The San Francisco call., 1903-01-11

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~ Infection II was the wonder Of a
long day. until ii was discovered
that Feter VaIcombe. who had
f-er Ell IN his room for several DAYS. had
-re same disease You may well believe
-he PEOPLE were properly indignant that
such malignant 6istemper should have
been brought among them. There was
some pretty hot talk by those who had
snlau children; lut DR.. Randolph Dor
-.rgton, who, II anybody. was the one n
complain. took ii All as a matter Of
course. He tCoS prompt rnea sures TO iso-
l6te TIE Two cases. securing for that pur-
pose vacant dwelling Ia the outskirts OF
toVn.
II was q tur,l-e e6-6own old place to all
outward spDearal ces. but the interior was
eli that Il shCu.u be- But after the pa
tieTts had been removed. 2 feat which
the doctor accomp isGed unaided and
alone. he was confronted by the most
serious difficulty OF all Who was 10
nurse Ssn7 And II Nan found a nurse.
who was 70 nurse poor Peter Yaicombe7
II was very serious matter. and while
he VS. sitting by Mans bed. trying TO
solve tne problem. re- beard a light step
IN The hall and the next moment ir
walked little Miss Johns. as cool as a Gu
cumber and SIS fresa as a daisy.
Oh. but this won't do cried DorTt1g-
side. You must get right out" he COM
uar6ed- His voice was stern and indig-
nation sat on his cOCntenance-
But II I won't. she said with a smile.
what them She took Of her hat ard
hung q on the bedpCst. placed her bundle
of clothes IN a chair and went and leaned
over Nan. who was in a raging fever and
rather fighty In her mind She placed
her hand on Mans brow and in few
moments the child ceased 10 mutter and
throw her arms about
Now. what YOU think2" said little
Miss Johns, turning 10 MIN with smile
Of triumph.
why, think you are very silly" he
replied angriiy-
she was sitting on the side Of the bed.
but she rose as suddenly as II he had
slapped her, her face red as fire. 4
tlink you -." She caught herself and
then her face became very pale II have
shame for YOU she said. all trace OF IN
dignauOn gone: Il have shame for any
one who does not want his sick child 10
have the attention II her friends. Well.
then, Il that IS your feeling. / can nurse
the other-Monsie eur KaNcOmbe. Where
have You put him2'
He is IN TIE room across the hall But
Why DO you come here? What business
have you here? Have you thought OF the
risk?"
You have no need 70 take eff my
ANhAf EAAE AE ElAFA4r ID oc-s y AleA- d NAA-A-HA
Il viii make your ears burn. Go get som@
-some-what you call this grease that IS
on the pigskin when IL has been in the
smoker"
Angry as he was, Dorrington was COM
PEELED 70 laugh al this description Of
bacon rfnd and his smiles made Zepherine
sngrier than ever, for she was very SEN
s.tive about her ignorance Of English. L
don't care Il you get il or not" she ex-
claimed
But the doctor made haste TO do as he
Wss bid. feeling that he was in no wise
responsible IN the matter.
When ne returned with the bacon rind
Nan was sound asleep, and little Miss
Johns was IN the room with Mr. Vail
cornbe. and the two were rattling away
in French at a terrible rate DR.. Dor
ringron went In there, after looking at
Nan, but neither one paid the slightest
attention 70 him. He might have been
n Halifax, 50 far as they were concerned.
Finally. he asked Mr. Nalicombe II he
didn't think he was talking too much for
man in his condition.
II twas IN English-yes." replied
Peter; but IN French-oh, no II will
make me well. Oh. am much better at
once" And II seemed 10 be true. It was
fortunate for both the victims Of the in
lection that they had little Miss Johns to
nurse them. and ii was even more for
tuuate that this young woman had been
taught how TO nurse the sick by the good
Sisters at the convent Her art in this
matter was a revelation TO Dorrington.
i seemed TO him that the vitality Of the
gfrl was abnornally developed. No mat
ter how long sAe had been on her feet
during the day, no matter how much
sleep she had lost q sigh from Nan
would bring her 10 the child's bedside in
fash, and she was as prompt with poor
Peter NalicOmbe.
Il is unnecessary TO 60 into al the de-
- - - ant uHs0H Zanha-fpsf =
patients received al her hands.
she insisted on having her own way,
and IN almost every instance il turned
out 10 be the better way. This was es-
pecisIly true OF her treatment Of poor
Peter Valicombe- DIT. DOrrington had
told her more than once that II would
be almost impossible for Mr.. Vallcombe
% recover Zepherine, however insisted
that Il was absolutely necessary that he
should recover she clung 10 the idea and
worked IN the light Of II, and finally her
faith was rewarded. Mr.. Vaucombe be-
came convalescent. and at the first fit
ting opportunity the doctor had. when
Zepherine YVES out Of hearing, he told the
patient that he owed his life to Miss
Johns
"Au right. all right" said Mr.. Vail
oonbe; she lose nothing by that I will
make her very glad OF IT,"
When the doctor resumed the regular
practice OF his profession. ali danger of
had 10 put Up with very severe lecture
from the ready tongue OF Mr.. Billy San
cers
Il declare. Randolph. I'm ashamed Of
you; be jigged ef ANTI Why, supposin'
tfRt little forrin gal had a. took the
smallpox an a diedz Wouldn't that a
been purity piece Of business for you to
Etagger around under? Why, in the name
Cf charity, didn't you ketch her by the
an lead her out OF the room2'
Wei, I heartily wish you had been
there 10 carry your plan out couldn't
do q thing with er"
why, I could tote her on the pam Of
my han Randolph: she amt biggern' a
sparrer,' persisted Mr Sanders. ''Whyn't
you put her out by mein strength
We'll, there are several reasons" re-
sDOnoed Dorrington. '-One is that she
slipped IN before knew she was within
q mile OF the place; another is, that she
had hold Of Mans hands before l had
any idea what kind OF caper she was
going 10 cut; but the real reason why