In His Father's Footsteps (1915)
The dangers that confronted him on every hand, owing to the insanitary condition of his farm never occurred to Griggs, and even after he had been warned of his danger by the Health Inspector, he refused to do anything, saying that his dad and his grand-dad managed to make out pretty well and that he would be able to get along just as well. Sally, however, was greatly interested in the literature issued by the State Department of Health and tried her best to get her father to read it, but failed. In due time, Sally was taken ill, and Dr. Parker declared her malady to be typhoid fever. This somewhat startled Griggs but even then he refused to see that he was responsible although she had contracted the fever by drinking the water from the old well which was so placed that it received the drainage from the entire barn-yard. It was not until a neighbor, who was acting as nurse, rushed into the kitchen when Griggs and the two boys were eating and announced that Sally was much worse, that the farmer realized her real danger. Fred sprang to his feet, saying that he would ride for the doctor and Griggs urged him on. On arriving at the doctor's house, Fred quickly delivered his message and then rushed off to harness the doctor's horse. Together, they raced back over the lonely roads, arriving at the farm house, where the doctor took charge of his patient, and after a night of suspense was able to announce that she was out of danger. Griggs decided to clean up his farm and profit by the examples shown him by the State Farm Inspector.
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