Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-08
A TALE OF THE FAMINE.

Of the country where the following story
is told-a true tale:
In q small village in one of the most
barren districts of the west Of Ireland
there lived a very poor widow, whose sole
Inheritance from her husband was two
healthy children, girls, of the respective
ages of 5 and 5. Painfully, and by the ut
most efforts, she contrived to pass two
years of her sorrowful widowhood. Bad
and scanty food obtained only by labor toe
| great for her delicate frame had at last
thrown her upon her sick bed, ana death
In pity removed her in a few days, and
without great suffering, from all her
earthly troubles.
The poverty of the parish was so great
that nothing could be done for the poor
orphans. All the neighbors, with the ut
most desire to help, were too famine
stricken. and heard their own children too
| often cry in vain for bread, TO assist
others.
~If the children could only be got to Xii,
burn" a village some miles distant, said
| one of the neighbors, after the poor
mother had been buried, "a brother OF
| their father lives there, and he could not
! possibly refuse TO take care Of Them
@But matters are as bad there as here,
| replied another ~and fear they will be
no better off there"
at can not possibly be worse than here,
| fornothinp but starvation stares them in
the face II we send them to their relations
we have done our duty. We can not pos
sibly keep thsm here
Ail were at last agreed upon this; and as
there was carrier. who. on the next day,
was going near TO hliourn' ne was re
quested, as an act OF charity' 10 Iake tne
children WI MN. Inc man resdiiy con
sented, ana me neiohpors felI sansi'eu
inst they htd done ali tnat coula oe re-
! quired OF them.
Inc carrier, as agreed came tne next
day and TOOK the two glris-lizze was
now and MARY S-in MS cart with MN:
The timid children kept very quiet ana
close together the carrier hardiy looked
at them. Toward noon they reached .ne
spot where the cart would turn on. Inc
man lltted them our, showed thein roan
to the left and hade them go straight TOT
ward, and u they dld not tnrn from the
high road they wonid, IN aoont Two hours'
come to the place: he then drove on:
The chilren soobed out NGood-oye and
looked out ai'er MIN as long as they couiu
see the last speck OF the cart anu 'hen
they both began 10 cry
Lizzie ceased her crying hrs,' sne oooS !,
hold OF her httie sisters hahu' VINO hao
seated herseu on the grouId' anu saia; !;
~Get up, mary; we must not stay mere II
we wish TO get TO kllourn. we can not
stop here on the road.
am so hungry, sopoee MARY We
nave nao ho'hihg 10 eau All aas'
And again they began 10 cry: for Lizzie
was equau! nunsy. me poor ShluIsi'
nac eone 20 peu Ni'nou' loou .ne nisn, n,
oetore, II "ao a ,ons .iiie ohioe 'hos nau ~
u na1 .uil i"eai, 'ne neiSnools "ne.e NJ
naa s,ayed since the 1ea'h VI 'heli
nio.her' nao ho' gwen Uiu.h y. any pl.aA,
last as ,he poor peopie IeaIiy lheliSe,Ies
I. nau i,ovi.ns 70 ear. i,- =. "as ~" ui,.,'ei
'iine, ou' ,Iere "as NO uihles Ior I. the. n.
Nohe' "aIs' iaet s'tu ihA11e, We
husI u! 70 get 20 70 s1lhe nous w ns'
perhaPs ee' n,'ie oreaI =, .e" po.a,
ooes, .,i, II we stay nere we saan $500 no
''e sos', ~ =. U any .u.s ~ ~
Onl II 9u, yea. nfo.her VIZ ou1 ans.,
ssss.'.. '"e i''i' '"e' e''e 1p WIN
uirmoul,t; ~,
IN .n,iuen 80 80 %"n 11 sno 9s %
oi,. uias : ."onis.l'e2 aHs.r, a -.
n
slaI ueolatsu 'nas sne eouiu no' gu au;
larsner, sna "a. uown On 'ns niSn roaa' ~
Li Gu - ,, !" as ~ sne :. go ~ .
.- .1hNAlo pei .,a. mo- " .f 1san' "nu
~ ~ vn , 49,, IA ' s;,,,nS e .e,,.s aa.i
c,eu one sa" h'uSe anu poiu'eu 'o"aiu
'no
NOW MARY we snaii soou se, sonne'
tning 10 eat we shaii hiio hihu peopie
IncTc-
1t took them more than a quarter Of an
hour before they reached the farm house
Ao' such II proved 20 be With hesitatine
Steps they approached the house. for they
had never begged before, in spite Of Their
former misery. But at this moment they
could think OF nothing else but their tern
pie munger wheh lew steps rom the
ho1se' oney hearn 'he iarmer Sioreh.is
scoiuine one U ms men. iheh ne went
INTO 'ne mousse herceiy closed tle door
srter MN, 50 as 10 make the WINDOWS
rat.ie, continuing ms abuse an the nme.
Inc children; TERMED ana with oeatine
hearts stood SUN at the door untii the
voice ceased fhen Lizzie opened the
door ana both the chiidren entered. The
farmer sat IN the armchair by the nre
wen, what do you want' ne harshiy
asked the chiidren, VINO Were 100 iright'
ened 10 utter WORD ana 10 tell tneir
erraho- ,ah you speak ne asked,
sun more roughly
Lizzie at iast TOOK courage, ana said,
gently;
Oh' you would oe so good ana give
US the least h.tie pit 10 eat.a smah piece
OF bread OF tew potatoes.
thought so, shouted the farmer; Il
was sure you were ho'hihg put peegars'
alohough you 40 NOT seem 10 oeiong 20 this
neighoorhood. we nave plenty OF those
mere, ana 90 nor want them 10 come from
otaer parts. we nave not pread ior our
serves III these nara times. fou VIII get
ho'hihg mere. BE OH TINS moment
The children. dreadfully frightened,
began both to cry bitterly.
THAT will not do you any good :" con-
tinued the man, that kind of whining is
nothing new TO me, and won't move me.
Let your parents feed you; but they. no
doubt prefer ialiup rather than getting
their living by honest labor"
aD,,r ,,a ara Had .o;d s,~;o