Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-02-02
Strange Incident.

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The following strange incident
happened while ! was living in Ger
many. In the neighborhOod of Wen
ma Il here dwelt a young peasant wo-
man, who supported herself by the
cult vation Of vegetables, which she
disposed of in the Vienna market
She inhabited small house, attae h-
ssed to which was her vegetable gar
den. Young as she was she had been
married; but her husband had died
leaving a little girl who was now
old enough to run about and play
with the other children Of the neigh
borhood. The moth er was still
handsome, and desirous 5 OF Sc etond
marriage, About this time, there
was visiting her q young man
for whom she had conceived an dGec-
ton, and whose proposition Of mar
riage show was now beginning impatient
ly to await. But no proposals were
made. A dark thought fually eros
SEQ her mind that there must be
some obstacle in .he way, and that
this obstacle in all probability was
the child An unnatural struggle
Of jealousy took place, which resulted
in fearful determination she
would make away with the child
Beneath her house was a deep cellar
where she occasionally stored her
vegetables. Taking her child Ny the
hand one day, she led it dc qwn Stairs,
and thrusting it insideT closed the
door, locked it, ande hurried up Stairs.
The same evening her lover came;
they sat~chatting together, bit no
-mepti0n was made d f the little absen-
tee. The next day after u dessrtion
of twenty-four hours, the mother
went softly down and listened ut the
door The quick ear Of lthe child
caught her mothers step, and she
impIored her to take her gu: of that
dark place, she 1Sas so cold and hun
CRY. No ans 4wer was returned, and
the mother cfept quietly up stairs
In the evening the lover came again. /
They took supper together and pass
ed a social evening. After the sec
ond twenty-Gl lur hours had passed, !
the mother made another visit to the
child. Again thelittle ullerer4 heard
her, and with feeble voice begged
for crust Of bread, This pulled "A
little on the mothers heart but her
purpose waa fixed. Another day
passed. THE mother went quietly !
down stairs and listened. All was
silent. She opened softly the door
the child lay dead Taking swift |
ly the body up stairs, she laid it on
the bed, and Immediately making a
great outcr called the neighbors to-
gether, telling the m that hcI child
had suddenly died,
And so it seemed The day after
there was funeral. The child was
lying in It's coffin bestrewed with flow
ers, brought by ne little playmates
in the neigbborho3d, who had come
to attend the funeral Of the little IA
yorite. The procession moved to-
wards GotieS ackr, Gods acre.
where was to be planted this little
seed of an immortal flower. A cler-
gyman was in attendance. The
mother stood looking down npon the
grave, over which the holy man was
repeating, Sith solemn voice. "Our
Father who art in Heaven, hallOwed
be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy
will be done, on earth as it is in
heaven. Gice as tbs day our duly
bread-" A piercing shrek, and
the mother fell with a groan to the
earth Looking wildly around her,
she then in gibbering accents related
at the grave the very deeds her own
hands had committed. She lived
not long after Crazed and smltten
by the hand OF God, shq mlserably
died-a signal instance Of retribu-
tion, aud a startling lesson uron the
words, "Gicc us this day oar daily
Jread."
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