Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-26
Ipa,conv;nce,l of this, and yet had not tho

0Nts tsiItNluStNL litIE, ulIu yLI HshN AVV sAxO hessrt to warn lrH. until one aay l saw her waking np the El-warc rond in front of me, With Dick nt her fl.eis. She was soon over t'.k.'n. when t'1., dog greeted mo with grow1 ' f.s,oy',i.ion-lke his masters, his blessings s''in.:..i .;nai.whGt like curses.
 Nv" Isld. do you m'ssn to go back to "'n, "n n ,,. cp'nes out?" I had fallen into her ',.s.'nvcntion.l Way of going direct to the En;.ac.
 sl,., looked hurricdly at Dick as he plodded fr.i:l,d.
 I'll don't los. tll" dog, she said.
 "Is Il" kind to you. Mr-?' asked, with enm" q fl! !,.l,cc; but she di,i not resent the qu-si;.,il.
 ''Ii.'~ kinder than some, and belongs to him. .sli.' said si.,ly.
 Her. w.ts ms :. i,l"ulty; she belonged to him or Silr thou .li! so. While was considering, sl. went on
 "lI. got ring" shc s;,id twisting the Iitt!. !'r .ss cr..!'. rlli,i and round on her n- ..r. lie don't 1,ii,ik much of them himself, i.sl; h" :,.'t it Mother had one, and I wanted one. It Wis kind of him.
 Sh. turned and looked quickly in my face, ti..r eyes !ul! oflon,sin to hear praise Jm's Kindness.
 '.'y'!i..r. wer,. you married, Meg-in church?' 1 ">:,,.i.
 s,:, !.",'.r.i puzzled. I do not think sle con t..at'"i -.lit.iEi:e' WltIl cii'lFtU stt stIl.
 II can't r..:iic:n:n'r--I don't know what you --cilurcl,., ar.. for rich folk" she an- ,,versI in broken s,l:.tci,,s
 Was your mother .h,lr?
 "Hh"rr2 Mothers been dead three years. W.. ninsIr it ,sp out hopping, iI, the country ]; N l.,.n we to London !:- got my ring
 ''iinr Mrs.' said; plainly, If you leave Jim ,",uia get ',,u t;,uSh. to read and write, .,i,. ;;:''l could earn more money. ard live a s.<s rt,, ;il lf,--it mus: be very rough for you l.. .,.- i',;i.cl court sometimes"
 not rnU: :,r than out hoDping," she .il-:- w,,s ;, regular Mark Tarcy in pet ,..::-s. "i soll'I ::;lnt to read and write, Jim 'a.;:, our laugh at me. No, l can't loaye :i.':. b,l,,.!::s to him. he gave mo my ring, ;. III wal, till he comes out
 ., -i. S,oGca shadow crossed her face, ,n s:r' looked down.
 ''> ."s day, p'r;,i,s,' she said quietly, and :. .-nau. any :.,nw of feeling, ''ll" may not care
 .:. Y. n,. any moro, then maybe, I'll learn to :.,. .:
 i:.; had none of this sublime self-confi- .;.cr: sli.. knew the way most women had to % amongst her companions. knew that neg .":! and hard blows. and harder words had to n. torne by most, and she did not hide from herself that she would tread the path too. | did not speak to her again for many euunths. think she avoided me, for once or | '..i:>' caught sight of Dicks dirty whiteness H the distance, but Meg not to be seen, ;ir,i:h she could not have been far off. James ,on.i came out of prison, and, much to my surprise, found her out, and took her "home." When went to pay her rent one Saturday. :he wnmiIl with whom she lodged told me her 'nian' had fetched her, and that Meg had :.krn her bundle, and told her landlady to | thank mo. q Did he seem pleased to find her?' asked. Well, the dog knew him, and he looked haif-pl,.ased at that; and he asked n lot, as | far as I could find out, about how she got a l room here, and told her she was d fool not to l get moro out of you, sir; and then he said he | was going to supper. and she could come too f she liked, and he whistlcd to the dog and | Hcnt.''
 | And she followed him. Affection, in tho l ,'nse of the word as we understand it she had l acver known. He came for her; he had en- 1 ,uircd for her-or for Dick?-among their old l companions, and fetched her homo; it was not much, but she expected no more, and fol- lowed him.
 | The last time saw Meg was when James | Bond had been out of prison for two three clonths. It Scrooge-like Christmas Eve, l which seemed resolved to gratify itself by | making everybody miserable. wns walking home, since could md no omnibus that would venture beyond Chapel 1 Street, and had nearly reached my destination, l he fog having lifted a little towards the end | ,f my journey, when just beyond the cheering | ,limmcr of little publis<house not hundred | yards from my own door, I was confronted | oy short girlish figure, which knew at once to be that of Jims Meg.
 "Theyve run him in," she whispered through he fog. |
 "How's that, Meg?" asked, not very much l ..,J. c+.fay hot hoe 1n | )ern doing-his old ways again7" 1 Shc came close to me.
 "Wors, than that, worst of all, the worst | here is,' she whispered.
 l ''Not- re
 ''Ay, that's it, though you can't say 1t; but | .rn-its murder"
 .tiood God Are you sure, Meg7
 "Ycs, I am sure."
 "Come in and tell me. Can nothing be tNn:'?" A;:.' as took her into the house. startling l ', old servant by doing so, confess that for l ... :..nn...il1 all thought of justice fled, and
 :i iirl by th: simple human longing to save
 .>ii,,w-:nan from dreadful penalty. When
 ,,,,t har in by tho lamplight, saw how Meg -.s, changed. Her girish roundness of face
 al sharp.n,,d, her country color had faded
 could not h:ivc been much more than six
 -u seventeen at the most but round heI
 :.nlih and iE her eyes was the touching dig
 :: D; sa'rrow. .s.t
 What is it, Mag? Iasked.
 i,I; his pal,' she answered, almost ah-
 ..:::v. Icou!d see slo was thinking of some.
 si;.:: i,ev"nd. :. They quarrelled about the
 ,,:,. jun struck him with a knife they say .-..,: i,.'s dcaI.
 = You are snre; mean you know Jim had
 ,i,,ir ;l.,.! :hat ne struck the man?"
 '" I,u-- know; that's what I'm come ,,;u;." AEt Trrthr first time her eyes fell
 ..,: .. ri,i"scl her shawl nervously
 T >r,.s ;t girl. q pal of mine, she saw him ..:.. -i,.'; got t, tell. What can l do? ? '' S.i..'s got to tell-what do you moan? i! 1T, ..,i.d :>, a witness?' ..Yc,, that's it-be a witness; that means
 . ,!i yoi know. I made it out-somebod,
 sr;l.rd t" mako it out, and did. You SCI | ;,.:: .D.l:, tc him."
 \ ynE lerful translsrration aame oyer he ';r... and fiIi.l it with tender womanhood , l int;r., # 10 another womanhnod higher an. l l .'', r than hrs. and from which she hat
 :i;isrr:o s,s.n,,,if far away: l think she woul, , ,,vss:ai.l. love him, had she known how l, ,',t; ;s*s t was, h"r qt phrase told all. 'la: es,N 1 aG?" she asked again. as
 s.i.! nothiny
 r You moan how can you keep her silent : ,r.v'.,tin: her telling what sAo knows?' 5 . II < not that. ah's'. ssir,e Tor that sfie'