St. Mary's beacon., 1858-12-02

Temptation. Fl
sf3. r. b. the Secreksry of the Childreft,s
Aid s eistg In New York, communicates ..
sie Nea York papers the following painfully
ihi<gs<sing story
Some two years ago young English girl.
Of perhaps EiIfeen years, with refined manners,
and pretty. though pale face, presented her
self at oar olire. and nervo,isly asked for some
place ID = family IN tie couptry, She told
the usual story of poFcrty. and we only OBJ
served that her hands were very thin and
bony, and her checks hOIlow, and that on be-
ing assigned foan excellent home by Mr. Ma
cy. her eyes filed with sudden tearso of thank
fulnes& So mething was given her to eat,
which she received quietly, and on the next
day went % che place.
Lately. - revisit n the city. we learned
the pagtienIars of her history. Size had been
in England il god circumstances, as her
manner and language showed, and had come
over after the death of her father and the
wasfSng Of his propefsy tlS seek fortune, as
dt sr Ntgny others, IN America. She sought
al eAcs Is learn some trade, and 60 earn a Iiv-.
ing fat zteIf. bot witIIont friends, and with
fil4 eiTfsded competition a. the city, she could
litd 9i 1penings In the sane way at the in.
teIlieence 0lEice, after waif5ng for many DAYS.
she discovered nc. cilaEce fnr herself. Each
day her means were being exhausted. and she
was. At length. forced 20 pawn 81 he orna-
Enents 0nd relics Of Letter tIuses She wAs ~
slucpa hnails % living Ii q small attic room
nfn tenen1 a house, lIeeping on some straw
in ore s.ellseF Honf after houf through the
weary day lser little Ieet were traverSin1 the
stwelA. = slse fllNssd advertisements and
l@ked ior work
Al iasi sic reached lse point ia which Eve
- available means ha1 been sacrificed: esefy
l,rnng speut and hunger stared her ia the laee.
She describes her feelings then mnsk tsslching-
lly. One day she could get through quite cDlfl-
51rsAbly Without anything 70 eat. The second,
she says she crosiched herself IA her besi and,
d you knew. sir, what I found tho best to
Aiop the hssnger7 "Why, ] drank rater. md
then prayed. and somehow always felt bet
ter and stronger after u - The third day
when i scanned is if ehe could nof hold out
Emufh longer. she wonla 90 family down stairs
- woman shc knew il one Of the lower
rooms, and this woman would offer hef
lsemeshing to'eat which she would take care
lessly, no one sever suspecting that the poor
woman was being saved from starvation. In
tlais mcsle Of life she kFew so weak she could
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