The independent., 1907-03-14

cleaners of the building, was sought
for an explanation. She was found in
an adjoining office-a large, motheriy
looking Irish woman, with an expan-
sive smile and kindly CLINT in her
eye that not even family cares and
the necessity of contributing to the
support of children she had brought
into the world, not to mention 'buryin'
wan eleven months old just afore
TUX th' work. here" could materially
lessen.
Her bright, alert look and smile
caused the righteous indignation OF
the tenant to dwindle to feeble pro-
test. She listened, then became volu-
able and apologetic:
"Is that SO? Shure / was away on
account o. me sisters death, an | got
a lvin' out girl to help me in tn
buildin' for few days, an she didn't
understand tn work.. But it'll be all
right now, for TIL do it meself," and
straightway she followed to look at
the neglected floor
Her look had grown shade less
cheerful at the mention Of the sister,
and the complaint became a murrnur
of sympathy
The explanation having been made
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and continued
Yes. an I had to bury her. Shure,
she an me was tn last that was left
of tn family. / brought her an an
other sister to this country, an 1
buried tn other; an now this wan is
gone too, an I'm tn only wan that's
left
"She died in tn hospital, an / was
runnin' there for two days afore she
wfnt. As soon as | finished me work.
here I'd be there, an whin l come
home / had to do big wash that was
in tn tubs
II was nigh dead wild it all. but,
thank God, stayed wild me sister un-
til tn last An I brought her out of
1t, too, widout Thin ever touchin' her,
an gev her dacint burial
But, shure, had a hard time to
do it, an only that was that deter
mined they'd ha' got tn best OF me in
tn ind Ye see, 1t was this way:
'@rh day she died they sent me
word that she couid't live tn day out,
an + wint up there an l seen her, but
could't stay wild her, for l had tn
work. to do. So in tn avenin' I wint
up there agin, an tn man at tn dure
tould me 1t was agin tn rules to let
anywan In at that time.
:" But, I sez to him. me sister is
dyin' an I want to go in an see her.
'Shure, wasn't We here today, sez
he, an amt that enough for YEP
Well, seZ Z to meSe1, I'll see
Bridget vance more-an' she an me
the last that's left O. u.s.
$50 / wint to the priest OF the par
ish, an I told him that me sister was
dyin' in tn hospital, an would he
come and prepare her. So he came
along wild me, and whin they saw tn
priest they daren't refuse to lave him
in, an I stuck tight to him; an that's s
how I got to see her agen.
'Whin th' doctor an tn attindint
seen me they sez:
:" Who let this woman in?' an they
wanted to make me go out.
But / sez to theia:
Yell not put me out, for she's not
long to live, an I'll stay here and see
tn last of her.
We'll, they said everythin' to me
an they did everythin' to me but bate
me- If luks and words could kill, I'd
never come out of tn place alive whin
I told thin TIL not lave it shure, two
officers d be tn only thing that'd put
me out o. this
$50 at lahst they left me alone, an
I stayed there wild her, an whin ii
was nearly 12 o'clock at night she tT1.d
to sit up in tn bed, an sez she:
'' Mary, | see me mother
No, We do not, Bridget sez /, but
ye will see her afore long.
oh, sez she, "what'll become o
tn childer when I'm gomez
''Ye see, she had two young vans
an the husband was no good.
q Rest aisy. Bridget sez L for I'll
take little Maggie wild me- an I'll
trate her like wan of me own. an the
bye Til put down to Father Drum
coolies.
F" WIN We, Mary says she.
~ VIII, with the help of God sea
/.
Kiss me. Mary sez she. an
did an wild that she was gone.
'Thin | TUX two flve-cent pieces out
OF me pocket-book an | closed her
eyes Wild thin, an | tied UP her chin
yyhtu had her fixed 4 Wint down