The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-05-01
A SHANFY ROMANCE.

Thus SMOKE Mistress Maplliunis STANDING in
the doorway of her cabin among the rocks d
Shantvtown where lean and hungry goat,
cIaubered and cropped the scnnt berbaoa
Mrs Maeuinnis was the sole .,bossn Of tbi,
humble abode. There had been Mr.. Ma
puinnis "a bad lot - as the neiehbors would
have told YOU. but ono fine morning he left
home never to return, and several DAYS late,
the East river gave ,lp nll that was mortal Of
| Tim Mapuinnis.
A shrewd business woman and n fruca
BODY. Mrs. Maruiunis had n purpose in saw.
ing her CAPITAL. much or little as it may have
been. She had o. daughter, Mary Ann by
name. who lived at service with one of the
''most rispictible families on the ayenir.n a.
the mother often told her circle of acouaint
ances.
Being a dutiful girl, Mary Ann had fila
regard for her mother. but she very naturally
felt that it i'll became one of her station TO bt
seen too often in familiar chat with the old
apple woman at the corner. Bat Mrs. Ma
euinnis did not lack company when she sal
beneath her white cotton umbrella and dealt
ont fruit of remarkable Clossiness. The Ia
borers going to and from their wotk all had
a CHEEKY word for her. Dapper young clerks
and portly old merchants stopped TO chat
with her about the state of trade and the
prospects of the next wears annie crop. and
| Mrs. Maeuinnis was Quick at repartee' and
could hold her own with the hest of them
Sometimes well known broker who lived
not far from tho annie stand would 1noer
there awhile. and then there world ba sund,v
winks and whispers and mysterious refer.
ences to .the stock. y nil of which binted ot
some treaenrcd secret with which vo,, and 7
have no concern
Among the customers of Airs Mao,,;r,,is
she had ono especial favorite Tom Kallv
was his nama and be worked In Tho c,,.oot
mocbine sbon hard Inv A civil snoLon o,,,,
rood hooking vo,,no fellovv bo was With c,,rI,,
boir md n frank countan.,,c, Mo,y =
kindly act be had ,erfo,n,ed "a, tbo xyidoyv
ond once when N, mn e,,.pyd h, bor 90 hi, ha
had met Mary Ann and had straighto a,oy
fallen bead-ove,.-eors in love with her Fo,.
the past six months no hod been most oss;,,,,.
ono in his ,our+sl,i, Mo-, A., 49,, LII.
very fond of Tom but sbe v..s ! b;t ~ n t,;,t
In her v,av md deI,ohtad IN lac,,;r,, hin, ~,
tenter hooks Residns thera VINO q co,.toin
Jimmy Dolan n bartender. ~ AIdor,no,, CIil-
hoolvs Guided stpin naloea ), who ,voe NOT in.
sensible To Mary AIMS charr,e ond p,bo ,,,os
very pressing in his attentions TO her
The widow threw thc weigbt Of hon. in.
fiuence in Toms favor. But MARY Ann was
fond of CAV scriatv md wb;lo cbo ro,+ad
Tom with n certain coonettieb l;pdnoss sbo
saw fit to nccept many an invitation 70 halls
and parties from his rival And So matters
stood nt tha time o,,,, eto,.,, o,,o,o
Now, Tom Kelly was something Of n mo.
ehanical genius. and often when his bands
were busy tending his machine he WINS end.
ceiling his brains TO contrive some improve-
ment in this or that piece of mechanism For
some time he had been devotino his en,ro
hours to the invention of an apparatus which
he firmly believed was destined To fiu n lo,,y
felt want. II heonly had the means IN bpild q
machine, il he could only once mt n 70 n
practical test. If bo conld demonstrates tic
worth to tho manufacturer. tbon n tidv fo,..
tune lay within his grasp. Alas there w,ra
so many "ifsu that they formed n strono, bor.
rier in the way Of the Young inventors snc.
cess.
Tom had often discussed bis nlons with
Mrs Maguinnis and he found in her a wa,.p,
gympathizer. Not that tho good woman
knew the difference between n niston rod o,,,i
fiy wheel. Every machine was tho so,,o 10
her-an unclassifiable part of n nigbtv and
mysterious whole. But IGNORANT oa She yvoo
of mechanical principles. Tom was very
- 4os,1 e., -, ,.,,o,,,l, 80 .- - -
sa 80 nei 80 "ous y, encouIaeeihen1 ana
-. =, In, ,,.. ~ his cneiiieS ,AD
'i ne "ile., nopo w, nm vas ~ 10" eoD
o,,,,i ~ st lot " ~ .. no was passhg inc
hailed him.
GLOW do Che invention oit nm q, sbe as,of,
ooh. Mrs. Maguinnis y cried Tom s.if 7
had a little money I'm sure IA mako 4 90 NJ
it, and then I'd sell patent rights. and then
then I'd have enough to begin housekeepin' -
blushing ut the bare thought of tho diappy
feasibility
"And how much money might there be
neededl" urged Mrs Maguinnis.
"a thousand or two thousand dollars. y and
his face heightened despondently.
Mrs. Maruinnis fell into n reyorie which
lasted so long that Tom began to think she
had forgotten the subject, and several would
be customers left the stand in despair of be-
ing waited on.
'EYez have no work tho morrow after
noon,n she said, finally; "why but yez come
up to the house and tell me all about the ma