The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-01-03
OF a Poor Girl Who Starved to
Death in the
CITY OF NEW YORK.
Stricken With au Incurable Disease.
She Nursed Her Aged Aunt Until
sh= Died, aud Then the Girl
Herself Passed Away
All Alone.
All Alone.

A dispatch from New York says q
Philadelphia undertaken went to the
morgue and got the body of Mary
Weeks, who was found dead at So
Barrow street. He was acJing under
Instructions from the young Woman'g
relatives. he took the remains to
Philadelphia for intermenG. t9-'s
The girl was found kneeling by her
bed In the basement OF tho Barrow
street house. She grssped In her dead
fngets broken rosary and an old
mildewed letter, describing scene
in the basement loom where she came
to her lonely end. The letter read:
Spring had ripened into summer
and the day was far spent when I
again entered the happy basement. l
found Mrs. H: sitting behind her
screen. reading her Bible. She arose
and warmed my heart by her truly
benignant smile, that threw radiance
scarcely Of earth upon her time.Worn
features, They were only two or
three articles Of furniture left in the
room. In the fireplace was pile OF
old books and letterS, witha q broken
jswelry box on top an old copy Of
Shakespears's plays lay open at "a
Midsun mer Nights Dream"
Mary Weeks was twenty-five years
old. She came from Philadslphia not
long ago to nurse her aunt, who was
the widow Of De Witt Waterman. The
old house, which has Nithstood tine
changes that have been sweeping over
the neighborhood, was once Mrs.
Wsterman's poverty, but 1t had been
alienated. She still retained the priv
ilege, however, of occupying the hase-
mens, and there her niece took care OF
her for many weeks.
The young woman, however, was,
afflicted with consumption, and shA
had been taking the open-air cure be-
fore she came to New York. At one
time she became so weak that she had
to give up the task OF nursing her aunt
and went to Bellevus Hospital for
treatment. When she regained little
strength, however, she went back to
Barrow street and took care OF the old
woman until she died, On Friday, De-
cenlber Is
|, Nobody seems to know how the
young woman got along the succeed.
Ing week. She was too Ill to work.
and ii is believed that she had almost
no money. Mrs. Forshay, jsnitress 7af,
the house, which Is now let out In ten.
ements, went to her rooms on Satur
day to see how she was getting along.
She says she found the sick girl SIT
ting on the side of the bed trying to
restring the beads of her rosary, which
had been broken.
There were no sheets or blankets
on the bed. The girl was crying, and
Polly, a little rough.coated terrier,
was sitting on the floor looking up into
her face. Mrs. Forshay found out that
both the dog and mistress were hum
cry and had nothing to. eat. She ran
to her rooms and brought them some
food. She says she THINKS Mary
Weeks was too week to eat and gave
all the food to the dog.
Tuesday morning an old friend OF
Mr.. Waterman sent for a portrait In
oil Of the dead man, which still hung
on the wall of the front basement
room. When Mr.. Forshay and the
messenger went to the room they
found the young woman dead. DR..
Conkling, of St. Vincent's hospital,
said tuberculosis had caused death.
People in the house say that the end
was at least accelerated by priVations.
The little dog was sJill in the dark,
lonely room, where his mistress died.
He whined from time to time, but
had not strength enough to make much
noise.
1t is said that Mrs. Waterman and
Mary Weeks were descendants to
Capt. Abel Bradley, notable OF the
Revolution, and that his dauShter.ln-
law, Charlotte Bradley, was Once
known as L .dy Bountiful, CT Green
wich village"
Dying Man Saves Sister.
| pouseqsed nj scarceiy enough