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J$4: CUE EMIGRANT.
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to turn them from , idleness and sin , she retained her own _respectability and won their respectreceiving * from them great liberality
and kindness , doing what she , could to help them in return . It was in this last abode that a district visitor met with her , and
sent her to the " Needlewomen ' s Society" with a reference of good character .
After being with us two months , as already stated , we asked her one day if she would like to emigrate . She seemed at first much
puzzled , and could not take in the idea ; then she asked us several pertinent questions about distance , wages , & c . and finally begged a
day to think the matter over . We gave her the papers we had relative to " Emigration to Tasmania ; _" the next day she brought them
back , having evidently studied them carefully . She would like to go very much" she said" for she had no one to part with here ; but she
didn't believe , there , was any one who would take the trouble to fit tier out decent , and a girl landing' off a ship the sight she was would
be worse off than at home . " "When told that if she would really make up her mind to go , we would see to her outfit , she sobbed in
gratitude . " She'd never heard the like of such a thing before , " and putting her hand on her throat " She'd something there , " she said ,
, "Ma ' am , which wouldn't let her speak what she wanted to say ; but wordsMa ' amthem is nothing ; 'tis deedsMa'amand if ever you
hear what , isn't , right of me 'tis me that ' ud , be surprised , , not you !" On being told that the Emigration Commissioners had
accepted her as a fit subject for a passage to Tasmania , her joy was great , and the energy and originality of her character were exhibited
fully in the preparations for her departure . " She was plain enough _, for anything" she said " and it was a blessed thing slie'd never
had no looks , to boast of , it had saved her a deal of mischief ; but , she had plenty of work in herand that was what masters wanted /'
, A kind lady interested in her undertook the superintendence of her humble outfit ; she begged that before new things were bought
her own clothes might be redeemed . We demanded to see the pawnbrokers' ticketsand a melancholy heap of these shadows of
former prosperity were , immediately pulled from her pocket . The sum they amounted to was £ 4 15 s . We could not pretend to
advance such a capital as this was , and they were looked over with a view to redeem the most useful . Oh , the wistful looks , and even
tears that were shed , as the representatives of favorite articles of clothing were rejected as unredeemable ! There were two shawls :
_" One cost a guinea , Ma ' am , scraped up by hard work ; " it had been pledged for 8 s . ; another for 4 s . ; gownslinenbootsbooks , and
, , , even her Bible , had all been sacrificed for bread , and she literally had not a single change of garment when she first came beneath
our notice . The cost of her outfit , emigration fees , & c , came to about £ 5 ;
"but while the preparations were being made for her departure , of
J$4: Cue Emigrant.
_J $ _4 : CUE _EMIGRANT .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1862, page 184, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051862/page/40/
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