Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-16

vision Of the multifarious wardrobe, Rsinsd by
begging, possessed by cash Muloahey child and
elder. one article Of which looked no better or
no worse than another. Whatever may have been
its original condition, all being now reduced by
subtle alchemy-not TO gold. but to democ-
racy Of dirt
Maggie was no novice in earthly trials and
she recovered from the loss of her earnings as
she mad from other tribulations, and one morn
ing. about two weeks later, she appeared at
Mrs. olsson's door clad. for her, in most un-
wonted splendor and saying:
I'm goin' tonight"
"And are you really clean all the way
able to believe the evidence Of her eyesisht
Yes M, replied Maggie in her mild, i'm
''Seem And she lifted her skirts with an art
lessness that a stage ingenue would give her sea-
sons salary to acquire. Mis- Jackson rive me
this, Mis- Parker this and Mis- Moore hi. .
her skin out
well, / truly hope you viii have q nice time.
Maggie, " said Mrs; Mason.
"Ob, yes'm, l will. Maw's relations in Iowy
are real nice folks. They live in a house. an
Aunt Bridget has sights Of the loy'liest joolrv.
Oh, l member EN- all from way before we left
there, an have alwus wanted to 60 back"
well. upon my ~ord!' said Mrs. Mason to
herself, as she watched Maggie's departure that
evening; II viii never doubt her after that.
Where there is a will there's a way. would
as soon have thought of that little calf pastured
out there in the grove resolving to take tour
around the world or one Of the planets conclud-
ing it would travel another orbit as that Maggie
Mulcahey would go to 'Iowy.'"
Hi, Mag" was what the wind waited to the
ears OF Mrs. Mason as she stood by the open
window. Wait mint, till git my overcoat.
b'lieve it'll rain fore git back from takin'
you to the depot"
The speaker, bedraggled looking boy of
twelve, the heir Of the house Of Mulcahey.
presently emerged from his ancestral halls, clad
In mans coat, the tails whereof Just missed
OF trailing on the ground to the degree Of sug-
costing pages assistance. It's wearer then
)auntlly lighting cigarette and tossing the an
Client carpet bag over his shoulder with an "rm
ready, this pageant Of two moved of, viewed
by paw. NAV" Katy and little Nora from
the door, this latter group by no means detract-
ing from the picturesqueness of the situation,
clad as they were in fresh selections from their
heterogeneous wardrobe, little Nora particularly
reminding one of the premier danseuse of the
ballet, her sole garment being gown evidently
designed for child several years her junior, il
being exceedingly decollete as to waist and re-
trouse as TO skirt, while her curly yellow hair,
which had apparently cut all acquaintance with
any species of comb, looked like o parody on
the tangled couture SO fashionable a few sea-
sons ago.
Mis- hasOQ. exclaimed little Ann Dom
ely, Maggies successor as neighborhood soul
hon, the next morning. while she stood with
backing brush poised in air, do you know
where Mag Mulcahey got them iligant black
stockin's she wore to Iowy?"
well. sir, I'll jest tell you," continued she.
mixing the gender Of her titles in her excite
ment.
Nav, you know, washes way down town for
Mis- White. Wei, las week when she was there
who should come along but Mag Mulcahey-
she didn't see nav, neither-an' If she didn't
tell Mis- White the pitifulest story Of how her
paw was dead and she had tin brothers and
sisters an her nav was down with the rheuma-
tiz in her feet, an would Mis- White let her
have pair of stockin's
"Bimeby she saw NAV, who saw her all the
time, an she was that shamed she most cried.
but NAV never let on to Mis- White or no one
that she knowed Mag"
sis that SOP" answered Mrs. Mason, with an
Interest by no means commensurate with the
intensity OF the tale, the keen edge of her sur
Prise being taken of by her intimate knowled ye
or the Mucahevs movements and also by the re-
membrance of having once seen them in the
heart OF the city on a similar begging expedi-
ton, judging from the big baskets they carried
and their general dissolute appearance and ec-
companied vithel by this came little Ann Dom
nelly. with 6 hamper as large as any of the
others, a fact which made this young person q
assumption of virtue all the more unbecoming.
Poor little Maggie. Like some plant which
tries to spring up in the neighborhood of a
great oil refinery, where though soil and air
are death laden, ii vet preserves the upward
tendency which is the law of its life and of ali
life.