Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-15
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u... som. very Angry NeiEhbOr' Turned
'" rbs,r Feelings to Good Account

.r,..t. Feelings 70 Good Acco"
u wos a sort of improinptu indigna-
,ion meeting held Just after 6reakiase = :
The Iandlady said that the way tne
child next door was abused was :, q
.bome and the contractors wife salu
n was nothing less than crime.
The shipping clerk said that ne Ue
lieved the baby had been crying sOeiuy
for six hours, and the landlady sa'l
that IL had cried more or less the oay
before too. >, - H.,
The contractors wife said that she
knew its mother whipped it, and that
~ sbe were man she'd have II
stopped. even If she had to go TO the
police.
The big Rruff contractor straightened
himself up and said he would go I'D
NEXT door and see what he could do.
The shipping clerk volunteered to ac-
company him, and the little dry goods
salesman said he was in for any move
ment that would stop that crying. Inc
cashier said that cruelty to children was
the one thing that actually made him
want to strike woman. He had noticed
the way that baby had been treated for
some time.
The four men sailed forth, and the
landlady, the contractors wife and the
cashiers wife watched them from the
bay window. They climbed the steps,
rang the bell and moment later en-
tered the house. Three minutes after
ward the cashier came out and hurried
off down the street, and the women ex-
claimed simultaneously, Hes going
for a policeman. Then the shipping
clerk appeared and hurried after the
cashier.
1t was fully fifteen minutes before
the contractor appeared, followed by
the dry goods salesman. The former
was wiping his forehead with his hand
kerchief as he climbed the steps of the
boarding house again. He was met at
the door by the three women.
"What did she sayl" asked his wife.
"She said she was glad to see us" he
said in his gruff way.
"The brazen thing" exclaimed the
three women.
"Stop that" he said sharply. I'VE
told her we were neighbors, and she
said it was kind of US to come in"
"Oh OH" chorused the women.
"Stop it, l tell you" he exclaimed.
''She had the baby in her arms and
there were dark rings under her eyes.
She said the baby was sick and she
didn't dare leave it to go down celler
to the ice chest, because there was no
one else in the house"
"And what did you doi" the land
lady asked.
II went down cellar and got some
cold meat. She hadn't had any break
fast"
"And brought up the milk, i" put in
the salesman, "and George ran for the
doctor and Harry went to the drug
store"
"Oh, dear" said the landlady. The |
poor thing Where's her husbandp
He didn't come home last night"
said the contractor, scowling Some
nights he forgets, it seems"
'And what are you going to do~
asked the cashiers wife.
II know what one woman is going
to do" he said, looking in the direction
of his WIFE,
"Yes, john" she said, "I'm going
right over"
"And l know what another woman
is going to do, added the landlady,
picking up a shawl "She's going to
offer to get up something hot for moth
er and baby. Their kitchen fire must
be out"
'And another's going over Just to see
what she can do" put in the cashiers
wife,
Then, as they started, one of them
called OUT
How about the husbandl Hadn't
some one better"-
II can lick him" interrupted the lit
tie dry goods salesman, ''and if l ever
meet him l will. Chicago Tribune.