The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-23

ihSioH street boarding
40 mouse, trotted one block sonth :,
madiSoh street, and took wos
III upund ,1. car. And meanwhile Mrs
o Muiilgan ascended the stairs am
l. stood stock still IN the corr;dn, "n,
l' cislOn. N'''0 aihue
. Now which door did she savg,
e REGARDING blankly the two brown
# rows extending along ertber side
III Just open this one and take -
squlnt in. If there's a bundle on n
me sofa, it's hers. If there nin't
:, the others the room.n -"
one turned the knob, pushed
r opened the door, cautiously insert.
+ ed her Woolen head. Yes. there i
was. She went boldly across tbe
! room secured her washing and re-.
treated. Arrived at home bad
news confronted her. N
Us 1t yerself, Bndgetgn ouaver
ed out her decrepit old mother &c
she entered. i' %
,his MHer9's ba,9 Tim been waiting fur ye
thIs half hour
I'm I'm, thus indicated, came for.
ward, saying:
i wuz sent to tell We to come
a dyin'p . ''oS'
What" shrieked Mrs. Null.
gan. me sisther Maria's own
blessd choildl Mother, if We kin
see see to do it put them clothes O,
MISS Harper 10 soak agen to NOR.
rer's wash" '''0'
"lf kim" o. course | kinlp re-
spoonded Mrs. Ryan Indignantly
one Straightway prepared a tub
OF warm snds, quickly opened the
hundie and doused the contents
therein. sN''sS
Miss Harper did not get the DO.
siIlon of book-keeper. Early as
she was, a spruce young lady had
0een earlier. So she swaIl wed |
her disappointment, made a pill
grlmage up to Leavitt street to see
a friend, and returned home inst
IN Il time for supper, very tired and
discouraged.
Soon afterward, up in her own
rather bleak apartment, Miss Aga
Ina Harper lit The gas and pro-
1uced her work basket. She had
Iust inserted her arm IN a long, i
3,llm, black article, preparatory 10
farming 1T, when she heard some r
me coming up the stairs three /,
t!epS at a time Dear mel" she .
Jacuiated, Sits the new boarder.n n n
lew minutes later she heard the a
pposlte door flung open with a
ang, anC Mr.. Chalmers voice Fl,
al5ed in provoked questiong. a
You must have stuffed it awav nj
'mewhere. Hurry up and try 70
smember? lefit on the sofa.u NJ
Il saw II, sir, when | was making
p your room, but didn't touch lt'' W,
le housemaid replied.
On the sofa! A sudden, incred- tb,
e, awful fear pierced the tender. hi,
'art of little Miss Harper. She Mi
anced toward her own little
own sofa. There lay the bun. mn
e she had hidden Mrs. Mulliran liz
ke. Trembling she sprang up, anC
? to the door and opened it Mr.
IN the corridor, coat and tie dis 7
rded, stood a gentleman, middle rot
ed, gray moustached, angry-eyed nea
very appalling and ferocious 6
lvidual, indeed, to his guilty. fan,
linking neighbor. cIar
II beg pardon, Mr.. Chalmers. "
II am afraid my-my wash riou
oman took what-whatev.r ed ,
die was on your sofa." he +
1 our washerwoman!" he said, Iryi
'ildered. two.
Yes" And she falteringly ex- ques
ned. 81
7. Chalmers groaned. "Y
"a SO sorry" protested Aga ally
ready to cry. "A
what's her address," a litI
he lives on Twelfth street, but Tn
know the number. Did il "a
am anything yaluablego some
lnly my Antonio costume for love
ancy dress ball tonight, he night
win another groaI,- She
ball of the season!" her 81
;, now very unlortunatel All p "DC
ienlng, "have YOU a carriage :
'! You haveg I'll just put on Pro
lings and drive over TO Mrs cOnsii
gan's. Pm sure can find the law oi
), though l cannot recollect the S
States
II right III go with you. l to M
nothing else to dol" he assur- quors
r. er StaI
IhOugh still dubious, she was lt was
'ce silent. Great was her leatur'
y and CONSERVATION when, lure 10
lTning back into her own was II
she discovered that, in her tlonal
nent, she had been ges- the sol
ing with a hand and arm CONNIE
q IN a merino stocking. She D Kid
I painfully as she tore Il of. roT, vs.
rust The needle in 1t with a Loughl
J stab. the Sta
later she found her t.e Ia !. :. I
a claeo narr4so,o ,,-A.l - loE me
n IN Cenira s.ll "..ou IoiI, nary al
q her : co0,ia a.si.ue, ana not in {
hin ire las h.1r t.Sir'1u ~ Nh0H merce
ever spoken. Her natural v 'io
~ ~ increased 2 hundred Nh.
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