A BABY SUICIDE
Itis ssid tbat auloidcsamofcg children are more common m France than ai jWhere else ; not, probably, becaaao they are worse treit.d, bnt fora the morbid sentimentality that is introduced i t< their cduo-tton. A vary our'oja example of this hae j'ist recurred m Paris. A workman and his wif) lest their lit c girl, aged cix,. from ortup ; her broth. , ag'd eight, en hia retain from s«_h< o seeing the littlo br dy lif-les. on tho bed, wa. deeply affeoted, Tbe next niornii g ho a'ked to bid her a latt f _re«. II ; murmured, with a kiss, "we shall or on meet ega'n, dear si tor," and In.' anil} went into his. room and hanged hlmaelf. The shoik cf bereavcm.nt no t'oult unhinged his mind, but the resolution he \ dl.plnyed m the fatal act wai most <x t r aordir.a'y< n ° t,o!^ a towel to th* window handl ', climbed on a bench, pars.d the t wel round-, his. nock,- a- 6 kicked tbo bei.ch from cn'le' him Not % cry or a groan ofcaped him. I doub .f tho wh le history cf euiadcß bos n tarallil c S3 to tint; of ths poor li'tla fellow.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1596, 29 June 1887, Page 4
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199A BABY SUICIDE Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1596, 29 June 1887, Page 4
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