Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1900-11-15

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fully fiat. Tell you what, you won't
use the poor old chap ut all Ughl
You've given me the creeps, Pam
phlettl think Ill turn in now"
A month later Noel Sheriff. was toss
ing restlessly on bed of sickness. His
pinched face and blue lips told elo-
quently enough Of the severity OF his
symptoms, and his nurse and his doc
tor. shook their beads despondingly
over his case.
But it was Pamphlet who sat up at
night, and who lowered round the
sick bed by day, taking his rest by
snatches when he could. 1t was TO
Pamphlet that the sick boy turned
for amusement and for solace, and SO
far the native had not failed him.
One afternoon he heard strange
footsteps ascending the stairs, and he
rose softly and went to the door. A
stout. red-faced man was painting for
breath on the landing.
"My name is Sumpter. surgeon TO
eno hosP,'"i ioi uoPicai uisehses. Ut.
Jones asked me to see young Sheriff..
as he was not at all sure of the cause
of the illness which is killing the lad"
The black eyes and the gray eyes
met in ardent conflict. and the black
gave down before the gray.
III join you in the room below"
said Sumpter, with tightening OF the
lips, "when'-and he emphasized the
word-'l have finished my examina-
tion.'
1T appears from the history that the
lads symptoms began three weeks ago,
and he seems to think that some curry
he ate was the origin OF his troubles.
lie says that II didn't agree with him,
and can quite believe that" (But
never word spoke Pamphlett.) "A
curious thing fouad out, and that was,
by an error on the cooks part, only
enough curry for one was sent up. BY
a little questioning | found out that
you and he tossed for II, and curiously
enough, you lost, Mr.. Pamphlet. Now,
the only point on which 1 am In the
uarh is' Diu you give MN powdered
glass, hnely-cut up, eamers hair or
bamboo chips, eh?"
The voice was so cold and yet so mer-
ciless in its directness that sunenly
enough the native surrendered.
"Camels hairl' he said, between his
teeth.
And 80 you've taken up with an Eng
lish had who in the goodness Of his
heart, makes a friend OF you, which not
one in thousand would, and you poi
son him? You live together, work to-
gether, and you poison him. l know
your race thoroughly. Few do, admit,
but do; and, by my fathers soul. there
ism another cur like you from one end
OF India to the otherV
Thoughtfully Pamphlet stood aside
to let his master-for such he felt him
nlready to be--pass in; and still more
thoughtfully, he went to the appointed
place, and waited for long minutes with
what patience he could muster. Pres
entity the heavy tread warned him that
the moment for bntt.e had come, and he
braced himself for the fray.
Now, Mr. Pamphlet, the case up
stairs is exceedingly interesting TO an
Did Anglo-lndian surgeon. The boy Is
suffering from what we used to call
zenana cholera
The native insensibly dropped into
The attitude OF appeal all natives as
sumo when before the European. His
head was bent, and he stood with his
hands crossed on his breast.
~ my father and my motherl" he
oegan' IN liindoostanee, dropping at
once the European metaphor and as
suming the picturesque native idiom.
the words OF wisdom have indeed fall
IN from thy lips. II is given TO the pro-
leetor OF the poor to know the inmost
thoughts OF his servant, and foolish
would thy slave be TO hide anything.
Thy servant had a father who was
Tar above all other parents In his kind
ness and In his care for his children.
Ten years ago he was nearly Killed by
wicked men who cut his head with
swords and broke his arm most evilly.
When In time he recovered he left US
with his blessing and went to holy
shrine to return thanks for his recoy-
cry.
"on the way Azrael touched him, and,
laying himself down in the long grass
IT the roadside, he went 10 his gods in
silence. After seven years the accursed
ferlnghi now lying upstairs, passed by
and found the poor remains OF the holy
pilgrim.
Did he pass by In reverence? No! o
powerful one. lie picked up the bones
of my father and made them n byword
md scoif. lie was OF a different faith
from our people; but he did not even re-