The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-06

With shame and pity Before you set work upon
these religious lnxaries good public perm. hin M
about YOU OF course you have. and tho rauniple
OF that for any number Of weeks. We'll, spend
them now ne YOU ike, bat last summer You might
have bought chid's life and woman soul
for two shings a week sterling People ought not
bargain as that can be made IN England Now,
repeat II Is late; for tho chil9s life-p1ce one
shilling-is gone TO Him who in all MS treasury OF
planets and has nothing richer or dearer than
chlds life; and the woman's soul rs so stained with
murder that shilling is wanted now for i've yards OF
houpen rope choke out Of her on the gallo1s. In
spite these particulars tana'izng 10 commercial
people, the story say again. is not nice story; the
details are very unpleasant the characters stale and
vulgar TO the las, degree, and the chief parsonage
widow OF fortytwo, hagsard and grizzled before her
time. Such as II IS however, this IS how Il was
the widow of farm servant, who died and LETT her
with one child, aged four. Let us note in passing
that the story books would have made some
provision other for honest womsn in such case
Reality didn't The mother went into service and pnt
the child out 20 nurse but that demands funds, ana
Eliza Adkins only lust earned her own living, SO she
applied 10 the workhousc for TWO shlings weekly TO
in with il, which she did AFTER she had been in Tough.
borough Wdkhouse week, she left H. according to her
not stay and because they dragged the child away and
beat it, aud couldn't bear it, According to the story
OF The officials, confirmed by the guardians, she went
away because the worshouse was thoroughly comfora-
BILE and because 'these paupers' have nasty way Of
liking TO sarve, and Of bringing everybody into publicity
ard trouble
Anyhow, Eliza Adkins, with the child tied on her
back, and basket containing pair Of little boots il
some gooseberres and hit of rope forth, Il ia
public prefers it, let take the guardians view and say
that she woad not stay in the workhouse because people
OF her kind like starving The next Is cottage
Pegs Green where she called and asked leave TO sit
down. There is nothing like direct narration in Christ.
mas stories, SO We viii ask Sarah Castedne go on
here She was the cotager and she testified that 1.-THE
prisoner had child on her back, boy about four years
old and asked il she could sit down. and she and the
child sat down for about hour S,e said she had
come long way ana had log Way 70 so to meet
The water Lad broken into pits time
ago tod her thought they were a. work again. She
used 10 ne told her thought moi, The boy began to
look tired and faint and she took him on her knee, and
and he went TO sleep she said il had very bad boots Cd;
its feet she was ali or trembe while she was at our
house. When SHE left was going out on an Grand
and my mother SAD coqld carry the child little way
sac SAID oh no 4 will carry myself When awakes
will walk wei ever She left our house between
eight and nine AID went in the direction OF Thrngsiono
into the last part Of our story TO do full jus
tice to this little bit of narrative, and then we
the day SO interesting. 'erhe friend she was going
a long way to meet was that good old friend Of the
poor and broken hearted, whom it is wicked go to
meant drown the chiia and hang HERSELF loving the
boy so well, meantme-he storybooks would never
have thought of thsthat she takes of the boots that
pinch him, no toddies by her side "to meet the
frend.' care the pits full If waterYn MOL Then
friend death won't be met there: bu the well at King
ston will do She passes that abNt nightai and hay
ing made up her mind Eliza Adkins falls to casual
topics. much charity given away hero ?" she asks
'thinks too SINCE for lax of two shiilngs n week
she is going send her little presently to heaven
to he'll And look 'I ,hese paa a 'sa that
murder, and cottagers that poach. what
mothe, wants to carry the woman's child, aud the
widow, with the we'll and the rope mind Is yot
woman enough not to trouble the poor people. well
do think that the little conversation Pogg's Green
reads the better for what's coming.
summer night passed and Eliza Adkins turns up the
morning at another cottage, without thu child. Having
murdered him, and meaning murder herself lie or
two or less can't improve the Dcvu's bargain SO
she says he died OF Group, and that the neighbcrs
aud again we dgrcrs to observe wha, an merateful
set the poor TO the nice warehouses; and the gene.
rous overseers "oh' says Ann Lacy, ''dead and
buried is III What reason you have 10 be thankful for
taking him from the frov Of the world and the frowns
OF the PARISH" II kind Ann Lacy had known how mnch
mar could have done, Eliza Adkins would missed
that little Bit Of psrochal philosophy But meantime
somebody going 10 the well for water finds the child
there and fishes II out, with gooseberries and
grass The cops'ables Immediately seek the mother
and hud her s =, her .is,er,Iaws The wen was Kept
changing the little shoes and nursing the boy and
fusing 70 part with him for minute to anybody, had
positively broken hole IN the by way Of gate
10 death and heaven That her view and nothing
else; witness her confeaion 10 the wife Of the police
srectcr. She said 10 herr want you to zee the ma.
be 50 iuli Then shall feel comfortable II is
trouble that has brought 10 it, wanted the parish
| 10 allo" me two shllipgs week They would not bnt
said must 20 into the housc I could have got my own
living. went iuo the house; but the treatment was
stayed ill the following Friday and did not know
WHIT 10 DO Tor bad no home or frcuds In the world.
could bs,e place lor elf but did not know what
any longer. aud that made me do i'll. God knows did
not do with any bad intent know The poor child
in heaven nov, out Of all It's trouble. n they had
no; Canght that night they would not have had