The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-05-19

splashing slowly on the doorstep.
"Cheer up!" said the trooper. n
see to this. Do you have . family
doctor :"
mo"
Where does the nearest docto,
live7"
down in Quincy. But he won't
come here. I've sent for him differ
ent times, but he always says NO
He knows we can't pay"
Chow about groceries? Where Dc
you deal?"
eve amt got no money left, l tel
ye. We can't get groceries nowhere
nor nothin' else"
Trooper Kane knew that the STATE
doctor could not be brought into that
remote point before late afternoon;
knew also that this household must be
relieved Immediately, further, that it
lay outside Of the confines Of Frank
lin county, in the county Of Adams.
So, Fastening to the nearest tale
phone, he called up the poor depart
ment Of Adams county and officially
notified it to send out Q doctor and
supplies at once.
The doctor, on his arrival, diagnos-
ed the girls trouble n appendicitis
in an advanced stage, and confirmed
the troopers judgment Of the ailment
of the husband He then assumed
general charge. But it remained in
cumbent upon the state police, never
theless to see to the maintenance Of
quarantine.
Next day the sick girl died.
And then it appeared that all the
mountain side, that had taken no
thought of her while she lived, that
would have let her die Of starvation,
was bent on coming to her funeral!
Now, half this ambitious public eth
err had smalljox in light form or had
been so exposed to it as to be dan
gerous. Should such An assemblage
take place the other half could scarce
" fail to be infected. Trooper Kane,
forbade the funeral party.
But, knowing the passion Of the
folk for that form Of gath
ering he dared not trust to their ODE
Hence. So he arranged that his best
citizen allies should be stationed At
he graveyard in numbers sufficient
% control the mountaineers should
hey try to break through by force;
md that others, meantime, should
guard the infected house from curious
yisitors.
But now, as the hour drew near,
he husband himself complicated the
.ase, entreating to be allowed to go
o the grave. Seems like / couldn't |
ct no one else touch her." he moan
d.
"Do you think it could be done :"
sked the trooper, moved by the pit
GUS grief. /
"Well," growled the doctor, "he'd
ave physical strength enough and
lenty, with the desire that's in him.
Tut you know the danger as well as
do"
81 wish we could fix it, somehow.
surely is hard!"
"I'll tell you," the doctor conceded,
if you want to go with him yourself
nd see not one soul comes near, I'll
~ yes"
Gall right I'll do that much for the
Dor chap. Will you get word to the
uard at the graveyard that they're
smissed, and tell them to tell the
sople Pm taking their place" 7,
"Ill do it myself" said the doctor,
Id hurried away. II
The trapper owned no kind of wag-
i. All his little jcurneyings had
zen made on foot, or on the back of
l old saddle horse, his wife riding
lion behind him. For work about ,
le place, he had used drag, such As
ldians make of long sapling poles.
70 ends serving IS shafts while the
her. two rest on the ground, sup-t /,
,rting the burden between them |
oday it must serve for another pur-
,se. There was nothing else to use.
Green branches lay in q heap byl 7
e doorstep. He had gone to the {
art of the wood for them and had q
osen the freshest. Now he led out
s horse, harnessed between the
ats Of the drag. Over it's rough !.
shings he spread the boughs order /
, standing back to survey them with
xious eyes, covering here the brown