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Show j tSp -! ! I I 41' P HI ' V DID IT TAKE Ml ! ' ,'. f , Tlio following in a portion of a letter I " received by ono of our friends. "Have 1 belli vnecimiudV" f ' "liiilitUke?" ,' " , 0 pleaao, Imvo a little pity. Not lliat tliet U anything bad about either one !$ . of those words, but I coitainly objtel to having them Hpokon in tuy presence. f,!'1 Oleourw jon caotiot appreoiue it up v'' ' you are not ono of thts fortunate or un- C fortunate ouoa who are allectod by the .' late ruling of Ilia health hoard. Let J my oxpjrr.'iiuj be uuflU.-nt for us both 1 nnd l( I tvUyo.lww r. , pro'lt by th same. I Well, to begin with you are gontly reminded thai you mint be vaccinated and cuntole you mo f with tho thought that only onb in tvenly take and on t euruly will he one of the nineteen, .-vi slapping youraolf on tins back yon put on , a bold (rout mid appear nt too D.s I , iilllt'..uiid inform him thnt you must " bo vaccinated, lie procedos at once to rub your arm till it f ilrly tingle?, then with a medio ho work untl I tho blood fc flows freely; in'o this ho Injects tho HHKnBkt : va timl nftr vinrlrfiif. until hn Is MBL j.; 'BWldMyou alsoj It isdown into the r(gKp? half'as bad as I had expected. I Br Things go woll for about a week when $ all of a sudden you feel a queer sensa-T sensa-T tion, but never having been vaccinated before you hnvo 110 means of luterp talk ta-lk ' tion. A few hours go by and you feel ns !.. though it liad suddenly grown dark, aud the tlrnt thing you knoiv you don.t know anything and you're left to the mercy of your friends who dank water 1 in your f me oc any other like tiling 1 they think advisable. Yon'ro no.v ud-f" ud-f" vised to go to bju. Uy tho Dr? No, i which in fortunate for tho Dr. h You're not bo easily persuaded to leave h, your bed s you wercto take it. After S"i many days you become awaro of tho Hi- tact hat you arc stilt living and that f ' fiooiety has hoiuo demand upon yiu f ' Your conscience begins to smite you, and uu roalio it id iluid you wore 10. hti turning aoiueufihecallri, of your friends, E j You arouse yo iraalf at ones and consult jJS' yuur waidrobe hut alai bfore you Ptf uuu appear 111 toctety ou find it nee ;' canary to call 111 a iliojimU:ur uudhavo K a coatuuid mado whoo diuioiisiona ur.i ylr ndequato to onr projioitioiis. You WSL bouin to congmtulato ouiielf on your H woll rounded form altho a little one KS'-' sided to bo sum aud feel ceitain you Wl''. linyi found a new euieuce of life in w wliicii you need p y no attention to -' the old adn,e: o.it.dilukaud be merry. W& This you give as an explanation to tho E$ feeling of namo.i which would nian- ',' ' ifest ilfelf in your stomach when over ', food was proKented. Things again take jjj, a Huddeu turn, but t his teusatiou is not pPSL- at all startling; and 010 many days you ilud that one oxtremo follown another, your vaccination ban ue0'an to take, nnd It doin't stop taking until it has taken t-iery Hvit liable ounce cl Hush on your body. 1'iuiilly it striked the lune, thal'd tou haul for it, so it give up and nnd seeks to hide iliclf mid thu convolutions con-volutions of the skin that hangs lazily on tho humerous. At this stage of the game you cull in the doctor, lie o.itors with asmiloauda "Good-Morning", "Good-Morning", How Aioyou? Insult added to Injury. Ho now proceeds to examine your arm, and by the aid of a powerful lmiij In. ..aiiL'j ntntil tlm rlilna nnd tj.iva f, "I 1 thliiK your viix has woiked ( sliglitly, for I perciev.j n liny scar and I J I, think l'rubably you'ro entitled to a cor- 'v tlfii'ate. Ho thou procedos to fill out tho jf- lollowing: f This U to certify that has fc,s been BiiocusBf'ully vaccinated within itlio n ft" last seven yoars M.I). fft This he hands to you and says, you are now an iminuno. How thankful you g aro lor small favora. For you have been h thinking for tho past fow ilnyelknt you would certainly bo used as n label frr a bottle of poleon, and here you ari a pcr con of rnuk,"Imuiuno". Would the smallpox ha vt theaudntliy to tackle such a heap of skin and botf IV Yet hhtory tells us it las been known to do it. You are at last iree, and endeavor to adorn yourself In a leUttlng manner but first Ilnd it noressary to take up every seam in that new dress, at Irafct two incite;. At last you feel that yoi.'to presentable and a agger forward to rie-umo rie-umo your position. E10 you have gout twenty rods you are necosted by one of your dearest friends; .'ho takes jo r hand with a pL-niant' u rod Morning" by the way havo you been vaccinated? Yes II "Did it take?" 0 liow thoso thieo words arouse all that's left of you to aroso. But jou mils' nt be rash, nor furget for one moment uhojou aro so with ihvdiguity of an iminuno jou smilingly reply '1 think it did, alt that llieiu us to take. |