Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-09
lief. No trouble about keeping the poor n1d vracke ns,oa fhora Jimmy v -A--

Her. No trouble aDout keeping the poor old wrscks, once there, Jimmy"
 MT. Jaggers and his daughter according ly took the evening train for the country house in high spirits; and long towards midnight the old wagonette, for all the world like priscn-van, with its long body, covered top, black sides, rear and front doors and pendant steps, with coachman Joe gleaming with grins and buttons, were in waiting beneath the dark archwsy.
 Then Mugsy Mary and Slim LIZ, more than usually stupid from drink, were rudely awakened.
 They fought for little, but few we'll l directed and familiar tappings of night l sticks upon their shoe-soles, with the stiff l voices and the glint of brass buttons, soon | silenced them. They were carried bodily l and flung into the, to them, prison van, upon g pile of loose straw. As the door against them, after @ great jinRling of keys, they recognized friendly voice at the suppositious keyhole.
 'Sh-h-h-h! Ye're up for 1t now, gals! Be ladies an yell not git more than thirty daysl"
 Oh, we'll make lem dizzy with our gentle wsys" and "Keep tn archwsy clear O bsggsrly trsmps till we're out, Jimmy dear!" were shouted back with grateful h oheery "Good luck, Mary an Lizl" sprang up beside Joe, and after the old wooden doors in front were secured, the vehicle and It's strange freight rattled at lively pace out over the hard old streets of the city.
 For @ while the occupants of the van were bofsterous as had been their wont on similar journeyings scores of times before, when the real hand of authority had laid it's firm grasp upon them. They favored passers and their confused drivers with gibes and taunts innumerabls and now and again broke forth into hoarse song, the re- | frain of which ran:
 For thirty days or mo ore, For thirty days or more, We're reha in for 1'fI Tug" For thirty days or more! But all this at last subsided, and finally | the gentler movement of the van over the quiet country road brought the snoring fa- miliar to the watchmsn's ears within the somber conveyance.
 When Uncle Jimmy triumphantly deliv-
 cred the abducted subjects of direct char ity at Glen Carrie house the next morning,
 they were stili asleep.
 Both Mir. Jsggers and Edith thought 8
 good long sleep would do them good, and
 accordingly the wsgonetts was pushed
 into the stables and It's doors softly
 opened opposite tho entrance, so that their
 eyes, when they awoke, should first fall
 upon the really sweet and soothing scene
 of the mossy old mansion, with it's red,
 ivy-covered ohimneys, its quaint old
 gables, the bright reach of lawn between
 and the restful hills beyond.
 Impatient as were the generous hearts to
 begin the softening influence of personal
 reformation, it was not until nearly even-
 ing that the two figures upon the straw
 began to stir. Their daytime was now
 approaching.
 Mr. Jaggers and his daughter had finally
 concluded to go the stables to welcome
 them. The first words which greeted their
 startled ears were from the lips of Slim LIZ ss she hammered her companion with
 her heels. "They cud make 1t ninety days, fur five fingers O tn right stuff, Msry!"
 "Lordl A year, fur half as muoh' grosned her companion.
 "By Jupiter, you shall have ftp burst from the sympathetic Jaggers, ss he called the stable boy and gave him whispered order.
 The two women sat bolt upright at this unexpected answer to their form of prayer rubbed their bleary eyes, and began pitifu lamentations mingled with grooming beg
 gipgs to know what strange fortune had "Yoa're where you're going to have com fort and pesce"; stoutly asserted Jasor Jaggers.
 "And where your old lives will slip from , your shoulders like Pilgrims burden; ad ded Edith tenderly, as she took the womer by their hands and assisted them to tht stable floor.
 "Come, come now, Mary and Elizabeth
 don't be afraid. Here now!" They glupeG B l the preferred liquor down fercely. ...MJ ! daughter here'n show you where to clear , ! up bit, get on some different clothing
 take little look at your new surround ] ings, and then we'll have a bit to eat to :. gether"; concluded MT. Jsggers in @ fath erly tone that did him honor. B It was @ pretty but still pathetic sigh s 1 to see the fair Edith leading the two oli ] ! and now almost voiceless outcasts acros' the lawn and through the servants hal
 for their bath, where she playfully pushed | them into the room with bundles upo1 bundles of new clothing, and happy heart
 ed, cherry encoursgings, all with bird-lik' @ later, conduct the strangely changed olt ? | women to sweet and roomy spartmen @ not far from her own, where she showed , l them countless little objects her own hand 8 had thoughtfully provided; and then whil d Jason Jsggers beamed with happiness ani
 paced the lawn impatiently, ss he looked r again and again ct his watch, to see her si s there and straighten out with her owl g dainty fingers their frayed and ragged
 locks, setting pretty caps upon their heads @ making sure of this fastening, adjusting 7 that bow or ribbon and batting and twist ing and jerking this and that fold int, 7 place upon their scrsggy forms, and finally r to see this brave, good girl bringing thu Q ! two frightened souls to the dinner table i where MT. Jsggers lustily welcomed them @ s;Sit right down now, Mary and Eliza
 beth. No formalities here. We're old 6 fashioned folks with old-fashioned ways 3 | and nobody cares a rap If you eat up every
 thing in the housel Eh, Edltha" l "Not soul, Papa JagRsrs; not soull
 And thus, with hearty sallies and simpl pleasantries, the dinner was eaten, goot :; MT. Jsggers adapting his commercial lin l of experiences and chatter to the lowl,
 minds of the old women with little avail but with positive grandeur of magnanim Q ity and good intent, when the two scared $ things were taken for 8 walk about thu t beautiful grounds.
 While Edith fluttered prettily around them, Jason Jsggers, out of the boundlee goodness of his heart, ex plained to tn
 dim and wonering souls all his projected
 improvements from Glen Corrie house snt
 grounds, the different varieties of fruit
 and vegetables in his gardens, and the rar' species of exotics in his conservatory 7 until old Mary and Elizabeth had attained {. maudlin imbscility of submissiveness 2 when Edith entertained them ct the piano after which came quiet hour of reading by Edith, of selections from the humor 2 ous authors; while Jason Jaggers, witl moist eyes and joyous face, thanked al
 that is good for his happy inspiration oi direct charity; and after Edith herself hat conducted tho now tottering women tt their room for the night, and had ex !, changed glowing congratulations with he A father as they, too, passed to their re !, 1 spective apartments, Mugsy Mary snt Slim L.z sank in hystericsl heap of i'll
 beftting attire and abject misery upon thu 7 floor and wept bitter tears for the Ars time in all their lives together. :, "Thirty days O this. Mary, an Pm dom :. fur!" sobbed Slim Liz, as though her hear . were breaking.
 - "Half that time'll do Mugsy Msryl
 walled her utterly disconsolate companion r whereupon they dragged their skirts ove l their poor old heads and whimpered them
 selves asleep where they lay. @ Itwss well for the peace of mind of Jasor s Jsggers and his daughter Edith that thu 8 progress of their experiment was interpret l ed by the sunny, hopeful and thoroughly