Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-28

misfortune - deemed crime, or the I'm.
fortunate driven to it, by the way they
are treated, instead of being reformed
or strengthened in their resolution t,
reform, by hard words rather than pri.
son bars. "Sir," said Mr.. Pease
"what brings you here at this time d
night, for ! know there is an object; ca,
| aid you ?"
/. perhaps. ! don't know foolish
wilma little child-one with a drum.
ken mother"
"Come with me, then. There ar,
many such. | am just going to visi
one, who will die before morning,
sweet little girl, born in b.tter DAYS
and, dying now-but you shall see, ant
then we will talk about the one yc,
would seek to save"
We were soon threading narrow al
ley, where pestilence waiketh in dark.
ness, and crime, wretched poverty ane
filthy misery, 60 hand in hand to de-
struction.
"Beheld," said our friend, sfhe frui,
Of our City excise. Here is the prof,
of money spent for license to kill thu
body and damn the SOUL" Proven b,
the awful curses and loud blows q
a drunken husband and wife, once ar
ornament of society, and exemplar,
member of christian church, that came
up out of one Of the low cellars, which
human beings call by the holy name o.
home"
The fetid odor of this filthy lane haG
been made more fetid by the late and al
most scalding hot rains, until it seemed
to us that such an air was only fit for q
charnel house. With the thermometer
at Sc, midnight, how could men live In
such place, below the surface of the
earth. Has rum rendered them PROOF
against the effect of carbonic acid gas {
We CROPPED our way along to the foo,
OF an outside stair case, where our con.
ductor paused for moment, calling our
attention to the spot. Here, said Mr..
Pease, the little sufferer we are going te
see tainted few nights ago, and lay all
night exposed to the rain, where she
was found and beaten, in the morning
by her miserable mother, because she
had not sold all her corn.
Great and unknown cause, hast thou
brought US to her door ? Our frisne
stared, but did not comprehend the ex-
preston. Be careful, said he, the stair,
are very old and slippery.
Beat her, said we, without regarding
what he was saying.
Yes, beat her while she was in f.
yer of delirium, from which she has ne
yer spoken nationally, since she was ia
ken. Her constant prayer seems to b,
to see some particular person before sh,
dies.
ooh, if could see him once more
Observation-Disclosures is him-no, no, h
did not speak that way to me-he di
not curse and beat me-"
Such is her conversation, and that in
duced her mother to send for me, but
was not the man. "Will he come p
she says, every time I visit her for
thinking to sooth and comfort her,
promised to bring him.
We had reached the top of the stair
and stood moment at the open door
where sin and misery dwell, wher,
sickness had come, and where dealt
would seon enter.
"Will he come ?"
A faint voice came up from low be-
in one corner seen by the very din
light of a miserable lamp.
That voice. We could not be mista
ken. We could not enter. Let u.
wait moment in the open air, for Their
it chokins Sc nsation coming over US.
"Come in" said our friend.
"Will he come!''
Two hands were stretched out i'm
ploringly toward the Missionary, as tn
sound Of his voice was recognized.
"She is much weaker tonight" sal
her mother. in quite lady-like manner
for the sense of her drunken wrong 4
her dying child had kept her sober, ev
er since she been sick, "but she is quit
delirious, and all the time talking abou
some man that spoke kindly to her on
night and gave her money to buy bread.
"Wlll he come ?"
Yes, yes, through the guidance of tn
good spirit that guides the world, an
leads us by unseen paths, through darl
places, he has comes
The little emaciated form started u
in bed, and a pair of beautiful soft blu
eyes glanced around the room, peerin
thro' the semi-dark ness, as if in scare
of something heard but unseen.
"Katy, darling" said the mother
"what is the matter p''
"WEere is he, mother? He is here
] heard him speak"
eyes, yes, sweet little innocent, he il
here, kneeling by your bedside. There
lay down, you are very sick"
"Only once, just once, let me put m,
arms around your neck, and kiss yo'
just as used to kiss papa. I had pa
pa once, when we lived in the bi,
house-there, there-Oh, l did wan
the to see you to thank you fol
bread and cakes; l was very hun
cry, and it did taste so good-and littl,
Sis, she walked up, and she eat and eat
and after while she went to sleep with
a piece in her hand, and I went to sleep
havn't been asleep good while 2
thought | was asleep in the Park, and
somebody stole all my corn, and my