The Seamstress; or, The White Slave of England — page 143: what you’re looking at

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f j 134 and murderer, therefore regained his freedom: and he found little difficulty in persuading Julia Barnet to accompany him on a continental tour. But being detected in some mal-practices at Vienna, he was thrown into gaol, and on being brought before the criminal tribunal, was sen- tenced to work for ter years in the quicksilver mines of Idria. There he still remains: while the unfortunate Julia Barnet, having found her way back to England, has added another to the fright- ful catalogue of lost females who ply their loath- some trade in the streets of London, The worthy widow-woman of Camden Town, and her sister at whose cottage poor Virginia died, were enriched by the bounty of Mr. Lavenham, who retook possession of his property on the death of the Duehess of Belmont and Charles, and who bestowed a considerable portion thereof upon the good creatures at whose hands his daughter had received so much disinterested kindness. The remnant of his fortune was devoted, at his death, to charitable and philanthropic purposes. THE SEAMSTRESS. Mrs. Jackson, the veritable type of the inferior class of middle-women, is pursuing her old avoca- tions and living comfortably upon the ill-paid toils of others ;—and Mrs. Pembroke, the personifica- tion of the superior order of middle-women, has amassed a large fortune, rides in her carriage, goes to church regularly every Sunday, and contributes largely to all the religious Societies that hold annual meetings at Exeter Hall. With regard to the establishment of Messrs, Aaron and Sons, would to heaven we could an- nounce that the earth had opened and swallowed it up, or that the red right arm of Jehovah had hurled the avenging thunder-bolt upon its roof! But it is not so. That establishment still exists, and the system whereon it is based flourishes more than ever ;—and while poor Virginia, one of the countless victims of that diabolical system, sleeps in the silent grave, the toils of the WHITE Sees SnAves whom she has left behind her are still contributing to the colossal wealth accumulated | within the walls of that PALACE oF INFAMY. THE END. a EE EE NE ,