The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-10

bundles OF new clothing and happy
hearted. CHEEKY encouragings, all with
olrd-llke gurglings OF delight; to see her,
little later, conduct the strangely
changed old women to L sweet and roomy
apartment not far from her own, where
she showed them countless little objects
her own hands had thoughtfully pro-
vided; and then, while Jason Jaggers
beamed with happines and paced the
lawn impatiently, as he looked again and
again at his watch. to see her sit there
and straighten out with her own dainty
fingers their frayed and ragged
locks, setting pretty caps upon their
heads, making sure of this fSsten-
ing, adjusting that bow or ribbon
and patting and twisting and jerking this
and that fold into place upon their
scraggy forms, aud finally, to see this
brave. good girl bringing the two fright
ened souls to the dinner table, where Mr..
Jaggers Justify welcomed them with:
sit right down, now Mary and Eliza
beth. No formalitles here. We're old
fashioned folks with old-fashioned ways;
and nobody cares a rap if you eat up
everything in the house! Eli, Edith?'
Not soul, Papa Jaggers not a soul -
And thus, with hearty sallies aud sim
pie pleasantries, the dinner was eaten
good Mr. Jaggers adapting his CONNER
cial line of experiences and chatter to the
lowly minds OF the old women with little
avail. but with a positive grandeur of
magnanimity and good intent; when the
two scared things were taken for a walk
about the beautiful grounds
While Edith luttered prettily around
them, Jason Jaggers, out of the bOundleSs
goodness of his heart, explained to the
dim and wondering souls all his projected
Improvements for Glen Corrie house and
grounds, the different varieties of fruits
and vegetables in his gardens. and the
rare species of eXotics in his conserv-
atory, until old Mary ana Elizabeth had
attained a maudliu i'm becility of submits
siveness, when Edith entertained them at
the piano; after which came quiet hour
of reading, by Edith, of selections from
the humorous authors while Jason Jag
gers, with moist eyes and Joyous face,
thanked all that is good Tor his happy in
spiratiOn of direct charity; and after
Edith herself had conducted the now tot
tering women to their room for the night,
and had exchanged glowing congratula-
lions with her father as they, too, passed
to their respective apartments, Mugsy
Mary and Slim Liz sank in a hysterical
heap of ill-betiitting attire and abiect
misery upon the floor and wept bitter
tears for the first time in all their lives
together.
Thirty days O. this, Mary, an I'm
done fur sObbed Slim Liz as though her
heart were breaking.
Half that time'll do Mugsy Mary! :"
walled her utterly disconsolate compan-
ion; whereupon they dragged their skirts
over their poor old heads and whimpered
themselves asleep where they lay.
1t was well for the peace of mind of
Jason Jaggers and his daughter Edith
that the progress of their experiment was
interpreted by the sunny, hopeful and
thoroughly tender quality of their own
loving natures
The tremendous ageing of the outcasts
in the brief period of a few days; the
gradual paling of the fires of their keen
old eyes; the dropping and retraating of
their wOlf-like jaws; the constant lag
ging of their tOttering steps; the sudden
and certain shrinking, bending and di-
miniShing of their ungainly and grotesque
forms, were all attributed to the almost
miraculous changes brought by the soft
ening influences brought to bear upon
them. .H .
Indeed, this was Jason Jaggers' mental
theme for congratulatory reflection when,
one morning week subsequent to the
arrival of the outcasts, ne was awaiting
them and his daughter at the flower
laden table in the pleasant breakfast
room Suddenly Edith burst into his
presence, her face bathed in tears, and
sinking into chair beside her father
Papa Jaggers, they're eone!'
Then, while she had good cry, Jason
Jaggers hustled about her, essaying to
comfort her with,
Tut, tut, tut! Impossible, impossi BILE {!
Nonsense, nonsense! Why, they've lust
wandered off about the grounds for lit
! tie. Come, cheer up daughter. Well
have Mary and Elizabeth back here in a
few minutes. Dear, dear, dear!n
Reinp "A man Of action Jason TaUoare
| did more than hustle about and exclaim
Servants were sent to hunt over every
portion of the grounds. Others were dis
patched TO all the near byways, lanes and
hills. Still others We're sent along the
highways countryward, and far upon the
thOroughfare leading back to the city
Mr.. Jaggers himself mounted his fayorite
horse and galloped hitler and thither.
returning from time to time to Glen Cor
RE, hoping to find Edith and the old
women smilingly awaiting his coming
! But night returned, and still no word
from the poor old outcasts
Il have an idea - then exclaimed
Jason Jaggers. Come, daughter, Wen
take little run into town. | would like
| to see Uncle Jimmy moment"
All, sure enough" she returned Joy
| ously as they set out together I'VE
/ ought to have thought of Uncle Jimmy
! beiore!"
All that day residents of the northern
| outskirts of the city had been interested
| in glimpses of two strange old women,
! oddly dressed and with curious caps
upon their heads, who had been gradu-
ally nearing the denser quarter of the
| town. Hand in hand they glided from
! place to place like runaway though happy
| children, radiant as long time travellers
at glad home coming; halting now to
chatter and laugh over some old-loved OBJ
| iect or scene: struggling in and out of by
street and alley as if following sudden
| impulses of rediscovery; and again push
| ing forward in greedy. tireless quest, un
til lost in the great cob and flow of the
/ night throbs of the city's turgid heart
| Here al certain corner, where a fes-
| tering quarter pushes up against high
| palaces of trade. a night policemansmiled
| grimly as he heard one of them gleefuily
1 exclaim: -.
Lord Liz, this is lifel"
And then the other as ecstatically
answer:
Life, Mary!-if life an grub an
drink"
Then with a shrill chorus of delight.
still hand in hand. they plunged into an
alley glittering with signs of the three
/ golden balls and ablaze with the beacon
/ flames which beckon to vice and drink.
! A few hours later Uncle Jimmy Stubs
/ was startled by an imperative knocking at
| the front doors Of the great Jaggers estab.
/ lishment He answered the summons and