and it was expected that these springs, by being made a resort
for invalids and fashionable people, would bring to the family
all the income they could desire.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee were not very pleasant people. They were selfish
and penurious, and hard-hearted and severe towards their servants.
They no doubt were happy to have their sister take up her abode with them;
but there is reason to believe she was chiefly welcome on account
of the valuable little piece of property she brought with her.
Tidy was just exactly what Mrs. Lee wanted to fill a place in her family,
which she had never before been able to supply to her satisfaction.
She needed her as an under-nurse, and waiter-and-tender in general
upon her four children. Amelia, the eldest, was just Tidy's age,
and Susan was two years younger. Then came Lemuel, a boy of three,
and George, the baby.

Mammy Grace was the family nurse, but as she was growing old
and somewhat infirm, she required a pair of young, sprightly feet
to run after little Lemmy to keep him out of mischief, and to carry
the teething, worrying baby about. Tidy was just the child for her.

The morning after her arrival, Mrs. Lee instructed her in
her duties thus:--

"You are to do what Mammy Grace and the children tell you to.
See that Lemmy doesn't stuff things into his ears and nose;
mind you don't let the baby fall, and behave yourself."

She wasn't told what would be the consequence if she did not
"behave herself," but Tidy felt that she had something to fear from