The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-02-09
LOST ON THE ROAD.
CHAPTER l.

j nIwas aOs sore | heard 9
cnlld ersing loudly, Mills.
OR, ny, Master Fairfax, yo4'r'
J isaclulH
Its aOs fancy D0 jasi lissea
Mis-
Arthis The s3n&a l1ra-1 Eer
head, viii iEs sSiHkAag black eses
Ua Oae s.oe-
i Ibe bay, rather = haadsone ll-i.
fe.l0s, sb0gi nIae years Of age I4A
and -srOHg for his age, Gia TIE same
=ud held up chubby 6sger - III
P0-e s!leDee-
There Il i again Mills, aud didn't
yoa tear II CRY ~DSca! szlo lbs
Oyy.
Vel, ! almost think IS | did ie4'
z.4elala' OuG sbsleTer br Eo1
agO.a. never see sUea . by
GzFeEH
FvE ere teS speech Kss nzlf COZ
clgaec, lliur taIEisx UIAas Lad
scrsGsbsec sGIousn lie Eease Iha.
lIsIoed lEeir Osn pls4tzllsa fIol2l
.n- slgE .O4d, ana = a. yeIllus Al Tie
nLsEe-l psler II hls !Vaag se4cr IL
ul- sGE-z-
i CzaI eoR8e through .haI (. 9
oo.r, Master FzIrfzx. u bztvy-r x
~ Ll41kIug u.
be. lTe sga4d hex K-Ee. erlss
along, iltlle gIEl- cOs'I eFE. III Lake
czrr 81 YEA And F-zI.az ~nh
eager nast=. lac oS zesia zPf-eartd
: .lFVasE lie gap u Gae bvGgr. crsE-
sisg sllef Hlu Yrssly4 tsIE eElldi
iess asia llsssgciag IsaI The Kes
rereSS sere .nrareG- The blackberry
--slard lips, The raeigi eOuUieazDee
aac tne pIUr tUra apparel
tairiaI OIRsy saS ths. ,Ee ere.
acre fGA zno bsge, - IEOse II u,
1r.a SISTERS GoA, 80 carefully bidder
away II The Nursery press. aEa thai
Ina hair TOO. IN spite Of rs GHeoasbzc
condition, was bright .1d golden IS
little Ainns's hsd oeea.
Master FsirfsL, Whatever nexts"
e1posIalaisd Mills. You're 10
business to bring that lille dirty
thing ii ere; take Les hack direct
j"
Il shaat,n cried the boy sercelv-
You're lost on the road, aren't yoa,
littls girl"
"Ye-es.n sobbed tie child r,iagi1g
to her young companion
Mere. aind, d0as cry any nore,
ard be stopped TO kiss away The
tears-"IIl take you home WITH ne
10 ny mamma Gene sloag this Is
The way
And i spite ot Nils e1Post0la-
tioos, lie harried 20 tie house drag
ging the child with him
Long before poor Mills, who Ess
rather stout and heavy. could over
take then, Fairfax had rUn up The
white, wide steps. across ibe hand
some uzrtle bal, and WAS IL tie
presence ofs lady. very yo1ng and
far. Eho ssi writing a. the drawing
room table.
"Mamus, mamma cried toe
breathless boy, I've found 5 litIle
sister I've bro1ght you : little
Mia1s-oh, sAes 80, Ike. isn't she,
mammal Do keep her7
The LADY addressed, turned her
head, 81 the eHrsoee Of tie ehildren-
I Her face blsncbed ss she looked 3,
The corner.
Tbsr ready tears ra=hed 10 her
eyes
-FaiTfaI ny dear boY, whsre did
yoa and hers She "a. indeed. Ike ny
poo. hlIe Lost giri; bat - ragged
sad dirty. Come, EIIle one. and
tell NE tow yea got into this sad
plight"
Sic drew the child tenderly u her,
but she was TOO young 70 be explicit
she had beea f0r sriGe SiIh dada
Dada had lefI her somehow Ste
lad come long Ssy II the cart
lad gone after the blscsberT.es,
etc
Ao.aiag more lucid Or eIplAasto-
irT could De Gb;ai1ed from he small!
dsusel-
I AS .s The name o:ihe place whence
she had cOne, CT anything more e1-
plicil than dada, this was Lot 20
De arrived ..
So the boy had his way
The little ioGndling obtained 3
good home 81 Ssdbury Park, kind
mother n Mrs 0twsy and much az
fectiOn from The geasssl. ser husband,
Eto Ess considerably MS ~ife's
senioT, while, Is for Fairfax. her
Young disc0Ferer, his deEolioa seem
cd to increase as years rolled cu. and
10 De lSEished AZ the shrine of the
pretty little xsif and stray, sbo had
erepi iHio The shoes Of his dead SIS
ter, Nina. for strange TO say 10 in
quiries respecting the lost child had
had ever peoesrs.e3 . sedbury
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