Evening journal., 1898-12-19

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give her such nice things to eat, " she
finished innocently.
s. 70 say nothing Of tho love you evil
IDENTIFY lavish upon her, murmured tho
gentleman Co himself "Woll Little
Borrioboola Cha, what do you say TO a
change? i think you must be my niece. :"
'Oh, then you must be Uncle Jack, +"
said Maggie, accepting this new and
wonderful state of affairs with a child's
innocent faith and belief in all things
wonderful and bright and good. eyes,
you do look like mamma. She's talked
Of you so much that / feel quite know
you. " she added quantity.
You're not going TO sell papers any
more, said her uncle, as they crossed
the street TO his hotel. "And now for a
merry Christmas. 1t won't be possible
to do anything about clothes today, {"
with rueful look at Maggie's gar
ments, "but Wen do something nice
anyway. What hospital did you say
your mother was ati'
"St. Luke's, answered Maggie
smiling as happily as though the griefs
of the morning had never troubled her
care you going TO see her too?''
Eyes, " said Uncle Jack, smiling
down at the eager face, "we're going
there right away, but we'll stop and
buy some flowers first"
And they set forth, only TO find dis
appointment awaiting thom at the hos
pital Mrs. Brownoll had left tho hos
pital that morning in the caro- OF a
strange gentleman who had brought q
carriage for her.
'Was it Uncle Stewart?" asked Mag
gle, and the kindly girl hesitated be-
fore replying, catching the busy nurse
as she turned away.
"Uncle Stewart ~ she said at length.
"The old gentleman who came here
with her and sometimes brings the lit
tie girli No. it was a much younger
man.
"Did mamma know him?" asked
Maggie, with a shade Of sadness darken.
ing her expressive face in a manner
which did not escape her uncle's notice,
and again the good natured nurse staid
her steps to reply.
Eyes" she said, with a pleasant, il
hasty, smile, "she was delighted to see
him and went with him at once. D."
Maggie turned away sadly, teal
falling on her shabby frock, and she
did not refuse the comforting pressure
Of her uncl6's hand as they walked
down the long ward together.
Lets 90 to Sweetie," suggested hel
uncle, with a view to distracting her.
After making inquiries and finding that
Mrs Brownell had left no address Mag
| gle, who felt that ali the world was sad
and her doll stuffed with sawdust with
a vengeance, assented drearily.
Maybe she IL be gone, too, " she said
mournfully, her lip quivering with O
pitiful sorrow, as they stepped into the
carriage again, and she did not speal
again until the horses drew up at Mrs
Stewards door. Her uncle lifted hel
out She sprang up the stairs and ranl
the tell, and then-then the world re
sumed its normal coloring, and her dol
was once more worth loving, for Sweeti'
had leaped 60 her arms, and there Il
the hall behind was mamma.
"Jack" she said softly after kissing
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be Easter day instead Of Christmas
Two resuIreotions from the dead 20 anC
she drew his attention to another MAJ
who had seized upon Maggie as she re
leased her and was embracing her a
though he would never let her go again
"My darling My own little girl =
he kept repeating, and it suddenl,
dawned upon Maggie that it must be he
papa, alive again in some wonderful
mysterious, Christmas kind Of wa,
and come back to care for her and mann
ma and Sweetie.
1--WE won't waste time upon long ex
plantations now" said this gentleman
as he PIT Maggie down at last. "Ihav
been prostrated by an accident whicl
caused me to lose my memory until
week ago and my name was mistakenl,
sent to Jennie here" indicating hi
wife by a tender glance, "as amon
those killed by tho collision which onl
injured my brain. When my memor
returned 70 me, / made all speed t
come back TO her, and not being able t
find the smallest trace of her / though
of dear old Aunt and Uncle Stewart.
knew they would be kind to my poo
, darlings. And then ! went TO the hos
pital and brought her away. We neve
thought of Maggie going there so early
and was TO wait for her there thi
afternoon. We hardly knew how t
. reach her sooner.
! "Well, 1 lost all trace Of you al
, while l was out west,n said Uncl
: Jack, taking possession Of Maggi
again, "and 1 only found this little gil
by the merest accident" And he lifte
Maggie lovingly to his knee, for the
: had reached the parlor by this time.
. And after that? Well, it was Chris
} mas day, and all the stores were CLOSED
B but money will do a great deal, and
{ wasn't long before Auntie Stewart
] scantily filed larder was PLENTIFUL
D supplied, and an immense turkey wl
] roasting in the oven.
And when the dinner had been cate
and everybody had told everybody eli
how glad and happy and surprised the
s were they sat close together and mac
plans for the future, lovely, wonderfl
plans, which seemed almost too good