Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-07-27
HOW MISS PINCHE GOT A BABY.

HOW MISS PINCHE GOT A BABY.
Miss Jemima Piche was prude, and Miss
Jem;ma had been long known lady "of
certain age" She had passed the FIRST.
ave. the sec ond s'corner''-and the chances
were now aga INST her decidedly, for the long
ANTICIPATED marriage settlement which such
ladies so covet!
But Miss Jen,ina Pinche had strong pre-
objection in favor of babies and numerous
were the instances Of enthusiastic delight
she had evinced for the ''precio0s little
ones,' belonging to the more fortunate Of
her sex, with whom she occasionally came
in contact. #f
Miss Jemima had frequent offers Of mar
riage-so she informed her COM fdentes--but
she had declined them! And now 1t had
got 10 be matter Of extreme dubiousness,
when the time might come that she should
have another opportunity to refuse mar
rage proposition.
Miss Pinche had at length ees 10 De very
|loquacious, and the .bIessed little hearts"
of her neie hbors .ud friends had lately be-
come most anectionately endeared to her.
.S"en a love of boy is that Of Mrs. Prin-
i Ie's" she exclaimed one morning, "Oh, the
darling! How should doas upon such
dear little soul Of my own.''
The servants in the afternoon announced
stranger in the drawing-room Of the dwell
ling where Miss PInche resided The lady
had called upon some trilng presence of
business, and bore in her arms smiling
babe, some four weeks old. This was e.
nough to secure the good Offices Of Miss
Pinche, who at once lavished her praises
upon the darling present in particular, and
upon the fraternity Of babies in general
Such "a charming babe was this, too 10.
be sur the caller was an entire stranger, the.
infant was clean we'll dressed boy, but the
guardia nofthis prize was mistaken, and had to
90 furth er to complete the object other mis-
sion. sshe didn't wish to trouble the lady
of the h ouse, but if she would be so kind
as to re tain the little one, but for an hour, il
would confer great favor upon her.
Miss p, was the most obliging creature in
the world, (where babies were concerned}
and she was ,perfec,ly delighted with the
opportuni. v 10 amuse herseflor IAN hour,''
with the in nocent little dear The lady de-
parted-an d, stranger as she was, or pretend
ed to be-s lie didn't return.
Miss Jemi ma Pinche caressed the infant
she prat,led to the boy--and handled him
on her knee for an hour-for two, three
hours; but the lad y-like caller didn'. come!
The boy got tired Of Miss Piuche's a,,en-
lions after while, (for he found it ''dry
work,'') and set up howl. Miss Pinche
didn't like crying babies, so she turned i.
over to the servant. The servan, go, tired,
too, at length, and Miss Pinche laid the
"brat" on the sofa, while she looked out at
the window.
Night came, but the stranger did not
make her appearance. 1t grew dark, and
Miss Pinche whose eyesight was none of
the besD ''couldn't for the life of her. see
why the woman didn't come backn'
But she mever called and Miss JemiH,a
Pinche, who mad all her life time SO ar
IDENTIFY desired i. had at last go, baby! ....
The little stranger didn't understand the
utility OF pap-spoon, or its contents, which
Miss Pinche induslriously endeavored during
the evening TO force into its now ''awful
looking MOUTH next day, the unlor-
tunate intruder was delivered over to the
Guardians of.he Poor, who provided it with
a nurse. ....
Miss Jemima Pinche has never since been
known to look an infant in the face, and
she positively declares, though she may
have thousand offers, that she will never
consent to marry, 'no how you can fix it."