A GOOD NURSE. 
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Old Waterman’s cabin in the woods is a 
palace to it.” 
Miss Winston went up to see Jack in the 
afternoon, and found him no better. He 
was in great pain, and could not move with¬ 
out groaning and even screaming; and his 
fever and thirst were excessive. Miss Win¬ 
ston did much more for him than the boys 
had been able to do. She hung up a curtain, 
which darkened the room and kept the flies 
out, took part of the clothes off the bed and 
arranged the rest so as to be more comfort¬ 
able, and put clean, cool, linen pillow-cases 
upon the dirty and tumbled pillows. She 
■washed his face and hands in warm water 
and dried them without hurting him, and 
combed his tangled hair,—not a very plea¬ 
sant task, for poor Jack’s habits were far from 
neat. All this made the poor boy a great 
deal more comfortable; but it could not do 
away with the general air of discomfort and 
untidiness which belonged to the house 
and every thing in it. She ventured to 
give Mrs. Short some friendly hints, which 
were not very graciously received, and were 
never acted upon by herself at least,—though 
Sarah Anne treasured them up and endea- 
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