to Tom’s room. 1 soon saw tiiat the fioonf
felloxv had pneumonia. The doctor
ed my fears. Then he questioned J(
1 )) hat/lid they liv 8 ou? _
..iilK, bread, potatoes, meat somet’
i but not often, it costs 100 much,”
Jack.
“Tlie doctor took me aside and
“It will go hard with the boy beeau
overwork and underfeeding.” We did
I we could for the child, but there nevo
I and hope and the end came very soft...
1 was .sitting by his l»d the last nignt
; when lie opened ids bright, shining eyes,
i ‘Mr. D.,” he sai l. ’ You have been
I awful good to me tiiat I want to tell
I all about it. You asked me once if
mother was dead and I never said noth
so you thought she xvas because 1 <
But she is not dead. She smoked
(opium) xvith a Chinaman and wet
with him, leaving us all.”
1 suppose tiiat I looked horrified,
! immediately exciainu-d: “She cor
I help it. sir; v.'hen anybody smok
[ with a Chinaman they always c
1 they tell ’em. and I never blan
i mamma.” Then alter a pause, he
in a bitter tone. “Ba beat her eve:
he got drunk and took all the n
made washing whenever he cor
han is on it. He beat us, too, J
J but mamma had been a lady
did not matter about us be
me just sick to see him a
I tried to quiet him
he went to sleep, and
delirium. “1 did xvh
dn n, mamma. Jar
going to b« edr
! the sisters ai*
i vent. They’ takv
I and are going to ra
i blamed you for g«>i.
