Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-26
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| her bread by daily toll in one of the mills l Georgie had plenty of friends, so that his
 mother, when she left him in the morning.
 knew well that at her return at evening she
 would find her darling safe and that he had
 wanted for nothing during the day. Despite their daily separation he was tenderly at tached to her and referred to her only in words of tenderness.
 HIS DOWNWARD CAREER
 Left all day to wander where he chose 1t would have been remarkable indeed, if among his many quasi friends there had not been some who sought to psrvert his intellect to evil uses A slang phrase, a bit of vulgarity, double entendre were laughed ct by many and rsproved by few, and soon became the rule and not the exception with Georgie Prompted by men of little character and sohooisd by persons who took wicked, he soon became sslf-willed and in corrigible. The doors of responsibility were closed against him, his downward career had begun and soon the enfant prodigue became Q veritable enfant terrible. With astonishing aiacrity he learned to smoke, chew, curse. swear, drink, and soon his only companions were saloon lounRers and the scum of society During the past five years the nights on which he returned home sober were fewer than those on which he reeled home intoxi- catsd or did not come home at all All his energy seemed to be bent upon the acquire ment of wicked knowledge, and his days were principally spent in saloons-dancinp jigs and singing rihald songs. Milton and Shakespeare were forgotten and indecent songs had usurpsd the place of hymns h. stead of being courted and hattered eyery- where, he was summed, for every other word was an oath and obscenity and vulgarity con- stituted his conversation. Ladies who had formerly petted him now passed him in hurry for fear of being insulted. His life seemed to be one drunken debauch l,sc Iao would stopa stranger or an acquaintance in the street and insolently demand chew of tobacco; insulting ribaIdry was the reward if the favor was granted a volley of curses and oaths invariably followed 8 refusal. His fits of fury were simply terrible Thwarted even in the slightest affair he would kick and yell and send forth oaths that would have fitted the collection of the father of Tristram Shan dy. The growth of his intelligence, like the growth of his body, seemed to have come to standstill, and Georgie was far less interesting than he formerly was. Plenty of boys could be found with innumerable bad habits at the age of thirteen. The only other unusual point about Georgie was his size, and that in itself did not constitute enough of wonder to be gazed at at the expense of being insulted For the past few years George had almost public Occasionally his diEninutive form would be in the streets, and awaken recollections of his former years but as ey- erybody seemed to avoid him he soon aban- doned the highways.
 PATIENCE AT LAST EXHAUSTED.
 His mother, nearly heartbroken at the change in her darling, endeavored to reform him but necessity called her to the mill in the daytime, and the few good admonitions which she could give in the few hours spared to her with him were counteracted hundred fold by the evil instructions received in the daytime. She did her best to stem the our rent of wickedness, but in vain. Finally she gave up the unequal struggle and applied to the stronger arm of the law for mercy to her self and her child. He heard of it and cursed her for it. The edict of the court was is- sued, consigning him until his Fist year 10 the Reform School, and he soon fell into the hands of the laws minions and found himself behind the bars of the county iail. there to await transportation to his future home. few days of reflection seemed to have beneficial effect upon him, and when Sheriff Van Voorhies came to-take him to Jamesburg marked improvement in his de- neanor was observable. Melancholy seemed again to have seized upon him. As he stood on the stone steps leading out of the jail he was picture of a juvenile wreok-an un- natural picture. The dissipation which had SO plainly marked his face did certainly not agree with his infant form, and who would look for melancholy in a mere babe?
 HIS AD1EU TO PATERSON
 Wont you take me around to see my mother ?" he asked supplicatingly. q would iks to see her once before go. I can hardly sxpeot to come back alive" The favor was promised and he seemed satisfied.
 stranger, who had been informed of Ieorsie's destiny, but who did not know him, aid: 1T thought that only children over wslVe years of age were taken at the Reform School. This IS mere baby"