Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-08-27

and the little onewith these arms like u
good man.. Keep away from the ma
Tor and the miserable band we've been
herding with. Don't let them hunt you
down, az doubtless they'd,try to do,
and I'll make it sunny and good for
you when come out"
"And with n last weeping embrace he
was off for prison, while she slipped
quietly out Of the court and disappear
ed.
"But the Internal major pursued the
wife as remorselessly " he had bctray-
ed the husband. Acting under his
secret orders, the gang summed, hound
ed and maltreatcd her, and finally turn
ed her out of the wrctchcd Five Points
roOkery which she had occupied with Il
number of them.
"Shc was without money and reputa-
ton, miscrbly sick, and the weather
was snowy and cold Nevertheless she
made hard fight for it, occupying any
shelter that she could beg, day after
day, and night after night, and seeking
ccaselcssly and pcrsistcntly, 10 obtain
honest employment.
"l,ut il was in vain. She had ne
character, by way of recommendation
to start with, so the major and his
creatures gave her one, At every shop,
store, factory or household that she
applied to for work, it was but to find
that she had been forcstaled by infor-
nation, secretly supplied, concerning
her criminal nntecedants, which eflee-
tllnlly set to naught her elaims and sup
plcations.
eat last she was desperate, hopeless,
without friend, and in this piliable
plight was found one evening crouch
ing under one Of the high stoops in the
ncighborhood Of the Central Park, by il
policeman, who grullly ordered her
away, and advised her to seek Il nights
lodging at The nearest station house.
"But She gave no heed to his advice
perhaps being halfcrazcd with her
sullcring but, wrapping her bahy still
more tightly under her poor, thin
shawl, limpcd away through the fast
falling snow, and entered the park
"Out in the snow, under the bare
trees, in among the lcailcss, rlstIng
shrubs, away up through the hillocks,
she wonder in the lfclcs3, deserted
park, which then must have seemed n
wilderness, indeed, but more accept
able, more inviting, than tire peoped
but hcartlcss streets, from which she
fnrcd, with hunger IN her body and
dcSpniring misery IN her soul No one
could interfere with her there, or hunt
her down, OF bid her IL move on, or
laugh III her or tnunt her with her pnst
wickcdncsS nnd present iriendless-
ness
Faster aud fnstcr fell the binding
snow. but il seemed to touch the earth
softly and tcndcrly, ailordng her the
covering and shelter humanity had re-
fused, II was bitter cold, and she tore
her shawl into strips to moro thorough
~ cover up her child, while rendering
her own poor shoulders dcfenccless to
the shivcring wind
"Thcn she huddlcd closely against
u rock to keep of the drift and eud-
died llpnbout the child as near rs she
could creep. And then, after the
storm had slnckcncd, the moon came
out aud looked pityingly on the forlorn
pnr
"Thc drift wlrirlcd fastor and faStcr
over them To complete IL work and
then AZ last poor Jenny, the worlds
forsakcn wnif, fell asleep forever under
the soft, white mantle Of the SNOW,
which, like Charity'S covers each year
such multitudcs Of sin
"'rhe Park policemen found her ON
the following morning, at spot about
two hundred yards north OF the Sev-
cnth avenue entrance. frozen still.
No stone over marked her grave, and
II four line newspaper paragraph. with
n sdc-hcading, Unknown Woman
Found bend in Central Park, wis
the only notice taken of her death.
"rhc child wns found still alive and
moving on the pulscess bossom that
would nourish it no more, but il also
died on the third day thereafter from
the effects If Tho exposure, and that
was the last Of them Il
"Smrccly i week after this event,
llarndon was ST 1t liberty, and il
Glanced that ! was the first acqnnint-
ancc he met upon lis return to the
city should have mentioned that
nav kllbWn nun lFblh MS llhNHhthit ldd
dcplorcd his evil courses, reloiced III
his promised reform, and was now any
iotls that he should not be tempted To
go back upon his good resolutions, while
dreaded the effect that would he pro.
duccd upon him by the news of his
wifc's and hnhy's pitilul death, of which
| was certain he was rs yet totally gna-
rant.
MY own duties had taken ME away
from the city during the greater part of
his imprisonment, or shouldcertainly
have endcnvorcd 10 in some measure
betricnd the poor creatures, the par
ticulnrs Of whose miserable fate, is !
have just described " you, had only
myself learned i day or two before thus
meeting him ~ the depot upon his re-
turn from prison,
AS soon rs llamdcu stepped from
the train and saw me, he grasped my
hand and dragged me into a neighhor-
ing public house, whore We entered
private room.
"'Iou see me return to the world
changed man, NrArdlp, and | trust