Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-07

| within. She hiss taught US Of. the south
a Lesson oy her quick determination and
| industry. She has paid that irightfui
| Pussian debt; she has restored nearly
| all her desecTated monuments, and is
fact making the Tuilleries lovelier than
evsT France, which is French neither
royal imperial nor republican, but al
WaYs French; and therefore, being true
10 herself always invulneTable.
ANNIE CHAMBERS-RETCH UNI.
Young Mothers Experience.
Florence Marryat, in her novel now
running through the English pIess,
| Ny OI0H Child, gives the experiences OF
a sixteen-yesr old widow, whose hus-
| baDd hsd Just died and whose infant was
| about to be born. She says:
| AS is Gust lmary with most mothers, /
| Oftener feared that should die in my
coming trial than live to see my child
grow up and flourish. Any happiness
| | might experience in the prospect OF II
only came by fits aud starts. brooded
over il day after Gay till my depression
was almost babitu8l, and haunting me
even In sleep would Cause me TO start up
three or four times a night, shTieking for
hello and trembling from head u foot
with a horror which / could only feel
and not interpret Had | hal any one
on whom to lean in this extremity, |
should have borne myself perhaps with
greater dignity and trust; but more than
ever did l Low feel myself to be slime.
! Had Hugh's dear voice ben able 10
| whisper assurance to me, however
| iVuorantIy, should have believed and
| rested on his word. Had possessed a
mother to take me in her arms, and tell
me that the joy Of the possession of my
self had outweighed all her pain,
might have taken heart from her eX'
ample aRd learned to put my confidence
| In heIven; but had no one tospesk to
on the subject but such as were even
less wise than myself Aunt Tessie con-
sidered it excessively improper that any
one should allude to such thing as q
| baby until IL had been DIRE ssed in chris
tisn attire and laid in bassinette; and
! Jane, with the horror OF the uneducate
OF physical pain, and the wonderful
capacity they have for dilAting on the
terrors of situation, so augmented my
vague fears whenever L mentioned the
matter to her, that my own sense, small
as it was, pointed out the adViss6iilty OF
| keeping my thoughts to myself So
| uIdRRcu Out Vic CAOAASs
| spring drew nearer and nearer; and II
ever praved, it was-nCt for protection
and safety and happy future with my
child-but that might die before it ever
saw the light, l was so frightened!
III was the dawn of one OF the earliest
DAYS of March when Icy in my bed SC
| weak and exhausted that l felt as if
were sinkiDg tbr ugh the maltres 'es and
the floor, right away into infinity.
| Everything about me seemed as though
I were in 8 dream. The voices Of the
persons who moved about my room
SCENE far off, as if heard through fog
and yet 1 could distinguish each word
they said, and watch, in kind OF ID
distinct and hay manner, the gray
dawn that struggled through the white
window blinds and fought With the sick
Iy light of the candle which Dr.. Carlisle
seemed 10 be carrying all over the room
| in the most aimless way. L couln IRA &c
the unusual disorder of the apartment {,
and l could see that the faces which had
been go anxiously peeriDg into mine fol
| the last twelve hours had settled down
/ into something like their normal ex'
preston again. / knew, too, that my
trisI Was over, and that l had passed
through the gates of hell into the calm
| of heaven: Eut / was too languid TO
think of anything else. l felt as if my
weakened senses were gradually fading
away into unconsciousness, and all l de-
sired was to be allowed 30 TO fade away,
and never be- troubled with pain or plea
sure or any emotion moe. Even a
| loud and energetic squsll from the othe;
! end of the room did not arouse me.
ga fiue child,n said tue doctor.
every fine, sir" responded the nurse
who had been toTturipg me for twenty
four hours past with wise saws, ques.
| tioosbIe joke, and worrying attentions,
until hal begun to regard her as an
emisssry Of the fiend himself II don't
know as 1 ever see finer. She's re-
gulsr beauty, she is, aud such lungs,
! toow
These words accompanied by another
prolonged squat, made me feel a little
| curious. Some of the few unpleasant
! authorizations / had ventured to indulge
| in fiickered back on my memory.
"Doctorr' said family.
"Hush, my dear! You mustn't
talk" was the immediate answer, as
DE-. Carlisle came up to my bedside and
felt my pulse. $3.50. We are get
ting on. But you must lis still, like a
good girl, and go right to sleep"
"Bat, my baby
"Oh, the baby's ali right! a rice
healthy little giIl! Now, you know,
everything's well over, and so you must
just shut your eyes, and think OF moth.
ing but having good rest"
But the squalliIg was still going OF
II he ieve they bad put the baby GA the
top chest-of-drawers to keep it out Of the
way, and something quite new, aud
that / had never experienced before, be-
gan to spIirg up in me at tne sound,
and make my heart palpitste with eager
joy.
see my bahy"
"Afterward, my dear, sfEelward; you
are not strong enough yet. Trust me,
everything is right, and you shall have
it as soon as you have rested a little"
81 cannot rtst til have seen il. Oh,
doctor! Nurse! do give me my tabyw
My agitation was rising. The nurse
glanced at the doctor, and the doctor
nodded at the nurse, and in another
moment q bundle of flannel was laid on
my left arm, and bled with eager
ness SIS l pulled it open. A fat, puipy,
read face met my view, with nose that
seemed to be spread half over il, two
weak, swollen eyes feebly blinking at
the light, and mouth that wss slit
from ear to ear-in fact, the orthodox
newborn baby.
But don't think / san what she wss
like. ! was experiencing that marvel
GUS thrill that comes over d woman
when the child of The man she loves is
first placed in her arms. and in the IN
conscious little creature beside me saw
only Hugh's representative; Hugh III
his strength and bsauty-Hugh In his
imprudence and boldress-HUgh il his
love Tor and protection of me-Hugh on
his death-bed! Oh! had never mi s9d
Hugh before as | missed him when l
first held his baby in my arms! Where
was he To rejoice over this wonderful
thing with ?--to be thankful for my
safety-tO assure me he would love it for
my sake and his own? Where was the
father eff my child? l only felt half a
mother without him. The first word
| uttered as l locked at my little
daughters features was his name.
The first welcome / gave her were the
tears that welled up weakly into my eyes
at tie remem brance that he could never
see her.
40 Il
squeezed the bundle to my bosom and
turned my face around upon the pillow.
"Come! come! this will never dOW
said the doctor, as he hurriedly mixed
some horrid decoction in a glass.
"Here, my dear, drink this; and nurse,
take the child into another room until
Mrs. Power has had q sleep"
mo, uovi / said, imploringly. 81
will drink whatever you like, doctor;
but pray don't take my baby nom me"
"Will you promise not to talk sny
more, then, or even to think?'
81 will promise anything if you will
leave my baby beTe.1
so, fearing the effect OF opposition,
suppose, they did as L desired them and,
with my lips pressed upon the face of
my infant, who, with the instinct OF
young animals, seemed to understand
Was her mother, and to lie quite con-
tented to lie where she wSs, sunk off
intO a sleep as placid as her own.
FARM AND CITY.
An oil farm house, with meadows wide,
And sweet with clover on each side;
A bright-eyed boy, who looks from out
And wishes his one thought all day;
AOh!ifI could but fly away
From this dull spot the world 70 zee,
How hanDV. lApDy. laDpy.