(Chapter Twenty-Eight)
A New Baby
Elizabeth was in a lot of pain the next few days. One day it was so terrible. Jack knew of nothing better to do than to go for the doctor. Julie stayed with her sister until Jack returned with Nurse Carter.
"Where's the doctor?" Julie questioned.
"Carson was called to Union City for an important operation. Doctor Burns was in Buckston on an emergency. So Carson was their last hope. He had hoped that the baby would wait until he returned. I guess the little rascal has a mind of his own, eh?"
"Have you ever done this sort of thing before, Faith?" Jack questioned her.
"Relax, Jack. I've done this more times than I can count. Now, Jack, I'm going to have to ask you to wait downstairs. Actually, would you boil some water for me first? Julie – I need clean towels and fresh sheets. And help Jack with that water, will you?"
Julie nodded and both went to do as bidden.
"Thank you," Faith said as the two left the room.
"Now, Mrs. Thornton. Everything's going to be alright. You're going to be fine," she repeated over and over, soothing the tossing woman's pain. "Now give me your hands."
The next thing Elizabeth could remember was a loud cry. The baby!
Jack, who was downstairs waiting impatiently, jumped for joy and shouted.
Julie was delighted that she had a brand new niece.
Baby Gloria was the cutest little thing you would ever lay your eyes on.
Jack and Elizabeth were so proud to be the parents of baby Gloria. She was so cute. Her eyes were the deepest blue; her hair very fine, but a aburn brown dispite her lack of it; the cutest little baby laugh completmented by a dimple caressing her left cheek. She was the perfect mixture of her parents. She had Elizabeth's eyes and nose, Jack's dimple, and even though baby Gloria has no teeth yet, she somehow had her father's smile. Her hair was the perfect mixture of Jack's and Elizabeth's. A deep hazel brown mixed into locks of auburn. Well not as yet did she have locks of hair, but one day she would.
Baby Gloria was a light to everyone who saw her. She grew in the love of her parents. Everyone knew she would grow up to be as pretty as her mama. One day, she would be the prettiest lady around.