The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-12-12
By MAUD 7uc,,

e eares ~, u.s. NJ
~, life is very hardp
Then she rolled back the /.
from her left arm, and showed !,
wound in the arm where her Ms
had stabbed her with a stlletta
The young teacher lost no Il.
taking the poor woman /, 4 ,n.'
who dressed the ALREADY N.
wound, and dealt with a case :
cult that he barely saved m
from amputation.
The poor woman accepted il. NJ
stolidly, for suffering had vrou,., Il
work in her embittered spst i
drunken, brutal husband, hard Nh
SAINT toll, and the care Of three n,
children weighed down her MI,
life. She lived in one basement NJ
and her washing supplied th n
dren's food, when her HUSBAND NH
succeed in getting the money trs I,
spending it for drink.
There is not a dog upon thsaI
whose lot is not happier than m
she said. mo, there is no Goi'
To the three children, Leon,
Michael and Angelo, fourth vapJ
added, and to her was given ths q
Rosie; for the mother did not II
the names Of any Italian artist h
would have fitted a little grl. h
when the little girl was bon /
worthless father deserted the II
which was perhaps the only thin. |
had done to help it for q long tial|
It was no argument that CHI
the creed of the poor immigrall i
an. The simplest necessities d |
were imperatively needed ID 1
home, and they were supplied l
by day a visiting nurse came b l
cared for her. Day by day TIED
dren were tended in the day lBx
Frequent visits Of the teaA
brought simple comforts to ihal
8 tenement, and life became i
y brighter. But the sad look vast
q Of a woman whose hopes venE
Q and who had drunk to the Org
Q cup of bitter experience.
l. They had a Christmas tree
+ nursery, with simple gifts lof 'h
n dren. When the exercises Eelsl
d and the teachers were taxing
o the tree, one Of them proposed.
J. they should carry 1t over % y
d where one Of the chlldfsi
y sick. The tree was too large %
10 to be cut off, but 1t was SUI.
" spectacle tree. And Its reeep
o the first home was so enthusiast
they carried 1t to another =
TT another. Nor were gifts lscnl'
I'd a quantity Of secondhand 10Y
10 been received, and there vas
,e hand clothing for distribution y
a A few of the children acsaa
is the tree to the first house ~ !.
I'D procession grew. First Vens y y
1t upheld by two or twenty =
ly then came the basket Of OsM
W. then a basket Of presents, y
he the teachers and the thro9 4,
as long after dinner time xha
ed came to Mrs. Carrucios ono =
ut It was a dark room, with 9
nd ,,;,aov and that window w
Of with children who could la :,
as The table was still loaded J J
he remains of the Christmas ~, y
Mrs. Caruccio was holding %,
ed while the three boys gamer y.
ne her. Into the midst Q, !, ~ J,
in group came the wonderful !, ' ,
to the eleventh time deco'a ,,ss,,
to sel and glass balls, ana hsl''
1ly candles. . j
all, 1t bore wonderful fruit III, y, ,
ok the mother, shoes for the % %
. a clothing for baby Rosie ~. aas
t a collection Of secondhand W. Y,
md The light Of the candles lss 4 4
[re' Election in the face 0. w I,,i
'ss. an, She had seen The !, ~ !
red love of his children. /, 0 a,ss |
ght the tree, now bare q ~ 81, /
his still radiant with cana''. !
out ments, and looked again :, :,
the Of the teachers, and then = J,
the of her babe. Upon ns ,.,, +
YER fell in front Of the W eaa hssg
:om over her face, that nav s AM
me for weeping, the 's Aa..a,sd
ped as as she knelt and utte e's,.,'
d. And her face became anna ~
face Of a Madonna, vi y M N,
ght. babe and sobbed her So wand ID!
Of her native tongue
the panion.
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