, 1877-12-16


IN, Then the trawpy harrtaAn, to 'nfefF'e"
who,,, was the .lclectabic business before .nt,
aud who had bceumc suddenly taciturn. wa'Sel
quietly to the counter, and after hurried ~hs,
pered conversation with the barkeepef fctushro
to her seat at the table, rcu,arkiuE 10 ! tone
that made ME feel i'll ut casc-
II guess it's all right now. You ser, they're
thnkn. you gop-oiccr, l mcan'" sac
thinking brought you here to give lem away
to arrest somebody, you KNOW" she ad'sct';
correcting herself again. '.Wnen we've haG
supper" she continued in Significant toHe'
1--WE may as we'll 60 We can talk better some
l'y this time o'!r supper Was served: II was
quickly dispatched, ami VIC quilted the place.
Fifteen Or twenty minutes brisk walk toosi US
into ono OF the worst quarters 81 the citF'-a
region Of filthy streets aud crazy teneinents.
aud peryuled by that iudcsczibably vile at'nos-
ptcrc in which misery, and pcstiicncc, and vice,
and crime breed and multiply We stopped ot-
fore ricketty, dliaptatcd house, The Grounc-
floor Of which was occupied by a iunk-shop-
probably thieves Il fcnce." The women lived
in the rooms above. Thcsa the police had ST.
curcy locked when the women we've taken into
custody aud the keys had not hcen restored. No
progress could be made toward interviewing
them, it was quite plain, until they got lts-
si,c. So I joined my efforts to theirs,
and Mt. last We effected an entrance by
making our way to tho rear area, where "
mounting a hcn-cuop, antl an asl.-barre1 placsd
atom that VIC climbed tlpon shed anu forces.
sccond-story window, through "hicn we Eot IN
to tho house.
It was growing late, aud I fastened to draw
from tho women what they could tell about tue
horror, which, according to the city editors m
strurtons, was to ''work up into tue bi.sess
sensation that could be made Ut it. lhcIc
was little difficulty in arriving ut the main 1asts.
The girl had been fetched there by a villa,nons
nuuek notorious for his nlalpractiSc lie cl'-
gagged weeks boarl for her us Mrs. Smith, who
might STAY for another week i'll cnse her hus-
bands return was delayed: That evening SHE
took sick.'' Next morning She vas worse.
The s.Doctor" was sent for. lie renamed
few f,inutcs-long enough, apparently. to dts
cover that his wors bad been tn,lrderously tonc
and left without prescribing No one called
to Sue hcr. She mentioned no ralnes, anu uiu
! not ask that any one be sent 1or' AT n'Snslal1
she died.
The vile locality, the ylcr vileness OF the bags
who told 1t, the circumstances under which l.'-
tcryicwetl them, and all che surroundings gave
the whole sickening flavor OF an ai1Ar ot hu-
man ver,niu. Even the death of thai 9iri would
| have seemed horribly like that OF some vie YER
min bad | not looked 1t tinciy-retouched pho,
tocraph of her which the women hat found
among her effects and showed me-. Inc
face was not remarEaole los hanusomt. haa. s',
fcaturcs nor fine contour, and might have been
| called only pretty But it. was sweet, sifi'sh
! face o: in{,ntilc Innocence, amt won,tro1s te''-
dcrncss and freshness. It disclosed, At @lanre,
! how cruel had becn the traScay "l!eh ofoaSa'
| Before going, wished to make notes ot some
noiuts upon which it as desirable TO be precise,
aud the elder OF thu women, who had rsnSn ''.'.
| quite gracious, invited me out OF Inc olfty
| Kitchen, which was lighted BY single cant'e
pinned to tic wall BY 4 fork, into the adjoining:
| chamber. There was no table in tlie ROOM aa4
| to make nv notes 1 laid my papcr I'LL tue hurtan
On which tue light stood, and, to avoid uneoni-
Portable stoopius over, knclt on Que k'ee
.sIt was j,ere." satu the woman in low, con-
| strained tones.
"What was.n asked, continuing NV wrtins, t1iitI
on ta. 5c tuning Sq a~ay xSice ,f0 ao hars.: M,
whisper, s'shc died. au'i the woman Orc"
near with terrified air.
UWcll," I said, aud waited for her to pro-
coed. .,....
.4She was asleep when came int" the room;
| It woke her She opened her eyes aud asked
! me if thought she was going to die anu Tut
| WOMAN stopped as II to dismiss some olstufo~
stWell!' repeated.
| evrs then. But l sni.l | honcd not Sltc sail
| she knew she vas dying" amt again tile woman
| uausetl uneasy- ...
"Well!:' said the third tine.
| ssShe asked II could-1,ray- did wish |
could! Bur. me-rray: 1t eo,,l'1n't Ire; and |
sa;I no. Aiiv was there. lies alame ..boy-:s
| little 5-year-u1d belonging to the woman ws'o
| lives no stairs. He's real little darling, and
couldn't help l1lsl1 Eliit% illt1 ttC tHu IL 1tf'4
out here as if it waS ho;ne s'ie !uoksi ai MN
and says: Gan you pray: het4i c!hpper,lhe
! he saYs. Yes She reached out anu touH DOLL
his little ha:ltis In hers at saYs 70 ' lras'
And he khel' D! wv peu a." % Ms.. 49,, -,,,ao{{s, -
| M" lay '4e "''"i =" ,t:, h. ,..> .,o,,..
alter Inn. wore! ~ wo," Xxx, ;: amy H.,
sue arc" nun 20 .'es ~" N'ss." '''''' ""'' '''N
| woman stoppetn, u aol"s's
| ai'a 1hcns =, ! asaGn
| tnal "as l''"-7"e u''"'
4 few nights after was spcclalt} ass'Snea To
write up the SaInhIlne-hei's 1'1 1he eunuts 1;
issue. un0cr convoy OF Aal: t. Wc!''
known man about town, VINO ll'',Gltook so
Of which even 1ld reor:esS kue" n.l!','s, t ,,,;,
made the Tou:n1 u t!'ose p'ase a,,'.,,,.,
night We enteFs "Iat ny c!'aeto. .tt''"uei, . j.,
was tho 'apbpicat aAa!r " tns s"s ~
| the city. It WIS IN st.AsA .,!o ,'
| front IN one VI ~ !s.'t ~
io,iab!e quarters In sn3taous cxli1sa:Sa ;i ~
nj furniture a'''t nttlf.' It. s'ito'sec' 'a "t ''
scc1 In contrast win ING o1he Il Mas Ht:s ~
bic for the ahscic o' Tue iousi ana ~! ~. so
tlsfe co!ors preao:n'p4ca: 1ne aopoliilie't' IT,.
| generally, Tc1c harlnonitus' sotnc 'ealtf H'i. =
paintings atlornc" Tue "a1ls' a1''' ,.
Was as nearly elegant as II ste'ns 1"ss''he 'os
| sucl, j place to bc--lor inc hneFyVt the "''Gs1
Of them is Us easily DISTINGUISHING from s1e
gatlyc Is the fincry Of tlic t!ess VI 1nc so'!s
doves Tile company he1c' too' ":s ""'e ~ :.
}crt, comprising L number of uo;anies III pro-
iessional and business circles. We!l-oFcu f"'c1
prevailed; antl-tfsc ''cttiitS was heavy.
anvil