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Show hTAIliiTITO I1ILVTII. Till! HAD lATi: vt A HW Jr-ll-CKV WI1IAN. i:ilraUth Mci:imy worki-tl In lho iKirlllard toUico factory III Jirseyclly fur many etrs. Hint tamed small wags, nnd could not sau niuih. Hhc-llviilou Hhc-llviilou Ihnsicond story of n rear ti Delimit De-limit at 133 Morgan Hlreet, with her mother, who wat very old mid ft ride, and unable tu du any thing hi rsrlf toward to-ward their tupiiort. IJIUatt-th's wages wire all that the two women had to diptnd on, and tiny wero ust able Imreli lu git along. A bout two IllohlhtagoOubetli lost hi r lace. Hhu was Killing oil and her hand was not au quick as thoso or lounger women. Itisulllclent food and clothing hcieil to Irtak her dawn, aud anxiety for her mother added In weight to her life. When the wat dl. chatgeJ from l,urlllard'a tho tried uu-feuccettsrully uu-feuccettsrully to git work elsewhere. bho know no Ira le but the work tho had been doing In tho totiacco factory, and all laces fjr such workers wire lllletl by juunger, drlter women. Her health broke davn throiiL'lt l.sril.lili. andexoturo mil lick of food, Hull she went about as long aa her legs woull carry her. trying tu get work that she aud her hrl less mother might eat. When the had ald the last month's rent for hor room alio ha I only a few colli, left. Bint Uirrowed a little from several women who lived In theaamu house, but they are nil hard-working aud little-earning women, and they could ajare Ian tho men at trllte. 1 In-ally, In-ally, alio had to Accel t charity of t n ad and moat from the bauds of llio.o who ha I scarcely i nough for Ihrniselvia. Tin u lur nuttier died ofwiiut, and I.IUaheth considered that now the was utterly nlotio. Hhenolouger had the care uf her mother, but still thero was nobody left In all thu world to care fur her. Yisitirday afternoon nwonuu who llvtd In tho teuton nt rcniinibi led thai she had not situ Hlliihith Mi l.lroy since last Thursday, While alio was thinking About It, Pollieman Ilullsrl of lho first precluct camu along, mid the woman told hint about II. Pugcther they went unto Ih'i room which tho Iwn women had called Ihelr liume. The door waa fastened. Others In thehouBuwhohad noticed tholoikcd door for the isiit few day. had mi rely thought In passing that l.lltalietli had foil n 1 tome other place tnsleep In. licit Pollieman llullard Just tut lilt knee agalntt the craty old d t)raud shoved ltnn. lu lho bare, wretchetl room tlood a bed with a few scanty pieces of Led. clothing. Across thlt bed layl'.llea-belli layl'.llea-belli Md'.lroy, face downward. Tho dry, polo skin wat tightly stretched across her cheek bones. Her skinny hands were cold. Her lips were bloodlossand spotted with little decks of foam. Hhe wax il ncouscloua. They called l)r. l.ouls llaumaun of 01 Wayne strwt. Ho found that i:iliaUilh w aa still breathing, but that was all. Ho said sho was at tho ilnt or death from starvation, and would nolncnver, Tlay sent her to the city hospital last night. Homo of the other tenant. In the house talked about KIlMbcth, Tiny said sho was proud aud wouldn't beg, they always did what they could to help each other along, these women, who aro all fighting so hanl Io 11 mi bread to keep tha breath In them; but none or them, so they said, could iiot-tlbly iiot-tlbly do very much, Thoy had done what they could, aud they tupisod that Elizabeth had got iiullodLcour. aged and tired of It all. Thnru w at no scrap of an) thing that could bo eaten In Hits room when they found her. Nor waa thero anything whlih tho could pawn or (ell. And authojust lay down middled. Or tho would havudlod thero If (hey had only let her alouu a few liourt longer. As J-Ji tniny Au;i, |