the scholars live a good deal as
Annie did, in crowded tenements, and more or less associated with
dance-saloons and places of bad character. Yet only one has ever gone
astray. Here is the letter:

"'F----, ILL., Feb. 15, 1870.

"'MY DEAR MISS FLAGG--Your favor of the 25th ult. was duly received. I
am very happy to be able to give you good accounts of Annie, about whom
you inquire. She has been with us constantly since she left you, and is
now our main dependence. We have sent her to school a considerable
portion of the time, and she is now in constant attendance there. Her
truthfulness and honesty are something quite remarkable. We do not think
she has eaten a piece of cake or an apple, without special permission,
since she has been with us. Nothing seems to give her more pleasure than
to be able to do something, especially for Mrs. W. or myself. We have
been inquired of about getting such girls, by other people--our friends.
Have you others whom you wish to place in situations which we could
assure you would be good? If so, please inform me as to the manner in
which you are accustomed to do it. Do you pay their fare to their new
home, and are there any other particulars about which parties would wish
to be informed?
Respectfully yours,
"'GEO. W. W.'"

Since Mr. Lord's death, another treasurer, Mr. D. E. Hawley is bearing
the burden of the School, and, in company with a committee of prominent
businessmen of the First Ward, is making it a benefit not to be
measured, to all the poor people of the quarter.

A TRULY "RAGGED SCHOOL."

It is remarkable that the School which is most of a "Ragged School," of
all these, is in one of the former fashionable quarters of the city. The
quaint, pleasing old square called St John's Park is now occupied as a
freight depot, and the handsome residences bordering it have become
tenement-houses. Between the grand freight station and the river,
overlooked by the statue of the millionaire, are divers little lanes and
alleys, filled with a wretched population.

Their children are gathered into this School. An up-hill work the
teachers have had of it thus far, owing to the extreme poverty and
misery of the parents, and the little aid received from the fortunate
classes.

FOURTEENTH WARD SCHOOL.

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