Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-07-02

Very Sad
STORY OF A oovEnNzss IN ENGLAND,

h STORY OF A aovERNEss IN ENGLAND,
A correspondent of the London Telegraph
youches for the following as a true story:
"a few days ago I stood by the side Of q
dying girl, her age was seventeen, and this
is her history: She was the youngest child
in a large family. Her mother was the wild.
ow Of a clerk in a city bank, who died sud.
denly, leaving his wife and children destitute.
Her sisters went out as governesses she Re.
NAMED at home until increasing want ron.
dered it necessary for her, too, to make her
own living. She found employment as a
daily governess, She walked each day, four
miles to and from her work, and received a
few shillings a week. All day long she toiled,
getting no food until she reached home in the
evening. Who does not remember the hot
Summer'of last year2 Through the glare Of
that cloudless season, this poor child starved
on. The sun withered up flower aud shrub
also witherod the brain of the daily govern.
ess.
ebay by day her strength melted away ;
at last she broke down. She could go no
more the daily lesson; it was too late now to
give her food, kindly smiles, or more wages.
ab & aa sFE lss ss9 paa @fss . Ss a kssayasa sas rocked
ing forehead, was, Mother, mother, my brain
is gone One day. she was found with one
hand copying verses from tho Bible, and
with the other had g,shed herself with akuife.
It was then I first heard Of the case. lad.
vised her mother to send her to a hospital
for the insane. My advice was taken. I
oftcn went to inquire after her. + found the
place full of governossos, aud all that kind.
ness could do soomed to be dono for them.-
She soon ,bcoamgeo,a rsying ~lunatio, ts,
aHOne.dayI took two Of ,her sisters to see
her. It was, their first visit TO the hospital,
and they brought some tlowar, to give the
patient. They wore just in time to see her
die. IN her. cell, with an angel smile on her
young faoc. lay the little governess. She
had fought tho fght-of life 60 its bitter end,
aud all WAS over now : and with 4, look as
though she blessed the world which killed
her, her young spirit passed. away to God, e
"There was q post morton examination.
Congestion Of the brain was the cause Of her
dcath-hard work, they said, the cause Of
tho congestion. "A little food, q little kind
thoughtfdlness on the pattso of those who en-.
ployed her, might have saved her life md
the broken heart of her widowed mother te
The birds we're singing gayly, the sun vas
shining brightly, 'as, they laid her, BY fathers
side in q quiet country grave. There were few
miourners, but soms poor ohildten aihd an old
cripple, whom shea taught and e, whom she
read the Bible oootha Sandaayysa-T--hhhssar, Sosnlllyy hhqli.
days~-oame soma miles To sec the last Of
the little teacher aalio III bas ,sA EOS aa,
.a,sir,, IL telling this story Il Do not cast
BLAME on any one5 butg hope those who lead
II, # they employ gevernesses, gitsSehetabsf
THAT human creatures are not mere machines
and If they SEQ them tagged aud worn, will
think Of the story Of this poor child, whose
BsoqIll nov, rssssts' II sSkindlief5 world. than, this"
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