Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-12-07

ouc whether the case was as
bad as had been represented.
/ In the name and for the sake of God
and humanity, | complied with his re-
quest and this is what | found when /
reached the house. In a squalid, poorly
furnished, ill-ventlated room, unattend-
ed by anyone, lay woman burning up
wlrh fever 1t needed no second glance
to tell, even my Inexperienced eye, that
she was very near deaths door and that
/ any hour might be her last on earth.
As entered the room, she exclaimed,
THANK God did not think YOU would
all stand by and see me die like a dog y
Then She started to cry bitterly, while
| tried my best to comfort her with as
surances that She would be helped and
that good nurse should be provided
for her.
That night and the two nights follow
ing, | sat up with her as nurse, although
my work was Crowding me hard, and |
could get no one to help me. During
all OF Monday and part of Tuesday
tired my best to arouse public sympathy
III her behalf, but outside of mere ex-
presslons of regret for her condition
received no substantial aid toward secur-
ing nurse, except from Rev. Flescher
and Mr.. |. ). Ricketts,, these gentlemen
each agreeing to stand part of the ex-
pense with me. Late Tuesday evening,
called on some of the town officials
and told them that even if they were
willing to stand by and see this woman
die like dog from neglect, | was not
ana that with or without their sanction
proposed to have a nurse for her within
tWenty-tour hours, also stating that if
mad to stand the expense, they would
hear further from the case.
My action produced the desired effect.
was authorized to secure a nurse and
within the allotted twenty-four hours a
professional nurse was duly installed in
charge OF the case, which had meantime
become much aggravated and compli-
Gated by an attack of pneumonia
brought on by neglect.
After weeks of careful nursing the
patient recovered sufficiently to be sent
to the care of friends, and at a possible
cost OF perhaps 500, the little city of
Pullman with its christian population,
was saved from the stain and disgrace
attached to that death from neglect
which would surely have occurred, had
II not been Tor another stranger within
the gates.
Now comes the sequel to the above
| case. 1t is well known fact that in
every community there are narrow
minded, small souled, people, who in
all such cases as the one just quoted,
content themselves with long winded
expressions of sympathy, worth possibly
two and half cents per thousand
/ These they give willingly, provided
they don have to pay cash for them
But when man steps forward and sacri-
fees his time and money for the cause of
humanity, these social parasites in
stantly award him their undving hate
and enmty, feeling that he has done
what, by all rights should have been
their duty. 1t gals them to such an
extent that they lose no opportunity
of knitting him in the back, wherever it
can safely be done from ambush
Two weeks ago a friend of mine in
duced me to let him present my name
for membership i'll the local order of
Woodmen of the World
The application and initiation fee of
IS, were handed i'll at their last meeting
and since then, my application and
cash not having been returned, | have
been allowed to remain under the im-
preston that my name had been favor
ably ballotted upon.
Imagine my surprise when I was told
by disinterested friend today that my
name had been withdrawn to avoid be
ing black balled, Pressed hard as to
what reason there was for fearing a
black ball he finally told me
The reason was this: Some fellow
who would not hesitate to cut a throat
i'll order to gain his point and CRAFTY his
spite had stated to the lodge that l was
guilty of having brought that woman
from Palouse and that as soon
as she was taken sick, I had deserted
her i'll her hour of need.
No comment is necessary. l have
stated this case truthfully and can with
out permission refer to Rev. Inc. w.
Flescher, Marshall Holt, DIR. Wilson, the
city physician who attended the case, l..
5. Ricketts, aud several others who will
bear me out as to its truth
VIM. A. DEWITT,
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