oO DIGGING A GRAVE

and battered her with the stones she had
all ready.” : :

“¢1¢ was awful to see how the child oe
in it ; the devil stood upright in her; but the
love she bore poor Nellie made her human to
me, and I went to the police court to see
the end of it. I know the policeman .could
have hindered her ; but he wanted to get
her sent to the reformatory, and I had to
give in ; for it will take her off the streets,
anyway, and do more than I could have done;
but my poor Mary, — she was not the only
one, that I knew there. O! my darling, how
many graves are dug with a ‘wine-glass —
by rich and poor—every day and magne
in this great city.” | :
Such a mingled expression of love and —
pity came into Mrs. Byrne’s eye as she looked
at Mary, that the poor girl shivered from
head to foot; she felt instinctively that her
old friend had seen Terence _ Boyd at the

police court — seen him in custody.