Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1885-01-03

the manager Of the pier the keepers Of
the different Stalls, q rev stIalig gers, ana
Jim, the boatman, who had found the
little bundle dripping Wet On, heAYr
-enl the pathos OF 10. yn the WQ0deit$
fseat lay the little bundle, 50 Wn1se, ~
fair, like small, pale rose nq9, a.1a p3'
1t, in wet heap, lay she plack asas
there was not another WORD e ne saiq
that was the same shawl naa seen 1a 5
the woman's hano9 W i1eQ she .ufopp lts
the little bundle into the sea!tlie SELF
same. had seen ~ plainly by IAe
bright, ftful CLEAN of The moon An9
superintendent said something 20 ul:3
and went forward 20 look az lne i5Sil}<
child small, so far, 50 tencef
could any woman, with woman
heart, drop that warm, SOIL little ntl1s-.7
ling, into the cold, deep sea. 1t was
woman who killed Joel--a woman no
slew Holofernes but the woman 13 zWsae51
drowned this little, Tiny cnllu, WsS
more cruel by far than they. -
What sweet little racer sara 49,
superinte ndent-"l t looks Just az ~ I
were made OF wax.
bent forward. Ali II 1 had d0lliaear,s,a
before, / could doubt no longer3 me
little face, even In It's waxen pali0H was .as
like the beautiful one / had seen In,ess
white despair last night, Just the same
cluster of hair, the same Deaut1ful
mouth and moulded chin. Mother and
child, I knew and felt sure. The little.
white garments were dripping, AND
some Kind, motherly woman in the
crowd came forward and dried the little.
face. 49,. :
Poor little tnlngE sne sal9s now u 4
should like to take those wet things on,
and make 1t warm Dy q good nre: ~,
1t will never pc warm again IA aiiis
world" said one Of the boatmen N
There is but little chance when acnild
'sAll night in the seaI'' said the, piti-
full woman; "and my children lay ~
warm and comfortable in their SOIL lit
tie beds. All night IN the seal fooE
little motheTless thlngl
She seemed to take it quite for grant
ed that the child must be motherless:
in her loving, motherly heart she could
not think OF such crime as Q motheE
destroying her own child. saw tna sss
all the men who stood round the pody
were struck with this.
what will be done With lbfs' sne
asked. s,
1T will go to the deadhouse Is as E !, sne
workhouse, " said the supeTiinte ndenp,
land the parish will bury it.
Then 1 stood forward.
MOP cried, II the authorities
will permit, lWlll take upon myseiE 1h e
| expense OF burylng that little ehllQ~7sl I
| shall not have q pauper,S Iunerat, y
shall be buried lnthe DeautiLnl &fsen
| cemetery in the Lewes Road. aud II
shall have a white marble cross a. the
head of its grave.
ssYou are very good, sir, 4 said the ssl-
perintendent, and the pitiful woman
cried out:
4 Heaven bless you. sira would DC
the same thing myself u l could afford
it.a
i There must be an inquest said
someone in the crowd; tive ought to
know whether the child was dead be-
fore II was thrown into the water.
II hope to Heaven it wasp cried the
woman.
And said TO myself that, III that
were the case, it would not be murder
not murder. but some mad miserable
| mothers way out of some dreadful diff
| hculty.
Surely, on the beautiful despalrlng
face 4 had not seen the hand OF muraerl
Il the little one had been dead, That
| would lessen the degree OF wickedne5s
50 greatly.
| !, Inc woman VINO mad dried and kAsse0
the tiny waxen face bent over lt now.
| II am sures she said, THAT child was
alive when 1t touched the water;
"How do you knoW?s asked the SUI
perlntendent, curiously,
Look at the face, sir, and you viii
see:
| ~ see nothing, !" he replied.
| II do" she said. II see just what
| you would see on the face OF baby
suddenly plunged into cold water: 4
see the signs OF faint, baby surprise.
| LOOK at the baby's brows and the little
t Wnen 81, it touched the water am sure of