Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-09
6eh HI Wile'e Ceflee.

Ssld Hk wiss's Csrpse.
A narrative illastrsaisg he dsptA Of
deprayity 10 which oan nay dsscsad
sss rscsssly rslsAsd 10 . Chieaas T.,s
rsposses. h seosy opses in a inss-
rioe county 81 IIlieois. where ~sidss .
vell-to-do farmer. Five yssss EGO this
family circle vss adssssa By . daagh-
Ter, far bryoad coopsrisoa with her
young sssociates, and rarely sccoo-
plished for ore sboas life hsd besa
spent upoa Q farm. To this fa9ily ap-
pearesi, sboas the time iadicatsd, .
young nsa 81 pleasing DsnneFs 81
fashionable ssfiSe. elai1ing 10 b in
god circnoseances ia Chicago. His
sccoant Of himself vas pos eatirsly
satisfactory 10 the farmer vho noticed
sith alarm . growing fosdssss in tie
Chances his daughter cast upoa TIE
posision in this oase, - in % oasy similar
inssancss. only sddsd fsei 30 ths Aaas
of kindl~d love. and The Young eosp,s
found means of carrying sa clsadsssins
nesting.. until one day TIE sssA girl
agreed TO an elopemept. Whsa the
arraneements we're all compless The
daughter wrote lester 20 her pareses
telling them she voull nos live apart
from the man she loved, and had. much
a. she vas panied 10 give them soerow.
determined TO cast her lot With his.
This note she left in her chamber, and
departed with the young man st night
The father vss . man of stubborn
mold, and the "bless you. ny chill
dren. on which the young folks had
calculated. came not when . paper con-
tanning their marriage Was sent to him.
The old mans suspicious had been too
we'll founded. His daughters husband
Was of dissolute habits AMI without
means, and his motive for marrying Vas
the expectation that the old man would
give literally to keep his daughter
from want. This hope proved futile,
AZ the father refused to hold any COM
munication with his hayward child and
her worthless husband. The latter was
soon driven to extremities for the
money necessary to keep him in liquor
he more than limited to his wife that it
would be necessary for her to do sewing
or what other work could be got to
help out with the family expenses. The
poor woman did what she could, meekly
enduring the ill.ussge of her brutal
spouse, sewing often the greater part
of the night, while he pocketed her
earnings and left her to suffer hunger
and cold. Two children were born to
them in the poor apartments they occu.
pied in the Northwestern part OF this
city. Each of these but added to the
woes instead of increasing the joys of
the mother, who was recently taken
with severe sick spell which ended in
her death. The husband showed
some indications of grief, but censoled
himself with drink as best he could.
The corpse lay in the house for a day
and q night, kindly guarded by the
neighboring women. Toward the Sec
ond night they nquired of the widower
what disposition he intended to make
of the remains, and were told that
evening that an expressman would
come for tho corpse for burial, as he
was unable to pay for hearse. After
nightfall the expressman came and
carried away the remains. The next
day the father of the dead woman ar
rived, having learned Of her sad fate,
and asked where his daughter was
buried, that he might have the body re-
moved to the country cemetery. near her
old home. His inquiries were answered
evasively for time by the wretched
creature whose bad treatment had
driven his wife to ON act which brought
about her death, but being pressed
and threatened with arrest if he refused
to tell, he acknowledged that he had
disposed of the corpse to the physician
who attended her in her last illness in
consideration of the petty sum of IS.
The fathers grief and rage knew no
bounds, and it was with difficulty he
could be prevented from wreaking ven-
geance upon the scoundrel before him.
Finally he set about recovering the
corpse, in which he succeeded, and had
it conveyed home and decently inferred.