The Goodland republic., 1903-03-13
BEARS THE SIN OF BOTH.
Fourteen-Year-O1d GoOdland Girl
Becomes a Mother.
mamie Homes~ Journeys to a Denver
establishments 20 Pass the Hour Of
PeriI-W. c. I. L. Women Find
Her and Bring Her Home.

An abandoned animal Of the human
race-a slave to passion, who has turned
his back upon commandment, and law,
and custom, and who now strangles the
divine monitor in his breast-such is the
one who turks undiscovered, the IN
lawful father Of the child recently born
to Mamie Homes
The case is one which should excite
our sympathy for the unfortunate girl,
but arouse deep damnation for the Sc
ducer. Think Of the one so young IN
years, betrayed before the bloom of
womanhOOd had hardly dropped its man
tie upon her girlish forml
As for this story let the name be
Mamie Homes" That is enough. There
is no desire to diyulge even the maiden's
real name to satisfy curiosity but rather
to mitigate the anguish born Of such
conditions.
The local end OF the story need not be
more touched upon. 1t is suggested in
this article from the Rocky Mountain
News of March 8, and is as follows:
a pitiful story Of a mothers iguor-
ance, a girls downfall and some mans
culpability has just come to light in
Denver. 1t is the old, old story Of the
blot on the 'scubcheon,' but 1t has its
own individual touches which make it
a peculiarly pathetic one.
Several months ago Mamie Homes, a
girl II years old, came TO Denver from
GOOdland. Kan In features and in
/ build she was nothing but q child, but
the gray girlish eyes held in them Sc
cret which only she aud her mother and
one other knew. When she left the
rain she found her way, after much
\ questioning to an address printed on
little clipping which had been cut from
a Denver newspaper and which was care
fully kept with the bits Of coin in her
purse.
The time passed on and about two
weeks ago a little baby was born. For
days the child-mOther lowered between
life and death, but the vitality be-
9ueathed to her BY life Oh the Kansas
prairies finally triumphed and she re-
covered. Her baby, however, she never
knew for It had been adopted she was
told
"In the meantime the Woman's Christ
ian Temperance Union at GOodland
learned Of the state Of affairs and imme
diately communicated with Mrs. H. X
Dunklee of the South Side union Of this
city, asking her to locate the child and
send her home. 1t was brought on
in the correspondence that the mothei
has been sick some time and tha'
when the news Of her daughters con
dition was known to her she was almost
prostrsted. In an agony Of humiliation
she cast about for an institution Ehsri
the child might be placed and thus, IL
part at least, save the knowledge Of bel
disgrace from eomingto their associates
10 the little Kansas town Mother and
+ daughter scanned the personals O
7 many papers but finally decided upon
the Denver establishment
sMrs. DuDkiee Immediately enliste,
; the services Of other members Of th
Womanis Christian Temperance Union
: and Sheriff Armstrong was also caller
e into consultation The result was tia
a visit vas made to the child She ez
pressed 3 perfect willingness to retun
Z home, but said that the accoucheus
vas OBTAINING her because Of an uEPaiC
bill Of so for board and services Thi
union at Goodland was notified Of tn
fact and yesterday draft covering thi
amount together with sufficient none
10 pay NAMES fare home reached th
city She viii leave this afternoon oi
the 1s30 train for her home
Some Investigation has been mad
here 20 find cut who is the father Of fh
child, but little has come TO light tn
Christian people Of the town are FIRE
with a righteous Indignation and il Ia
guilty man be found be VII be made {
feel the full force Of the Law goTsruin
= such eases