The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-30
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thin 10 do And. I don't know why,
but J couldn't keep my eye OF from that
girl"
ROW THIS GIRL WAS TEMPTED,
About IL O'Clock that gang that is al
ways hanging around Hennessy's s'loon
comes in, and two OF en- made right away
for that kid. Pop, she amt a day over lb
years old, an when she is herself, she is
/ as pretty as picture. Well, she danced
and then she drank beer; then she danced
some more and then she drank some
whisky, an they kept on giWn' her first
one thing and then another 10 drink, an
told her that was the way all the girls
did in this country. About an hour ago,
when we was all a-daucin' a reel, heard
her scream and fail over, an ! run down
| there where she was, an one of them
| beasts was a-sayin', m take you home,
pretty and SAYS l. Before my Gawd, If
there s an honest girl here, you won't.
And Pop, I'm willin 10 say it wasn't lady
like, but just give him one just between
the eyes, aud by that time Tommy was
up TO me an he give him another for in
sultin' his lady friend, and then there was
a fight An in the midst of the scrim-
mage we dragged her out.
kitty, she helped us as far down as her
house, an Tom an me brought her the
rest of the way, Pop. 'spose that was
me-"
There was a dead silence, and all you
could hear was the breathing of Granny
and the ticking of the clock, wound up to
ring its alarm at six.
Then Maddy continued: 'Pop, when
Nanny died, and Granny an you an me
was left alone, you used to tell me about
the little sister that died when l was a
kid. she'd be just about as old as this
yere 'un. POp,n and here the voice grew
very pleading, "she may be little fool
but let's give her a chance; let's share
what we've got with her an I'll see if /
can't get them to take her in the factory
an put her next TO me. Pop, let's make
her feel she's got a home an people.
That's what keeps girl straight, and
when some good, honest man, like my
Tommy, comes and wants TO keep com
pany with her, why, she'd be doing what
was right, an this one mistake wOuld't
count. Pop, l tell you, it might
have been me, if it hadn't been for
Granny an you, so, let's give her the
chance"
AN ADDITION TO THEIR FAMILY.
Pop looked doubtful, and Tommy said
something about not likin' girls who'd
done what wasn't right 10 be so close to
his Maddy. If looks could have killed
him, Tommy would have been struck
dead. And Maddy continued: AN what's
the use Of dom what's right, if it don't
mean givin' helpin' hand to whoever
needs it; as for Tommy, if no is gOin TO
say any nonsense TO me about helpin'
poor thing in trouble maxim me worse
why, he knows where the door is, an the
sooner he gets out and stays out, the bet
ter" Then Tommy dissolved into
tears, and Madeline settled the ques-
ton by saying; 'Well, Pop, now you've
got two girls to look after an one of
'em is like the little colt you used to
train in Ireland-a bit skittish, but
you can manage her Just as YOU used to
manage the colts, not by whipping them,
but by persuadin' them, so both you men
go long in the other room an III come in
directly"
After they were gone, Madeline brushed
back the tangled hair, and then she knelt
down and said q little PRAYER or two,
smoothed the covers over the sleeping
girl ands went in to her father and her
sweetheart. Both were smoking, and for
little while nobody spoke. Then Tommy
saia; Look here, Maddy, don't think
I'm too dam blind not to see how mighty
good you are, an I want to do my share.
You know I've got little money in
the dime bank, an if Pops new girl
needs anything, why you can have
1t; I'll bring the book around 10 YOU to-
morrow" There were no thanks spoken,
but Maddy first kissed Tommy and then
Pop, and Tommy went away. Pop took
to his bed, and Maddy undressed and sat
in chair beside the other girls bed, so
that she might not be frightened when
she wakened up. She stayed at home
the next day from the factory, and that
meant big hole in her weeks wages,
but she got that girl well and talked to
her, and made her understand exactly
what had happened; how dreadful it
was, and how, against her will, she had
been adopted as Pops girl.
ALL GOD ALMIGHTY's CHILDREN,
How do know it all? I know it be-
cause l was told 1t by Pops girl, who, on
the day that Maddy was married to
Tommy, walked just behind, and prom
ised to love, honor and obey Pop himself;
and to-day, down there on the east side,
there are couple of little boys that be-
long to Pop and his girl and Granny, who
ought, by every law of right, love Maddy's
children the best. feels her heart going to
those blue-eyed babies, that belong to the
stranger girl, whose blot upon the es-
cutcheon she never knew.
Pops girl is going TO make men out of
her boys she is going 10 teach them how
to treat women, though they would be
gentlemen by inheritance from Pop; but.
Wu0HSNSI hduuy COu6Sl lnefe IS look IN
Pops girls eye such as | have seen in the
face of only a few women-a look that
means God bless you, and God love you. ("
Out of the factories and the shops at 6
o'clock the girls are pouring by the
hundreds and the thousands, each one has
her own life's story. II may not, madam,
be bound in white and gold. as is that of
your daughter, but it is none the less a
story of heart throbs and JOY, and of sor-
row. Look at them all as they come out.
Don't ask, us it my daughterln Don't
say, at is the daughter of the people, -
but, gazing from the gutter to the sky,
child. Think it all over This story of
two girls, as it was told by Pops girl to
Bah.