The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-06-29
A coy BABE
IL Deserted by Its Mother, Who Leaves 1t
With Colored Woman Under False


IL Deserted by Its Mother, Who Leaves II
With a Colored Woman Under False
Pretenses.
Another waif, the offspring of one who
"loved not wisely but too well" was cast
upon the cold charity of the world yester'
day morning by its mother, who, IN order
to hide her shame, forsook her babe, leay-
ing il in Che han DIS of strangers. 1t is but
a repetition of the old story
of womaus love and mans
treachery, yet the plan of relieving herself
of the burden is something different from
that u. ually adopted by mothers OF that
class. 1t was not left on the door-sCeps
with note attached, but was taken by lts
own mother in person, beautiful, dark
haired. black eyed little woman, OF some
sixteen summers, to the humble nome
Of Anna Pepper, a colored woman, who re-
sides at No. ID Patterson avenue. Inc
story, as related by the colored woman TO
HERALD reporter, is substantially thls:
Ahout $50 o'clock that morning the woman
mentioned came to her house with the oaDe
in her arms, to all appearances IN great dls'
tress, and asked her if she would keep IL
few minutes until she could
90 down the street and get some clothes
for it and medicine for its sick mother,
whom she represented as being at the point
of death. She was nursingthe babe at her
breast while she was talking, and remarked
that her child was older than the one she
was nursing for her sick friend.
Anna could not refuse such simple re-
quest as this, and after repeatedly kissing
and caressine It, the woman turned it oy er
TO her and LETT, the tears flowing down Der
cheeks. AS she passed out the gate she
said in a sobbng voice: "Oh, my God.
helm mel" Thinking this was but an express
ion of grief, caused by the near approach
to death of the woman's sick friend, the
colored woman, never dreaming that there
was anything wrong, set TO worH aIiu pre-,
pared some condensed milk for the little
one. which she gave it. 1t had nothing
ABOUND it but soiled rag and was wrapped
I'M in a worn breakfastshawl. She nursed
the little boy babe--for it is boy-an hour
or more, and as the woman had told her
she would return in fifteen or twenty MIN
utes she began TO get uneasy. ana ~nen she
went out TO make enquiries colored man
told her that he saw the woman get INTO an
express wagon directly after leaving her
house, and that the expressman,
who was white man, had
driven away burriedly in the direction OF
the Union depot. The scales fell from Anna
Peppers eyes and she double.quicked TO
the sherifi's office, got Deputy JohH Speh,
Ger aud they went 10 the Union depot, ana
rUaIIlCu INC AiOA NAl-DyAAaAN ...sA--
Texas Central road, but falling 10 fnd
her they came back down town
TO continue the hunt. After they left Bag
gage Master Smith, checked trunk 10
Denisou for a woman who answered the
desc ,iption of the fugitive, both in features
and in dress, and there is hardly doubt
but what it was the child's mother. The
child is about twelve days old, and while 1t
IS full of life and apparently healthy,
IL looks thin. The woman is OF delicate ng-
ure, black hair and eyes, has long eye,
lashes and wore a muslin dress with red
dots, black hat trimmed with black lace
lined with red material. The colored wo-
man saw the express man, whom, she SAID,
refused 10 give her his name.
Since writing the above, II transpires
that the faithless mother told the colored
wohan that she stopped while here with
Mrs. Jones. who lives in the rear Of the city
compress. and the reporter has succeeded
in getting the name Of both the father ano
mother OF the child. The father Is a resi-
dent of this city, as is also well-to-do
uncie of his, who will never
look with favor upon TINS
Tm of his nephew. The mother
mas gone for good and is said TO be blonde
instead of A brunette. az described by the
colored somam Anna Pepper. The babe
l. red-beaded. The colored woman took
the infant to the mayor, who told her 70
Keen il until home could be found LOT ~.
The little one is at present the ward OF the
city