The Irish standard., 1905-04-08

were Industrious, and soon won q
reputation for honest dealing and up
rightness of character. In the course
OF time little daughter came to the
humble home of the Gaffreys, and
this child was christened Margaret
after the mother. Soon after the birth
of this child the yellow fever swept
over Baltimore, leaving in its fatal
track great many bereaved parents
and orphaned children. Among them
was little Margaret Gaffrey, almost
baby. who was left entirely helpless
and alone in foreign country. On
the steamer, which had brought the
Gaffreys to America few years be-
fore there had been among the pas
sengers a lady from Wales, Mrs.
Richards, who had in some way be-
come acquainted with the emigrant
couple. In the changing and shifting
scenes of her new life, Mrs. Richards
had kept the Gaffreys in sight, and,
when the yellow scourge swept by,
leaving her widow and baby Mar
garet an orphan, she took the desolate
child into her home and brought her
up under her special care and guild
ance.
In the shelter of this home little
Margaret grew to womanhood, and
the naturally loving nature was
developed into character of high
purpose and gentle strength.
While yet a young girl, Margaret
Gaffrey was married to man by the
name of Haughery, and these two,
like their parents, began life with
full hearts and empty purses"
For time the young husband and
wife prospered. Then the shadows
began to darken Margarets path.
Charles Haughery's health began to
fail, and then there came baby
daughter to love and work for. In
earch OF health the Haughereys moved
from Baltimore to New Orleans, but
the hoped-for change for the good did
not come. Sea air was advised by the
doctors, so the young husband said
goodbye to his wife and child and
sailed for Ireland.
That goodbye was final one, for
Charles Haughery died soon after
reaching the home of his birth, anil
Margaret was left to battle for her.
self and child alone
Then another loss-the hardest a
woman is called upon to bear-came
to the youthful widow, her child died.
With this grief there came into her
heart resolution. From that day
she would devote her life to the serv-
ice OF the orphan children The
brave, loving heart did not quail I'M
der her sorrow, did not for a moment
lose its tenderness for those about
her, nor did it lose it's faith in God
or the human creatures of His, who
were suffering and SHINING around her.
But it was for the helpless little
children she would toll and struggle
the little children who reminded
her of that little child who had once
lain in her arms. How was she to
support herself and do this? That was
the question. In New Orleans there
was an institution for girls known as
the ydras Orphan Asylum, and Mar
garet entered the domestic service of
this institution.
Early and late at all sorts of work.
from scrubbing to dairy managing,
she toiled, always cheerful in the
thought that she was helping the chill
dren.
Sometimes she was sent out to COL
lect food and money, and her plain,
rough features, illumined by that in
ner light of unselfish love, that never
fails to lend a certain sort of beauty
w AiOAiSAAAOoob UCCciI1lC UClOIc lOllS
familiar in the markets, the fruit
stalls. the great stores, and small
shops all over the city-and she never
came away empty-handed. One day
she went to large grocery establish
ment to ask aid for her beloved
orphans. The merchant said, laugh
ing. 'Ill tell you what; we'll give you
all you can pile on a wheelbarrow, if
you will wheel it yourself to the
asylum.
I'll do it," said Margaret; and soon
afterwards the merchant, who had
not expected to have this condition
fulfilled, was surprised. to see the
faithful Margaret at the door with
a wheelbarrow. A spark of true
charity touched the young mans
heart, and, lifting his hat to the
shabbily-dressed woman, he insisted
on wheeling the barrow for her-a
courtesy which she declined, saying
she would trundle wheelbarrow load
OF edibles every day in the week If
she could get that much for the chill
dren.
For several years Margaret Haugh-
cry lived in the asylum, managing the
large dairy and doing any and every
kind of work that she could to help