The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-24

M 'FADDEN was in ugly mood for
wi conversation, and he sat long
Tine by the cheese boxes in the gro
Gerry without saying word. Terry
liooihau fitted about, putting his
small stock in order and wondering
why his friend was so silent Finally
McFadden spoke:
MY sister," said he, has given my
mother the double cross-she's quit
home and married a booze singer"
Hoolhan made no comment for some
minutes. and when he did it was while
he was freshenng the fire.
Il never told YOU" said he. "of how
Mother Murphy saved five dollars and
what became of il, did II"
NO" says McFadden. And as for
that I've troubles enough of my own
without thinking of the Murphys."
"Tut-iut," replied Terry. Were all
out of the same pan, and what's sor-
row for one is sooner or later grief for
another. The, world is little enough
when yoN come TO think of how big
it is. Mother Murphy has lived in the
ward for 3j years-35 years within a
stones throw of Clark street and
never out of sight of Harrison. The
house is damned in between two big
buildings and there's a window in
trent and Il window behind, but never
Il one on either side.
Murphy, the man. never earned
over Il dollar day in his life, but he
was good to his v oman and to the lit
lie girl tina, come and while it's tight
pinching TO make $50 a month (and
sometimes only 500 take care of
three he did it. And the old woman
She helped him and she helped the lit
tie girl. There wasn't better dressed
girl in the street, nor one that thought
less Of her folks, save for what she got
out of them.
1T was perhaps ten years after the
kid was born, just about the time they
was first talking of paving the alleys
ana covering the garbage, that Moth
err Murphy said one day to the old
man:
"'I've set my heart on it. Murphy
WHATS that?' said he
"a lace curtain for the front win
dow, said she.
WHEN you find the money for it.
said he. rolling uphill or swimming
in the river, you can get the curtain
Never mind says she. The cur
tain Iii get, and the cost of it will
never trouble your dreams when
you're awake.
III al IN ri 1 N n tAa
the wind to pay for the lace curtain.
Mind you. McFadden, she was wom-
an what never asked anything for her
self. To my certain knowledge. in
nine years she never had but one dress
of her own, and she turned that when
she went to mass. She was never in
theayter, never had a ribbon in her
nat and when she wanted car fare she
walked. whether il was one mile or
five. But the daughter had four
dresses she had car tickets plenty she
had seat in the balcony of the Hoo
ley place and she ate candy rs If she
would be sugar inside forever. In one
day she blowed herself i'm this store
for 90 cents worth OF joo-joo, and
lnHI ; a. piiO VI N''iis WV atuNh, III u
poor person to get rid of in frummery.
but Mother Murphy was not com
planning. In her own way she was 60
:ng to have the lace curtain. Her first
start for it was the finding of penny
IN the street near the door. She was
anxious to keep it, but fearful Of
cheating, so she brings il in to me, and
she says
els IT yours, Tcrry?'
"And says i:
81 couldn't identify il IL il was
"And she kept il. A week later she
gets a dime for cleaning some win
dows, and then having to go to Cali
fornia avenue on a bit of work, she
saves nickel by walking. BY not eat
ing meat when she was at home at
noon she saves penny or two more,
and ut the end of IS months she has
% cents saved for the curtain, which
she had made up her mind should cost
not less than five dollars. She was