Summary of the story an angel in disguise by ts artur
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An Angel in disguise is written by American writer T. S. Arthur (1851).
The death of an alcoholic woman in the village, leaving behind her three children is met with indifference. After her funeral, the eldest son and the second daughter are adopted by two of the villagers. But the third, and the youngest – Maggie, who has a damaged spine and is fully bed ridden as a result of a fall, gets left behind.
Joe Thompson, the wheelwright of the village feels bad for Maggie and takes her home even though he knows his wife will not be happy. As expected, his wife is not too happy. Joe comforts her quoting the Bible.
Next day Mrs. Thomson asks her husband how he will get rid of Maggie and he replies he will work extra to see that Maggie is send to the poorhouse. At dusk when he comes back, he is surprised to find his wife sitting by Maggie’s bed side and talking to her. While having supper she asks again, what he will do with Maggie, to which he answers that she will be taken to the poorhouse the next day.
After supper, Joe sees his wife taking food to Maggie and waiting for her to finish it. Joe understands that Maggie’s innocence and love has won over his wife’s bitter and stony nature. Shortly his wife tells him that she would like to keep Maggie for a couple of days more. But happily, for all three of them, the ‘couple of days’ goes on and on and they live together as a happy family.
This story has its focus on a bedridden and an orphan girl named Maggie.
The story opens in a dramatic way, ends with making its reader happy and lays emphasis on the importance of loving and caring for others and proves that love is essential for human survival.
This story is all about a poor woman who falls upon the threshold of her own door in a drunken fit and dies leaving behind two daughters and a son. The two oldest of whom are taken in by families, but Maggie, the youngest of all, is left Behind because of a disability. In her earlier years, Maggie had fallen from a window and had damaged her spine which had left her bed ridden forever.
After maggie's mothers funeral everyone starts to go back to their house and leave Maggie all alone while Joe Thompson, a wheel right stays. Joe Thompson was a kind hearted person and he takes Maggie to his home.
He thought that he would keep Maggie there for one night and then he would send her to the poor house. He and his wife had no kids.
His wife is angry when she sees Maggie in Joe Thomson's arms and asks him why he has brought that sick brat to her home. Joe mentions of the children in the Bible and tries to convince his wife to keep Maggie in for a day and then he would make arrangements to send Maggie to the poor house.
While Joe is out for work Mrs Thompson spends the day with Maggie and grows very fond of her and begins to love her.
The Thompsons end up keeping Maggie forever.
Maggie's sweetness, love, patience and gratitude transforms Mrs Thompson completely.
Maggie proves to be an Angel in Disguise.