The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-13
CHAPTER XI.
The White plaque

CHAPTER XII.
The White Plague
The fat was all ln the fire. Hart
ley's scheme 10 help Eureka had
gone To pot TO SOC tho kittle bile
Instead OF getting rid OF Papa Spar
row. II had fetched that old hypo
critic right over TO eat and slice.
aud groan under our very noses
Eureka come out TO the garden
where was working the nex,
morning.
Now. then" says she. sharp. 81
want TO know all about II.
So had TO tell her. Il though,
so" she snaps. Didn't you know
no better than that, Didn't you
know that q girl who's as far gone
with charity as Miss Page Is woui
be sure 10 70 and see Pa and want
TO do for himg Two found out that
she's been giving Linn money for
medicine and thugs for over a
week"
Next day Eureka stayed at hone
and shut up the Louse. and that
night she and Washy come to the
Island 10 stay all the time. They
had rooms In the back part of the
house. three flights up.
oxonc Island was chock full OF
secrets and whisperings by this
time. Van kept up his little side
talks and backyard confabs with
Scudder; ard Hartley seemed 10
have caught tho disease. I see him
and Nate looking mysterious at
each other and meeting together In
out OF the way places time and
time again. And tho mail was get
ting heavier and there was hall.
burned telegram envelopes IN tn.
stove ashes morc'n once. But no.
body ever mentioned getting a tele.
gram.
Washy had been pretty decent.
for him. for the first week after he
landed In his new quarters. But
his deccncy didn't last long. Hc
begun 10 fuss and find fault and
groan and growi.
One day Eureka comes out on
tho porch where tho Heavenlics
was setting. and says she:
Mr. Van Brunt. would you and
Mr.. Hartley be willing for me 20
cure Pa?"
Cure him" asks Van. sur.
prised. Cure him? Yes. indeed.
Or XIII him. either" he adds, un.
der his breath.
Hartley didn't saw nothing. He
never spoke to old man Sparrow
now nor OF him. FAIRS that went.
AN right" Eureka says. Thank
you"
That afternoon Eureka got me 10
help her lug the hsircloth lounge
from the front parior out 10 tho
spare shed. the one we did not use.
What on earthT" says I.
I'm going to tell YOU" SAYS she
Mr.. Hartley said ] could have the
lounge"
Then she told me what her plan
was. Twas a mighty good one
and ! promised 10 help along. I
laughed over II TIL supper time.
That evening Eureka was jus;
finishing the dishes. All of a sud.
den ] heard her say:
PA, ! don't s'pose you feel we'll
enough 10 20 TO work."
! could hear her dads feet come
down off the stove hearth with a
thump.
mo. knew you want III 10
work. But Pa, rye been hoping 10
lind a way to cure you some day.
and now I've learned the way
And I'm going to try IT,"
Cure? Humph," shifts the old
man. I'm past curing. darter."
Eureka come in the dinIpv
room and took a magazine out ~
the chest OF drawers. Then she
opened 10 . place where the leaf
was turned down. and went back
to the kitchen.
Consumption. Pa" she SAYS
amt cured by medicine no more
Fresh air night and day is what's
needed. and you don't get IL here
by the stove or shut up in your
room. You ought to live outdoor
Yes. and sleep there. too"
sleep outdoor? What kind OF
talk Is that? BE you crazy or"
Don't screech so. Pa" says Eu-
reka. Listen to this. Here's a
piece about consumption in the
magazine. They call II the White
Plague I'll read you some OF H."
Washy kept yelling that he didn't
want to hear no such foolishness.
but his daughter spelt out differ.
ent parts of the magazine piece.
II told about how dangerous shut
up rooms and confined atmos.
pheres" was. and about what IL call.
ed open air sanitariums" and out.
door bedrooms.
PA" says Eureka. I'm going TO
cure you or die a-trying. The old
Toulouse out back OF the barn is
just the place for you. It's full of
holes and cracks. 80 thereIl be
plenty OF fresh air. And took the
sofy out there this very day. You
can sleep there nights and set in
the sun day times. You mustn't
come In the house at all. l mean to
keep YOU outdoor all winter, and
then"
Washy Sparrow howled. "All