Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-08

p44t lpi ltuy lucy Sii Ndll' lDHIOi'Ni' ei'iA
fought like wild cats for the buds That vas
yesterday, and you sec all they have lefa me;
cleaned out everything down 20 my new yell
low satin, and then asked for more They
wanted 70 know where my jewelry WIS. but
l hid them there, hee hee'
meaning, marmN
"Meanins that md it-that is, what was
left Of thunder a board. But that ain't the
worst. When | was asleep that devil Ellen,
who's had her share of the swag all these
years, got to the board and coliared the
things, and bolted with them, and look what
SHE'S left mo instead" and she held up a scrap
of paper, "a receipt for five years wages,
and she's had them over and over again. All,
if ever | get a chance at her." and she
doubled her long hand and made Il motion as
Of a person scratching, she's bolted and
left me here to starve. haven't had a bite
Since yesterday, nor drink either, and that's
worse. What's to become of mei I'm starry
ing. | shall have to go to the work house.
Yes, me- she added in a scream, "me who
have spent thousands. | shall have to go to
"a work house like common woman"
Its cruel, marin, cruel" said the sympa-
thetc George, land you q lawful welded
wife till death do us part But, marin, l
saw public over the way. Now, no offensc,
but you'll let me just go over and fetch bite
and sup"
"Well," she answered, hungrly, you're
gen, you are, though you're country one.
You go, while l just make a little toilet;
and as for the drink, why, let it be brandy"
Brandy it shall be-" said the gallant
George, and departed.
In ten minutes he returned with q supply
OF beef patties some plates and glasses, and
bottle of good strong British brown,
1, l,,1,- 4;,,.,,
quantity to render three priyates or two blue
jackets drunk and incapable.
The woman, who now presented n slightly
more respectable appearance, seized the bot
tie, and, poL.rng about u wine glassful and Il
half of its contents into q tumbler, mixed it
with an equal quantity of water and drank
it off at a draught.
That's better" she said, "apd now FOR a
patty. It's real picnic, this is"
He handed her one, but she could net eat
more than half of it, for alcohol destroys the
healthier appetres, and she soon flew back to
the brandy bottle.
"NoW, marin, that you are q little more
comfortable, perhaps you will tell me how
you got into this way, and you with rich
husband as | well knows TO love and cherish
YOU
"a husband to love and cherish me?" she
L
to tell Inn that I'm starving, and never a
cent has he given me-and there's no allow
ance due yet, and when there is they'll take
it, for | owe hundreds
We'll" said George, 81 call it cruel
cruel, and lie rolling in gold Thirty thou
sand pounds hc has just made, that know
of. You must be an angel, marin, to stand
it, al angel without wings. Ii it were my
husband now, Id know the reason why"
"Ay, but darent. He'd murder me. He
said he would"
George laughed gently. "Lordl Lord!n he
said, "to see how men do play it Off upon poor
weak women, working on their narves and
that like. He kill You! Larger Quest kill
you, and lie is the biggest coward in Bosing
ham! But there it is; this is q world OF
wrong, as the parson says, and the poor shorr
lambs must jamb their tails down and turn
their backs to the wind, and SO must you
marin. So it's the workhus you'll be in to-
morrow. Well, you'll find it a poor place
the skilly is that rough 1t do fare to take the
skin Off your throat, and NO. a drop of liquor
not even a cup Of hot tea, and work, too, lot.
OF it-scrubbing, marin, scrubbingi'
This vivid picture of miseries to come drew
something between u sob and howl from
the woman. There is nothing moro horribl,
to the Imagination Of such people than the idei
OF being forced to work. II their notions O
future state of punishment could be got at
they would DO found, in nine cases out of ten
to resolve themselves into a vague concep
ton of hard labor in a hot climate. 1t wa
the idea of tie scrubbing that particular,
affected the Tiger
81 won't do ii" she said, I'll 90 to choke.
first
"Loob here. ualm." said GEORGE IN a Der