The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-11
INFANT TRAuPS
BETTE ana Annie-Children FAR from
nome and Friends.


London nor are al the gsmin in
Paris; some may be seen in Waco, ard .
in their astuteness they are quite |
equal to the prototype of the me
tropolis. The reporters of newspG-
pers FRI qucntly come i'll contact with
these unique characters and the puz-
cling question arises of what shall be
done with them. There ale no a-y-
lLms, for they are not orphans and re-
lorna Dries would only teach them
to become criminals
A EXAMINER reporter WAS taking
his notes i'll the sheriiI's office when d
little girl came in and thrust u paper
INTO his hands which was worn with
handling. lie mechanically handed
her nickel and returned to his work.
The other men in the room con
tributed without questioning and she
left without even returning thanks.
When she bad gone gentleman
present said:
"rhat girl is y tramp"
wv hat, that little ch!ld; She ID not
more than eight years old.
"Ges sir, She certainly is tramp.
She came on the Missouri Pacllc
south bound with me, and beat her
way telling the conductor very pc
! thetic story that she was on her way
to WAGE where her aunt lived. That
| Ter mother was dead etc, and
at every station she went
through the train and took up col
lection
The story seemed SO improbable
that reporter determined to find out
l & Al "a bnr 81 an II
80 he went into another office where
she came with her paper and when it
WAS handed him again he unfolded
and read it 1t ran Ns follows
kind sir have mercy on mo and
give me little money have lot OF
I children am too sick o work aud j
have nothing to eat, tod sake help
me Mrs j. CRAWFORD,
After reading the appel the re
porter, who is somewhat experienced
in reading manuscript, was undecided
whether it had been written by
woman or child Then he looked at
the girl who was looking unconcern-
edly at map on the opposite wall,
She was dressed in torn calico
dress, faded shawl and au old sun
bonnet. She wore brogan shoes and
Que stocking red and one blue. Her
fAce was much the worse TO- dirt, but
the textures were good and under
the long black lashes shone out two
dark brown eyes.
"Wha'7 your name, little girt'
"Bettie,'
"Whero do you live;'
al don't Know"
"Whpre did Won come trOm;'
al he first station this Side of Fort
Worth"
elbow long had you been there
) "Frw days.
"Whero were you before You went
there
&" don't know"
After mach que,tioning she stated
that she did not hear
any one say what was the name
of the station. but that
her father and mother had gone there
from Fort Worth. That she was in
the habit of begging and that her
mother had sent her aud her little
sister, who wa-'two years younger, to
Waco to work tho town. The COZ
ductOr had kindly PERMITTED them to
pass free, that her sister was workiug
the upper part or the town whilr she
took III the lower part. They W uld
go back TO their mother noXG day
Her mother WAS not sick but her
father was, aud had been fer thrce
months.
This confession interested the he W
gstherer more than ever and he put
shadow on her truck to report what
became of her. He reported that
about 8 p. IN. Bette" finished her
, end of town, and met her little sister
at The oepot. That they went to the
Missouri Pacific hotel and apes ied to
Mrs, Barrett the prOprictress, who
opened her kind heart aud gave them
supper aud lodging On the next day
they took the north bound train our
of the city y gentleman who had
no ch ldrcu offered to adopt r. title
but she declined. " hat should be
done with such eases; Was the moth
er u MYTH ii not how could he send
such children hundred miles from
!, home on such an EXPEDITION.
Ihe Verdict Inanimous
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Every bottle sold has given relief il
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and was cured OF rheumatism of ten
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druggist, Belville, Ohio, atirms
t The best selling medicine | have ever
handled in my % ypors' pVnnrianca ,