In the dreadful earthquake which made such ravages in the island of St.
Domingo, in the year 1770, a colored nurse found herself alone in the
house of her master and mistress, with the youngest child, which she
nursed. The house shook to its foundation. Every one had taken flight;
she alone could not escape, without leaving her infant charge in danger.
She flew to the chamber, where it lay in the most profound sleep. At
the moment the walls of the house fell in, anxious only for the safety
of her foster child, she threw herself over it, and serving as a sort
of arch, saved it from destruction. The child was indeed saved; but the
unfortunate nurse died soon after, the victim of her fidelity.