Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-28

BEST or not, tell me what to dpt
to get rid Of i. Shall I ring up
police station2"
:, you 81, sure e. you ,,, don't want to keep(
mot one hourl I'm not going to let
myself FSsm fd IN for anything. VIII you ring
sof CO course" said DR.. Sherman. "or
can take the baby to the Welfare
society or the Founding hospital.
They'll keep the baby there-and give
him to some family. You'll never know
what kind Of family will get him-he
a chance"
Hes got a chance to get out of
here!" said Irma, with spirit. "Take
it with you. Right away"
DR.. Sherman looked at the baby.
Then he looked at him again. And
And now he looked at Irma.
I'm afraid it won't be as easy as
I thought he said. This baby can't
Cant be movedl What do you
"It's-it's got measles"
Measles! don't see any. Don't you
get red and broken out with measlesP"
Not always"
He undressed the baby quickly, ex-
amined the flawless body. Then he
pointed bere tS b tiny syai red sRet measles al
right. Children all over town are COM
ing down with it."
Take it to hospital! Right away!
We don't want to get it."
1T isn't as simple as that" said DR..
Sherman. This baby has got to stay
too Three weeksI Sorrywbut it's got
to be done!"
Irma did everything but kick and
scream. Her repression of months was
gone. All of her pentup emotions burst
forth-and most of them were directed
against the baylor against a quar-
Sherman was firm. The baby stayed.
Il want trained nurse" said Irma.
I'll put her in the guest room with
the baby, and send her meals up to
her and we won't have to see either
one of them"
DR.. Sherman said a curious thing
almost an unprofessional thing, if it
turbed to notice it.
THE nurses out here are all busy"
he said. And wouldn't let a nurse
from town run the risk of coming here
nifty case"
1t wasn't until a couple of days later
that Irma thought to ask Dr.. Sherman
if all nurses didn't have to risk chances
Of catching contagious disease. BY
that time she was too busy even to
think Of what he might answer.
For DR.. Sherman put Irma to work.
He converted the guest room into a
nursery for the baby-and Irma was
forced into playing nurse for him. It
wasn't play, though. She found that
out. Poor Frieda was sent on so many
errands and was kept so busy steriliz-
ing that she had no time to take care
OF the baby at all.
Dr.. Sherman taught 1rma how to
wash and dress the baby He taught
her how to prepare the food formula.
How to take care of the babys eyes
and nose.
Its very light case" he explained.
No temperature at all. You're lucky"
Lucky indeed! To be kept a prison.
er with a baby you'd never even seen
or heard of-or wanted.
-, And kept busy every minute doing
things you had no desire to do at ali!
Irma was busy There was no doubt
OF that. For the first time in her life
she was busy. Even her happiest days
ly occupied.
For the first day or two her tele-
phone didn't ring at all-and she
didn't even notice the silence. Then.
when she had little time, she started
ringing her friends.
For the first time in months she
had something to say to them.
She told them about the baby, The
babys arrival
Il went out on the porch and who-
ever had rung the bell had run away.
And there was this basket. And the
baby asleep. You can imagine how sur
prised I was"
Everyone was interested, or seemed
to be. anyhow. And nearly everyone,
curiously enough, knew about babies.
and about measles. And gave advice.
And asked questions For the first
time since Jim died Irma had some
thng TO say that people wanted to
hear-had something to talk about.
But there wasn't even much time
for telephoning. DR.. Sherman saw to
that.
(To Be Continued