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and upon Doct Bledsoe's giving his opinion that the Woman would hardly contract the Disease in that early stage, Mr Herren moved her & children to his house and and fed them — allowing them to remain there during the Man's illness — during this time she was "confined", and is not yet able to leave accouchment Bed to work. Doct Bledsoe put the Man in an outhouse, visited and attended him for several weeks until he got well, when he immediately went to work to fulfil his promise to repay Mr Herren for his kindness in having himself & family cared for under such trying circumstances, and entered into written contract with Mr Herren — wages same as allowed by Doct Jines. Doct Jines, about 5 Feby, learned that Levin was at a certain place, sick with Small Pox and attended by Doct Bledsoe, but made no arrangement to have him taken care of, nor did he enquire by whose authority or under whose responsibility he was being treated by Dr Bledsoe, or in what manner his family was taken care of. When Levin recovered — two or three weeks after his recovery, Dr Jines, finding he was up and  at work with Mr Herren (Dr Jines lives about 20 Miles from Mr Herren) got out a warrant for Levin and