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Neddie's care (L'attention de Neddie ou la souffrance des jeunes enfants)
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| Titre | 23. ''Oh ! do take me to see my poor Dickey'' |
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| Distributeur d'origine | Riley Brothers |
| Fabricant | James Bamforth |
| Date | 1887 |
| Lieu de fabrication | Angleterre (Holmfirth, Yorkshire) |
| Description technique | life models, photographie rehaussée de couleurs, plaque carrée fixe |
| Dimensions | L. 83 mm l. 83 mm |
| Cote | PLM-00147-023 (Coll. Cinémathèque française) |
- Neddie's Care or the suffer the little children - livret
- Miss Bell and Miss Gray were watching by the side of the little white bed, when Neddie suddenly raised herself in bed and spoke thus :
" Miss Bell ! Oh ! please, won't you take me to see my poor boy ? He'll think me very bad, and will fret it I don't go. I won't to cry out, let it hurt me ever so !"
"No, dear; the doctor would not like you to be moved. But Dickey has been brought in to see you while you were asleep ; we did not like him to see you while you were suffering so much, it would do him harm."
Neddie lay a long time without speaking, but the ladies saw by her face that the ever-busy little brain was hard to work.
"What is it ?" asked Miss Bell," don't worry yourself Neddie dear, with thinking."
"It doesn't worry me Miss Bell, I must think; I'm not afraid now, and you will take care of Dickey, wont you ?"
"Yes darling, we will while he needs helps," replied the ladies.
"I'm not going to get well, am I Miss Bell ? Please I want to know for sure."
Miss Bell knelt down beside the child and put her arm around her. "Darling," she said, "the pain will soon be over ; it will be only like falling asleep to wake again in Paradise."
"You'll mind how you tell poor Dickey ?" was all Neddie said, and then she slumbered again. And so, after all, Neddie would have that wish of hers granted, which she had expressed such a short time before.
"Anyhow, I'd like to be there to meet my Dickey. I shouldn't like him to go alone first."
The following was one of those warm days that remind us that summer is close hand. The heat was almost oppressive, and poor little Neddie, whose sufferings during the morning were very severe, felt it very much, yet, through the keenest pains, she remained patient and gentle.
Towards evening, she suddenly became quiet, and told those around her that the pain was all gone. They knew what that meant. The doctor was sent for at once.
"Can there possibly be any risk now for her to see her brother ?" Miss Bell asked him
"It is the only wish she has left, and I cannot bear for her to die without having it gratified, and, as regards Dickey, I am confident it will do him more harm than good to be prevented from seeing her."
"Now, that he will not be upset by seeing her sufferings, I see no reason against it," the doctor replied.
Minn, Neddie's Care or the suffer the little children, in Lantern reading n°72, Riley Bros, Bradford, pp. 17-18
Neddie est une jeune orpheline (plaque 2). Elle a trouvé refuge avec son frère Dickey chez Mme Suckey Brown parmi d'autres malheureux (plaque 3). Suckey Brown les acceptera tant qu'ils payeront leur abri de fortune (plaque 4). Malheureusement le frère de Neddie est très malade (plaques 5 et 6) et la fillette est contrainte à la mendicité pour ne pas qu'ils dorment dehors en plein hiver (plaque 7). Elle rencontre alors une femme de la Mission qui vient en aide aux pauvres (plaque 8). Elle questionne la fillette qui raconte ses malheurs : comment son père est mort, le suicide de sa mère et maintenant, la maladie de son frère. La jeune femme lui demande de la conduire auprès du jeune garçon (plaque 9). Quand elle découvre Dickey inanimé (plaque 10), elle envoie Neddie chercher de l'aide auprès de sa Mission et c'est avec l'aide d'infirmières (plaque 11) que le jeune garçon est transporté à l'hôpital (plaque 12). Peu à peu Dickey recouvre des forces (plaques 13 à 18). La chaleur de ce foyer inespéré redonne confiance aux deux orphelins et ensemble ils chantent un cantique (dont les paroles sont retranscrites à la plaque 16), ce qui n'est pas sans émouvoir les infirmières (plaque 17).
Mais un jour, un drame survient : Neddie est victime d'un accident (plaque 19). Sa blessure est importante et la fillette a peur de mourir (plaque 20). Une infirmière la rassure en lui chantant le chant chrétien "I heard the voice of Jesus say" (retranscrit plaque 21). Lorsque Dickey apprend l'état de Neddie, il veut absolument la voir (plaque 22). Neddie elle ne souhaite qu'une chose avant de mourir : revoir son frère (plaque 23). Finalement, Dickey assiste aux derniers instants de sa soeur (plaque 24). L'hôpital érige une croix en leur souvenir, là où frère et soeur reposent enfin en paix.
