An unmarried servant, who was pregnant, persisted in
denying it, and took every pains to conceal it. She slept in a
room with two other maids, and, on examination, she stated that
on the night in question she got up toward morning, thinking to
relieve her bowels. For this purpose she secured a wooden tub in
the room, and as she was sitting down the child passed rapidly
into the empty vessel. It was only then that she became aware of
the nature of her pains. She did not examine the child closely,
but was certain it neither moved nor cried. The funis was no
doubt torn, and she made an attempt to tie it. Regarding the
event as a miscarriage, she took up the tub with its contents and
carried it to a sand pit about 30 paces distant, and threw the
child in a hole in the sand that she found already made. She
covered it up with sand and packed it firmly so that the dogs
could not get it. She returned to her bedroom, first calling up
the man-servant at the stable. She awakened her fellow-servants,
and feeling tired sat down on a stool. Seeing the blood on the
floor, they asked her if she had made way with the child. She
said: "Do you take me for an old sow?" But, having their
suspicions aroused, they traced the blood spots to the sand pit.
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