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412 AN HOUR IN THE HOSPITAL.
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"The Sick Are In A Better Case Than The ...
with . Ann , it was such a different little world to the world of every day . Oh . ! would it not "be better for some of our sistersand for the
, poor , if such a world were visited oftener by them ? And I could not help recalling the words of my country friends" "What can you see
, in the town ? " Bonar answers well such questions , and his melo-- dies suit well with this quiet thoughtful place :
_' Thou Hadst art thou no child known of the it as city I h ! ave done
Thou As i would f joy ' were st not with have thee srniled alone with . , pity , " With thee , the unfettered ranger
As Of if the toil , forest and g and loom moorland , and danger free , ; Could alone in a city be .
' _* The Al wonders l the wonders of life of and hope gladness and fear , , The All wonders the -wonders of death of , time and are sadness there , . "
But Ann had some secret to whisper me . "With very round eyes find a timid clasp on my arm— " One of the young * gentlemen as
dressed her foot had said something * about cutting it off I Did I think have they'd the do pleasure anything of of knowing the sort 1 a few ? of It the kep race t in termed her head " medical . " Now stu I -
dents , " and I am fully aware they are as mischievous as puppies , though very rarely would they harmin realitya suffering
fellow-, , being , even if their half-formed wise-teetli had the power ; so I thought it best to tell Ann it was very likely only a little joke to
teaze her , and she was not to mind it . The doctor would have told her if he meditated such a dreadful thing .
_" They said as I wasn't to mention it to the doctor" added poor Ann , very much relieved , and gradually relapsing into a smile ,
" and very likely you ' re right , teacher , " ( with evident appreciation of my sagacity , ) "for they ' re allays up to their games ; sometimes
he'll bring as many as eleven or twelve of ' em up , to teach ' em you knowmissbut they ' re in general very kindthat one as dresses
, , , my foot is . I ' m very glad it is only jokes , though . " No wonder , poor soul !
She tucked her books under her coverlid , looking very grateful and pleased , and told us how she thought of us on Sunday afternoons
as she caught a glimpse of the church through the windows . " Please to come again , " she kept _rejDeating ; _" and you too , "
fearing 64 do my , do sister come would again , be teacher hurt . ; and " And how oh are ! " kissing they all me in my earnestl class y ,
And thank you . Good bye . " I gave a little book : to the other poor girl , still in tears . ' * What
is it you suffer from ? " "An abscess , but it is better , I ' m going on very well" evidently sorry to seem the only complaining one , and
pleased to , be spoken to . With her one poor hand she was threading beads , which seemed determined to escape the needle , as she
_helplessly poked after them .
412 An Hour In The Hospital.
412 AN HOUR IN THE HOSPITAL .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1860, page 412, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081860/page/52/
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