There is no feeling of sorrow shown at her unfortunate position, no disposition evinced to shield the helpless mother and her babes.

No! we find his actions narrowed down to the sordidness of the miser, the avariciousness of the extortioner.

A feeling of surprise at such conduct may flit across your bosoms, gentlemen, and you may perchance doubt that I can show a man of this city, so bereft of charity, so utterly oblivious to all the better feelings of humanity, but I shall before long call his name, and give such evidence of the truth of my assertions, as will be beyond contradiction or doubt.
"To another man the soldier's wife went for the purpose of purchasing a few articles of furniture.

Of him I have little to say at present.
It is true that without caring who and what she was, his merchandize was sold to her at the _speculator's_ price.

But he had the right to charge whatever he pleased, and therefore I have nothing to say against him for that.
"Weeks passed on, and the soldier's wife found herself without the means of purchasing food for her children.