The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-02-11

he'! le's' trembling sufferers abandone,
to her fury. Her TRADE about crum
pied bed'spreads ana general want O
order in the room showed that be-
idea OF sick folks corrcsponded to tina
OF many hospital inspectors, and tina
she regarded them simply as the occa
sion for having so many beds set i,
mathematical order, and covered will
clean spreads in a particular and uni
form manner. She regarded it as tn
duty Of society to sec to it that tb,
covers were tucked under at the foot
no wrinkles anywhere, tho pillows laie
squarely, and no more pillows Oh on
bed than on another. The removal O
a pillow from a vacant bed to one wher.
twas required for the support of pa
tient was an ofense against law and or
der. Mrs. Void returned no furthe,
answer to her fault-fndings, until sht
discovered mug and spoon. Exam
ining them, she said:
"You have been using morning..
milk again, I suppose, for these things
including all the children in her quick
glance.
~ have given them fresh milk
boiled, according to the doctors or
DER"
II will see who will give orders here
and want to say again, and for the las
time, that the milk must all be set anc
skinned. must have the cream fo1
my own use. The skinned milk wit
do them just as we'll. All tha: thi.
class of persons require is material t.
torn muscle. l require brain food
The lrontons, I wish you to remember
belong to the worlds thinkers, and i,
IL Of more consequence to society tina,
my brain should he properly nourishei
than that hundred of these thing,
should he fattened like oxen"
Sho said this with such an air O.
conviction that there was no room t.
doubt that this was really her opinion
The woman who had feigned sleep did
not escape her share Of rough words, as
her concealed cracker was brought tt
light. It formed the second instanc.
of concealment. duplicity and falsehooi
which was to be laid away with a pre-
vious accumulation for future use
should occasion require. Wearied al
length, Mrs Void turned and said t.
her:
"Miss Ironton, beg that you viii
leave the room, and whatever you have
to say to me cay it elsewhere. These
scenes in sick room are too much, and
I must appeal to the Board if you dt
not cease"
"The Board {" sho replied will
scorn "and your excellent Mrs. Jelle
by will dispose of her nine small child
rem and one at the breast until 81,
comes over and gives an order for thai
paper Of farina which has been wanting
tor SOME time or perhaps that terrible
Mrs. Paxton, that ancient Dora, will
shake her curls at me; or the dea,
Miss Dugdale, that combination ol
slippery elm and soothing syrup, will
undertake to cure my naughtiness by q
desc Of herself! What do I care fol
your simplctons? The Ironton's are
accustomed to rule ~
The very impersonation of scorn and
defiance, she left the room. They heard
her 60 down stairs, open the school.
room door and say, "come on pa soft,
uncertain footstep 20 to her, the doc,
closed and locked, and she go out Of
the building. As she did so, Mrs.
Wold, with a new alar.u on her face,
| said:
"Can that be Jimmy ?" and going to
window looked out, then returning sat
on the side of Margaret's bcd-there
were no seats in the room-with a weary,
hopeless expression, and her hands ly.
ing in her lap. Margaret laid her
hand upon her knee aud looked he,
sympathy, aud after some moments Mrs
Void drew deep sigh: I'D.
"It is too hard! ought to protect
these children and sick people, but am
not equal to the task. I see she has
Jimmy with her and fear she may moi
permit him to have supper. He has
had nothing since breakfast! What
shall I dol"
"What has he done p
"Misssd recitation, I believe"
Mrs. Wold briefly answered Marga-
ret's questions by explaining that she
was in Home for Women aud Child
rem had been there four days; had
been brought in ill:of fever had shown
no sign. of Intelligence until that after
noon, and cnjoined her to be as quiet
as possible and not to feel troubled
about Miss Ironton, who had been in
the Institution from the year Of its es-
tablishment, or almost two years, that
in that time she had had several mat
rons discharged Or made glad to re-
sign.
"Now," she concluded, t'she Intends
to make me leave, and this is the rea-
son Of her unusual violence; for she is
not often so dcmonstrative, but she is
quite out of patience with me-. She
cannot understand that it is impossible
to make the class of children ve have