Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-19

worked for the Sloss Iron and Steel com pany and left me aud the children at Cur ney. He worked regularly until the 19 b of October, when one day l was sent for to come at once. I got the little ones to. gether and went up to No. 2, where l found him with a broken leg. The doc tors said they had to cut it off and did so. l stood by his side and uursed him night aud day until the 23d of Novemb Der, when he died, and was buried just eighteen days ago today. While he was sick Mir. Culver house, the superintendent of the mines, told me to send for my things and he would give me house to live in as long as wanted it. So l sent after them and he gave us a little hut, where we staid, but after the old man died he told me could not keep the house, as he had rented them all out and didn't have any more than he could use, but fl paid lhe rent be would lei me stay; but l had not cent and could not pay the rent, so didn': know what to do. But Mir. k per came and helped me out. He collected enough money to pay the freight on my things 10 thls place, and 1 came on looking for some. thing to do, but can't find any work. have no friends here, aud don't know what to do.'
 The kind heart Of Captain Wright was deeply touched by the sad story Of wrong done the poor, pen niless outcast, and be Set about trying to help her. He went to
 
 Charities, and she immediately moved them to the institution, where they were taken care of for two or three days, when she left, going to Pratt City, where she said she knew some people.
 No more was heard of her until yester- day, when the story of wrong came out and was told an AGE HERALD reporter, who went 10 Captain Wright and got the above facts, then went to Pratt City to look for the unfortunate woman. Every one in the place knew the story, and all were anxious to tell it. MT. B. F. Philips, the city mar shal, was found, and he, too, related the same es above and said that be did all he could for her, and that Mrs. Barlwell had taken her under her protection and did all in her power for her. She was looking for Mrs. Reese Hopkins and a Mrs. Kemp, but after day or two it was found that Mrs. Hopkins had removed to slope No. b. or near there. The poor woman then set out again and found her friend living mile and half from No. 5, over the noun tain.
 After tracing her to Pratt City the re- porter kept up the hunt, and just as the sun sank behind the mountain and after walking several miles he found the house. Mrs. Fiffer was sitting in the room, and on hearing her name called jumped up and came out with poor, puny little child, that as each breath was drawn would give vent 10 the most pitiful vail one ever heard.
 She was told on what mission the re- DOT CT had come, and with tears and sobs repeated again tue tale of wrong and cruelty to her.
 Between sobs she would say: "I didn't care so much for myself, but my little babes. He could have let us stay q little wbile, anyway, and maybe my poor little child would have lived; but now l know it cannot, and he, Mir. Culverhouse, is the cause of it.
 Never was a more heartrending tale lis tened to than came from that poor woman's lips.
 She IS now comfortably cared for, and kind friends have paid the freight ou her few househol goods that had been sent her to Pratt City. She has written to her sister, nho is in Murphysoorough, Ill.,, to send her the means to go there, and in q few days she will probably go.