Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-23
AUN LIN
ROWLAND
AN ANGEL OF MERCY-HER
GREATEST JOY IN DOING
GOOD TO OTHERS-NOT HAP
Ply UNLESS MINISTERING TO
THE SICK.

Giles county, Virginia. a character
in this day. Her name is Mrs. Lin
ME Roland. and everybody knows
her as Aunt Lin" Her maiden
name was Hale. She Is now sc
years old. She is famous-yes. IA
mous-for her love for the sick
Many a sick person has felt the
soothing touch OF her hand: the
wrinkles in the pillow have been
smoothed, the bed has been made
and the sick one has been furnished
with something good to eat many
and many a time by Aunt Lin"
She has, in fact, waited on the sick
so long that now, when she has no
sick one to visit, she is really mis-
cradle. She is very sympathetic.
The writer heard very interesting
story about her while at, Narrows
a few days ago. ID. +. Hale's son
Henry, who is about 20 years old
came home from school on Decem-
Der %, 1907, very sick with rheu-
matism. Soon pneumonia also at
tackled him, due to weak heart.
Aunt Lin" as everyone calls her
was soon on hand: in fact she made
a half dozen visits every day. One
morning in January the doctor came
as usual. The weather being very
cold the physician had taken three
or four drinks. AS soon as he came
in and sat down by the stove he
became very sick. He at once left
the room in a hurry Aunt Lin"
waited a few minutes for him to re-
turn, but he came not. She there
fore went out to see what was the
matter. When she went out the
doctor was standing on one end of
the porch vomiting. She immedi-
ately took the other end of the
porch, and there they stood, he
vomiting every few minutes and
she filling up the interval by vom-
iting toe
AS | said before, she is miserable
when she has no sick person to visit.
Last fall there was no one sick in
the neighborhood and after milking
the cows, churning, feeding the
chickens and hogs, getting breakfast
and dinner for her husband and
boarders-she has a few boarders-
sweeping and busting the house and
making the beds She had nothing to
do. She therefore decided that she
would apply for the position as
drier in the veneering plant. She
applied and the manager immedi-
ately sent her word that she could
have the place. Then his troubles
began. People that he did not know
visited him every day-young men,
boys, girls, old women and men,
demanding hirn to SEND her word
that she could not have the place.
He asked why They told him that
she would go in there and take
rheumatism and die. He finally
gave up and sent her word that the
old hand had returned and he
guessed he would take him back"
Many days afterward he met her
and apologized, telling her the
truth.
But her popularity had its great
est test three years ago. An Indian
medicine man came to town. He
had not been there long before he
offered silver set Of five pieces to
the most popular lady in the neigh
borhood. Mrs. Cover, a very intelli-
gent and refined lady from Winches-
ter, Va, who had been living in
Narrows several years, was imme-
diately put forward: several others
soon followed. On the third night
Aunt Inns" name was entered.
She received a goodly number Of
votes that night. Then the fun be-
gan. Men for miles up the creek
rode into town; the mountains were
left desolate and the neighborhood
was lonesome. as everyone had gone
to town What are you going to
do with all that medicine?" was Of
ten asked. Tho purchaser would
always say, 'I don't want &C.. but ]
bought &c to get to vote for Aunt
Lin She waited on me when 7
was sick" Parents had to threat
en- to whip their boys to keep them
down. When asked why they took
such a stand they answered thaI
Aunt Lin always spoke TO them
and asked them in when they passed
her door. Aunt lin" fin the noun
tains was waiting on "a sick woman
and child Finally the last day
came the votes were counted and
Aunt Lin came out $4,000 votes
ahead. r. s. 3.