. Pearls and pebbles, or, Notes of an old naturalist [microform]. Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. W' 152 PEARLS AXD infant. It was lyin;^ in a nide cradle, pale as death, wasted almost to a shadow, and exhausted from its last fit of convulsions. I had seen it in her arms only a week before a picture of infantile health and beauty, for in<leed it was a lovely babe. Thou<:^h so youn<,^ its pretty head was thick with curls ; now lax and damp they hunjif round the brow on which deat
. Pearls and pebbles, or, Notes of an old naturalist [microform]. Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. W' 152 PEARLS AXD infant. It was lyin;^ in a nide cradle, pale as death, wasted almost to a shadow, and exhausted from its last fit of convulsions. I had seen it in her arms only a week before a picture of infantile health and beauty, for in<leed it was a lovely babe. Thou<:^h so youn<,^ its pretty head was thick with curls ; now lax and damp they hunjif round the brow on which death had already set its seal. Pool' Jessie ! poor mother I "It cannot live," she .said mound'uUy, lookinf,'up in my face as if to ask for some word to jj^ive her a ray of hope. Alas! she saw I could give her none. The Lord of life alone could restore that fading Hower, for " Life's young wings were fluttering for their ; We put the baby into a warm bath to try and stay the attacks, but in vain ; every half hour fresh tits con- vulsed the tender frame, each one threatening to be the last effort of expiring life. It was saddening to .see the intense of the mother as she stopped from the work she was compelled to attend to (cooking for the mill hands) to bend over her dying babe, suppressing the grief that none but a mother can feel. I could help her only by holding the chiM in my lap or watching beside it. Jessie's husband was the overseer of the busy work- men employed at the buildings then being erected at the mills, and the wife had to cook for all the men. The master was young and had little sympathy for tlu poor young mother. What was a babe of the 's to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; FitzGibbon, Mar
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