The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-29
= poor rARsoN.s TALE.
r,o.n pcc,on,s Christmas Annual.

tered Parish. closely populated WIN tne
very poor. whom I am almost powericss To-
assist, and (knowing how empty ana cruci
arr words Of comfort without that help ]
cnnnot dive to all the hungry sometimes
almost fear to preach, too. 1t is terrible TO
Dreach of the I.amhto people with the VOL
| at the door. Tn this parish are many rlch
men-manv thriving and well-to-do SHOP
keepcrs and manufacturcrs--manv bcneEo,
| lont men who wish well to the poor ana
mistake That for bcnciiccncc-many bench
cent men who willingly give of their abun-
dance Goals and flannciS ut tnT'silnaS TO :,
fur,l and 70 committee, but never KNOW
tbr moor or visit them in their at'ictlon-
men who do good TO the poor and mistake
| that for charity. :.
Some wears ago--in time Of great dcstl-
tution. when hundreds Of the laborlnS
classes were reduced to the most ahlcct DIS
tress through n sudden failure in staple
misunderstanding dwellings OF the poor ne
came friehifullv crowded. As many aSlol!!
| and fifty human beings hudaico ,o:e'ici III
4 single housc-if house, indeed, IL c0Elu
| be called-and ate. drank, slept, washed,
and rooked-the sick and the well, Young
| and old. married and single, all crowded
| together as thick as vermin. 1t was Dad
sion often when single family did have a
| single room, There Is an instinct III birds
| and beasts which leads them to go away
from their kind 10 suffer and to tie. AND
too often the single room told OF worse
straits and deeper restitution than couid
have been horne in Il crowd.
| AZ the time OF this distress. one after
noon. | was visiting Il little parish.oner 0!
| miuc-a child OF twelve Years 0id-Wio.
| with bcryomgcr sister, makes match-boXcS
at MISUNDERSTANDING per gross, ana
finds glue and thin paper for the in,ld"S.
t nI.U snI carns Lizzie p0iircll and her
| sistcr tn"rthcr. nearly or quite as much n
har feeble mother can make at sewing.
| between them the three pay the ninerrncc
| y week rent of their own little room, and
| inst keep the wolf from coming ln-only
| inst. While therr / heard Il noise in the
street and going out to see the cause, some
| an. said .Oh, do 20 up into that
| bn,,sc sir. there's n man there heating
hi. w;fr shameful :" | wen; where ]
,.,. I;roctnG--un = hrolen t|itIt of GREASY
,t"irS w;ndiur round Il filthy black pas
sa ", mn rnotIcr fliaht of broken stairs,
anJ ,,a ~ many horrnrd faces of men and
, Omen, t Outside = broken door paused.
| uncertain if If we're the right one. heard
:, moan that sounded like woman'S. Then
man spoke in a weak Voice, bat passionate
and broken into parlscs by sickness or
weakness, 81 wish. my God, / had killed
,nm Jn,a,, .And |. 'rom-,and would
NATL VI t'll III
Used mo first and told me Won neant it.
md ~nnld forgive me" ii would-have
Nv - !" mo ,r1S,,nd ont Z. but II haven't
"o' ti,a .tr.nn,I,
So1D1, nunI ihS 1nor and walked in. ..What
do r "i' Want - the man asked. in husky
~ . y" ijc was lvinr on the bare floor.
very l.int, and had raised himself up on his
| elbow. lie had a lace IKE i Skeleton, III
which hunger and teEcT were r"i''e.u'i'S
for II prry-tor the Won ma como III aH"
was looking out Of h!S";cs. there wa. not
scrap Of furniture III The rooiG-Acit!lcr
bed nor bcG~tead. chair uor table; onlT Il
broken teapot with Il little water in il be-
side the man. In another part ui the room.
against an empty c-gratc. lay his wife,
also on the floor. living on her back. and pale
from the loss Of the blood that flowed from
her head. Near her was a plcc" OF iron
rod that seemed once 10 haze served ioT
Il poker-and now for 4 weapon.
don't know" | said. Tor l was la'lch
aback II wish only to render help,
if | can." GO TO her lie said. ] went
and examined the blows on the poor Wo-
mans head. They were not serious. al
though bleeding prolu>el T-Scaip wounds
and bruises only. ] poured som" %! the
water from the teapot OF my hanGh"rCnic!,
hathe;i them, and bandsged them Win il.
W
| tears came. Then il left. lie didn't mean
TO do II. sir''--thc woman was crying Will"
J tied ND the wounds. " lie Is the Ei3Ce>t
Of husbands: but we've been Ill trouble
ltrIy. There was no work. We've parted
viii ;he last Of the things a fortnight ago.
| couldn't hear to sce-him die Tor want be-
rf;r.z--1~~.-a-+.,-,,s;;.+ ~, eopi mX daughter
nIG u; : t"n,,;a eoCna,. harn Gin1 i'm,
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,, Lu,t'h hn ali - mo 7 dn.nrvI. + Ill :,
: hnd - I;ttIa nnrlef rn,,,uu,,inn .,r,.i, p
| with mo ,I;,nre Ven. wine IN il ! nnrrrd
WIN nic. MI we 80 ~ "
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HIM n' friGn reIivcf hv the wine sat lin
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~ h,,, hroah MI G;s,n,.tnI bnr "a .,.nJ far .
dontnr Whom Shn ,yas nSrn 7 drcw his
tnrrillo .tnrr Iro,n him in shorr riie.;inn-
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nome NJ lor Sentlelial';. ne sao. 1Ile
ll.'lI saN1nSs ron nIs ,"oi
o1,;r mo, ha,.m tn ON rhnv rcn,,,na il
two ronns IN Il ali ,,onr i'm. food but t,,n
nattraSs thnn thnv m0yrd here. ana no.
th;,',, y,os LAZY Lrt - tow garments IN narn
All Ihis time hc sourht work: tried to cnt
nnlv nn bonr:s nmnlov - nortcr. messenger
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