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[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: KESSINGER PUB CO], Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: WHAT COMES OF TRUSTING AN INFANT OUT OF SIGHT. 25 " But why humour him so ? " " It is not that I humour him, because he never cries for anything but that which you call girl's temper is nervousness. Arthur, if Dot is used roughly, or even corrected harshly, his brain will soften." My husband stared at me as if I was a stranger. " You seem very suddenly enlightened about the ways of children, Mary." " Only about his nervous ways, Arthur. These I understand, for the simple reason that I can recollect my suffering from the same cause, and I know no physical pain to equal it." " Oh! it is all nonsense talking about an infant having nerves." " You have yourself often wondered at Dot's being so affected by a thunder-storm. There is no fear in his trembling, because he does not know it would harm him but if he suffers as I did, I can compare it to nothing that I ever felt from other causes. The expression, ' the nerves being laid bare, ' perhaps will best convey my meaning." " Well, I can understand women's nonsense about their nerves, but not about the nerves of such a Dot as that. However, Polly, I won't shout and frighten him again." And so the affair ended. My little treasure became tolerably strong after the attack of croup, and could fairly run about. His lisping accents amused us both, and occasionally he would set up a joyous laugh. He became very docile, and gave me but little trouble, while he was his father's pet and plaything. I began almost to be jealous of my child. CHAPTER III. THE ADVENTURES OF AN INFANT IN A CHILD'S CARRIAGE?THE WHOOPING COUGH?ITS MEDICAL TREATMENT AND DIET. Arthur purchased a child's carriage in the days when perambulators were not, and, under the guidance of the maid-servant, our boy was often sent out for the ...Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, [SC: 0.00]<

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