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50 THE NEEDLEWOMAN AS NURSE.
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beforeMrs . T had sold lier last change of dress , to purchase into the necessary the , hospital linen For her this sick she friend raised was three obli shillings ged to take and with sixpence her ,
all of which was . bestowed as I have named ; thus unpretentiously carry should ing do out unto the you command . " When , " our Do conversation unto others relative as to ye leave would to the the they sick
woman was concludedMrs . T modestly rose room , her without , by say a word ing , in " But reference what , can to her I do own for you wants , for . certainl I , however y you , stopped do not worth while to work
earn ma hard ' am ; enoug besides ! " she h returned , at you your look , needle p as le if ading you to l c y ould make , " if take you it some would b onl etter y hel post p me ?'' to " two Oh get so ,
families into service , I feel , or sure even I recommend could ht earn is me more impaired as charwoman than by I now to accident do one . The or I met fact
Is with , " she some added months , " my since eyesi that g it is so blinding me to work an so close as I do . " She then told me , she had been knocked down by a cab-horse , at the timeWhat lace
and run overher head being much injured . " p can "Oh you ! I would undertake , do almost , " I said any , " thing supposing , " she rej I should oined in ; recommend sickness " but I should you like ? "
best to be a nursefor I have great experience . You can have strugg little le the idea last few what , years poverty have mouth I been am for literall . I have y reduced frequentl to and y , had and in nothing what winter a
but sat without a crust of fire bread week in by my week . Believe days me , together dear ma , ' am , if you will onlget to service I will never disgrace your recommendation . "
indeed " But y , " ma I me aske ' am d " , " she have said you " nor ever ever been thoug in ht service I should before be reduced ? " "No to *
tears wish it and , ; and sobbed then , out , covering , " I always , " her face had a with house her her be and hands calm servants , I she told of burst her my own into she till trouble usBidding ,
mi mig ght ht safel be came found y herself confide upon to she p her lace then . history her in to me a me the more , and narrative comfortable doubtless of the some position downfal help . Recovering , gave
of Mrs her . fortunes T— . had been brought up in girlHood in easy circumr about four of
stances when , residing she married with a her medical parents man till in a country twenty town - . years During
his income town age , lifetime , keep made ing they by two her inhabited servants husband , a others in and pretty his living similarl profession villa happ on situated il the . y I upon outskirts gathered the the making of small from the
the her , two however ends , that mee , # like was many a rather difficult matter y ; certainly , there lus to lay bagainst a rainy daynor had her husband
was no surpy , Jiusband taken the sooner precaution than to either insure antici his life pated . Death , and came after to a Mrs few . T years of ' s with what
ever married . Whether life she or was no left she a returned young wido to her w , parents no ' provision house , she did -
50 The Needlewoman As Nurse.
50 THE NEEDLEWOMAN AS NURSE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1862, page 50, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091862/page/50/
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