Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1888-04-15
SHE HAS THE EVIL EYE
Ire sTosY OF a eavsl WOMAN


Have yoa noEiesc thai woman seated
across ths ~.Y from ~ sad gsnslsaasn
- a reporter yesterday IN ons Of Our dry
goods stores. We'll. lst me tel yea ~hat
EB0s aboGt her. Only ones IA my HE
did / ever allow mysslf % believe IN total
dspraxiiy, and that w.s few years ago
when learned that this psrson, that sonasa
th<fs. .ilh hsr hair hanging loose over her
shoulders. wearing tas0 as sos On TIE
STREETS sl0ach hat long dFao eeioFed
leak. odd sBd eccentric IL al her move
n4ents es.cnlas d - attract atgsnli0n. and
forever followed y spaniel dsg Of Which
she vas pszsIonassly fond, l cay lhis
somsn ~ss al one time guilty OF tns n~st
eiaoolicAl piece OF cra-lty l ever heard OF.
A ies years $40 she noticed al advertise
msnt 10 one OF our daily papers. asking for
some enc - care for and board . baby. see
answered Il and brought 10 Der house 8
me healthy, beautiful baby boy, nye
Months Old The father Was young and
compelled By the recsnk death OF bis
wife TO board bis child out. was
inexperienced ia the ways Of the world,
readily believed all vas told him By the
woman. and, though loving the enid.
trusted It's care wholly TO her. For eleven
weeks she keDt the child. ana from the
beginning Il began 10 fail. She protested
great love for children. and especially
cables. and. Oh, bow she woUlt love this
Little mo hefless darling. so size told the
ialnsf. ThFes weeks after taking the child
he sas compelled 10 20 To southern OoIO,
and Vas there over two months On his
return DC started 10 visit hls boy baby,
happy IA bis love for Il, happy IN the
thought that 10 was no doubt we'll and ten
derry cared for. But before reaching the
house be Was called into neishoCr's and
vas there informed that his BABY Was very
I'D. lie answered that he had received
word once from the woman Who was
boarding bis BABY that il had tue SlDmsr
COMPLAINT, ont that was all. The neighoor.
a good and motherly sort Of a woman, then
up and ted him that she beliey d
tie child wss being starved, dTu.ged,
I that much 10 keep II asleep nearly ali The
time. Inis was done SD that this woman
would escape tie care OF IL The father
hastily made his way 10 the house where bis
child Mas. aud there be met sight that he
will never forget When he entered the
Z house The woman brought the child from
al inner room. lis face was thin. its chin.
that Z Al been so lat. was sharp and peaked.
aud It's once bright and laughing eyes were
I liked and siauDg. The child looked as II
II were Az idiot. You can imagine the feel
T ings of that young man One great cry OF
/ agony was vrung from bis heart Ieking
I the child he made his way 10 friends aud
I they cared for Il afterwards. When ne took
/ the child 10 this woman IL weighed over
twenty pounds. he brought q away only
weighing twelve pounds aud seven ounces.
/ IT. little body was a mass OF skin and bones.
I with the spine protrudIng from tbs flesh,
while It's legs were terrible to look at. Look
az her now as she passes you aud the cold
stony eye of the woman will con-
firm my story She was then mar
| RED TO one OF our most promi-
neat manufacturers on the Wet Side. She
was bis second wife, had Io children of her
own, hut a little boy, 10 years old. by her
| husbands first wife, which was under her
care a. the time. / have learned since that
the little fellow died, aud was nOst cruelty
treated. Not long ago her husband obtained
divorce from her, and left the city. She
was given by the court 5000. with which
she started a little store upon FountaiB-st
She gave that up. however, and IS now Inv
Ing alone, rcoming ia q block on Pcarl-5t
You can meet her AT any time on the streets,
day or night and always with that ever
lasting spaniel dog at her heels"