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WAREHOUSE SEAMSTRESSES. 167
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order—tliat is all . She will soon " come to ; " 'tis only nature , exhausted and outragedsuspending her functions for a little while ,
, at least till God ' s purer air shall be admitted . After some time , Annie " comes to , " and looks bewildered around
as " order No . 2 " breaks upon her remembrance . Another , a poor creature with rings on her fingersand suspiciously valuable muslin ,
has compassionately taken her work , in hand , and just as the _HLoeker comes leaping upAnnie is piling the hats , catching up the books ,
, and It is is fl now ying near to the one inquisitorial , somebody else " trap has . " fainted , or , as it is termed ,
" knocked herself on the head , " only luckily for her she was caught in falling—but this is a deadlier swoon . In a case under the
writer ' s immediate observation , one of these females fainted about seven obliged knew in to the precisel be evening left with where , and a she woman not lived having on . It the was _" premises come thereupon to " all by ni enacted eleven ght , for , , that was no
every one hand , should y stitch her address inside her bag , " that in case of death or fits " the same inconvenience might not recur . reach
Nowhoweverthere is a general commotion , " the ladies " where their parcels is , a medley and , bear of wirer off their s , fancy and precious hands contents , chenille luck into if hands the the , kettle etc kitchen ., etc is . ,
conten not The empty fire t yourself is thickl ere your y with barricaded tea water -pot , from is rep you the lenished boiler are , otherwise : y ifhowever you , must you
, prefer of fish the bacon _^ boilin and g water faggots you , regale must push you as rig you ht and sit left at . _^ table And , in fumes spite
, , of which Not every choice body seem is workroom s to enjoy conversation herself amazing , not ly very . . select its very
propert occupants _}? _-, thoug depend h especiall upon it , y not so very in regard honest to in each regard others to . their masters " Do you know your way about , miss ? " is asked of a new hand ,
a young " I don and 't know timid what girl , you mean , " she replies . out of two ieces ?
" How many hats shall you get your p " " Six . " . ! the ieces all different thsSome
haven " You 't more mustn than 't , fifty child , some sevent p y , " ( run true ) " you must leng make . five . Then what must I do with the plait ?"
" " You little goose ! " exclaim two or three in a breath . " What do you think you'll do in the slacks ?"
" I don't know . " " " Well I shall , make make _Hve six , , " th repeated at ' s all . " the girl . This is not an imaginary
scene . " Well thenthem that can't ' 11 get the sack , that's all . "
, " The plait is not mine , I durstn't . " 44 Are I'm not you a a thief metherdis " she , answers miss ?" , with mild determination ,
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Warehouse Seamstresses. 167
WAREHOUSE SEAMSTRESSES . 167
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 167, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/23/
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