The Pansy Magazine, March 1886 (Illustrated)

THE little Hamlins were all down with the scarlet fever; and when we say the Little Hamlins, we mean Lucy, Cathie, Harry, Bertie, and the baby; five of them! It was a hard time in the Hamlin nursery, both for the children and the older people. Though Mrs. Hamlin had a nurse from the training school, besides the children's regular attendant, she was quite worn out with the care and anxiety.
"The very last Sabbath I was in church," said she to Doctor Wheeler, "Mr. Lewis said in his sermon, tha...