Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-06
Street Scene.

a beau:ltol y0uDg woman, hardly moro than
twenty i've years ct age, dressed 10 O 6no black
dEc:s' not at oil stylish, ond rather slim, with q
wee bi: tt on ataut o her aims, has attrac;ed
the attention ct tho hsbilucs CT Canal street,
from Char;res to Diuphi1c Streets for til, East
three weeks
Ihe s;rsr2cnes3 g! heI APPEARANCE and ali.
tudo hss caused n0rc than one person to sion
IS she passed. mentally askicg the question,
Who nud what is she?" From her appcar-
anco aud tie look in her eyes it was easily to be
seen TIA! she was suffering from some great
sorrog.
Inc wonsn Usually made her appearance on
Ca5sl ,'r2tt. Sometimes she was ac,osted BY O
young nau, Tho sen OF oae OF the prominent
Flc!oaaD' OF Canal street, who would accom-
1Sny her tlr block or So ia her weary nsIc..
Wnen ttlj man LETT The womao a hard and ter.
t'bie i:ck came into her eyes. Tears would roll
down her cheeks AID her Thols frame trembie.
4 day CT two ago tho woman wss missed
from her accustomed abode aud her absence
Sas observed by all to Hhom she had become
oeioVec. Al twelve o'c,oek she appeared on
Canal strtot. Ia her arms was the child, while
10 her hard sho carried letter She stonned
iccs9mc limo on Canal near Royal street, az if
waiting tor some person by o presrrnncea nm
Dclnlmc1t.
Al last sno was met by the same younp man
spoken of above. She did not saw word n
bio; she simply gut the letter in bis bsnd,
Whllc no vas reading tho letter she thrust III p
infant into bis arms, and rushing off w,s sonn
lost to view 10 TIC crowd Of people moving aIonO
tho street, "''0s
The MAN stood oupeGe9 for soma lima Tho
cr5l1g child still 10 his arms, WHOM. a crowd
collecting, he, as if mad, iouped into hact
gear at hand arG drove aft followed bv shonte
from The crowd. 50 rapidly was il ali dono
that 20 Dt1s2n. save those 10 the vicinity At the
nnle' Zoo" OF the ocourrerce, and these aid
DO know lts exact nature.
iho 5ouog woman visited Administrator
Hs:she' ao:lrg mayor, and to him rslated her
zeal story, asking his advice as TO the bt al
e3uTo 10 pursue 10 tho matter:
am peer Sir." she said; II bavs m
psrs1t!s;; about yaar ego l met tie father Of
NY cnlto; nc PAID mo attention; | fellio love
ana loved lin too we'll for my own good
nl'er my child Tas born he visited me several
omes VITA several fisnds all Of whom. To.
gethtr With himself seemed exceedingly nr,n3
ol H. lucy titsred to tsks it and proyid, a
soee oome Tor It among bis friends Wbeo |
REUSED to give him the child ho stopped bis
Vlsita. Ho ueVsr ssvo mo nickle for the Is
support oF tho child. He accomplished mV
tu'n under promise Of marriage | have sent
letter, telling bin il be did not give ma monev
70 supper, the child will !ca?s i. in his fatb.
ef's SORE" - N'' 'a'n"
Administrator Walsho would not divnIoo tbo
I rs Ct other Of the principals 10 the nffs;r
me ~ youog man II we'll koowo about tho c;,r
n. 0. City Ncm '''O' 'oe CITY.
SWIFT RETRBUrIoN.-A Mseon 10, , a;s
pa,on safes that ia tho Gcwo Of Sparta s;v,v
@!ss rom Macon, negro, about tBeptv vao,s
O'o' sst Thursday attacked y.u,g Ia57-Miss
o0nnSo1-"ho "as walking along road ma,
4 me suou'bs Ho threw her down and bast ba.
ouoombetcIu'ly, AID in The struggle tore h bes
f.oGss terribly but the lady, beiSg Of rob rst
at@sme fran'icay end successfully resisted O b;s
enGtt,. Just as her powers and srensts m us
wei! nigG exhausted, soma gentlemen Oh ' me.e
passing Dy cane to htr rescue end ssvs 49, n sa
parry was at ooce orgariz,d, end the ro ue.
vas pursued shorj ,ins ataiw,rd, tho n n.sro
,etur1cd T.taiu: Tim tut o. thu i ia,II party
cay h'o body We b7oust. in tI,S s ioIoWi?g
wagon. Il Tag ri1tled s;,h 9'A bnI,a 10
nd the hesd reaty s.v.r d"T r. outlets
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