Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-06-12

| NO, that Is very true. You shisk her .
very good navse = .g'. II M, a,.,..,-a.'',
l. Yes, quite eqsal 70 the general rum .7
| thank you very kindly said The lady,
rising. Il hope ] shall 6nd, in Jane, nurse
70 my liking. ~-yeem :, rr'@o,-.l !
eertaialy b.pe So replied Mr.. May. ..
she attended her 70 the door. .g..,,.i q, N,
What DO you think said Ms. May to
her husband, when he returned IN the evening.
| : That lane bad the assurance to send . lady
here 70 inquire about her char.cser'
She is pretty cool piece Of goods. shqsld
say: Pus suppose she trusted 70 your known
kind feelings, not to expose her, g,a Il rs
No doubt that was the reason. But, can
tell her that was strongly tempted to speak
out the plain truth. Indeed, | couid hardly
contain myself when the lady told me she
wanted her TO nurse little infant. l thought
Of dear little Charley, and how she had neg
lected and abused him-the wreiched creature
Bu, | restrained myself, and gave her as good
character as / could u ,.,.-., .v.- u...9 =
THAT was right. We should not Let our
indignant feelings ~, ern Us in ,nausrs Of This
kind We can never err on ele side Of kind
| ness f.t
No, am sure we cannot ,.-. sg,
Mrs. Campbell, the lady who had called
upon MIS-. May, felt quIIe certain that, in
| obtaining Jane for nurse, she had been
fortunate. She gave, confidently, 10 her care,
a babe seven months old. At, first, aross- a
mothers natural instinct, she kept her eve
upon Jane, but everything going on right,
she soOn 100 ceased to observe her ,cIosely.-
THIS was noted by The nurse, who began wlh
more freedom. Up TO tins time, the child
placed in her charge had received the kind
est attentions Now, however, her na,ural
Indifference led her to neglect him in va,Ious
liltie ways, unnoliced by the mother, aud felt
by the infant. Temptations were also
thrown in her way. by the Ihoughtess expo
sure of money aud jewelry. hlrs. Campoell
supposed. Oi course, that she was honest, or
she would have been notified oil The TACT by
Mrs. May, vf whom size had enquiIed James
character and, therefore, never tIIuughl oil
beng on her guard IN this respect. Occa-
sionay she could not help thinking that there
| ought TO he more money ia her purse than
| there was. But she did not suffer tins
thought 10 rise into u sus;Iic on o. unfair
dealings against any one. The loss OF Il
costly breast pm, the gifi of u mother long
SINCE passed lnto the invisible world, next
worried her mind but. even this did no,
Cause her TO suspect that any thing was wrong
| with her nurse. ..-
|
money aud valued articles disturbing and
troubling the mind OF Mrs. Campbell, until il
became necessary to wean the babe This
duty was assigned TO Jane, who took lhe
infant TO sleep with her. On the first night,
it cried Tor several hours--in fact, did not
permit Jane to get more than few minutes
sleep at Irne all night. Her patience was
tried severely. Sometimes she would hold
The babe with angry violence TO her bo-
som, while 1t screamed with renewed ener-
| gy; and then, finding that II still continued
| 10 cry, toss ii from her upon The bed, and lei
| il lie, still screaming, until fear least its
mother should be tempted to come to her
distressed babe, would cause her again TO
lake it to her arms. A hard time had that
poor child of 1t on that first night of its most
| painful experience in the world. II was
scoJed, shaken and even whipped by the
unteeling nurse, until, At last, worn out ma.
ture yielded, and sleep threw its protecting
mantle over The wearied babe.
How did you get along with Henry ? was
the mothers eager question, as she entered
james room soon after day light.
% very well, na'am.' returned Jane.
heard him cry dreadiulIy in the night.
Several times l thought would come in and
take him. .. ...r
|
very hard; but he soon gave up, and has
long slept as soundlv as you now see him.
Dear little fellow! murInured the mother,
in a trembling voice. She stopped down
and kissed him tenderly-tears were in her
eyes.
On.the next night, Henry screamed again
for several hours. Jane, had she ieli an
affection for the child, aud, from that affec-
| hae, lad IN ~
might easily have lulIed il into quiet but
her I'll nature disturbed the child. Alter
worring with it long time, she threw it
from her with violence, exclaiming as she did
I'm fix you tomorrow night! There'll
he no more Of this. They needn't think I'm
going to worry out my life Tor their cross.
grained brat, I..,.
She stopped. For the babe had suddenly
ceased crying. Lifting il up, quickly, she
perceived, by the light of the lauiI, iIiat its
face was very white, and his lips blue. IN
alarm, ste picked il uT and spraIIg from The
bed. A little water thrown iut0 its lace soon
revived il. But the ch,ld did Doi cry again
and soon fell away INTO sleep. For long
time Jane sat partly up in bed, leaning over
on her arm, and looking into hule Henry S
face. He brearhed freely, and seemed to he
as well as ever. She did not wake until
morning. When she dill, she found the
mother bending over her, and gazing ear
nes'y down into the face Of her sleeping
babe. The incident thai had occurred in
the night glanced through her mind, and
caused lIer to rise up and look anxiously Al
the child. LIS sweet, placid face, at once
reassured her. , .....
lie slept better last night remarked Mrs.
Campbell. t-7
%, Yes. He did'nt cry any az all, hardly.
Heaven bless him muru.ured the moth
er. bending over and kissing him softly.
On The next morning, when she awoke
Mr.. Campbell felt ss,rong uneasi,'ess about
her child. Without waiting 10 dress her.
sell, she went softly over TO the room where
Jane slept. Il was only little alter day.
light. She found both child and nnrse
asleep. There was something in the aru,os-
y,i,ere of the room that oppressed her lungs,
aud something peculiar in its odor. Wrth>
ou, disturbing Jane, she stood Tor several
minutes looking into The face Of lienry.-
Something about il troubled her. II was not
calm rs usual, nor had his skin that white
transparency SO peculiar 10 babe.
Jane. she at length said, laying her hand
upon the muse. .'....-a'.... W.,
Jaoe reused up. -t..t.
How did Henry get along lar, night Jane !?
Very well, indeed, ma 'ain he did not
cry at ALL
Do YOU think he looks we'll? IVA,
Jane turned her eyes to the face Of the