The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-02

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New Eoskyd ydetiy Sriticisee thsprovi-
! sion made fog erripg;wpRen an the Mag
,dslen aHames,s and apoints iits.y remarka
with this sad stqry. which has more p than
5aSHsl yohssn ykas Va, walk ous E streets, at
might Ido not, eSA classs sins for love. of
fthe,,yice they pandefn nte,I bpt:. because of
thu fo1H and HE e6mio iortAt they obtain
by theik 0ccpna zion. The maj iority must
he ahmed to virtne.l Is Now what kind of
entfcement 10 there to q woman, who was
not, In the frst place. strong enough to
diesq6 hup&es, sNthsr 4han 20 dishonor
institution when the tables are uncover
edS the tealsefved 10 tinycups and SWEET
en6d with naolaSses, and butter is had
only three timesia week2l A case in point
is before our mind now. "a. :&>U" /
A young girl, we'll educated, refined,
brought up TO the 1txuIies Of life, was
seduced by the man to whom she was en-
gagged, was brought to- New York to cover
her shame, and taken to d house Of i'll
fame = ,Argnmen entk and, persnasions we're
used to. induce her to commit foeticide.
She ssaid, ,k"No;. I will bear my punish
msp6ss beet mayT NJ wall snpt commit
11tsE6er.n Tho man Who fufhed her paid
hHr,board iunti after her child was born,
ana then he deserted her. = ~. ~ ~ "
The. woman who kept the house went
to her and said,o tNow, you must pay
youf way or go, % The POOR young thing,
not .eig ghteen years Of c,fage, swrots home to
her father, telling him her pitiful atory,
and begging to be taken back to the shell
tershe had left. He assured her, eff I
could lay my hands on your paramour, I
would murder him, and see you and your
bastard die in the lstreet before I would
open my doors to you"
hoorein q swoon. The open letter beside
not utterly Gallons, was tsi, and ssiae 81
nursed the poor thing through The illness
that followed, and took care Of her babe.
Whehshs recoyereds she told her, .'There
is no way for you but this one. You are
as much cut off from the good world as if
you were leprous. Come, now; make the
best of your lot; and with your youth
nd:accomplish ishmentsand beauty you can
make q good living $500 -.
a..I had rather die, said the girl; "I
loved that man, and felt myself his wife,
when ] sinned for, him. He told me we
were the same as married in the sight of
God and, oh, 4 loved him so! I cannot
become prostitute; I cannot, Icannot. "
''Then," said the woman, 81 will tell
you whet will do; will take care of
the baby one week, and you can go out
dasing the e! day lay and and see II You can get
s,shs. went, She ltriieed first for: .lasitua-
tions as teacher. t.f 'Reference?" She
had none. Then she could not be en-
gagged. AS seamstfess In family. t.''Re-
ferencep"s She had none. ~ Again she
turned discouraged away. So three days
passed; on the fourth she got some fns
sewing from shop, the landlady giving
her Ithe money to pay the, deposit re-
quired. She worked two days to finish
IL; and when she ifethfned It to the shop
Wpss paid fifty, Y cents And h I! then when she
demonstrated WAS met with insult, and
her livin 6 IN an easier way than by the
needle" o:nna e ..' s't'';-
She went back to the boarding-house,
and taking her babe in her arms, said,
"We will die togetheF;" but her courage
failed her, she dared not face the terrible
unknown. '1t was not death T feared, ~
she said, shut what was after it, and I
said, since God will not open a way of
escape, I will sim" - H"ijF"1"!,, e. d.,
For one year she led the life OF pros
titute. every dayrevAting at it. Finally
she was, told Of, .one Of the ,reformatory
homes, and informed chat Il she spent a
certain time there, and gave evidence of
good character and disposition to live
purely, she would be provided with a
homo. "Wouldgthey take her baby with
harp hhe asked mo; they had no ac,
commodation for children" This was
hard, for her baby Waa dear to her; but
she had saved little money from the
wages of her shame;,se she put her obild
toboard and went to she institution. Size
was never strong.snd On the food dread
and tea) supplied to her, she failed in
health. - Her money was gone; and her
child must be taken care of |; 30, with her
old words: IF God will not tNhelP me, r
must tldisir, sin" she went beck to. the street
If any poison is swallowed, drink in
stantly half glass of cool water, with a
heaping tea spoon-ful each of common
salt and ground mustard, stirred into it.
This vOmitS as soon as Il reaches the sto.