The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-09-21
How She Was Saved.

One year ago this month q young wo-
man, whose age was 10 years, was ar
rested on the street at night in this city,
and the next day committed to Jail for
vagrancy. 1t was the third time in as
| many weeks that she had been similar
| ly captured She had sunken very low
indeed, though the police emen noticed
| that she did not insult them when ar
rested, that no profanity escaped her
| lips, and that when before the Justice
she seemed thoroughly ash amed Of her
situation. Yet the depths of her degra-
dation to which her course had carried
her were fearful to contemplate. She
came here from an up river town, and
had parents, respectable and highly es-
teemed in their place of residence, liv-
| ing to bewail the life their daughter had
entered
The girls appearance in court, to-
gether with the story of her life which
she told, were mentioned in the news
| papers here. The item attracted the
| attention of German lady, who resol-
to try and save that young WON an
| from destruction. She mentioned the
matter to her husband, and he,-after
q great deal of coaxing, to be sure-sec.
| onded her efforts. An interview with
the girl resulted in the husband giving
bail for her appearance at the court, and
she was discharged from custody. The
lady took the girl to her home, clothed
her neatly, and set about the work of
reformation. The girls past course
was never alluded to, and as far as she
I knew the utmost confidence was placed
| in her.
| At the time she was narrowly watch
| ed and guarded, and many an evening
was danger warded off, when she little
knew it was near. The girl became one
of the most greateful beings that ever
loved benefactor, and in three months
the lady trusted her abroad with her
children, for whom she cared with vigi-
liant eyes. Handsomely dressed, and
her whole appearance changed, one
would not recognize her as the fallen
creature SO recently a subject for legal
punishment. The writer saw her at the
Police Court, and has seen her since
she became the good woman's PRoTEGE,
but of the latter fact he was entirely un-
aware until his attention was called to it
yesterday
We were in the Sheriff's office, aud
he asked US if we remembered the girl
that came down from Jackson county
last summer, and was put in Jail for va
grancy? Yes. Well continued the
Sheriff, there's one of the best things
happened that girl ever knew of. She
he's reformed and is now a good girl.
She left for Jackson county this morn
ing to see her father and mother, and
Mrs. went with her. And the
Sheriff related the particulars of the
girls reformation as above stated. I'm
agine, if you can, the joy which has ere
this pervaded the giris s parents. There
must be satisfaction near akin to &C.
stacy pervading the soul of the German
lady who returns the girl redeemed to
| the bone which mourned her as lost for
ever. Many and many a woman has
gone straight down to destruction for
want of help from her own sex in her
struggles for reformation. Would that
the example Of the good German lady
were contagious among women.-DEAv-
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