The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-12-23

broad chest, repeated the speech she had
made before. Mrs. Il. did not get up from
her chair, but only made a sort Of how;
which, to he sure, thought was i'll man.
ners, as this gentleman was ev IDENTIFY the
apothecary. He looked hard at her, and
said, We'll, my good woman, and are you
come about the place, too?
"'Yes, sir, says she, blushing.
"'You seem very delicate. How old is
your child? How many have you had!-
What character have your
'Your wife didn't answer word; so |
stepped up, and said, Sir, says |, this lady
has Just lost her first child, and isn't used
to look for places, being the daughter of a
captain in tie navy; so you'll excuse her
want Of manners in not getting up when
you came in
1.-The doctor at this, sat down and began
talking very kindly to her. he said he was
afraid that her application would be unsuc-
cessful, as Mrs. Homer came very strongly
recommended from the Duchess of Don.
caster, whose relative, Lady Tiptoff was;
and presently my lady appeared. looking
very pretty, ma'am, in an elegant lace-cap,
and sweet muslin robes sham.
ga nurse came out OF her ladyship's
room with her; and while my lady was
talking to us. walked up and down in The
next room with something in her arms.
First my lady spoke to Mrs. Homer,
and then to Mrs. T.; but all the while she
was talking, Mrs. Titmarsh, rather rudely
as thought, ms'am, was looking into the
next room; lookng-looking at the baby
there with all her might. My lady asked
her her name, and if she had any charac-
ter; and as she did not speak, i spoke up
for her, and said she was the wife Of the
best man in the world; that her ladyship
knew the gentleman, too, and had brought
him a haunch of venison. Then Lady
Tiptof looked up quite astonlshed, and
told the whole story how you had been
head clerk, and that rascal, Brough, had
brought you to ruin. Poor thing' said my
lady; Mrs. Titmarsh did not speak, but
sill kept looking at the baby; and the great
big grenadier OF Mrs. Homer looked an
grily at her.
"'Poor thing! said my lady, taking
Mrs. rs. hand very kind. she seems very
young. How old are you, my dear!'
Give weeks and two days. says your
wife, Sobhing.
Mrs. Homer burst into laugh; but
there was a tear in nv lady's eyes, for she
knew what the poor thing was thinking Of
Silence, woman says she angrily
to the great grenader- woman, and a, this
moment the child in the next room began
crying.
CAS- soon as your wife heard the noise
she sprang from her chair and made a step
forward, and put both her hands to her
breast, and said, 'fhe child--.the child
give time. and then began to cry again.
"My lady looked at her FOR a moment,
and then ran into the next room and brought
her the baby, and the baby chung to her as
il he knew her; and pretty sight 1t was TO
see that dear woman with the child at her
bosom.
"When my lady saw it, what do you
think she did, After looking on for a mo-
men', she put her arms round your wife's
neck, and kissed her.
"'My dear. said she, Il am sure YOU are
as good as you are pretty, and you shall
keep the child, and thank GOD for sending
you TO me-
"'rhese were her very words; and DR..
Bland. who was standing by. says. Irs
second Judgment of Solomon
81 suppose, my lady, you don't want
nae" says the big woman. with another
courtesy.
"'Not in the least answers my lady,
haughtily, and the grensder left the room;
and then told all your story at full length,
and Mrs. Blenkinsop kept me to tea, and
saw the beautiful room that Mrs. Timarsh
is TO have next to Lady Tiptoff s. and when
my lord came home, what does he do but
insist upon coming back with me here in
hackney coach, as he said he must apollo
gise to you for keeping your wife away"
A life insurance company, the .'Diddle
sex. with its manager, Mr.. Brough, is very
well worked up, and, though a passage
may here and there look little caricatn-
red, there is a vein of nature and real life
which sustains the whole.