The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-24
A BOY BARE
Is Deserted by Its Mother. Who Leaves II
With a Coiored Woman Under False
PrAtenses.

Pretenses.
Another waif, the offspring Of one who
loved not wisely but too WE'LL" 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, leav-
ing it in the hands Of strangers. 1t is but
repetition of the old story
OF woman's love and mans
treachery, yet the plan Of relieving herself
Of the burden is something different from
that usually adopted by mothers OF that
class. 1t was not left ON the door.steps
with note attached, but was taken by its
own mother in person, beautiful, dark
haired, black.eyed little woman of some
sixteen summers, to the humble home
of Anna Pepper, a colored woman, who re-
sides at No. Is Patterson avenue. The
story, as related by the colored woman to a
HERALD reporter, is substantially this:
About $50 o'clock that morning the woman
mentioned came toher house with the babe
in her arms, to all appearances in great dis
tress, and asked her if she would keep IL a
few, minutes until she could
go 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 nursing the 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 a simple re-
quest as this, and after repeatedly Kissing
and caressing 1t, the woman turned it over
to her and left, the tears flowing down her
cheeks. AS she passed out the gate she
said in sobbing voice: "Oh, my God.
help mel" Thinking this was but an express
ion Of grief caused by the near approach
10 Of hA xsNts, a,,fu atnl- crsA 4 he
colored woman, never dreaming that there
was anything wrong, set to work and pre-
pared some condensed milk for the little
one, which she gave it. 1t had nothing
around it but soiled rag and was wrapped
up in worn breakfast-shawl. She nursed
the little boy babe-for it is q 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, and when 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,
driven away hurriedly in the direction OF
the Union depot. The scales fell from Anna
Peppers eyes and she double-guicked to
the sheritl's office, got Deputy John Spen.
Ger and they went to the Union depot, and
searched the north-bonnd train on the
Texas Central road, but failing to find
her they came back down town
to continue the hunt After they left Bag
gage-Master Smith, checked trunk to
Denison for a woman who answered the
description of the fugitive, both in features
and in dress, and there is hardly doubt
but what it was the childs mother. The
child is about twelve days old, and while it
is full of life and apparently healthy,
it looks thin. The woman is OF delicate fig.
ure, black hair and eyes, has long eye
lashes and wore 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 to give her his name.
Since writing the above, it transpires
that the faithless mother told the coored
woman 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 and
mother of the child. The father is q resi-
dent of this city, as is also well-to-do
uncle of his, who will never
look with favor upon this
step of his nephew. The mother
has gone for good and is said to be blonde
instead ola brunette. as described by the
colored woman, Anna Pepper. The babe
is red-headed. The colored woman took
the infant to the mayor, who told her ia
keep 1t until home could be found for it
The little one is at present the ward of the
city