The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-05-15

One evening last week, ose Of oal
police sergssWss. conuecteA With shs
Central District, while % kis vay
home hai h,s .iissi:.a directed Sc :
little boy. shou, twelve yssrx old
who vss s,aadinx. w--p,~s bitterly,
ncsr sas corner Of Fourth ssd Olive
streets. lie stopped asd Questioned
him. when the little fsllev replied
IN soicc broken BY sobs
Mollie is goisg 10 take poison,
and, IT she does, sister viii, too, and
shcy both will die r
The sistemrst, OF coarse. cseits<l
the attention Of the Sergeant, asd h
asked the boy where b. lived and
having with some diMcslsy Ascer-
taised, he accompanied him hone
This hone consisted of ONO resm In
a largs building, tho occspsata Of
which wsss two young gir!.. Tbs
furniture wss scanty and miserable,
ssd everything bors tho evidescc Of
sxtrsns poverty
That's Mollic T. aid the boy, on
sntsrins, and the Ssrgeaat had hi.
at,sation directed to = yosns girl
sit,isg At = small tabs apparently In
The sci Of writing = letter. Her fAcs
vas pale and hasgsra, sad = vrs,ch-
ed old gown constituted her a,tirs.
by her aide, on the table, we're two
small bottles, one marked morphine
and the other chlovoform In 4 few
momsnts the o6csr ssesst.insd the
position of wa,iers. The girl had
taken some Of the deadly drwg, aud
was writing farewell Isiisr to tbs
world, fos friends she had none.
The other girl, si.ssv Of the boy, sat
on . low stool III eorasr Of the
room ~ II waiting iu sullcs despair
for The AnAi act,
Tho arst step taken by the acr.
gsant vss 10 throw tho bottles out Of
The window, aud then he tssasd 10
talk Ia tho girl.
She reciined YEARLY IN the chair
aud as he approached said with a
faint smile
What did you do that fur1'
"lt il poison, . said tho Sergeant,
and has no ha.iess. in = young
girls room"
You are too hate was tho reply
II have lake" enough TO do the
work, ! will b dead IL less than an
hour
A. shs sJ,ke these words, she
dropped her hosd on the table weep
Ing convulnively.
What did yos DO 10 wrong A.
sct for r
The girl replied IN broken voice /,
al had nothing to Iiys for she
ssd ] had tried TO yet aloag, bot
everything wss against Us. We have
no aoasy asa sss grt no work l
have bssn sick aud miserable. The
people down stairs call mc = pros.i.
tats, and ! cannot 20 anywhere
without mestiag with insult. I have
nesAisg lsit nc bat 10 die; ~
frisnds, NO hose.
Thsss words, spoken 10 . mosl
pathetic mssnsr, allowed the Ssr.
essst sssstly hsw nasesss ssssd. II
~ A9ksM~AasatssAsthsk. ~ wt1 isx
assured Of ths fact, ROT oaly fsom
her words krt her msnnsv, which
Indicated plsiaiy that shs was fAst
fallisg under ne isAssses " the
dssdly nsrcosis. He iunsaiassly
went for . ph ysic,ss, snd shs asesa-
ssry measures were taken sad the
Iifs Of the dcspsivinr girl uaved.
Os questioning tho other GIRL fowad
10 the roon, she aiA chat hsd BIOL.
la died she would also have takes
poison. II sppssrs that h,sh havs
been working ~ sewing girls, until
few weeks sgo, vhsa they lost em.
ploy'nsst ssd bscsms rsdsssA 10 the
verge u sasrva ties, asA beth haA
really determined To die rather tAAa
resort 10 . lie of vice 10 gaia . live.
llhoed. The only person who svsv
visited their apartment vas the little
boy. brother to ess u then. liz
spsas kis days vasdsring abost tLs
city Esd rstsrssa =, night.
Il vas destined, however, that Tho
wssnt sbosld BE- ID, dsvs Of kspsisv
dsys. lsvisr ssti.esJ hiusslf that
tho xirl vhosc Nc. he hnd ssv.d vss
really Of = .po.Is,s eh,rsc,sr he
took her IL hin own hsuse md rave
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