The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-20

but that her guardian will not allow
her to spend it reCklessly.
Miss Garvey did not only cOnfine her
self to making presents to her friends,
but more than one Worcester person
allowed Miss Carney the use of a few
| dollars TO help her along until she
made arrangements to have her for
tune transferred"
/ She went to a marble firm on Me-
/ chanc street, where she engaged a
$500 monument, but did not make the
| payment demanded by the firm before
! 1t would start on the monument A
| young man who secures orders for the
| firm, saw Il good sum coming to him
as commission, and more than did
| his prettiest to satisfy the fastdious
taste of the supposed heiress.
Among other things that Maggie dis
| covered as essential to a person Of
wealth was good teeth and she prompt
! ly hied herself to the office of a Front
| street dentist, where she took pains to
| have the report of her good fortune
| precede her. The dentist thereupon
! pointed out to her more defects in her
teeth than she would have discovered
| in several years Of careful study. He
hlled some Of them, and then, the story
goes, she, in an oiIhand sort of way,
touched him for a few dollars, "tust
TO tide her over until she got her SIS
200 from her guardian in Lawrence"
One thing she did not do for a time
was to don black as a mark Of respect
to her deceased uncle, but there are
( several stories going the rounds as to
| why she did not People who deal in
black dress goods in Worcester are
sharp business men, and Maggie did
not become well enough acquainted
with them to get the goods until the
arrival of her fortune.
She did not borrow money from In
spector O'Day, although some people
| gained the impression that she did
when the local Sherlock Holmes went
looking for her around the city. but she
rad plenty of other friends in WOrceS-
ter who kept her busy.
Another thing that Maggie did not
DC, and her friends marveled at it. was
TO have few dozen pictures taken TO
distribute among her friends who took
such an interest in her welfare.
Where her dOmiCile was previous to
the time she came to Worcester is not
generally known, although several of
her most intimate friends think thew
can tell.
Had not Miss Garveys plan gone
wrong, there would have been high
jinks at Horticultural Hall this week,
as she announced to her legion Of
friends that she had engaged it for
the gath for recherche entertainment
regardless Of expense. There would
have been oyster stews and lady fin
gers, and pate de fol grasses, and
humming birds on toast. and other
noXious products of a famous chef. till
all the doctors in the city would have
been employed in suppressing the govt
and dVGnnnGia
next day would have drawn Harry
Cornishes'' by the bucketful to soothe
rebellious stomachs.
And there would have been music
too, to soothe savage breasts. and the
harp that once through Tara's halls"
wouldn't have been in it for moment
with Brigham's famous orchestra from
Marlboro as it swept the chords to rag
time melodies and Rachel Goldstein.
All these good things the 200 couples
winch were to have been invited TO
Horticultural Hall to help Miss Garyey
celebrate her good fortune, have miss
ed But perhaps the good ship Of for
tune, which seems to have been stalled
in the otiing, may yet come close
enough to those for the trades neonle
to reach it with their leather-Iunped
shouts of Ship, ahoy!" Then those
who were to have been hidden TO the
banquet and the dance at HorticrlturaI
Hall will be right in the push
Miss Carney had proceeded so Par
with her Horticultural Hall mink tea &c
to select the people who We're to COW
tribute vocal and Instrumental music
outside of the famous melody wres.
tiers from Marlboro who constitute
Brigham's Orchestra. And here is tbs
list as it was made out by Miss CarveV
and sent to The Spy some weeks ,go
when the recherche affair at Hortio,,l
tural Hall was promulgated.
various cities in Massachusetts
Among those who will assist in tbo
musical program are: Fred Sullivan
James Sullivan and VIM. Buck of VAL
College; Miss Katie Sheehan. Miss
Nellie Kennedy. Mr.. Fred Allen and
MT. John sullivan Of Springfield, Mass
Miss Katie Dean and Miss Margaret
Shea of Marlboro, who are accor, -.
phshed musicians; Frederick Keefe
organlst at st. Patrick's Catholic
Church at Lawrence, Mass. and Miss
Nellie Moriarty and Miss Nellie Brig
nam OF the same city, Among the Bos.
ton friends who were to have heen in
vited are: Miss Katie Dewey. Misc
Margaret Lyons Miss Nellie sartelIs
MISS Emma Peterson and Messrs. Benz
Allen. Benz. Ellis and Fred Lyons
And Miss Carney assured her friends
that they would meet from Lawrence
pr: John sullivan, her guardian who
nad the management of her finances
and his daughter, Miss Agnes Sullivan