New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-28

severance she had displayed for 20 years on deeds OF
wickedness, she would have been heroine Her manner
became more earnest and intense and her face glowed
aiars The da1p wpe Of Sseoyery household full OF
servants hoodwinked, dread OF the police authorities
old general who enjoys telling Of battles won by his
| own W.T. courage and energy.
CHEF D'GvRE.
will her own words In describing an affair she
| seemed to consider her chef dGurre.
lone Summer evening, was sitting with my goo"
in little back garden the girl came and said
lady wanted to see me- You business Is business
my dear, so got up though very 10th, and came INTO
this room, where lady sitting as you may NC nov"
my dear. She was middleaged and sicklooklng, put
nice spoken lady enough She said she had been recou
mended to by lady friend and said that she wanted
TO consult me about adopting child L said tlat IL
would be an easy difficult thing TO do aesP n
circumstances. Presently she got nervous anu Dcean "
cry and then when cheered her up she told me mat
her husband was navy man o. g9od fanny ' a their
wish. could not find out whose fault it was my dear,
but think she too anxious, and you kn9" tnat
not good. The poor thing said she had irettsd,
and tried everything in vain, and she tangled
her husband was getting tired OF her, and wma
perhaps never back TO her If things went on as e
were friend OF hers told her to adopt an infant ana
she did mention it her husband, but he shut her up
quite short, and she was afraid to speak about 10 aea
Then she sees advertisement in the papers, ana comes
and was not AFRAID I'd soon bring her to his
eI bones and as proud as peacock t@n aer h and
asked how long the captain had been away, and when
he was expected back again. she saa not until me
June, and lots OF time before US tod her 10 cav III
to me, and 10 do just as told her. ana an w3u9 DE
cied things We're coming right at ast-a kind Of warning
letter you know-and she did, there and then ana sue
six weeks so that was quite enough just them The poor
lady went home to her nice house III the country qHte
satisfied like, and used to 90 and see her every re"
weeks had to keep my eye upon the other party VINO
was really exPectng and t made Iep odn ln h g baby IF
once How used to pray 1t would DC a boy; bys, you
| know, my dear, are always more yalape my ave
| q a "a
not wanted and II they wanted they fctch htner
price as heirs to property and they easier adopted
as most mothers like a boy first, and will pay more for
the accommodation. Well. all went quietly me lady
clothed heavier and looked clunseri
baby clothes made, friends sent all KINDS OF pe5eh
and tee captn wrote pleased and told hr 10 spare no
and In order ~ he near clever hocorS dt my
advise, the lady came up to town to 10 cohiisu Gne
engaged rooms in - Hotel aud wrote 10 ne M 10 u ,
as monthly nurse. had my hands fulI as you i6dy
fancy and very anxious az things came 10 els3'
and 'eE pa eel agreed on to the hotel sign
| She TO hay flying pains ana give, a He ac
tor In the mean hurried matters az far as safely
could here and about midnight brought INTO the Wod
bit Of supper and drop Of something hot ana wailed
till the second messenger came that expected rom te
half dressed, and all white and trembling saying the
| lady was very bad. My basket was already parked
which contained every thing from the bed OF my lady pa
tient and had nothing to do but to put on my Dig eo
and Sling handkerchief around lay neck TO h9, te
child who fast enough, with few drops hi gwen
! him. got into the cab, making the man go WIN the
driver and when we get to the hotel al te mouse was t
poy to the rlchtabout aud went the bedroom
and shut the door found me poor ay y tbeT S.e'
ed everything very nicely and very soon the Dapy
cried quite naturally and his new mother took to him as
VS. sent Tor AZ told them dh not wish for all the
rTcsnoDsbiIity though could do for ladies az well as
IT, P1ncor and had done so undreds Of times. The
dogt"p was quite satisfied with all had DONE and he has
got link G Row he WAS tRen n we my dear make
story short that baby now Gg 'Sy proud a ' of
him as il he was their own The capn knows no beter
bless him. and all bis friends lay a ad S n back 70 her
friends as nothing happened She often comes to
get Of her S h In ps scaad oney OG my dear
Ghis was in reply question Of mine) oh, yes money
aTG so S' saw but SEQ was paid to get adopted, and
only paid for my nursing and d rP 3Sa o as Sa nav
| and so they do sometimesi but | can't get q child
saT ought to get the money the risk take
what with doctors servants and chance OF anything
s STGs m mi feelings during this long and rambling story
is impossible. What shocked me most was the sent
| story was told. Here was woman holding the
lives of women ana children IN her nd ana " Wn"sS
| in several families. Here was no END OF plotthg ana
counter plotting going Fathers blinded doctors hood
winked children changing parents h9thers puylhs 1l
dren, the law well as nature deed and laughed a.
and a paying and steadily increasing trade SprlnShY
M among us out the mirc of all this wickedness 1t
seemed to INDUSTRIOUS and Incredible but therc was
no painsayiug IT, Besides, these perfectly d0vctaitcd
abortion cases were evidently rare; What, then, became
of the children who missed being comfortably adoptc
n did NOT Say so IN so many words she limited
taed, contradicted herself and eit ouDt on my ,l
as 10 what became of the unpaccd orphans. Oh, with
money!" said the woman, 1t ~ easy To get some one 70
do them and have often passed under the noses OF the
policemen with my bg cloak and basket on my arm as
II going marketing. Few women WOuu ilc 10 20 at
ni5bt Where do. / have private key Of the gate
ihrnneh passage not far from hcrcts short cut,
you know. ncar-bu that's nothing 10 thc point ana
innccd 10 return to the subject Indeed, she informed
me that had before spoken 20 freely To any OF
her patients she had to me- Goa forbid tn|t sno.
do The woman injustice, but nave thOughl over er
words again and again, and no doubt remains on my
mind the fate OF the great majority OF tie cIuIe
supposed to he adopted. II Is surely worth co."clh
II The present strict rules OF the Founding Hospital eh
70 decrease The number eSitmate children for they
certainly do Increase the crime Of inantlclde'
OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS
forgot TO that during the foregoing interview
WAS informed that there many other establish
ments ike No -, but that they were all "nferior,
and only fit for servants and sach like" determined
upon a visit to Sne and accordingly, soon aferwari
made another pilgrimage to suburb OF London lhlao
itcd il seemed entirely by washerwolnen where
lived another In the line of business as Mrs
Renp aware that these two women knew each
other and might compare notes had to be very careful
dress for tins second N' SOt w I som ws h
tton TO taste ms WIN Fae h" nnd sod
bat good gloves, made me look like respeeta,,
biz lady 's-maid mincing and rather aneetei
MANN rather riresome TO sustain any time The
honse was evidently well known, for as paused befor,
| man " no passing made some remark ana
laughed t0 my intense discontinue; However went
little gate and found the door dlscfeety Opeh'
a. one often sees in France at the residence OF some
secondrate ireuSe dc eortes or other f9Itineteef.
wa ubeTed into tiny sitingroom OF the hOwslest de-
scrpto where deceased pets Of many generations were
stuffed and looked menacng or id0uc according 20 o
tastes OF the artist. Presently in came regular Sairey
Camp only many stones heavier than was that Famous
| lady / found that her line of business vas pre-
yenton and that an amabe medical man was In league
with her, who demanded ESQ for his services, rev
VISITS only were required by the patient and danger was
| spoken OF "a an mpossiblity. -. 49,
The advantage In this establishment was mat any
lady" could have her young man to see her Mnen sue
liked IL she Odger, and by paying htte extra
both could lie peru there till the affair was safely over
There was not ANYTHING peculiarly striking In my inter
| view with this woman; She was simply commonplace
and revolving and exhibited OF the intelect ana