Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-02-24
mite q Z back porch sending over 10

= Donna6 opened the kitchen door
with q strange sinking at his heart:
ehe sfeaSs6 Masgfs must tb6 Stck. .sgvith,
in,s the shrs burned bf4f haya t6d tie
floor and'StablS wsfte9 scrubbed to the
last degree Of whiteness. but Maggie,
was H6whefs Visible: nc taptosd soft.
- through the b9tdrooo1maf fwhich ktsds IN
d Ike state ~ fmmaculatea neaxness.
and on the threshold 5 81 thsl little
Eparlor he paused, his mouth falling
open III establishment! afFori Marie
sat in the rocking chair and Her usu.
ally busy hands we're folded Idly In
Eher lap: A bttI of bright icolored lib.
bon was twisted In her hair, and lin
her freshly u ironed blue dress and
stare hed white apron she presented so
Festive an appearance that 8 involun-
tarily, Dennis cast his eyes over the
room IN search Of the company he
felt sure must be somewhere con.
cealed" But he saw only Molly and
young Dennis. 2aweda into 1uniaacscaus.
toned good behavior ana sitting -stitc.
" on the hard little sofa u with the
baby between them. 771 9sa4aa&l x
|l'h Maggie greeted him beamingly.Gfi !.
I - Sure; and Pm Oh strike meself. :"
she explained: E!''It's eight hours I
want, an'S1'll' DO no more washing,
savin" yer own and the bits g. things
for the children" ' @E@z@Ejs tatu9as.
|1' Dennis slumped weakly into d chair.
It's not eight hours work ye've done
this day, Maggie Murphy he pro-
| tested = . &c T"aa|A Ehss S1:THIQ
Z 2"lndade, then an it is Maggie in
sisted. ~ cooked yer breakfast, Den
mis-. and 7 gave the children a
bath ~ GL56#DaG 3Ga 0E&I~
"Ye're never after calling that work, !
Maggie, darlin',"' Dennis objected: in a
tone Of deep disgust ~ 'z.ts .2a'h
7 "1ndade and it was hard work.,
Maggie protested, and the three on
the sofa nodded vigorous assent.
Dennis abandoned, the argument.
Pm after i, wonderin' where the.
moneys, to come VI from a While the.
strikes on he said, gloomily. Mag
/ gle. rocked pla cidly, and, slmoothesd out
the, crease IN her apron. >'S>. y J5''
=. There's enough money put BY to
last out the week" She said. An be-
like by that time the strike will be-
off" '"@"'a A'""Ro "a 10" {
+ But Dennis knew that she referred
to the official strike, and his. heart
was heavy: within him +" 80 ',ss51"
Three days went BY, and the, of1cial
strike was still on the, unofacia one
ditto. :, 'f.',--.@'~ <''N' = 1'". !
|.I~ Sure, an it's a grand thing to only,
work eight hours Maggie said. III
don't blame We for, strikin', Dennis. :.
An witt t the fwashin' of my, hands i.
feel that aisy and rested like An
I've plenty of time to see, to. the chill
d1ren. They do, be, the, cleanest in the
block these, days" ~. 80 , ,..s ~. -, ~
-, But Dennis r scowled, .fiercely, for.
the question of money was becoming
as serious eric one 'a and 1 the i strike wore:
tP'EppM n - nefyes. q ri Ag!dnd S1aJ0 u
lw Nine NH Ssc hours wo4k! al amt too much
for man., he muttered, :rno, nor ten,
either" 10 And Maggie knew, that fshe e.
had scored point. -aas, ds,et {
The Ihe nnsxt day Dennis became diplo-
|rmatiic. It does me heart good to, see
|cye these days, Maggie adarlin' ;;5eye're,
lookin' so foine an rosy like. ? But i
ana 4wonderin' how. it'll be- when the
MONEYS all gone, and yell have, ito
stop latin: odtY ers good looks will be
lealygin ye then, ,Masgies ,darlin' .',fsgo
%SSyFe an me good looks is, all OWN
to the rest that I'm after, hayin'. y, Mag.
gle replied With spirit, s. AN, If Il
/ must give up the, food that I'm atm
or, the rest that I'm havin,, it's the
ICED; III Be after gpin without Il sp1s Den
And Dennis realized that the e,'t uno;fti.
cial strike had come to stay. l.
=, At. supper the next day. Maggie
served generous helpingsS 81 15SSavory
stew. ~---s
E@"sure an We must ate; all sye can
she said, 'forF now the money ado be
all gone IAN there's Jnothin' left for
the mornin' but-some bread an cold
pertatoes." la5m@fIt)-~~. ggo5aGjfTeeW
+ SAN it's the T:hard:hearted woman
We are, Maggie Murphy t6 sit by and
see yer children 60 hungry when We
might aisy be earnin' money by takin'
Tin Ia ebit aof l!washin'.'s GaQaC ad1"' r
Fl sure andthey,re yer children, too;
1 Dennis Murphy" Maggie flung Back:
f"An' 5it' s. your place ito yobe ea1r1n1n,
inoneyaf H1cook for chem an wish
ttheir abitsbof1 clothes al, look Utter
t them agooda and faithful 1but not a
fhhgest wiIl1sIo ever Gift again to earn
1fnoney?5foI STE a9adT .sfohaIjd coo I
toIlAnd that night Dennis went heavy.
fheartedF TO bed;2 for me knew that the
1lnofHcial7 strike chad won! aaaa61aJ :
tfa'Hurryv up owida me breakfast, Mag,
]gteo darlin' ,.nhe satdfIthe next morning
Tim after goin' back sto ME Cworkl This
Emornin'!a An, nlrlave5thei union. Bad
cessYTto themo1a Sure, bits fowepin,
Ito taGman's dignity tot be ord ered srUhnd
by them unions. I'll not be- Gstandin'
dits no mofe!'t9an o3fls8d5 aGyiTJl
iir 'sYe're ca Ffoine' man, Dennis. stfIafsve