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Show The Editor Man's Woes I Wo hnvo had quite u slcso of 111-uesH 111-uesH at mil house and wo have had a tasto of sitting up all night assisting in teking enro of cur little ones. Thero socms to bo a sort of epidemic of colds, coughs, sore lungs In fact, symptoms of Influenza, going around rampant In town, entirely impartial ns to whom it knocks out and la'3 up next. Mrs. Schaber nnd both her little girls wcro very sovoroly ill when wo camo homo frcm Sioux Falls last week and wo felt mighty mean oursulf, but then that's nothing noth-ing now for us, so our friends tell us, and ns they aro Impartial In their criticism of us wo know Its true. Anyway it took nbout all our wife's tlmo and ours throughout the twenty-four twenty-four hours to prcperly take care ot our children and give them medicine. I Our youngest daughter, Viola, 3 years old, was the sickest, and it wns nil tho doctor and ourselves could do to keep her from having pneumonia. It Is a pathetic sight to see a loved little lit-tle ono lay nnd suffer hour after hour, yet In all pattorco taking medlclno wo ourselves fight against with mulish mul-ish obstlnancy when wo aro compelled com-pelled to swallow tho bitter deso. Hour nftcr hour tho rasping breath, H tho fever-flushed checks, the patlont. H suffering eyes appealed to us to do H our bust for tho little sufferer. H How the fever comes up quickly, H fiercely, flushing tho cheeks and H bringing n glassy brightness to oyca H a moment ago dim and patient, nnd H how hard you must fight to get that Hj fever down ngnln nnd tho lemporii- Bj turo normnl! How happy you fuel Bj when you get the little onu asleep Bj and think your troubles nro at an B ontl nnd then In n few moments tho H bnby awakes with a pitiful cry nnd H you might fight tho dlscaso ngaln nnd again! B Rut thnt Is tho way It goes. You H were Just as much trouble to your Bj parents and they did moro for you B I thnn you could do for them in an H eternity, and tho only way you can BJ repay these honest debts of lovo nnd jflM dovotlon Is to lavish lovo and tender- 7fl ness on your own children, for thcro T B was a tlmo when you wcro a llttlo Bj one, as dear to your parents as these Bj little ones nro to you even If you H havo grown up to bo a homely no B 'count cuss now. Hudson, S. D., Hud- B 8onIte. B |