The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-21
"aTnT yop the teller they caii
Mnggsy?" t's Tt-a n

"'Aoh' "HeH SHt u Detn Dut OF 10
an her mother was sick an she need
ed some money awful bad. An sh
! says she's goin' 10 pay 1t back whe
! she gifts a better job. an thin
! you're a gentleman, even ii you ain
: got good clothes nor no money. AN
won't lei you go hungry. so | won't F."
She turned to the kitchen door an,
called our.
Ham -eggs-oyer- German mnce
an -one-on-ihe- Coffee"
Her customer turned in alarm.
Say" he whispered. wat vel
giyin US? Dey'll t'row me out"
She smiled a sweet smile. and an.
swered with assurance.
mo. they won't. IFS on the house
III fix II in the check See?'' And he
saw &f
I What do they call You Muggsy
for!' she asked, when She brought in
/ The order
Cause it's me Christian name, !
| s'pose -
Ny names Mary Ann she said
/ Mary Ann Evans"
And that is how the bread east upon
the waters came back 10 Muggsy after
many days. IL was stolen bread. and
so, perhaps, was the return. And thai
Is also how he came to gain the friend.
ship OF Mary Ann Muggsy came often
TO the dinsy little restaurant after this
and usually paid for his meais-when
10 hIau INA
time he saw new beauty in the Kind.
hearted little waitress He even grew
confidential.
What do You do fer Twin Mugg
sy? she asked him one day.
"Oh, different things. You see. J.
don't work Steady, but does the best
can. an sometimes | even does
days waGk fer wages like Il Urinary I
workin' man."
Why don't you git a steady job?"
she asked
He looked perplexed. wy, little I
girl, wat would I 10 with steady I
job, anyhow? aint built thai way.
An I makes Twin without job"
Mary Ann wa puzzled. Musgsy was
an enigma 10 her. but she knew he
had a generous disposition
Do You drink-much ?"
NO, not much. amt often got
the price, an my credits played out.
In such wise they were won't to aold
sweet discourse; though Muggsy was
secretly ashamed OF it. and would not
speak TO Mary Ann it any of his male
icqnaintances were visible The lii
lie red-haired beauty was very COM
and Muggsy soon knew
hat She was the only daughter of
'wash-lady'' who lived In room on
he third floor Of tenement three
blocks south. and that she had one
title brother. Jimmy. who sold pa
,ers
Suddenly there was lull in the
progressive friendship. Muggsy was
bsent for MONTH and Mary AIMS !
reenish yellow eyes peered in vain {
through the swinging screen doors and t
own the dirty street for his familiar
hutfie and goodnatured grin She did '
OF know that he had gone 10 the /
'orkhouse because an officer with a c
rudge against him had found him re- q
lowing brass journals from a box-car y
ne night. When he got out, a change y
ad come over him. Never before had S
e thought OF coneealing his misfor-
ines from his friends, any more than
had thought OF telling the truth to c
a Ds.t L..
shamed - let Mary Ann know where
e had been. and he did not exactly
ant to lie 10 her. q
Finally he went shamefacedly to the p,
'staurant. II was full of strange .,
ces. He hadn't the heart TO ask n
iestions. A day or two later he
lnted up the place where she haa Q,
Id him she lived. He found Mary II
m, after climbing through stair.
ay full of children. She was sitting II
one in the room that served her fol 10
home. and her eyes were red. The ~
ace was almost bare Of furniture and G.
disorder. Muggsy therefore felt al ev
me, though Mary AIMS tears EN-.
rrassed him. But her little ewes at
Ill
ightened. and she grasped his big. A.,
arse hand and told him how awful ar
adj she was 10 see him. and how
nes0me she had been since he hadn't c,
me TO the restaurant any more, and in,
on she brok" down and cried ar
"Don't-now. don't do that way. lit
girl" Hammered Muggsy Whats
ne wrong. Mary ANN"
Then she told him of her mother :,
avn died OF heart failure or sum.
q like that only two weeks before. III
d OF the union having struck for T.,
Drter hours at the same time. and
her being out of work with no pros n,
y OF a settlement of the strike. and 90,
her having nothing TO live on but ~
at her little brother Jimmy made
ling papers; and the heart OF Mugg- -
Mcguire was touched with pity. and y
e. which is akin to pity.
Well. little girl" he said. and q
lsed in whlri OF uncertainty Then g
went on. scared by his own au- q
,ity:
Little girl. II looks to me as n q
res only one way ont of it-that Is.
course. peryidin' you're willin, an
n q