The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-05-16


with and then having been boiled and
filtered. I was obliged to use the last |
of it-..on my arrival here and faced a |
day without any supply of water. |
How I supplied the need I'll try to !
tell tomorrow. 1t is now past 8 and
I must be up by or earlier for a ,
trip. Now I'll see if can Danish |
thoughts of scorpions, etc., so as to !
sleep.
Was up at 4 clock but before | pro- !,
coed to detail the days experiences
I'll complete the subject left unfnish-
ed last night. We never consider it
quite safe to drink water on these |
tours as it may be brought to use. |
Wells are often used as wash tubs
and very often get the drainage of |
filthy villages. The result of using |
the water unboiled may be cholera, or
fever. For this reason [
ordered my cook to boil the
water. He kept very slow fire and
it took long time to get enough |
boiled in the small sauce pan l had
with me. Each time | went out to
see that it actually boiled. AS it was
not free from specks that might be
strained out I strained it into an
earthen chatty and then, to cool it as
rapidly as possible, l wrapped towel
aruond the chatty and kept it wet
and in the wind until the water ap-
proximated GOODNESS. In the evening
we went for work as usual with very
satisfactory results. You know low
the evening was spent. I looked
around carefully for scorpions before
going to bed and did what [ have
seldom ever done before in my travels,
viz, thoroughly opened my bed to see
if any scorpions or other Objectionable
things had already taken possession OF
it. Then [ remembered how in the
days of my youth, spent one night
| in the big tent at camp meeting
and how sleep was driven away be-
cause l saw one innocent though not
very small worm crawling on tim
! Der at some distance. We can accus-
tom ourselves to almost anything.
After a chota haziri at 4 80 this
morning we started out and had made
five miles when the sun rose. About
that time we reached village and
had pleasant Jhree-quarters of an
hour in work. We then went across
country some two or three miles to a
village where we found but few peo-
pie, but got some chance to preach.
We found it a long ride from there
back to the tent and it was II 10
when we arrived. You may judge
that I was hot, tired, and hungry.
What was my surprise on arriving to
find that my cook had no breakfast
ready for me or even under way. His
excnse was that there was no water
because the person who should have
brought it failed to come. He could
not 60 for it because he could not
leave the tent (Of course I had or
dered him to stay by the stuff when
we were all away. When l asked
him why he had not used little
of the boiled water he said he thought
master wanted it to drink. So here L
was at II o'clock and after having
travelled some ten or twelve miles
since my light breakfast of coffee and
bread and butter at 4 80, and weary
with standing and walking about the
Irregular breakfast in less than two
hours. The cooE at once took chatty
and started off a half mile to- bring
water. My helpers took their lunch
box and went to the river to prepare
their breakfast there, and was left
alone to emditate on the blessedness Of
the man who is rendered so nearly
helpless by the conditions that sur
round him in a foreign land, that he
must depend on others at almost
every turn. However determined
that would try self help for once. |
had a small supply of water with
which l could make tea. l had also
two eggs, little timed salmon and
small piece of bread that was 80 dry
: that I gave up slicing it and merely
broke it up little as could get it in
to my cup to soak it 80 I could bite it:
But I had no matches Caref al
,, search did not bring any to light for
! some time. Finally l noticed my
! cooks coat and a happy thought
= struck me-there might be a match
in his pocket. Such proved to be the
case and in few minutes I was eat
ing my breakfast. One Of the eggs
. proved to be bad and the one that wal
!, good was 80 small as to be hardly
: worthy the name. Of course I pointed
9 out to my cook in very gentle tone
. that I was hardly pleased with tn
2 way he was attending to my bodil.
needs. I then told him to give M
!, some curry and RIGS at 80; ais
told him to try to buy chicken ant
!, to boil some more water. With vision
= = of something more satisfactory TO
= dinner than had had for breakfast
= laid down for a midday rest. Late
= I went out. Two sauce pans wer
70 near the tree back of the tent. On
= was over the ashes Of fire long sine
= gone out. I opened it. 1t contain
- ed curry. opened the other. 1t con
4 tanned cooked rice. My dinner wa
y ready two hours ahead Of time. N
| I'd I'D
l. he had gone to buy the chicken. But
:. mo- for I finally found him lying IN
90 der one edge Of the tent fast asleep
"a AS he seemed to give less troubl
~. ~ when asleep than when awake I lei
"a him to pleasant dreams in which th
~ warp and wool may have been the III
- reasonableness of masters and vision
~ of a good time coming when the tabl,
y may be turned.
Meanwhile a crazy fellow came
~ and bothered me for an hour. The
~ came my dinner. Curry cold, rice CO.
70 and with standing 80 long dried al
~ so stuck together that could hard
-! pick the Jumps apart. cannot trut
=, fully add that I enjoyed my Dime
w. One thought comforts me, the cook
10 not a regular servant. I only hir
We him for five days for this one trip al
' ef our bargain closes when we get ba
To- o to Hyderabad tomorrow. The ink
i0s my pen is very low and will reser
the conclusion of the chicken side
we the story until get home. Have sc
lth no scorpions tonight but there is a
up, port that a tiger is prowling arou
leu this region.
ook Later.
ere When I was out in the evening W
ony my two native helpers one of til
we found a place where he could buy