The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-21

born diseases are hard things to get
round"
A day or two later the Uncle Doctor
overheard a lively little fusillade of
I've COTS" from the children's quar-
ter. He nodded encouragingly to ma
ma, in a way that meant, Put the case
in my hands and trust me" Then he
went to the children They were just
getting ready to go out
Not away from home!" he COM
manded Cant leave the grounds. l
quarantine YOU"
"What?" in chorus.
you're quarantined as dangerous
cases. | find you all infected with
bad form of the got disease-the most
contagious form. l have hopes of saw
ing you all if you follow my directions
carefully 1t is a disease that should
be attended to at the start. It's liable
to have long run If neglected. | did
think of vaccinating Boy Blue and the
Tiny One, to keep them from catching
it, but see | am too late. They are
both in the first stages already. You
will all have to be quarantined until
the disease runs out Where is that
card? Oh, here it is!
He took out of his pocket a large
card and gravely pinned it on the out
side of the door.
Purple is the special color for the
got disease. just as red is for small
pox," he explained. "A purple card here
On the door will be warning. BE
ware!' Do not enter here! Everybody
in this room has got he recovered
himself hastily" has a terrible dis
ease in it's contagious form. The doctor
in attendance says beware!'
The Uncle Doctors face was quite
grave and concerned. He put another
pin into the purple card and then came
back into the room among the puzzled
white boxes in his hand this time.
These he proceeded to distribute.
Take one of these pills every time
you bet as far as go Never wait
until you say the t. If they are taken
at just the right moment they are war
after a recipe of my own. Oh, you
needn't make up any wry faces! They
haven't go-er. they haven't anything
bitter in them"
When the Uncle Doctor said go"
just before he caught himself saying
hand for Babs little white box, and
solemnly took pill.
"You see how they act he remark
ed, in an aside. THAT pill was taken
just in the nick of time. They're very
rapid acting pills.
All the rest of the day the Uncle Doc
tor visited his patients at intervals. He
said it was necessary for him to watch
the progress of the disease and the ef-
fects of his disease.
Its doing finely-finely" he report
ed, with enthusiasm. We're getting
ahead Of the disease already. The
worst symptoms are disappear
81 haven't got any sease left piped
Boy Blue, confidently.
"Take a pill! Take pill, quick!"
laughed Bah.
"Oh, but l haven't got any pills
lef-"
Then Uncle Doctor gathered Boy
Blue into his arms and strobe to the
couch.
"This is a bad case,' he said "The
patient must be put to bed while
mix I'D another mess of pills. 1t is
possible shall be driven to using sur
geons adhesive plaster" He laid
finger gently across the patients lips.
"a strip applied here might be tried
as a last resort"
The quarantined children enjoyed
the Uncle Doctors treatment" greatly.
The pills tasted very good and sweet,
and it was wonderful how they always
stopped the "t' from joining on to the
go"
Honest, they do, grandma. You
just look a-here. All you've go"
Otis took a little white pill hastily.
"All you have to do is to take one. You
see how they fix you"
81 sect" murmured dear old grand
mother. Wonderful, wonderful!
should like to try it if thee has go"
wait! Oh, wait! don't say the t,
grandma! Here's a pill-quick!"
And then Otis and grandmother
laughed. 1t was regular fun being
"cured" by the Uncle Doctor.
The quarantine was raised after
little. The doctor said the patients
were all convalescing now, and there
was not much danger of other people
catching the disease. But of course
if they should have a relapse
81 don't believe they will, doctor"