Telegram-herald., 1886-08-30

= shsr, Chapter iu shs Hsstsrs of Poor
InfsFtanAte.

: shsrl Chapter iu shs Histers 81 a Poor
Vnfsrtan..ie.
she eas ous al nany xh1 walked Tie
streets last evening SET tlere was some
thluz about her that a,traeted lnesaa. a.
tent.an She was yoane. blt shout her
eyes aas sunkeu iook that TOLD of dissi pa
u0u. while her cbeeAs. once bright and
r1sV. aere covered sifh cosmetics dispensed
slIh lavish hand Size aas particularly
good booking eith dars hair cat short and
leg toru sas Que 1f beauty aud sl melrF
Paog unfortunate. sle Nas nuce che pride
ol arlslaclatic Iareuts. bli uoN aias. bad
fallen 81 low az to be- almost beyond re-
dempton sNaliose1 lp lu the vortex oi
sin whose Surroundings are teAllifHi %
loos apon out leperous 90 tne touch.
FNo years ago there came io this c.fy
bright young girl of German parenfAse,
fresh lrom the country iite, where she had
1eea ss0Wsred with every attention and
natures richest gifts h-aped bouuieously
upon her. She sought employ
msnt a. domestic and readily
secured 8 position in the h0me 20
prominent merchant. She Was unusually
industrious. uut there appeared 20 be
cloud which hung over ner young life,
and 81 times she was sad and melancholy.
lr 0as The of repeated story ~ disappHut-
uient lovers quarrel separation. lie
eas in the far West and occasionally letters
were received by her bat soon these ceastd
aud there came the sad neWs that her
recrrant lover bad bestowed his aiirr-
Uons on another, and THAI
hrucrl0rlh their friendship must
,ease. it vas the seyering ol the one ue
that seemed 30 bind her to earth Sickness
foll0wed, and all through her deierium his
lame Was constantly on her lips. She pre-
ierred I'd die Life 40 longer possessed a
charm But she did not die. she lived only
Go meet q fate worse than death. Weak
from her long sickness. she Was unable to
perform household work, and being
entirely without means. she drifted
into the street. where her pretty face at
tracted the attention of woman deep
r0olei in sin. She was told of a life Of lax
urv and ease of Jewels and rich clothing.
aud allowed herself to be led away, taking
that step which sealed her doom and for
ever estraneed her from those she loved so
dear. The life she soon began
10 lead was not the roseate tinted
one 10 had been pictured.
Disownei. despised, uncared for. she was
but curse 90 herself and her life blot on
the fair escutcheon of the family name.
To them she wrote occasional letters aud
lieved the story she told, OF working IN
hO,el
But there came change Her identity
was discovered and her parents notified Of
the life she was leading. Way down in her
Ohio home there was a sad scene. Two
gray heads bowed down in sorrow. weeping
for the bright, CHEEKY girl who had been the
life Of the household. and whose advent on
earth had been the ushering IA of a ne " era
In the life of the parents-a something To
lean upon in their declining years
a. they walked slowly and tot
teringlv down the hill of time
BE her sins what they might she was still
their daughter, their dark-ey,d Nettie She
was importuned 20 return home and read
ilv consented. Father, mother, all wei
coined her: new life seemed 70 dawn for
her: the sun seemed 10 shine brighter and
the quiet surroundings seemed welcome
after her career Of sin amid the noise and
hustle of the city.
Bur Gagged bird soon sighs for the free
dom of the forest, and a reaction setting in,
the girl found herself longing TO return
TO the life Of shame which but two
months before she had so willingly left
behind her The wish was but father 10
the thought. and unmindful of the sorrow
it would bring 10 bear on her devoted
parents. the girl again left home
returned 10 the Valley City and
plunged even deeper into the whirlpool of
dissipation, lost to the world, uncared
for alone
Still she walked the streets of the Valley
City last evening seemingly unconscious of
the fact that her history was known She
Is but one among thousands
Were their histories 10 be printed
they would all tell Of desc
la,e homes. broken-hearted parents, ties
severed never 10 be again united. But the
world moves on Just the same, people crowd
each other on the public thorOughfares, the
rich and poor jo>,le side by side all have a
history, this one is given to the public.