Rice was so much improved by nursing the infant, he thought he
would be able to help us.
Mrs. Rice entered the room, the infant in her arms, the Doctor and
myself following. The colonel, on seeing such a procession enter,
could not help smiling, and as the Doctor with all his eloquence
stated our case and of the necessity for Mrs. Rice's health to nurse
the baby, and the danger to the little baby's life in changing its
nurse, the Colonel, as a father, and a true-hearted gentleman, gave
not only consent for the baby to stay in barracks, but ordered other
quarters to be given to Rice and his wife,--a whole room to
themselves, where the baby could not annoy anybody.
But my story is growing too long, I will hasten to end it. The new
quarters into which Mrs. Bice moved were near the rooms occupied by
the armor sergeant and his wife who had been long in service, and
had saved quite a little fortune, but children they had none. Both
became soon so attached to their little neighbor that they offered
quite a sum of money to Madame Flora if she would give the child over
to them for adoption. I used all influence in my power to persuade
Madame Flora to give the child up, to which she at last consented. I
felt a heavy burden lifted off my heart and conscience when the
papers were lawfully made out which gave the dear little baby into
the hands of good Christian people.
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