The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-05-27
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"Out Of the Depths Have I Cried to
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(Chicago Times.]
sPlease, sir, to let mamma gn home
with us. IL you send her away there'll
be no one TO take care of little Alice !.
and then she's SO good to all of us. We
won'taet her go away again. and-and
get drunk, and she won't want to, we
love her go. Please to let her CO."
"BtHdoesn't yonr mother spend her
money Tor drink which ought to buy
you bread and butter ?''
"0nly once in while. sir; there new
er was q better mamma than ours, and
vel abe such good care ;of9 and be
81 I'd! that she Won't want any more
whisky, cause it's that, sir, which makes
her bad once in while"
'What have you to say, madam p
You have been let off so many times on
good promises that 1 am losing faith in
you"
"Your honor, I know don't deserve
any mercy at your hands, but for the
sake of these darling children let me try
once more to be the good mother they
think l am. God only knows why l
can't help drinking and why 1 should
degrade myself by getting drunk and
then abusing these innocent little chill
dren. ! thought this would be the last
time and that they would he so muck
better off without me that said / would
drown myself, and was angry when s
policeman pulled me out of the lake and
saved my miserable ~life. don't dc
anything to feed and clothe them; why
do they love and pity me so 2 l only
spend their hard-earned money for drink
How much better for them if l could bs
dead! / have a helpless little babe a
home who was almost starved, know
and yet none of them ever complained
Ny God, what a thing l am! You don,
know how l despise myself. Is ther,
any hope for me, do you think, sir?
wish l could deserve their kindness ant
love and your mercy. II you can lie
me 60 again my broken promises shal
be renewed, and I'll swear by the he'll
ofmy Maker to keep them in the future.
"Let the fine be 500, but will sus
pend it aud try her again"
A scene in the North Side Polio,
Court on Monday last is only half pro
duced in the above narrated colloquy he
tween Justice Kaufman and two other
-one woman forty-five years of age
but with an apparent experience Of tn
saddest kind stamped on her features
and the other child not yet nine year
old. There were other parties presen
who did little but smother the sob
which choked off any attempt to speak
There were other children present Of th
dissipated mother-a daughter twenty
one years Of age, very neatly but plain
ly dressed, and with an Intelligent an
cultivated .ceuntenance son two year
younger, and another boy about sever
This last child and the little girl wh
pleaded for her mother were standing o
either side Of the woman and clingin
to her dress and hands. The woma
was Mrs. Mary -, and she was befor
Justice Kaufman for being drunk an
disorderly. The term "disorderly"
we'll known to cover multitude of sin
and misdemeanors, and in this case aE
piled more 10 an attempt to commit SUI
eide than anything else. On the da
previous an officer had seen her wander
ing along the lake shore and kept 8
close watch on her movements that b
was enabled to he at hand and pull be
from the lake soon after she had plunge
head foremost beneath its waves frol
one of the piers.