Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-12
CHAPTER XXX

| straw, but 1t was clean and sweet
smelling. There was a moon, and
it's rays serenely shone across my
| bed through the uncurtained WIN
dow. 1 played 1 was in France. Lay
| it to the straw and the moon! And
| there was the simplicity of my sur
| roundings; the newness, the odd sit
uation that had SO Unexpectedly
landed me there. Deep down in my
heart I felt a gladness I'd never
known before:
Clarke Warren had requested that
| L remain! And, he'd forgotten to
mention my knitting for some time,
just as L meant he'd forget. Away
| in the night 1 was awakened from
| my peaceful SAUNDERS. l played a
new role; l was nurse or godmother
| or, maybe, both. A little boy came
| to that humble little cabin home. l
sometimes think the poor are rich
only in children. AfterWard, stood
alone outside, and looking up, I no.
ticed the stars. Then I thought of
Mary and Jesus-and the Manager
so long ago!
Clarke Warren left orders as to
how things must go. The baby was
| water for certain number of hours.
He told the mother not to listen to
all the women in her neighborhood,
| who came in with all sorts of advice
| and all sorts of teas" A tea for
every thing real or imaginable.
listened intently; I'd read consider
| ably on how to treat babies, but I'd
never seen the various teas prescrib-
ed. The doctor looked to me to car
| ry out his directions.
I meant to do it--but-I failed
| him miserably.
The next day about a dozen wom-
| en- called in to greet the newcomer.
Every woman prescribed for that
| child. One, an old aunt of the IA
| Their, brought a piece of fat hog meat
from the kitchen, and had the baby
| sucking away on it! I remonstrat-
ed against it, telling them what the
doctor had said.
Huh! What does he know about
young'uns? He's never raised one.
I've had eleven!"
She was indignant and threw me a
scathing look from her sharp green
ish eyes.
How many did you raise up
grown" I wanted to know. meekly.
II raised five. so L guess I know
how. I can't help it losing the ones
the good LORD saw fit to take to
heaven" she insisted in tone that
implied. I thought she could have
helped it.
doctors don't know it all by a
jug full" spoke up another.
II allus feed mine," chimed in a
third
L saw the wise thing for me to
do was to keep still. l did.
was an alien enemy in that
crowd of women!
The mother sided with them.
"Looky, how it smacks!" cried one.
Pore liz thing. They're starvin'
it to death. I'll bet" said Aunt Molly
Ann
know hits hongry from the way
hit smacks hits lips" declared an
other.
"Ill fill it up" declared the aunt.
She did.
She fixed a cup of bread and cof-
fee and proceeded to fill it up.
In vain L demonstrated. I even
begged the mother to refuse to al
low any such.
In vain. She said Aunt Molly Ann
was good as any doctor.
That night the baby had convul-
sions one after another.
Aunt Molly Ann came at once and
began pouring oil down it., but it
only grew worse. We thought it
must die. Seth Gray called DR..
Warren. He was out on q case, so
some way he persuaded DR., Steele
to come out.
He did.
And what he said about the whole
business was a-plenty. And Aunt
Molly Ann kept her mouth shut
tight. The doctor had a hard old
time saving that baby and getting
all that bread and coffee out of it's
system.
He found out I'd been against it,
but had been overruled. He asked
them If they would now listen to
reason or to nonsense.
Chapt'r xxxT,
The father and mother, too
frightened to refuse, agreed to fol-
low the physicians directions. Aunt
Molly Ann was plainly insulted; she
hated me; I could easily see that.
"She's got a head full of highly
graduated notions, L overheard her
saying to the mother.
[ choked a smile. "Highly grad
uated," indeed! Out in the hallway
DR.. Steele stopped to say a few
words to me.
"a pack of fools" he declared.
Idiots! Calling a man out this
time of night to save a baby they
tried their best to murder. I'm get
ting tired answering such calls.
Serves 'em right to lose a few along,
Then they blame it all on the Lord!
Do the best you can, but you can bet
on one thing; you've got my sym
pathy! Ever on a case like this be-
fore?
Never; and I was never in just
such place as this. I mean among
just such people; still I find it quite
interesting-Im learning a lot L new
err knew before existed in country
supposed to be enlightened
"Supposed-to-b is right! Warren
goes night and day. He's crazy kill
ing himself for people who won't
pay a doctor if they can get out of
it by hook or crook"
"Mey'be they're too poor" 1 began.
He shrugged "That's not my look
OUT The following day came the
women back again. 1t seemed the
queerest thing to me to see them
filling up the small room. They
chartered necessarily and everyone
wanted to do something to that baby!