Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-14

the garb of a foreign peasant, worn,
no doubt, for effect. a face bearing the
stamp OF sorrow, trouble. anxiety aud
eyes Of such brllliance, that one Won
ders II it be the light Of far-seeing, far
reaching intelligence, or possibly the
result ~ too close application to her
calling. At any rate, one feels queer.
| However. her mind-reading is indeed
wonderful, and when she has Finished
| with past, present and future. one car
| but ponder as 70 how much OF his own
mind he really possesses, unknown 10
the world at large. In this way. tho
| little woman, seemingly on the very
verge of nervous collapse, spends her
| life. According TO the number OF PEG.
| pie In waiting IN her shabby little sit
| tlng-room, her living should be "A fam
one, as she gives each his sitting at
| 81 per- But at what cost? Day In ana
| day out-hour after hour, plying a dan
| gerous trade In order to suppors an uh'
| ruly family. while the husbands fate
| Is the asylum. Last year. fayor!te
sister and entire family were killed IN
one eof the Russian massacres. and the
| gloom of this tragedy seems to cling
| about the little madame like a black
cloak. Truly. half the world knows not
how the other half exists.
| NOBBIE was the eldest Of four chill
| y dren, his mother a widow his home
shack on an unimproyed l0-acres
| outside the city limits. Al IL years,
| Bobby was the man Of all work: he
! was required To TIL the ground milk
the COW, tend the old horse, split the
wood. tote water take care Of the baby
during his mothers absence from home.
| which were frequent. besides getting
| the meals. For all this devoted service.
| his mother, when under the influence OF
| beer. would kick and cuff him about
| calling him a good for-nothing."
BY and by however, matters were
brought to a crisis. when the mother in
q drunken fury. beat him with a scant-
| ling, and threw him out of the house to
remain through an entire freezing cold
| night. When finally taken in hand by
| friends, Bobble was too reduced In body
and spirit to object 10 anything; but
| later. after warm food. a comfortable
| bed, and rest from work, the lad mani-
tested considerable spirit by refusing
! 20 return TO his old surroundings he
fairly fought to protect himself from
| further assaults of mOther-loVe.
The court agreed with the boy abso-
| lutely, and through our firing
| charitable workers. he is far removed
| from the place, miscalled a home, while
| strict watch is being kept over the
other three helpless children.
| y NE bright day last week the hills
were dotted with happy, whole
some children hunting for dog
tooth ylolets Children basking in the
light of the about doors and the sun
shine and the joys OF happy homes. one
| little fellow. whose supreme delight of
| the moment and the day gave vent
| In his feelings by sliding down steep
sand bank on his stomach, and paused
! long enough TO shout: "Aint 1t good
ter be Twin, fellers?"
on being told the story Of Bobbie
| and ole or two other unfortunate little
| boys living in the shadows, he replied
as he proceeded to make another rapid
| descent: Send 'em up here. we fellers
III take care of en-. slidin'g WOt they