Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-10-11

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is over and gone; the spring time ap-
the singing Of birds has come; your
immortal summer is close at hand;
Christ, who lOveth US. and has suffer.
ed for US, has prepared mansions OF
rest, for those who love him, and you
are going soon."
"Oh, yes; l know he will take me
home, and provide for my wife and
children when l am gone"
"Then all Is we'll with you'll" He
told me his name and residence In
Pittsburg, and l remembered that his
parents lived our near neighbOrs
when l was q child. So, more than
ever, l regretted that could not have
made his passage through the dark
valley one of less pain; but 1t was
comfort to his wife to know had
been with him.
When he slept again. got a slight
" wounded man to sit by him and
keep away the flies, while went to
distribute some delicacies brought to
him by visitors, and which he would
never need.
At the door of Ward Three, large
man stood, and seemed to be an OH
cor. I asked him II there were any
patients in that ward who would need
wine penado. He looked down at me,
and said:
II think It very likely. madam, for
it is very bad ward"
1t was indeed very bad ward, for
settled gloom lay upon the faces of
the occupants, who suffered because
the ward.master and entire set Of
nurses had recently been discharged,
and new, incompetent men appointed
in their places.
AS I passed down, turning from
right to left, to give to such men as
needed it the mild stimulant l had
brought, I saw how sad and hopeless
they were; only one man seemed In
clined to talk, and he sat near the
centre of the ward, while some one
dressed his shoulder from which the
arm had been carried away by a can
non ball A group of men stood around
him, talking Of that strange amputa;
ton, and he was full of chat and
cheerfulness.
, They called him Charlie; but my
! attention was quickly drawn to a
, young man, on a cot, close by, who
was suffering torture from the awk'
y wardness of a nurse who was dress
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side of his right thigh.
set my bowl on the floor, caught
: the nurses wrist, lifted his hand
, away, and said:
= "Oh, stop! you are hurting that
man! Let me do that"
: He replied pleasantly,
! "Ill be very glad to, for I'm green
{ hand!"
l I took his place; saw the wounded
t flesh creep at the touch OF cold water,
y and said:
. "Cold water hurts you!"
:. Eyes maam, little!"
F. Then we must have some warm!'
But nurse said there was none.
@ mo warm water?" exclaimed, as
n I drew back and locked at him, In
}, blank establishment.
b mo, ma'am! there's no warm wat
J. err"
t "Howmany wounded mon have you
?. In this hospttal?"
|. We'll. about seven hundred, b,
3 lieve."
t "About seven hundred wounded
q men, and no warm water!: So none
It Of them get anything to eat!"
s. "Oh, yes! they get plenty to eat"
d "And how do you cook without
l. warm water?"
l. "Why, there's plenty Of hot water
# in the kitchen, but we're not allowed
O to go there, and we have none in the
y wards"
z where is tho kitchen?"
+, He directed me. covered the
s wound-told the patient to wait and
g would got warm water. In the
d kitchen dozen cooks stopped tc
stare at me, but one gave me what
F.! came for, and on returning to the
ward l said to Charlie:
S Nov you can have some warm
water, If you want It,"
But do not want it," like cold
water best!"
It Then it is best for you, but it Is
not best for this mani"
had never before seen any sucf
wound as the one was dressing, but
" could think Of but one way-clear
II it thoroughly, put on clean lint ani
rags and bandages, without hurting
3, the patient, and this was very easy
o to do; but while l did this, wanted
n to do something more, VIZ: d1spel the
e, gloom which hung over that ward.
e knew that sick folks should have thei1
/ minds occupied by pleasant thoughts
n and never addressed an audience will
a. more care than l talked to that ont
a. man, in appearance, while really talk
It ing to all those who lay before M
e. and some to whom my back wa
e turned.
k. l could modulate MY voice so as tt
g be heard at quite distance, and We
8, cause no jar to very sensitive nerve,
close at hand; and when / told m,
It patient that l proposed to punish hin
10 now, While he was in my power, al
y. heard and wondered; then every ont
It was stimulated to learn that 1t wa
4, to keep him humble, because, havint
d received such wound in the charge
II on Marie's Hill, he would be so prout
d by and by that common folks woult
h be afraid to speak to him. shoult
a. be quite thrown into the shade by hi.
d laurels, and should probably take m.
e revenge In advance by sticking pin,
g In him now, when he could not hell
q himself.
q This idea proved to be quite anus
h. ing, and before I had secured tina
Is bandage, the men seemed to have for
e, gotten their wounds, except as
II I'D E S A ND FURS
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