The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-13
RE EMMANTs.

| inter Cne bargain, anu W uiNll WI yoi
law .,ands to airn single honest
penny? Get out wild vel and ii ye don't
bring me fifty cints for the rint and slch
| like aiore the Hall clocks strikes nine,
PHI break every bone In yer beggariy
carkisW
The slatternly virago who hurled
l these yituperations at the frail child who
cringed to avoid the expected blow
which too often was forthcoming, was
heavily-built, trowsy ,wonian, whose
bloated features and bleary eyes de-
| noted a devoted attachment to strong
waters and protracted reyeis.
She was one OF those outcasts who,
having run down the ladder OF vice, ON
reachsnp the lower round, had not the
strengt6, even had she had the inclina-
tion. to remount, and therefore sank
gradually to wallow in the miry filth at
lis foundation. ~.
The poor child, who could scarcely
have reached nine, II 1T had yet reached
that age, covered and shrank into an
4 alley where the pair was standing.
aFifty cents Tor the rent and sich
lloikep' Well it knew what that CON-
prised. 1t was but another sacrifice VI
the shrine OF Bottle. Imp, who, once in
power, holds his yampife-like sway over
his miserable idoli5ers until he saps the
lllle-StrlnsS VI cHoii Voi oAiononoS, "nu
In the words OF Holy Writ, ''Kulns body
and SOUL"
fhe nearest distillery or bucket shop
lenfolds the fiend OF blue ruin in It's mann
moth tanks, whence it is dealt out In
bottles at ten cents the half pint to ev-
cry conner, no matter what their sta
ton.
"Yes. mammie, I'll ego. But don't
strike me, please, for my shoulder IL all
black and bIue now way up to my neck,
wnefe you struck me wild that stick OF
wood yesterday"
"Weil, 20 long wild You, and no back
pataver, and II you don't fetch the
| money FL black ye from head to loot in
the same way to-nIghtw
| The child crept thruu sh the alley-way
into the street. 1t Was on Park street,
| near the Five Points. The woman, TAX
| ing the other direction, reeled unsteadily
up the dark, rickety stairs, 10 her
| wretched. presidential room, where she
cast herself on the filthy bed and
fell into maudiln reyerie.
"The brat OF nature" she muttered to
herself. IL wish ] could get rid OF her,
and vet can't bear to lose ner. It's too
much satisfaction to see her suffer. Sui
fer! sufferl tor others VINO suHer more
than she, Curse Fem! They'd give all
thay,re worth for something could say,
and which wouldn't say II they cut out
nv heart and liver Tor it, not speaking Of
my tongueW !.
She laughed a savage, fiendlsh laugh,
and INDUCED in string OF curses tnat
might have appalled, even Satan him
SELF.
skunk slowly up Park street to WorLh,
and thence to Broadway.
1t WAS scarcely six O'Clock, and the
busy shop-girls, clerks and laborers re-
turning home took but little notice of the
pleading wall.
In vain the ragged, bare-footed child
besought few pennies.
HLook out for your toes. sissyw cried
lone; .your boots sit tight" another; anu
still anoJher jeered the miserable little
one with the remark tnat SIT wore q fine,
open-worked gown"
But amid the chatting, merry crowd
who were nearly all nastening home to
warm meals, clean beds and genial fire.
sides. not one kind voice administered q
word of comfort TO the homeless child.
The begrimed features were pinchcd
and careworn; they bore famished ex
preston, but Ehere was something in the
naughty curl of the upper hp, and in the
tlgnt compression OF its companion,
glitter OF the girls eyes, that bespoke a
spirit that, although humbled by trials,
had not been broken by It's serfd0m.
Tears stood in the detianteyes but the
little martyr beat them angrily back as
= she regarded each new fiippant assail
ant with glances that, had they worked
their will, would have killed them ON the
spot.
Seven o'clock passed and the CROWD
lessened.
i Below Canal street but few. pedes
trians remained, and finally the fatiguet
child turned listlessly and wandered
toward the North river.
Nor was she aware of having roamet
90 far until she found herself on piel
near the California line of steamers.
Ship-carpenters had been repairing
. the side OF a vessel that loomed darklj
/ up In the evening twilight, which formed
a gray saffron background to the taper
ing masts, spars and rigging ofthe largs
ship.
the string piece of the pier. She gazeG
for while longingly at Hoboken Heights
where the giimnerihg lights Of the houses
were already beginning to twinkle. HeI
head dropped dejectedly upon ner bosom
Her hanus lay folded in her lap, and hel
bare teet and taper ankles dangled oyel
4 the water. The long tangled hair fell
around her like a shower Of FURNISHED
gold, and the pale cheeks and necl
merged into the rounded, dimpled shout
der, where lay The cruel, blue mark o
the previous days beating.
"Ohw poaned the little one with 40
cents that would have touched the hear
OF adamant; s'why don't God come and
take little children now, as the mission
, ary at the house said he did years ago
last Christmas? Maybe he don't near
to come back to the poor folks no more
now. 1t seems as if, no one has righ'
Ito 20 to the big churches now, unless
they has .big toys. just wanted t
stand outside and hear the organ a.
Grace Church, the other day, when ont
of them swell coves with white glover
aud vest showed me back and see
sHallo, Remnants, get out, or pii call ,
cop to take you In! Iwonder will theJ
have any cops in heaven? Don't wan
to 70 there II they dol And i wonde
how that cove knowed my name, and ye
they all calls me Remnants" -.
" .Whats the use in livin' anyhow