: The Poorhouse Waif and His Divine Teacher: A True Story by Byrum Isabel C Isabel Coston - United States History Civil War 1861-1865 Fiction; Christian life Fiction

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PREFACE I The Deserted Child

II Life in the Almshouse

IV Finding Friends

V Suffering for the Faults of Others

VI The Strange Visitor

X A Contrast

XX Called to Service

THE DESERTED CHILD

In this wide world the fondest and the best Are the most tried, most troubled, and distressed.

--Crabbe.

"Why, woman, you are not thinking of leaving that child in this place for us to look after, I hope! Our hands are more than full already. You say that the child is scarcely a month old. How do you suppose that we could give it a mother's care? More than this, the board that governs the affairs of this institution has given us orders to accept no children under seven months of age whose mothers are not with them. So if we should take the child, as you say we must, you would be obliged to remain for that length of time, at least, to help us care for it."

It was August Engler, steward of the county poorhouse in one of the eastern counties of Pennsylvania during the sixties, that spoke these words, and the circumstance that called forth the language was the appearance and request of Mrs. Fischer, a well-dressed young widow. The latter had come to the poorhouse with the intention of leaving her infant child. To this plan Mr. Engler had objected unless she was willing to comply with the rules of the place.

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