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180 THE WHITE SLAVE MARKET
When a great company of men had gathered
in the house where this young German girl
was confined, she was sent into the room to
entertain them. She was painted and powdered
and glittering beads were wound about
her. She wore golden slippers, but her clothes
were all taken from her, and she was led in
practically nude. The drunken men hailed
her with delight, and she was forced on to a
table and told she was to dance for the entertainment
of the
"
people present. Bemember,"
said the " pimp " as he left her on the table,
"
I am watching you, and you have got to do
your best." Then she spoke: "Yes, and
God is watching, too." She seemed to see
a sudden vision, and called, " I am coming, I
am ! coming Lord God of my fathers, help
me!" Before any one could prevent her
she sprang with an almost superhuman effort
and crashed against the window-frame, which
gave way under the unfortunate girl, and
she fell with a sickening thud to the
pavement below. She was broken and bleeding,
but not quite dead. When picked up
by a passer-by she smiled and whispered,
"
I know that my Bedeemer liveth." She
smiled again and whispered something of
what had happened to her, and then, shuddering,
she closed her eyes and died.
The unfortunate girl's death was taken up
by the police, and an inquiry held in open
court at Singapore. The foreign officers were
exonerated of all blame; "madame," the
keeper of the house, was acquitted; the