St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-05-13

which he had sent for milk in which to
poison it.
Mr. Hoskins was not at the hotel when
the baby arrived.
Let me 90 first and see if it is really
Sammy. 1t might be a mistake, and
that would be so hard for YOU" said
Margaret, putting aside her sister and
fastening down to the parlor.
Mr.. Kennetson stood looking out of
one of the windows; the policeman, a
good, fatherly looking individual who
had ''kids of his own,'' as he expressed
it to his companion, was dancing the ba-
by up and down, bringing him into a
high state of good humor, when Marga-
ret appeared.
"Why, of course that's Sammy! You
dear, precious little darlingn' and she
made dive for the aforesaid. II
must take him to his mother this in
slant. Please wait a moment" she
said, rapidly disappearing through the
doorway.
That voice! Could it be possible?
and Kennetson turning just in time to
catch q vanishing view of its owner,
found it really was that mighty nice
little girl without doubt. Whereat
he slipped a bill into the policeman's
hand.
Very shortly Miss Earl again ap-
peared on the scene. Mrs. Hoskins
wished to express her gratitude to the
officer, and just then Kennetson turned
and faced her. She started, blushed
rosy red, and then stepping forward
gave him her hand, looking up with
eyes in which the tears had begun to
gather.
Kennetson related the facts of the
case, leaving out the disagreeable fea-
lures, to his very much interested lis
tener, and the latter expressed her graf
itude, and looked a great deal more
than she expressed. About this time
Mr. Hoskins came in, and then it had to
be all gone over again, and Margaret
slipped away to squeeze the baby once
more, and to mingle her happy tears
with those of the mother.
Well, it turned out that Kennetson
was going to the same place that they
were. He had taken such an interest
in Sammy that he couldn't bear to lose
sight of him right away, and so he went.
Mr. Hoskins exacted a promise of him
to spend some time with him.
So it came about that the two gentle
men grew to be fast friends, and Ken
nelson lounged in and out of the Hos
kins' cottage in a very easy and COM
Portable manner.
At this stage of the game. the first
flood of gratitude having subsidized, Miss
Margaret Earle quite froze up. But
what is the use of determining anything
that has the power of determining you2
She said to herself, she wished he would
90 away; but apparently Kennetson
had no such intention. He had found
that he liked to stay. In fact, he dis
covered that he had never liked to stay
in one place quite so long before in his
life. He had become intensely inter-
ested in this self-reliant, common-sense
girl, and he at length succeeded in
breaking through her reserve, and they
began to take long walks and spend de-
lightful mornings on the beach. and the
delirious delights of that evening in
May once more became realities, to Mar
garet at least. She no longer fought
against the tide; she foated with the
stream, and said: 81 will not think of
the end. am so happy, so very hap
py; I will take it while it lasts. Sup
pose he goes away again-Well, well,
9 / shall have had my day.
.'Then let come what come may
To a life that has been so sad,
l shall have had my day
One morning she had wandered out
alone to ledge ofrocks, and with sketch
book and crayons prepared to make a
study of a group On the beach.
At that very moment she caught sight
of head coming up from the lower
ledge of rocks, and she prepared to slip
down on the other side, but Kennetson
caught at the retreating form. so, dc
not go awayn' the voice pleaded.
"Stay-stay always with me. Why
need we ever 60 way from each other as
long as we liye?'
And-well, the pencil slid down 4
crevice in the rock, and the tide kept
flowing in and the sky was blue without
cloud, like the two hearts which were
filed with the great abundance, the
summer time of life and love, and the
light foam told it to the sands, and the
waves whispered it all around the world.
After time she said with serious
air: g But you will not ask me to give
up my art could not do that
"My darling" he answered quickly,
edo you think could wish you to do
that? No, no; am too proud of what
you can do. You shall study in Paris,
Munich, Or anywhere you wish, and
have ever so many studios, all with a
northern exposure, if you say So.
And the glad little look and the man.
ner of her thanks made him Immediate
ly promise sixteen more, and a yacht
on the Mediterranean besides.
"And to Think said Mrs. Hoskins.
when she heard of the engagement, "it
oil p,;rbt novor howe honnopad If Il