Ktr.t iW vcafs ago I took V hahv boy to ralso An»l bring nun "p as t»eßt J could lii strictly proper ways. I hired a homely girl as nurse, Who said her greatest joy Would he to show her constant care And service to the boy. She said she’d had experience V' ith baby boys, and she Assured me that for several years | 55 he'd bossed a nursery. fao in the guileless manner of Old bachelor Confidence 1 left the baby boy to her And ended my suspense. i Rut not for long ; that evening when A household filled with dire dismay ; And truly there was cause. The baby boy was missing—lost; The nurse girl tore her hair. And like a loose detective she ' Went searching everywhere. The wretched creature said §he’d bathed Our darling little Jim ; But after that she didn't know No tfcttby boy ; O, Rachel's grief ! 1 I rushed around in dread, The meanwhile using language which At last I found the precious lamb, Down by the sink forlorn, How did it happen ? Well, that girl.
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Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 41, 22 May 1906, Page 2
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