The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-12
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tho basement. Agqy Ma"lone, the mite,
sin sinellsn9 Of tobacco, and curled III
ON ! l,u,a,Ile of old.clothes in the DAMP
corner. asleep and breathing as if there
! wasn't much use in keeping it up.
Maelone himself sits on a key with
his head in his hands. He hasn't hao
any work for six months. Mary Mag
lone il ont. because she is in an envelope
factory. Mrs Maglonc is dead The
doctor SAYS that Aggy has got the in
ternitteut. It's ten 10 one ii he can pull
her through.
In comes with n rustic and smiril Il
great deal of. skirt and y small amount
Of woman, followed by a pniling and
ponderons III sain .shat eXa paratel
mass of nisla .tn Il white handkerchief
Ill his ias.,i T.. n.l'.l ,Jn .t-rnalon in
the Maeinne institute
what are those pipes for. it smells
like ii sewer herc?' SAYS Frills and Skirts,
looking round.
Those are the waste pipes from the
other floors, and they al leak more on
less into this basement" says the big
man. holding his handkerchief 10 his
nose. I'VE are in Il sewer. and don I
want To waste amy time here. p"
mo" say Frills. sitting down on a
washtnb as if to stay. Il never was in
u sewer before. It's novel. just look
at this baby and tell me if YOU can save
her life. -
Scientific Fuss and Feathers looks at
the mite in the corner There ISM
enough life in the handle to set up
business for an ordinary mouse. Puts
on good spectacles, blows his nose, turns
mp his coat-sleeves Then he turns down
the rags. A bit of white leg sticks out.
Going to die | suppose It's my
luck"' says Frills.
No answer A little limp eyelid is
lifted up and Gold Spectaclc5 peers I'M
der it. y gold pencil prizes the little
jaws apart, and then the big man, un-
able to get down to the patient. lifts ii
up bodily and holds the little body up to
his ear Then he takes n long breath,
lays it down. wipes his hands with his
handkerchief and plants himself in front
of Mr.. Maglone. At the end of fifteen
minutes he turns his cuffs down and gets
up. well, > says the woman. ''is's a bad
job | SUPPOSE
''Do YOU want specially to save hel
life?''
Yes, do. Eve taken fancy to her
gray eyes.
''Then take her away from here. She's
po'sohe4- 4
Six months later
Take my card up. Iwant to see Miss
Adele
'.She isn't here
''Well, give it to Mrs. Harriott."
''All right, sir. Stepup in the parlor.
with regards to Miss Adele, | wish
To ascertain if [ can get her for a few
nights?''
No said the lady, Il don't think
you can"
"Why not? Money is no object. She
is so pretty and lady-like?"
Excuse me. You are wasting time.
She is not acting.
Not actingp''
mo. She is stripping tobacco"
Il don't understand YOU"
''Thcn let me explain. Miss Adele's |
name is Aggy Maglone. took her out
of the slums because felt sorry for her |
found her in tobacco factory dying. |
dressed her, taught her, and got her
S12 week. 1t all went to drunken |
father. | would have made n lady of |
her [ saved her life. She was only re-
quired To appear for fifteen minutes each |
night. Bat the moral sense of the com /
munity mterfered.
s'Ah!'
Iii was cruel Ia save her in my way.
The manager received a notice from a
society ti,at it was immoral for A@gie Ia
act Then her father took her back.
and she's in the tobacco factory again.
| believe / tried to explain il to hen
that il was wrong for me to help heI
in my way. that To earn $l2 "a week. 10y
her natural grace, and beauty was wick
e,i. and that she must try and do right
and 90 back to hertobarcofor - a week.
But | don think She understood il.
And here ends the romance of Aggy
Nfa@lone not according Ia the methods |
of fiction butaccnrding to the inscrutible
of facts.