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Former Belleville Poetess In Trouble, page 1

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I » ?i Iv....*^#gj>m^^jjf&f^'oi^ ; £ (TbroQto &t4ti) Ma«He JoirssayCs formerly a well- known jpwnaiUartifC' woman of Tcron- to and ptiy^ j^^^n? jcitbe^ and ,vjfho drifted faiito Dawtsoa Oity two or | thn» year^ fcgp with letters of fe- U^j^ii^ift^ to 1>e sî ed ft^ toamy i»fio«iTtial gentlemen, was arrested a few dnys ago on fe%o eUafges of obtainiii^ mtmey j^dier fiUba pret|Wuoe&. A Letter receded to- ^*y tqr. Q^M J^H^ctor Jv ̂ OMiur- rmy/of'tlie T|̂ ,teclal ctebedetive Joyce> from tlielllbdnied Poftee Departmlen^t of Dawsdo CSt,^, asks tor m formation ajboat her. , . ; -~ Jjaait Jlecemixjr dbe was married !n DawjUptt^Oty ^4 an ex-<x>nsita4>ie of the for^fiiainie^f Potheringh»am. Tie present charge^ agaiBac her are said to ax We io«L-t Of doco« mining deal I wjiiic* she waa pecsooally cotui^icting. I She h*d slaked somG proper! lea ba^k at C3ear Crock, and appears to ta?e teen floatbi2 a coo^pany among h,tr ' Acquaintances. Mrs. Rjorse ^frkpat- riafc d^rj|«» her with misappropriat- ing fflfsi, the proceeds ^f certain dia- gMMidb, end Miss Caroline Meredith makes a aim Ha r tk*rpe %^ith jnegard, to $250. Silre. FotiemiiagliajD H^S I^B- imanded^ being rc^easeii m her own «orety for fSOO and two ^ure4:te« of f2S<raaeii4 signed by Rev, Dr. An&repi SL Grant and Frank A, M#Kay, * - ' C I » ^ • -: -i":-> • :: "•••' ' in Bawsott Cttj J&T&. Fptherk*ghajii appears to have impressed the resi- dents with her capabilities ami repu- tation as a >3arn,alistl and a rumor was faa circulation that &he is a cou- sin oC Lord Straibcona. fH0D or fifteen year® a#o Miss JCHIS- saye worked for several of the Ibron- to papers, and aotnc of her articles o^er the^ signature " Only a Work- ing G,trVf attracted considerable at- t^cHkm. She ^undertook at one time to organdie th& w<«rkiig women of the cltv for the purpose of mereasiixg their wa,ees and better their cocnli- ticms. She was an eloquent speaker. and made* free use of poetry, such a^ the following : 41 There are ninety :and n ine who must live and dk? In iraaa^ex and wan t and cold ; Th^t one may revel in l u x u r y , Enveloped in Us silketi fold, And the one owns Lrou>*es, and trold, iaiw3 lands ; Bat the r^nety and nine bave empty iK^ntiA." MSsss Joossaye took an actrve part in tl»- Sunday c^r caxiipaifrn, and was a strong platform advocate of the innovation. She came to Ibron- to from Belleville, and went west from here.

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