The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-09-01

; had also some lung trouble, cough.
ing every few moments, and yet
the nurse had neither sacque for
? the baby nor shawl for herself,
when in that bold sea breeze even
heavy wraps were acceptable to
we'll people,. Poor, little child! l
never expected to see it again, for
it could not possibly live but few
days, so my children bade it a
fearful farewell.
The sequel is more pleasant. A
few days ago, while attending to
some business in Grand street,
chance took me into a strange
store. where I was waited upon
! by a very Interesting saleswoman,
evidently the proprietor's wife.
Motherly women will talk about
children you know, and the lady
said that she had three darlings,
two little girls and a sick baby
boy, who had been i'll for months,
given up by the doctors and had
been lying at the point of death
until this week.
A WONDERFUL DOCTOR.
Better now, Is hep oh, yes;
very much better, and: ifyou have
time, l woolu like to tell you
aboutit.' My thoughts went back
to- the sick child on the Staten
Island ferry boat but surely that
child could not be alive still it
was almost dead when we saw it !;
still l questioned.
Did your nurse take the baby
over to Staten Island some three
or four weeks ago? Yes, every
afternoon, until the child became
too weak for the trip. Why do
you ask? I explained. The nurse
was called and remembered the
lady who 'had such a pretty
baby;boy and two dear little girls,
and suggested condensed milk for
the sick baby and then the moth
er's heart opened and the story
was told of 'how baby had failed
after that day, could. take no nour-
ishment for over two weeks and
only lived on drops of brandy.
forced through closed teeth, and
hardly breathing, it seemed like a
dead child, only it's eyes opened
and closed intelligently. All the
doctors could do was to ease it's
suferings; the child, they said,
must die. Then heard of a wo-
man doctor who had done marvel
Gus things for the children of the
very poor, and hardly hoping L
took the child to her. l do not
know what she did to the baby,
but she bent over him some time
and prayed earnestly that his lit
tie lips might be unclosed. She
gave me no medicine, but full d.
rection as to how we vera to care
for baby, advised condensed milk
prepared as you said. | did as she
told me, and in two hours my child
had opened his mouth and taken,
without being forced, spoonful
of the milk ; since then he has cat
en- regularly-but you can see him
YOURSELF Poor little mite! AS
he sat upright in his nurses arms
I wondered if he had not seen the
other world, he was so ETHEREAL,
and he seemed strong and bright,
and like an old acquaintance be
held out a thin tiny hand and
smiled recognition. He seems to
know you,' said the pleased moth
er. Womanly curiosity prompted
your correspondent to visit the
wonderful praying doctor who had
brought to life nearly dead baby,
a..d, fully armed with an actual
bodily ailment, l rang the door
bell of al unpretentious house on
L street. The open front door
disclosed a very large hall covered
with clean oil cloth, and in re-
sponse to the summons a comfort
able German girl, clad in sweeping
apron and cap, came to the door.
Can | see DR.. Mende?' Yes;
am the doctos Come in
The room was very neat and
cool, with fresh carpet and COM
Portable seats, plain piano and
marble tables. A handsome paint.
ing of Beatrice Cenci, together
with some really good engravings,
adorned the walls, hanging bask-
cts of cultivated flowers and vases
of wild blossoms were about the
room; the " hatnot held number
less little fancies for child n,
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