Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-05-17

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"A sudden thought came over me. Ny
dear Mrs Titmarsf, says I, ssyou, know
how poor and how good your husband il. =
EYES" says she, rather surprised.
"Well, my dear" said !, looking her
hard in theface, Lady Tiptoif, who knows
him, wants anurse for her son, Lord Poon-
ings. Will you be brave woman, and
look for the place, and inayhap replacethe
little one that God has taken from you.'' 1
s'She began to tremble and blush; and
then told her what your Mr. Sam, had
told me the other day about your money
matters; and no sooner did she hear Il,
than she sprang to her bonnet, and said,
"Come, come" and in FIVE minutes she
had me BY the arm, and we walked to-
gether to Grosvenor Square. The air did
her no harm, Mr. Sam, and during the
whole OF the walk she never cried but once
and then i was at seeing : nursery maid
in the square, y y. . ~ ,5'- - .t.
IA great fellow in livery open. the door,
and says, you're the forty-filth as come
about this ere place but, iust, let me ask
you 2 preliminary question. Are you a
Hirish woman 2, - aP,g zrsstfs 7ssssa vi u
"No, sir" says Mrs T. ae s.s W ha
os"That's suffishant, mem, = says the gem
tlemani in plush; ''Isee you're not by your
axnt. Step this way, ladies, if you please.
You'll find some more candidix for the
place up stairs but sent away forty-four
happlicants, because they was Hirish.' .
eve were taken up stairs over very
soft carpets, and brought into room, and
told by an old lady. who was there TO speak
very softly, for my lady was only two
rooms off, And when asked how the
baby and her ladyship were, the old lady
told me both were pretty well; only the
doctor said Lady TiptofF was too delicate
to nurse any longer; and 80 il was consid-
cred necessary TO have a wet nurse.
"fhere was another young woman in
the room, tall, fine woman as ever YOU
saw---tl,at looked very angry and contemp-
sllious at Mrs T. and me, and said, sI've
brought letter from the Duchess whose
daughter trust and think, Mrs Blenk-
insop, mem, my Lady Tiptoff may look
far before she finds such another nuss as
me. Five feet six inches high, had The
small pox, married to corporal in The
life guards, perfectly healthy, best Of cha,
racters, only drink water, and as, for the
child, ma ma, if her ladyship had six, I've
a.plenty for them ALL, *, .47.f4 M. bs4 vslsss
GAS the woman was making this speech,
a little gentleman in black, came in from
the next room, treading as if on velvet. -
The woman got up, and made him a low
courtesy, and folding her arms on her great
broad chest, repeated the speech she had
made before. Mrs T. did moi get up from
her chair: but only made sort Of bow !;
which, to be sure, thought was i'll man
prers as this gentleman, was evidently the
npothecary. He looked hard at her. and
said, "Well my good woman, and are you
come about the place, too '' ISL F
sYes, sir" says she, blushing. sfa4
"fou seem very delicate. How old IS
your child3 How many have you had !?
What character have you ?'' ~ @ i.'a.'
"Your wife didn't answer a 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 daugh-
ter Of a captain the Navy SO you'll ex-
cuse her want Of manners in not getting
up when you came in" i ha.s7 nj ssa.
"The doctor At this sat down and legsn
talking very kindly to her; he said he was
afraid chat her application would moi be sue
cessful, al Mrs Homer came very sfrong-
" recommended from the Duchess Of Dom
caster, whose relative Lady Tiptoff was
and presently my lady appeared looking
very pretty, imam. in an elegant lace cap,
and a sweet muslin rose de shom. -
@"A 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 10 Mrs Horner,
and then to Mrs T.; but all the while she
was talking, Mrs Titmarsh, rather rude
" as I thought, ma'am, was looking into
the next room looking looking at the
baby there with all her might. MY lady
asked her name, and if she had any cha
racter and as she did not speak, / spoke
up for her, and said she was the wife Of
the best man in the world /; that her LADY,
ship knew the gentleman, too, and had
brought him haunch Of venison. Then
Lady Tiptoff looked up quite astonished,
and l told the whole story how you had
been head clerk, and that rascal, Brough,
had brought you to ruin. t'Poor thing ~
said my lady Mrs Titmarsh did not speak,
but still kept looking at the baby and the
great brig grenadier Of Mrs Horner
look ed angrily at her.
"Poor thing !''said my lady, taking Mrs
It's hand very kind, she. seems very
young. "Hcw old are you, my dear?"
give weeks and two days! J" says your
wife, sobbing. Nd y -. - -.
:'Mrs Homer burst into laugh but
there was tear in my lady's eyes, for she
knew what The poor thing was thinking Of.
sSilcnce, woman says she angrily 10
the great grenadier woman, and al. this
moment the child in the next room began
crying. & sas r@ 1ss.@se as, .. s.a |
1S.sAs 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, ssThe child the child
give il 10 me - and then began to cry again.
My lady looked at her for moment,
and then ran into the next room and bro't
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