New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-04-24
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my face, s'butsh is alwa Us slipping some
stuff from bottle In her pocket, and it
makes her so cross. Last night she was
angry because was in here playing with
baby, and she 81 Mt me to bed without
supper. She said that told tales to the
other servants, and that had no business
here; she told me you wouldn't have me
touch baby because was only his step
brother, and l was in his way, and you'd
be glad If I was dead-but that's story
ism it?''
he fastened upon me his great earnest
blue eyes. just like my husbands. was
crying tast-cryiBg away all my unnatu-
raj hardness-and Tor answer I stopped
down and kissed MIN.
II knew it was story" said Willie,
II dc. like you to nurse me, mamma; it
feels like grannie''
"Did Martha dress you this morning,
Master WiIlie?" asked nurse. returning
with some bread AMI milk and a. little
minced chicken.
mo, she sat up in the chair all night.
She was asleep this morning when went
to see If breakfast was ready. I had
dressed myself, and woke her up and
told her so. began to cry and said she
was tipsy when she stared so oddly
at me, and theu she hit me because I
tried to get away to tell papa"
master told me was never to inter
fere with Martha, but just attend to baby
said nurse Indignantly, "else I'd have
found out directly why he was scream
ing. Never mind. Master Willie it's all
right now"
''Nurse," suggested !, ST think we
could have Master Willie's little bed in
here. I wish you could undertake both
the children, or, at least, try it for time
| can rely on you, and of course your
wages would be altered. He would not
be much in your way
~ am quite agreeable, ma'am,' said
nurse. Baby has taken wonderfully to
Master Willie, and he always does what
tell him; but can't have that naughty
cough in my nursery, sir, tell you"
don't cough for fun, NURSE declar-
ed Willie. ''I1l try to keep quiet will
indeed"
HE has nasty hacking cough at
nights" said nurse to me, when Willie
with the tears all dried, was playing bo-
peep with baby in the 6er6eauuette. It
goes right through you, ma'am. I doubt
if he's long for this world after ALL"
"Wnat a foolish idea!' said I hastily,
looking at the white face and slender
frame, and wondering, with sudden
flash of horror, if my lack of love was
thus to be punished by Heaven. The
womanly yearnings, crushed hitherto by
jealousy, broke down every barrier then.
was myself at last, and my heart open
ed wide to take in my husbands child.
| longed to see and speak to Kendall
again, and looked forward anxiously to
his return. I was sadly disappointed
wien MIR. Tudor came in to tell me that
my husband who shared his chambers,
had been summoned to Exeter on legal
business and might be detained some
days.
He had sent list of certain requisites,
and these packed at once and dispatched
to the station to follow him I could not
bring myself to write one line OF all that
Ifelt.
Mr.. Tudor soon relieved my dis
quietude as to dealing with Martha. At
ter brlet interview between them, in
which he acted for Kendall. she quietly
accepted month"; money in lieu of notice,
and bestowed herself and her belongings
in a cab, with few threats and imperti-
nences concerning myself and her late
situation which highly amused the cab
man.
"She's gone!'' shouted Willie, clapping
his thin hands for joy. "Won't I have a
good time now, mammal"
After this Willie's health did not seem
to improve, and, broken hearted, I real
ICED one morning, as the rising sun was
parting the gray clouds in the east, that
all my care for my patient was in vain A
slight attack of pleurisy. anxiously
watched by myself and West-end
physician had summoned, had taken
fatal turn on the previous evening, and we
had telegraphed directly to his father,
who had proceeded to Ireland from Exc
ter.
Closer my boy chung to me with all his
feeble strength Baby was crying in the
nursery, missing my presence there; but
even his voice could not draw me from
that bed side. I would have died myself
to save my other child cut off in the very
blossom of his days-a victim perhaps to
the neglect which had left his warming
cough unattended to. Unspeakably dear
had Kendal's son become to me of late:
his innocent lips had prattled to me of
better things than my careless thoughts
had hitherto needed.
One evening footsteps came hurrying
upstairs, and was quickly pushed aside
by my husbands hand knew what his
first born was to him as / noticed his
evident distress. His emotion panied the
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