The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-29

MAYNARD GIRLs-In two of the polio,
courts yesterday the old homlly on the al
lurements Of metropolitan gayety and tn,
misery to which its pursuit redu :es those
whom it most attracts was practically illus
trated. In one case at the Jefferson Marke
police court girl named Lena Brock figured
She was sixteen years old, with bright eyes
fresh complexion and wealth OF the tiaxer
hair. She came up to the railing dlfldeutly
and glanced among the on-lOokers with al
apprehensive look, which presently gave
place to one of shame and regret Her
glance had been responded to by an old man
who had arisen In the audience-an old man
with snowy hair falling upon his shoulders
and kindly face down which the tears were
streaming now He came forward to the
bar with hesltating step, and said
Lena, my child, why did you leaf your
fadder? His heart is broken now
The words, so simple and affecting, en-
listed the sympathy of every one, and this
feeling was confirmed by the painful aecital,
interrupted by heart rending sobs, which be
proceeded to give the court. The young
girl at the bar was his eldest daughter.
Philip Brock, as he was called, had used the
earnings of years Of industry to make his
family comfortable and had educated and
dressed the girl as we'll as his means would
sister Katie, on the Weathertown road, near
Brooks saw few in the neighborhood Of their
home, except in the festival season, when
the metropolis disgorged large part of it's
German population to engage in the sports
of the Fatherland on the Schuetzan Park
green. What Lena Brock saw and heard
among these visitors and her own neighbors
who were familiar with the ways of the
great city made powerful impression on the
girl mind, and, like many another in like
circumstances, she grew dissatisfied with her
secluded home and longed to experience the
excitement and gayety OF life in the great
city. Her parent knew nothing Of this, and
it was to him cause Of CONSERVATION when
on Wednesday last Lena disappeared with
out leaving a trace behind. On tuesday
night Policeman Scullion saw the girl com
ing out Of house, and he at once put her
under arrest. In the station house she CON
fessed that it was the gayetes Of the me-
tropolis that had lured her from home and
furnished narrative of her experiences in
the streets of New York, which was by no
means a cheerful one She had been taken
by strangers she met to several questionable
abiding places, and soon was anxious to be
home again but shame restrained her, and
but for the affection which prompted old
Philip Brock to search for her she would
doubtless have been hurried to the extremi-
ties which SO often await adventurous glrls
of her class The Justice was about to in
tercede with her father in the girls behalf
and ask him to offer her the refuge of his
home again, but the old German had no idea
of casting her off, and only said that he
would try by kindness to make their home
more attractive and give her no cause to
long for another. They went away together,
reconciled, the one repentant, the other for
giving.
The other was that of Mrs NJ Dillon and
her daughter Maggie, a very pretty dark
eyed girl sixteen years old. They came to
this city from Albany about two weeks ago
on a visit to some relatives. In about a
week the girl was missing. On Tuesday
night she was found at the house kept by a
woman named Blanche Burroughs. The
girl refused to state how she came to go the
Forsyth street house. Notwithstanding the
piteous appeals of her weeping mother and
the command Of the magistrate. She was
locked up until to-day in the hope that she
would repent her conduct. The policeman
said he found her hid in top room OF the
house While the girl was In court the
house was raided and a number Of young
girls were arrested. In court one of them
named Lille Edner said that on New Year.
Day she was led away from her widowed
mother by female friend to Mrs Bur
rougns' house, and had since remained
there They kept her three days, and ther
after what occurred she was afraid Ito gc
home .-Ne1c York Herald
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