Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-05-19
I don't want any now, but I may before

sAnd Nancy says the grandmother: di.
wing to the bottom of capacious pocket, and
produced q coin that looked like it had re.
posed there half a century; bring me some
knitten needles, and some ,darnin' cotton,
and some samples of small tigger purple cal
ico.' By this time the girls sharp black eyes
were flashing fire, but of course she did not
dare to give utterance to the rage she had
a right to feel, for it is an established fact,
probably mentioned in Natural History, that
the powers of endurance possessed by those
nurses are perfectly inexhaustible, but as it
another equally incontrovertable fact, that
babies always do as they please, this one be-
gan whine, which would have amounted
to roar, had not the carriage been suffered
to proceed; so the martyred girl at last es-
capped, with the young mothers last shrek
ringing in her ear,
Don't you stay Nancy; I'm in a. great
hurry for the things
and don't you forgit nothin',' in an ad-
ded scream from the old lady. ,
In exactly three hours from that time,
Nancy re.appeared, and The mother, who
had long been watching at the gate (thus
wasting more of the time she professed to
| value so) met her with fire in her eyes, and
rage on her tongue.
Where upon earth have you been all this
time? you oudacious piece; didn't 1 tellyou
that was in hurry? Here I've wasted the
whole morning. waiting. for you, I'll whip
you to death, if its the last act of my life
II declare to gracious Miss Mary, I
couldn't get back bit sooner to- save my
life, every body was stoppin' me so with the
baby. (The mothers face softeued) Two
ladies stopt me long time, and they said it
was, the beautifulest baby they ever seed in
their born days, and none of the gentlemen
wouldn't let me 60. BY
Il suppose you hadn't sense enough to tell
them whose baby it was P said the mother,
evidently trying to keep up her anger.
Yes um, I did, and they said they won
dered how you. come to have such a pretty
baby.
sHumph said the mother, the cross ex-
preston of countenance regaining the ascen-
dapcy, but you had DO business to stay so,
and III pay you off well for it, We'll now
Miss Mary, said the cunning girl, you just
take that baby in the carriage and, pull her
up street, and you see if you can get back
any quicker. Why even two students in de
college, right young men, nam, dat you
knows don't never. notice. babies,- deg stop
me, and most went into fits ober dat blessed
baby, an one OBJ em kiss her, and de odder
wanted to, but he was so tall, and his panta-
loon so tight dat it was onconvenient, so he
didn't, but you'd hardly bleeve all dey said
Miss Mary, eff was to tell it to you.
There was another lady present, who evil
dertly did not believe word of it, for she
had a baby at home, which she knew to be
vastly superior, but she had wit enough to
remain silent ,
well, I'reckon Mary, the gall couldn't
get back any sooner, said the, grandmother,
(stooping over the carriage, and teuderly lif-
ting out the baby, who was sleeping sound
ly,) for I've often heard my mother tell what
great miration people always made when
she sent me out, and everybody says that
this baby's the very spit of me-
The mother looked as tho' she doubted
some part of the old lady's speech. but with
out making any reply, she proceeded to fix
the cradle for the pets reception, who took
care not to occupy it, awaking just then,
looking very much like child who had en-
joyed a long sleep, and only wanted its hun
ger satisfied, to be quite comfortable. In
deed, Mrs. Smith, the visitor, when holding
forth on her return home, about the foolish
fondness of the two ladies for the ordinary
baby, declared her solemn belief that it had
been asleep the whole time, and that no
living soul had said word to it, and perhaps
she was right, but the young mother believ-
ed, and therefore Nancy escaped punishment
that time, but presently the hooks and eyes
were required, and Nancy was in fresh
difficulty.
Bring me the hooks and eyes, quick Nam
cy, I'm in such hurry, I've lost SO much
time already sit the baby down on the floor,
put pillow at her back, and bring me all
the things you got, must 60 right to work ,
Nancy looked wild, at last she stammered
out,
i clar to gracious, Miss Mary, I clean
forgot all bout dem hook and eye
well, if that don't beat all. l do Won
der if there is another woman on earth so
tormented as I amp and the lady really
looked the martyr that she fancied herself.
Bring me that gingham, then, you wretch,
and let me cut out the baby's bonnet
dare, now!' exclaimed Nancy, raising
her hands, and endeavoring to throw an ex-
preston of horror and contrition into her
countenance, sef I aint been and an forgot
dat gingham too, Lord a massy, what do
make me SO?
Forgot it, did youv exclaimed the irri-
tated lady, seizing an ear that the culprit had
.unwittiDgly trusted within her reach, 'I'll
learn you to forget. Where's that switch I
had here?'
Now, as Nancy always made it her par
ticular business to remove everything resem-
bling switch, whip, or stick, out of this
lady's reach, none was found, and she had
time to pour forth the protestations, and re-
sort to the maneuvres which ultimately