The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-10-22

80, ''N'S NVo' ""e "ucauy nAit'nIcu with
villagers, and sobs and moaus and lamen.
tations over the fate Of the dying child were
heard in every direction, mingled with
quick and hurried questions as to the man
ner OF ITS occurrence. and vain attempts n,
answering. which added an depressing con
fusion to the sadness Of the scene.
The little play-felow's uncle, who had
been up stairs with the child, had run in
stantly TO call the father, and but a few mo
ments elapsed before he sprang into the
middle OF the group. He had been told
all and asked no questions. had time to
remark that his eye was very stern and
that his lip was firmly compressed. Others
100, remarked it, and knew afterwards
that murmur ran round the circle of how
strange it was that lie betrayed no feeling.
lie reached out his haads and took the
child from its mother. Its eyes we're now
closed, and white ooze coming from be.
tween the blackened lips. Was ever death
more assured! saw him open the eve.
lids, and heard him give sigh Of relief
lie told mo afterwards that the ev. was
not shrunken, and so death had not begun.
lie then attempted TO open the mouth. bu,
the teeth were tight set, and thew resisted
his etfo,ts. But with force that seemed
aImos, brutal, he wrenched the teeth apa,,
and opened the mouth
shame cried one of the bystanders.
The father did not heed it. but mo,ioned
10 ne'ghbor to take the child in hi, arms
He did so.
Bring me the egg basket" he spoke
very siernly, almost without opening his
teeth. 10 the servant.
What do you want of itr "Wba,
can you do with il" Hes crawl" and
many such remarks followed, but the bas.
kei was there in moment
iie Se'TtI one of the eggs, broke il in.
serted his fingers again bc,wee:. ,ha teeth
and wrenched them open by force, thon,rr
they shut with SO convulsiye a motion y.
to tear the flesh from his fingers, and pour.
ed the albumen into the throat. There
was slight struggle, nothing more, and
the spectators Were Mortified at the nclion
Don't. the child is dying" said one.
Please don't hurt the little thing; il
can't live" the mother found voice TO say
laying her hand upon his arm.
Mary, he stilI,'' he answered s,ernly
wh''e MS teeth were relaxing from THEN
ciench'ng, and his face as hard AS If he
were entering a battle; "and don't anv o.
you meddIe with me- Keep off,
The bys,anders involut.ta,ilv oberel
with many harsh remarks upon his cruelty
nnt he dh! not beed them, and went on
Another anil another egg was broken. and
sun there was no sign of life. Then tn,
whole body ol hy>tnuders broke ont into y
loud murmnr, and cries of The brute
Let the child die in peace" al, !, crazy
take the child away rom him" were heard
around him
lie dcsi>tel Tor n moment from his ef
tortS, and TUNED with !icrcrness which
nat before been altogether foreign 70 hi,
nature, but nn one who saw him atcrwaId,
i"'g"t 1t. "Fuul>," he hi,,ed. "minJ your
own business, and leave me TO mine. Tax,
her away will youl Try IT," And he
went on empiying egg after egg down the
apparently hfeless throat.
The mother could stand this no loncer
Her tirst born was being tortured 10 death
before her eyes, and she implorinrv nunp
heTse.t on her knees before her husband,
father, who had that momen, arrived
10, father, do stop him." she gasped; she
Will obey you; do stop him. He is toriu.
ring that poor, dying child"
The grandfather started forward n step
TO Interfere, for he, too, thought the pro.
ceed'ng an outrageous one; but he stonped
and .>aid, Mary, let him alone. The child
VIII die 1t he does not 90 on. 1t cannot do
more than die if he does. | would not say
word to him for the world The child is
ms; let him use it at his pleasure
There was silence then. In momep,
more mere was quiver of the eyelidS, a
coHvnlHlve movement OF the chest, and the
.eel'i lost their tension. The father seized
his child, turned her face downward, and
lhe poison began To flow from her mouth
Ag''h and again, rs the retching ceased,
"o repeated The experiments; the lie return
Ell sun more, the face losing its black col.
or every Instant. More tnan twenty times
albumen had b en- administered. and moro
'hah nan those times followed bv the ex.
pnISloh oi the poison; when the eyes Omen
ed' the father deSisted, the little sufferer Law
Just awe IN his arms, exhausted, lis little
NE terribly shattered, but saved
lhen, when the necessity for exerlion
physician had been summoned. and they
knew Ihal darling little E.eleen might live.
aiter many weeks OF struggle between life
and death; when the relieved friend, had
acknowledged they had wronged him first;
when the beautiful and sorrowful wife had
blessed him through her kisses and tears;
and all knew that, under God, only such an
almost fierce determination could have
saved the chIId-then the father So. down.
nnneTved, and wept like child.
Not rs III Little Sister EveIeen" did the
poison do its fearful office. Eveleen is
alive to day, and her brown eyes are open
ed upon womlnhopl. But there il no
hour in my life that brings so thrilling a
recollection rs that of the young fathers
struggle for the life Of his child.
sally, what time do your folks dinel"
Soon as you 60 away-that's missu,' or