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182 OUE EMIGBANT.
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iier could needle maintain . She herself then , gave as it me was , in evident reply slie , the could follo never wing touching do so by
account of the struggles of her early life : — Anne ' s earliest recollections "were of the workhouse , where she
had been received on the death of her parents , and where theorphan child , then nine years of age , was first made acquainted with
the world's rough paths . The want of home influences seemed to be at that time felt by herfor she told me " she was terrible put
, about there , and got no laming whatever . " When she attained her twelfth year , the parish authorities got her a place in a
lodging-house ; but this situation she only retained two months , and was then dismissed . Once emancipated from the " Union" that asylum
, had not sufficient attraction to lure her back again ; and although perfectly alone in the world , without friend or adviser , child
though she "was , she determined to act for herself . She must have had a brave heart indeed and _heen gifted with a stronger sense of
right and wrong than most pauper children , for the contamination by which she had been surrounded had not influenced her to
imitate the evil . She said she tried various ways of getting a living , doing a little work in one placeminding children in another , and
, narrowly escaped , poor girl ! falling a victim to the wickedness of those who lure the innocent into sin . After an erratic life of two
years , during which time she had been unable to procure any settled employment , she let herself out to a washerwoman , giving
her services for her keep , secretly determining ' to learn the business thorough" and then set up for herself in that trade . It was a
happy thoug , ht , for from that time her fortune seemed to take a favorable turn . Strong and active , with an amount of ready
goodnature , she got on well both with her mistress and at the wash-tub ; the former , too , was fortunately a person who , unlike many of her
class , possessed a conscience , for at the end of three months she the paid g Ann irl was e two grateful shilling for 's a week this rise in addition yet she to observed her board Ci . Missus Althoug did h
, , this because she knew she'd got a good bargain , and didn't want no words about parting . " She continued at her business till she
could wash well , and then learnt clear-starching , becoming in time her employer ' s best hand . A . sense of acquired knowledge gave
Anne , however , self-reliance , and she became dissatisfied with the terms small wages she left she her received service ; being hoping un to able " better to "bring herself her " mistress by going to
out by , the day to private families , as laundress and clear-starcher . This answered for a time beyond her most sanguine expectations ; .
she had not undervalued her own powers , for she found she could easily obtain from two to three shillings per day besides her board
, so that visions of wealth filled her mind . She made , however , a mistake at this time by acting on the idea that it was wiser , instead
of saving her money , to buy good substantial clothes , so that she
182 Oue Emigbant.
182 _OUE EMIGBANT .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1862, page 182, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051862/page/38/
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