They were still struggling with the two women when the police intervened. The whole party were taken to the station and investigation led to the child being restored to her parents, but not for long. For the pair of them died of "T. B." hastened by exposure, in St. Luke's Hospital. The younger children passed away shortly after, but the future looks brighter for the two survivors: "Grandma" had added them to her family.
"You're a bit overcrowded, Miss Henderson," we could not help remarking as we inspected one room after another that was packed with humble, but clean and happy hum-unity "We are, indeed, our normal numbers are about 100 to 110 and even that was a tight fit; but we are now, sheltering 156."
Grandma's entire establishment is a triumph of makeshift, wangled by a heart.that is as big as humanity itself. The foundation of the whole enterprise seems to be the biscuit box.
It finds an abiding place under the wooden planks that form the majority, of the beds in the home. The same useful article serves also for seating accommodation at table. In one room, the only oncin the home to boast a lock and key, 150 of these receptacles have been placed on top of one another in two orderly rows to furnish lockers for the little community. In each are a couple of little towels, a sufficiency of clean under-clothing and padded coats for the winter. Near at hand are 150 metal cups and toothbrushes and a shining row of washing basins, Hot water for washing comes from a contraption that reminds one of Heath Robinson rather than sober fact. A small stove heats a ga.vanized iron container from which the water cir-culetes by means of makeshift pipes to a series of wooden tubs, and from theca it is dipped as required.
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