Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-03-23


cabin Yet strong measures were nee
essary.
When the working gangs came In al
noon they found dccently cooked din
ners awaiting them. prepared by the
weaker members of their cabins under
the tutelage and drive OF Smoke and
shorty
"That'll do" Smoke said az 3 In tile
afternoon KNOCK on Go 10 your
hunks You may be feeling rotten
now but youll be the better for Il
tomorrow. or course IL hurts 20 get
well. but I'm going 10 get you well
Too tate Amos Wentworth sneer
cd pallidly az Smokes efforts. They
ought to have started In that way las,
TALL
Come along with me" Smoke al
swered. pick up those two pals
You're not ailing'
From cabin TO cabin the three me.
went. dosing every man and woman
with full pint Of spruce tea Nor
was IL easy.
OF nigh; as we'll learn M the start
that we mean business" Smoke stateo
20 the nrst obdurate who Jay on his
back groaning through sci teeth
stand by. shorty smoke caught
the patient by the nose and tapped the
solar piexus section 80 as 10 make the
mouth gasp open Now shorty Down
-ne goes
And down she went. accompanied
l "A
straneings
we re covering this spruce tea route
i0ui times "a DAY ana there are eighty
of YOU 60 be doscd each ume. Smose
informed Laura Sibley So we've no
Time 10 ZOO, VIII you take H. ot mpsi
nOid you nose Ills thnma ans
forennger lowered eioquenuy a0og,
ner Its vegetable SO you peedn,
nave any quaims
IN IN take H. she qnaYere0
Hurry up
rhat night exhausted a. by no uaro
day OF rrail. SMOKE und shorty crawi
ed into their blankets
I'm fairly sick With It SMOKE con
iessed The way they suffer - awful
Bui exercise Is the only remedy cat
think OF ana Il must ue gwen = Cbor
pugh triai wish we hnd ~ars Of
raw potatoes
~Spareins ne can't WASH no mos,
dishes shorty SAID III uurts him So
De sweats DIS pain seen MIN sweat
r. . nad to put Ohm nark 10 me hunk
ne was that helpless
III only we hao raw potatoes
smoke went on "The vital essenua
something is missing from tnai preplF
ID stun The ute has been evaporatcc
mt OF It."
An II thai young fellow Jones IL
the Browniow cabin don't croak before
mornin 1 miss my guess
"For heavens sake be cheerful
smOke chided-
In the morning not only was Jones
uead. but one or the stronger men VINO
hsd worked Oh the fircwood squad was
'cund to have hanged himself :
nightmare procession of dav1 o.. e.,
sor 4 week. steeling himself to ,ae
task. Smoke enforced the exercise anu
the spruce tea. and one by one and IN
! twos and threes he was compelled TO
| knock of the workers. AS be was
learning. exercise was tA last thing
in the world for scurvy patients The
steadily at work. and a surplus half
| dozen graves were always burned
down and waiting One day Smoke
saw the seeress entering Amos Went
worth's cabin and followed after her.
at the door he could hear her voice.
whimpering and pleading.
Just for me" she was begging as
Smoke entered Il won't tell a soul"
Both glanced guilty at the intruder.
and Smoke was certain that he was on
the edge of something. he knew not
what. and he cursed himself for not
having eavesdropped.
Out with it, he commanded harsh
| iy. What is itf'
What is what2' Amos Wentwol
asked sulenly. And Smoke could not
name what was what
Grimmer and grimmer grew the stu
horrible death list mounted up. Each
day. I'm apprehension. Smoke and Shor.
~ examined each others mouth for the
whitening OF the gums and mucous
membranes-the invariable first symp
tom OF the disease
i've quit" Shorty announced one
evening. I've been thlnkin II over
an ] quit can make a go at slave
drivin'. but cripple drivin s too much
for my stomach. They go from bad TO
worse. They amt twenty men ! can
drive TO work. | told Jackson this
afternoon he could take to his bunk
lie was gettin' ready TO suicide. I
could see it stickin' out all over him
Exercise amt no good
i've made up my mind to the same
thing" Smoke answered.
The everlasting miracle OF Went
worth's immunity perplexed Smoke
Why should he alone not have Dc
veloped scurvyf Why did Laura Sib
ley hate him and nj the same TIM
whine and SWIVEL and beg from himf
On several occasions Smoke made II
a point to drop into Wentworths cabin
at mealume But one thing did he
cote that was suspicious and that wa
Wentworth's suspicion OF bin Next
he tried sounding out Laura Sibley
Raw potatoes would cure every body
here" he remarked TO the seeress. u
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