The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-03-26
SINGING FOR. HER BREAD.
THE PASSENGERS OF AeFERRY BOAT
MOVED TO TEARS-A YOUNG
MOTHERS BLIGHTED
LIFE.

A little itaIion woman with Chi d
IN her arms. hurried through the gate
of the Roosevelt street ferry house
last evening, and moment later was
scarcely discernible i'll the dark shelf
er. She was lily clad, and the major
portion Of The thin, brght-colo'ed
shawl that covered her head and
shoulders was wrapped lovingly
about the babe in her arms. Her
dress of calico was worn, faded, and
pal ched in places until the original
pate.n was little more than a patch
itself; yet there were no tattered
ends, no rags. The child nestled
close to its mother and babbed
in subdued manner, scarcely audible
a few feet away. When the boat
entered the slip The mother was first
TO go on board. Well dressed men
and women and children cIolhed in
garmants of rich, warm texture filled
the cabi"s, and the little Italian
woman attracted no attention but re-
manned crouched in the further corn
er of the forward cabin, probably
unseen by more than two or tnr e
lpersons Immediately surrounding
her.9 Hardly had the boat left the
slip, when the chatter incident
TO a public conveyance was
arrested by the singing OF the first
lines of the ballad i"CAthleen
Mayourneen." A moment later men
ceased reading their papers and
listened. All eyes were turned TO
the insignificant figure in the corn.
er. When the last words were sung
a perfect storm of. applause was given
and in return the woman sang one of
her own native airs. q ballad plain
tive and touching, of one whose home
and triends were far away, while she,t
the child-widow. mournfuJly called
on he sea to give back her dead
Her voice was marvelously sweet
and clear, and the air, rendered as
it was with spbdued stress, was very
effective.
Several women sob bed aloud,
while there were not a few men
present who coughed suspiclo1sly
and turned their faces aside for a
moment, using their handkershiefs
very energeticalIy.' That woman
lett the cabin richer by a score OF
dollars, foraas she glided through the
crowd with outst retched palm bank
I notes and loose change were pressed
into her hand in lieu of the pennies
usually cast to mendicants, for she
was beegar. She related her story
subsequently to gentleman, who
inquired into her Life. she was
educated for a public singer IN her
I native city, Genoa. Her father was
I chorister of q popular church. foar
4 years ago she fell in love with an
! American who was visiting Genoa.
4 Her father opposed the attentions OF
1.-THE tourist, who he said was dissipat-
| led. lit was the old story from that
point. g She fed with her lover, and
"a few months later he deserted her,
!, BY selling her jewelry she paid an
| elnigrant passage u to1nNew York.
! Her baby was born on board ship.
) bShe searched theTstreets for the man
/ she believed was her husband till she
, had no hope left. Even it she found
. him he might repulse her. Her
} baby was sick, and il deyoting her
lself to its care she had. lost her
t work. Now she was sbeggar No,
9 she would not, give her name; her
t friends should never kno W her fate
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> Should the stateS,ent prove true, |
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