Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-08

In one adobe where We called Tor
rent four naked children lay huddlcd in
a corner of the bare room under a hand
tul Of rags. because the last clothing
rom their bodies had been pawncd for
drink The lathcr came home often
enough and remained long enough TO
beat the mother and snatch some utcn-
sl, scrap OF clothing or bit Of furniture
and run away with II for drink. Watts
n body to do with such huullaws"
groaned the collector This place asnt
paid the missuscs penny uuhs rent boz
% tWclycmunih' AT q rag iair near ]
got for less than q shilling. garments
enough TO cover their nakedness, for
another shilling LEFT them more food
than they had dcvoured IN % fortnight.
aud ON lines Of friendship compelled
Mr.. Evans then and there. while de-
mating me various species Of
'hasscs,' 90 receipt a months advance
rent for the filthy coop. against that
much chance for a iamily's life IN the
worlds metropolis. As the mother
came running home from cleaning foul
east oil boots in q near muuldy booth,
she shrckcd over her good fortune as
though the golfers of the bank of Eng.
land had been poured IN her lap. and.
the nciEhbOrhood was set awhirl by the
mite OF charity as though a fire or a
murder was In progress.
"A few gypsy families were cnCouut.
cred. Every one paid promptly.
Groups OF costers. huddlcd DO genial
communistic fashion. invariably bad.
gcrcd MI Evans with promise of Jolly
beatngs, but finally paid, leaving him
for tire time sclthlcss and whole. AZ
various places the badiulgc was fearful.
aud at no place did we TAIL TO receive
sarcastic inquiries ds TO whether we
were "howdashus' enough TO regard
them as docks 'ludmayuu' and
the Ike. coupled with still wittief fc.
quests for the loan of anything from o.
'thnp emmy biz to bod ora "quid.
To- one house we encountered "a child
actually dying in i,g bed from con.
sumption, lu mother, who sold vcgc-
table had placed ln untitled rrescup
ton from The parish doctor in its listltss
hand, a5 excuse against the collectors
call ] left something else there, but
The child was too iar gone to even smile
its thanks. Aud su on and ON through
q days, 20 mc years, indcscubab.c
Of life hopeles'uuss and despair until
the very last place un the collectors
. days list was reached.
"No trouble 'cry' said Mr. Evans
gaily, as q skinny hand reached through
the broken pane oft % basement window
with the amount due and was Withdrawn
the instant the receipt was placed with.
in IL. ! thought differently, descended
the stairs and pushed into the foul base.
mgut ROOM
Don't don't s.r'' a voice pItiully
pleaded. THEY &c not always that way
sirl"
Tie whole story, such @ one as the
master, Dickens. was wont 90 so thrill
ingly tell, was instantly revealed. There
on the dany concrete floor lay two
hidguus objects, father and mother,
SWOLLEN almost purple, and insJnsib'c.
from drinks The speaker was a dwarf
girl with hump back and huge head.
skinny, white, horrible. She Kept this
homeless home together by working
Gay and night no choppIng up old barrels
and boxes Tor "Eiudlcu;" getting beat
iugs instead of food, even keeping the
beasts of parents IN drink, and with
such bravery sacrifice, patience and
terror us we OF better fortune can
never know, living the he'll life dauntlgss
aud true Bruises and lashiugs showed
I ON her head. neck and sims as she
/ looked up scared and pleading. Twas
two half crowns worse, OF better oil for
this p.'iul sight She clutched them