, 1869-12-25

Give him sone medictne!"
"wel, II, hut thst,s rough Couldn't yoo
#ta he nse ef soo w5en can send
'Spoae ser order up the l1cker. and we'll take It
here; never ne goes out so ea1ly, on account o. the
Just then his attention WAS attracted 10 the
doorsay, and our ChIssttan Investigator. turning,
saw policeman holding up the b1arRet With his
club and looking leisusey IN as he leaned against
Wei, !" said the msn to the on,cer. ats this
ere ny castle. or l. 4 yourn ~
taking an incidental sntl or TWO, as though 10 In
dicate With the sNshsest possible irony that 1t
"Is there anything wot you'd Ike to hay-thls
ing to have h1s throat cut, which wuzn'r any o.
your buztness, WIZ it-neJ 7'-tanat henatszing
nere tic prospective victim broke In himsel.
sNo' Am looking for boy tnas1 thought lived
"You1l lock good while IN there for nothing"
satd tie on1cer. 'sand WON'T Ind Il either expect
70 @ look ioE some;thaDg here myself sorc day. En-,
BIZ lhen nung himself upon tho door again, say
Ing, with an oath, that the of1lcer had a nice way
OF taking about respectable men characters that
Of ha va ofKsus i g
ai1sr which nlat phenoul ev1scefatiou he 1eemei
to be cebslltatess, and rolled over ss though in
HeresoleDce. without my more ado, went out
AID Darfsted his experience to the ot1lcer. That
worthy WHB much peased with the unsophistl-
Gated character OF Deuesolence. and always had
been, be aaid and proceeded to say that The mau
our friend had been talkttg to had only been in
the country tWo weekr, and that his photograph
woEo, he Waa very low specimen OF the EoGllah
burglar, and had been in the roons In question
jutt three dal8; that the woman had Just served
any doubt Housd 1nlsh the proper ten belonging
to her order In IesB than that number Of yearE,
s.But," said be, "there's crowd In the cellar I
tlrn t3rSf 1,tE-
ing do%n."
Charity didn't ntnd, aud they picked their way
over the rotten staircase aid through the Railways,
II 10 tne 5ara ana te SMnas
warped win the wef, aud tne seams beIween
ssa s Foup I'm hs m tfs re "ess Ess s s
dense and sicily odor which vermin
lmpart to DARK hannta, and general 2ymotic
az 10 The dungeon which nads so nature shrink a.
the door. It was opened BY young gtrl not over
IL. He stated in fe1 brief sentences that be
had s,sos wns wanted MAKE
misery OF this apartment took away the breath Of
Bel cocence for moment There were six
,1 Wtre regroes, oIe Of whom was shaving himself G
biaded lniie; the o,ner Vas wonan, and
Upon cane.bostomed settee Of an old pattern
there lay = womau. with an old skirt aud torn
poster thrown over her. Sue was asleep, aud
the room were chi.dren-two Of them ere boys
Of Il AID 14Iwho were playing cards on an up
opened the door. The whole aspect Of the group
was one OF suller, reckless abandonment.
The little hight that came through the two OF
panss q Hss om as
u odsttonz. Not a chair In the place. Not rag
Of carpet. 4 bare, damp, dirty, lestering celi,
Esek'Ig With The combined ef0nysa Of sickness,
attitudes and employ ymenta Of the group had q
! ghatty, gloomy significance, Outside the area
! window small h.ctsnt, ont Of repair, ran a
Wst,r COED a.ay SesSeen tbe hiess and I5 Iaa
ucder the house. No one coud tell what kind oi
fostering cea5pool there WAS under the thin dis.
looked up from their amusement moment, and
when they understood the nature Of the visitors
husinesa, resumed 1t agaln ind1frercntly.
| "po you fellows kno. kid BY the name ol
"Nothi1g. Do you think I'd aak you Ii hs
"wel, we donr tnow him."
"What's The matter with the woman ~
B,l!on1ness," SAID the young woman prompt.
r., With EGch better .Ma. manner than he
e 1T ,oss r. ,dS;;n, out, but got 5esfs
Charity, which ta quite another thing from In
ard 20. itto the effect that the negress kept the
| rest Ol en- as lodgera II was, In fact ven
r5a sh MoS
"shot." That was all.
The ph. .sclan approached the bed, sat down or
The soar.ho1 which stood beside 1t, found the bot
iIe Which he removed from it-aud which
| the GIL said was me1ctne-contained fen
trooptnls Of very .acsid whlseey. The wo
man was not asleep, Ne questioned her, and i1
| thc was the victim Of M intense rheQ,
| natlo fever. Where sha had come from nc
one Anew. The nisgutded Kindness OF the only
| attendant she had mad taken the form Of pouring
4 liousuess.
! When the visitors reached the open street once
give Up ,ae teaScn 1aen and % there; Snt t aas a.
e such neD, NOT 70 ave IT up 81 ali now shai
uouse, TOT" ea,d he, "n you ssy you vii
kate k'u. Ia 20 10 Sergeant Nc. and, II IL
eaieh lhs sirFeanI now as the ssation." sfS catct
bin he did. He told the whoe story to the ottlce'
without ava aEeIsna auy insetett until he mention
had bought for the Coy, and then ne prlcked III
II have hin, he said; " about II years old, yor
| "About that"
"Ne.lI eucts that's ope Ct Mother Grlfins pets
at least bhe paNned suit Of clio hes answering
lonr mud sakiue . IuS Win me tonight, think
| The physician nesltated some time. He wa.
not in the habit OF taxing such runs. ssll, BIT
was Of an inqulriDG 1uEn Of mind, Lie all trut
spirit at the bottom lie had dropped money int
slops. M la ana bad Wondered 's' how they % oper.ted
| der world Incidentally.
lie made m appointment, went to q restanran
aid got hts dinp er, smoked a cigar IN solitude
aboulnable nest OF dies II water street, ID com ON
rany with the uf11eGr.
They came at last to tenement house, an
In The ns1sst a9or found The woman tes
opercd i The door door tue face Of Ksle Lundii
met the phrslcisns but Il was white az
noe PrcSsd n91 o .nsr
every other spark had left tho body. aud there
lav upon q cot, With tom sheet w1appe
"Dead!" exclaimed the doctor, with euriou
KIND OF gasp, "a though the extraction Of this atoI
o. derras,sJ had somehow Rnitten him tnHard!J
"Yeap, began the woman, with strange Ia
brai and pasal humble, .'at TENN O'Clock thi
no1n.m-ne eaoked to dessn-n! But he'd nad-t
t'Had whats"
"Consuushun .m.''
DO you mean 70 tel ne Iou witch Of Tophe'
wei, that's about the ngure-m OF 'em
Ae polea sue clotn sWay ano !ooKeo Al n
nnlnnMvs ,n,a n1nse hngaoy eonS1ea eFSa 81 no n
.ooSed ns4os'y e1en tendeIiV. into ~ nov
oin nmeo F1eJ eyes. Ae Ment 70 ne ate
Pace and ,a seo oas i1snae r. WIZ H. re- 1s,
mn p,eees and ;uan ha ~ ,,t saSn nn
e,gneo, ne t~o o1nef persons IN Eng 1oo" e5e'o
nn .9THsrs S1osgS. .,e n. nox. c,otnaa.-
q she re1net ~ then rn,s mnrntn, >, rrn,,e,, III
oc,rsr p""Ae" Noe'1A WIZ ADo1 NAAs' AeP'-o -
o'nSf .fat n. re. au.,~ e,,a Renaro,enc- feeln
e,r, h.,asS us Ses @"*1' s1to otoo'o'enee' '0e.tA
MWen "nnnosa ~onr dntv and intent are erJe