"THE GOOD SAMARITAN."
A pathetic story of a poor woman’s devotion to and care of on© who was mote poverty-stricken than herself was told the other day to the Shoreditch (London) coroner, who was inquiring into the death of George Tavender (68). Deceased had been living at a lodging-house in Hoxton kept by Mrs Sarah Dupree. Being taken ill he was removed to the Workhouse Infirmary, where he died. Coroner (to Mrs Dupree); Did he get enough food?—Oh, yes; lam quite sure of that. He lived at my place, and 1 saw that he had everything that he could possibly want. I understand that he was earning nothing. Did ho pay you for it?—He just gave m© a shilling now and again—wlien he could. What relation was he of yours?— Nothing whatever. Do you mean to say that you provided Mm with food and lodging out of pure goodness of heart?— Yes. I could not help it. H© was such a nice old gentleman. You see, when he left Highgate Infirmary he had no home to go to, so I gave him the children’s bed. That is what I call a good Samaritan, to feed a stranger and give him your children’s bed. The jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes.
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Evening Star, Issue 13099, 4 November 1908, Page 3
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