Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-12
Nora and her Baby.

~ Editor I've had great deal of
bled hle lately, and ! want to tell you bout
" Fit began in my kindergarten. One
morning Susie Lee came TO school, looking
iist as II she despised MS every one, and
wouldn't stay one minute longer if she
could help it. We all wondered what had
happened to make her act so. but we soon
found out, for She let US know that she had
got new baby at her house, and she said
kindergartens were meaut for babies, and
so She shouldn't come much longer, but let
her little sister have her seat aud then how
She tossed her head Wen. didn't care
anything bout Susie Lee, she's SO stuck up.
nose and ALL but | did feel bad bout that
baby. You see, for more than year I've
been asking God every night to send baby
30 our house. OF course | wanted it a girl,
but a boy would be better than no baby
and dent believe Susie Lee ever prayed
one word for either kind, but God had sent
her baby sister, and she lives next door TO
US, too; so somehow thought she had been
treated better than had. | thought TO my
self would never say anything more bout
any kind of baby but going home Susie
did put on such airs, | changed my mind,
and Just as soon as ! saw mamma | asked
her where we could get a baby. one that
would kick and holler. She only laughed,
aud 50 did all the rest, but kept at her till
she said perhaps we could find one at The
Little Wanderers Home aud promised she
would take me there some day to see about
it II would promise to take care of the
baby nights. OF course said would, for
| thought it would he such fun to have it
sleep with me, and | s'posed babies slept
nights, Just like other folks, but know bet
ter now. guess you'd have laughed TO have
seen how got ready for that baby | teased
mamma TO let me have the key to "the baby
drawer" and got out all the little slips and
things / used to wear. They were dreadful
yellow, hut hired Bridget to wash and iron
them for me. | had to give my best neck
tie for doing it, but she lets me keep it for
her and wear it When want to. | call that
bargain, don't YOU Then got up a sub.
scripton paper to buy bottle for it to nurse.
All NV friends put down one penny, and
some OF them FIVE to get rid of me. | got
lots of money, enough to buy a splendid
bottle. and had enough left TO get pound OF
taffy. and it made me sick, so that | wished
| hadn't so many friends, or that the bottle
COS, more. told our milkman that pretty
soon we should want gallon Of milk every
day, for we we were going to have baby
lust as soon as mamma could get time to see
about it. lie laughed, and said if it needed
all that milk he guessed it would be calf
The very day we were going for baby one
of my aunties was sick, and sent for mamma
10 20 and stay with her | did feel dread
| tully disappointed bout the baby, but the
very night before we expected mamma back
our bell rang, and when Bridget opened the
door there wasn't anybody there; only big
market-basket stood on the step. She
brought it into the hall, and we found a card
on the handle which had my name on it, so
then knew it was something for nc. What
do YOU think was IN the basket? Why a
baby, a truly one, and a girl, too. You
can't think how glad was. Well, We took
/ her out, and she was Just as pretty and cum
ming as she could be, and not one bit afraid
of any one. held her in my arms while
! Bob and VIII knelt down to kiss her and
/ when thought how the baby was really ours,
| to keep always--for didn't God send her
right to our door ?-and | knew mamma
would be glad, too, when she came home,
| aud thrn-well, | cried little, | was so hap
py aud the boys said it was silly, and just
| like a girl to make fuss, but don't care.
/ Bob blew his nose awful hard aud VIII
whisted and looked at the clock, and know
what made their noses get so red all OF a sud
] utl, Ut lNtN Noullll own lt--HtV tiftdf roo
Bat what a time we did have feeding the
baby don't think she ever saw a bottle
before. for the very sight Of it seemed to
make her mad. VIII said it was cause she
was a teetotaer. ANYWAY, every time We
brought it near her, she would double up heI
fists aud give ita poke. Well, when we found
the bottle was no good Bridget fixed up nice
cup Of warm milk and crackers and | tool
the teaspoon to feed her. but she didn't like
it any better than she did the bottle, and hei
dear little fist struck the cup out of my hanC
and spilled the milk all over my new dress
and some of it went into her eyes then how
she did kick and holler I'd wanted a baby
that would do both, and I'd got one SUR
enough this time. VIII aud Rob stuck the
fingers into their ears, and ran out into thu
hall, but poor Bridget and | had to stay, an,
We said, Poor baby, hush now, do" but sh
didn't one bit, but kept on harder than ever
After while, when she couldn't cry an,
more, cause it was all gone out Of her, lik
the squeak in one of my dolls, she went u
sleep, and | put her in my bed, and toll
Bridget she might go to bed, for | could TAX
care of her the rest of the night but Bird
get wouldn't; she Just lay down on tn
lounge. couldn't get sleep for long time
one thing, the gas was burning; and another
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