The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-10
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JUNE 10, 1894.

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murmured his daughter. 'Oh, you're
skeptical Uncle Jimmy, but YOU just wait
until we've had old Mary and ElizaOe
out TO Glen Corrie'-this was the Jaggers'
country house, but few miles beyond
l the city limits among the pleasant north
| ern hills a month or sou
/ The old Waterman gave the two
/ startled, appealing look.
with all those peaceful country sur
/ roundings;" added Mr.. Jaggers.
The sunshine, the breezes. the stately
/ hills, the smiling valley and the little
! lake. the flowers and the flowers and the
/ endless melody of the BIRDS" chirped on
/ Edith radiantly
Yes, and the good honest food, the
/ early hours, the hush and quiet of the
old place and unvarying considerable
! treatment" continued Mr.. Jaggers
warmly.
ITO be sure, -" returned Edith in gener-
| Gus anticipation, land above all, good
/ DOCKS and our own constant encourage
ment and compan1onship. Think of all
that, Uncle Jimmyin
| He merely opened his little eyes to an
alarming extent, and. at Mr. Jaggers'
| bidding, called carriage in which the
| happy philanthropists were whlrled away
TO their waiting home while the old man,
/ returning 10 his duties, sUumped and
| trundled about the great establishment
! as II In dream, muttering and fussing
| by turns and finally exploding over the to
| him astounding project, with,
"Jerushitywhiz' Whichll be tn worser
done fur tn Jaggerses, or Mugsy Mary
and Slim Liz
But week had interviewed, when all
the Jaggers family, save Mr.. Jaggers and
| Miss Edith, were snGgly ensconced in
| their villa at the seaside. leaving the lat
| ter two full opportunity for carrying out
| their cherished plans for the reception
in s4F Ion hJrr
of directly applied charity, of the ancient
/ outcasts of the archway.
These plans, however, did not proceed
so smoothly as had been hoped Mugsy
Mary and Slim Liz absolutely refused to
| leave their accus toned haunts.
1t had not been taken into account that
! the outcast heart twinCS about his fami-
liar scenes. its hideousness Of association,
! its hopelessness of environment, its very
/ SOddennesS. hunger, besOtment and wal
| lowing, precisely as those of the better
/ conditioned cling to the heart-warming
| and blessed things of life.
This was the first disappointment and
cause of establishment to the good mer-
! chant and his daughter Their entire
! kindly project seemed certain of failure
! at the outset, until happy thought oc-
Cured % Uncle Jimmy Stubs
we've got oil black carry all, sort o.
! picnic wagonette, up Z tn stables, Mr..
Eyes, indeed. Its there yet Uncle
! Jimmy"
IF we don't mind Joe, TIN coachman,
hichtin' it up an bringin it here, late at
night-an' bein' particar bout Joe
havin' all his brass buttons on, we can
fetch EN-, Mr.. Jaggers"
BLESS me! I'll have it done tonight,
! Jimmy"
Wall, git another man on in my place
! ulr17T ts,n 6nrr
! Corrie in tn mOrnin': if you an Miss
Edith III be on hand an garn tee T. keep
EN-. when We git emp
"Wen, we'll we'll That is a great re-
lief. No trouble about keeping the poor
old wrecks, once there Jimmy"
Mr.. Jaggers and his daughter accord
ingly took the evening train for the coun-
try house in high spirits, and along to-
ward midnight the old wagonette for all
the world like prison-van with its long
body, covered top, black sides, rear and
front doors and pendant steps, with
coachman Joe cleaning with grins and
buttons, were in waiting beneath the dark
! archway, AtrI.l ee .'+,tu 10. afa..t
Then Mugsy Mary and Slim Liz more
than usually stupid from drink. were
| rudely awakened.
They fought for little, but few we'll
| directed and familiar tapDings of night
sticks upon their shoe-soles, with the
gruff voices and the CLINT of brass but
tons, soon silenced them They were
carried bodily and flung into the, to
them, prisOn-van upon a pile of loose
| straw AS the door was slammed and
| apparently locked against them, after a
| great iingling of keys, they recognized a
friendly voice at the supposititous key
hole.
"Sh-h-h-h Ye're up for it now, gals
Be ladies. an yen not git more than
thirty daysN'
oh, we'll make EN- dizzy with our
I gentle ways" and Keep tb archway
clear O. beggarly tramps till we're on
Jimmy dear" were shouted back with
grateful emphasis; when Uncle Jimmy
after a cherry Good luck, Mary an Liz
sprang up beside joe and after the old
wooden doors in front were secured, the
vehicle and its strange freight ratified at
a lively pace out over the hard old streets
of the city.
For awhile the occupants of the van
were boisterous as had been their won't on
similar journeyings scores of times before
| when the real hand of authority had laid
Its firm grasp upon them. They favored
passers and their confused drivers with
sibes and tauntS innumerable, and now
and again broke forth into hoarse song,
the refrain of which ran;
For thirty days or more,
! For thirty days or more,
Without Jug,
We're in for Jug"
| For thirty days or more,
But all this at last subsidized, and finally
the gentler movement of the van over the
quiet country road brought the snoring
familiar to the old watchman's ears
within the somber conveyance.
When Uncle Jimmy triumphantly de
livered the abducted subjects of direct
charity at Glen Corrie house the next
morning, they were still asleep.
Both Mr. Jaggers and Edith thought a
good long sleep would do the en- good and
accordingly the wagouette was pushed
into the stables and its doors softly
opened opposite the entrance, so that
their eyes, when they awoke, should
first fall upon the really sweet and sooth
ing scene of the messy Old mansion, with
its red, Uncovered chimneys, its quaint
old gables, the bright reach of lawn
between and the restfal hills beyond
Impatient as were the generous hearts
to begin the softening influence of per
sonal reformation, it was not until nearly
evening that the two figures upon the
straw began TO stir. Their day time was
now approaching.
Mr.. Jaggers and his daughter had
finally concluded to so to the stables tc
welcome them The first words which