The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-12-23


nurse an one thing another-an she
got scared an, sent fer DIR. lobe. You
know him an Mrs. Dugan has been
ut outs fer the last year. 1t seems
that she kept totin' tales about town
in regard to his doin's In Rome fore
he moved here, an the upshot of 1T
was that she has about busted Ills
chances with Halle Irwin. They say
he was awfully mad at Mrs. Dugan.
Well. when he come to see the baby
several Of us lowed thar'd be some
fun. so we went over, the last one or
MS with a different remedy OF some
sort an dead loads o. advice. The
fust thing Dr. lobe did was to Or e
us all acrost the hall to the set1 a
room an begun to examine the baLy
But Mrs. Dugan, bless yore soul. ac-
cordin' to her that was her house, an
she was Mary Hough's stay an sup
port. an, she wedged 'erse'f in the sick
room. Some of us went in the kitchen
so we could git look an hear what
tuck place. He told 'er in plain Eng
lish to git out, hut she didn't bulge;
he ordered 'er ag'in, bat she only stood
the firmer. I don't think l ever seed
madden man. His black eyes was jest
blazin' an his hands. shook so he
could hardly mix his medicines. Then
the crash. come.
"Says he to her, Have you been
handIin' this baby? An she says i
reckon it's hardly been out O my lap
fer the last two days Then says he,
with a satisfied grin. You'd better not
90 out to the rest o them hens in the
other room. fer this child's got scarlet
fever Scarlet feverv yelled Mrs. Du-
gan. an she looked like she'd sink in
establishment. Why, you don't mean
itr He told 'er yes. that's what alled
the baby. an that he was goln' TO re-
mort it to the authorities an put up q
quarantine. Us women all scattered
like flock O. scared blackblrds, out
we heard em jowerin' clean out to the
fence. I'm not a-goin' to stay cooped
mn here that long Mrs. Dugan sad
Yes. you'll have to- we heard i'm say
.Gaddin' about like you do, you'd scat
do After he went off old Dr. stone
passed along on his boss, an she went
to the gate an called out to i'm an
tried to git i'm to contradict what Or.
lobe had said about the disease, Dut ne
lest sorter laughed an said 1t would
no contrary to professional etiquette
fer i'm to express an opinion. Furuer
down the street he met Miss Cynthia
J Gibbs. an she hauled i'm in an axed
i'm what he thought about the case.
n looked like he thought 1t was pow
erful funny, fer he mighty nigh split
his sides a-laughin' The baby's got
j some'n'.' he said, an that's all she
could git out'n i'm. The marshai come
! IN an put the red flag on the gate, an
+ the two women an the baby's housed
/ IN till DIR. lobe lifts the quarantine. |
was lest a-thinkin' me m Hortense VIII
have rest. Mrs. Dugan would "a met
Won Mt the gate to find out about But
I clean forgot to tell Mandy to put the
biscuit I'm the stove an warm over yore
inter pies" And, with little flush on
her face. Mrs. Hillyer rose and tripped
from the room.
Hortsnse Snowden turned from the
window. where she had been standing
while her aunt was talking. and stood
before her uncle.
! George Is In love with Lydia Gran
!, ston." she said softly. That's one rea
son this is going so hard with him."
Eyes, think he Is" replied the Ole
man, IAN I was jest wonderin' Ell the
conviction would have any-you know
effect on her."
81 don't think he's ever spoken one
word OF love to her." said Hortense
"she is the proudest, haughtiest crea
ture that ever lived and yet at the same
time as simple and unaffected as she
can be. II seems like she gets th'
sweet side Of her nature from hersel'