low iron bedsteads; these formed the
sole furniture of the ward, but all was
clean and fresh, ready for occupation.
In small hut close by lived the ma,
tive apothecary In charge, while the
ward boy sat crouched on his haunch-
es his chin resting on the palms of his
hands. the sole living being in the hos
pital itself.
1t was midday and the air was still
and hot Vishnu sat looking across
the harbor, thinking over the events
of the previous evening, when, after
having signed an agreement with the
doctor, he had returned to relate the
joyful news Of his appointment to the
few remaining relatives he possessed
Ills child wife had said very little, but
her eyes cleaned happily at the idea
of the small ofrtune they would pos
sess when Vishnu should receive the
muniticent income of 20 rupees
month And all my clothes" he had
added as browning surprise The
naed brown baby in his wifes arms
was very thin, and Viehnu looked at it
compassionately though of course, be-
ing only girl, it could never expect
either affection or consideration in the
world. Perhaps If he could propitiate
the gods by sacrifice some day a son
might be granted him to perform those
rites necessary after death to rescue
his eoul from hell. Though a Brahmin
and duly invested with the sacred
thread. Vishnu was absolutely ignor-
ant of most things pertaining to his
religion His uncle, who had formerly
denounced him as idle and good for
nothing, now rated him soundy for