The Red Cloud chief., 1882-06-01
ALL or ACCOUNT OF SAMMY.

ALL on ACCOUNT OF SAMMY.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wrayburn had
celebrated their silver wedding, and
Margaret Earle and her Aunt Esther,
with whom she lived, had been hidden
10 h feast. Mrs. Wray burns nephew,
Mr.. Richard kcnnctson, a gentleman Of
some thirty years. handsome, well bred
and fairly educated, was also there.
This last-namcd gentleman was u stran-
ger in the city. His home was in New
England, but for the last six years hc
had seen very little Of il. having spent
the time since his graduation, for a civil
engineer, ia travel and pr~oiracicd So
Journ in Europe. His father. at his
death, had left his mother. his sister and
himself a large fortune. and Richard
k~cnnctson, on leaving college, had
found himself in the pleasant position IF
n man who i enabled To CRAFTY his
tastes and inclinaiions TO the full. and IL
must he owned that Mr.. Richard Ken
nelson's inclinations, being those of n
p gentleman. the cartc-bianchc gra,ilica-
ton had produced "A very good and har-
monious result. and had made neither
st iiiffliRi ifbIf nor u baINF frDit-I Oh
this decidedly handsome nephew Of Mrs.
John Wray;un. There were a great
many people To whom she wanted TO in
troiucc him. for various reasons, but
envy. hatred and malice and all unchar-
itablcncss aside. she did really want
Margaret Earle To meet him. ..She is
SO superior to the other girls who viii
be here" she said Ia her husband, land
] am sure she will enjoy talking with
him immensely"
And so it came to pass that they met,
and Margaret thought when the tall,
straight man with the brown mustachc.
very dark eyes and graceful air was
brought up Ia be- introduced, that he
WIS rather the most 6Stinguishcd-look-
linz person she had seen in some time.
and she also concluded that he must
have thought she was rather the most
awkward girl he had seen in some time.
Richard kcunctSon. after the last
guest had departed. had said: AUNT
Deb. that was a mighty nice little girl
You introduced me to-" and had strollcd
oiIt on the Vcran,la, lighted n cigar.
smoked il 10 the end. aud gone 10 bed
In his usual placid frame of mind.
fit tsi4ffAt pA4tf iiAti iillA. siiti htH
away in less than a week, and that was
all; il was not likely they would evcr
meet again. lie had said he was moi
quite sure where he should 20 next.
and had gone with n pleasant hand-Shake
aud a genial good-by; and the girl r.
mcmbcred every word he had even said.
II WAS about this time that her sister,
Mrs. Mabel lioSkins. wrote. entreating
her to Join them in their contemplated
visit Ia the sca-shorc. They were al
going. Mr.. and Mrs. Iloskins. the three
children Clarence, Augustus and Sam.
uel-and the nurse, the latter parsonage
being the especial attendant of Samuel,
who was an infant in long clothes.
Mabel Earle had married a widowel
= twenty wears her senior. without chill
drcn and very rich. Margaret was in
high favor with her hrothcr-in-law ana
now that such strong inducements wer,
offered for n change of scene and n good
time generally she did not hesitate lone
i'm acceptinw. To see the ocean. which
She had never vet bchcld. was n delight
which she could not easily let slip, and
So in consultation with Aunt Esther, thu
> modest wardrobe was made ready. and
Margaret joined the party nj a point
about two hundred miles cas-. of hel
own home.
Nearly two DAYS after. about nine y
m, the train arrived nj b. wher,
they concluded 10 remain over night.
So they took a carriage up To one of the
best hotels. and the inside of the vehicle
being pretty well filed with the family
\ and their handbags and Shawl-straps,
I'LL. IL -.
with more handbag and shawl-straps.
1t Was a long drive through intcrmina,
bic streets. and everybody was tired and
half asleep, except Clarence and Angus
tus. who were tired and cantankerous.
Arrived ut the hotel, and three rooms
having been obtained on the fourth
: floor, the party, in two or three install
ments, were taken up in the elevator,
and at last met in one of the rooms,
Mrs. Hoskins' first question on catching
sight of Lizzie. the nurse, was
..Whcre's the baby?"
Lizzie regarded her mistress, the
very personiiication of diSmay, ana
stammercd nut: Good gracious. mum,
.why hain't YOU got him?n
..No,'' sllrieked Mrs. HoSkins, turn
ing white. :,
..Now don't be frightened" said
Margaret; ..perhaps John brought him
up and put him in M of the Other
rooms.
The other two rooms were immcdi.
ately ransaekcd by three excited WON
en-. but John hadn't done anything ol
the sort. Where WAS John? He WAS
now the last. forlorn hope. He nigh,
have baby with him. Ii he hadn but
the three women refused 10 consider the
terrible alternative.
He went down stairs to see about
something" said Mrs. Hoskins, and 8
bcl-boy was hastily summoned to send
him hither.
When Mr.. Hoskins opened the door
of his department. three women shrieked;
1.-The babyr' Mrs. Hoskins tainted
dead away. the nurse wrung her hands
and stepped ON the toes of Augustus,
who set up long and piercing howls,
Clarence Joined in from no particular
reason except to help along the general
misery. and Margaret exclaimed: 20
dear. how could it have ~happencd?"
"Wh-what's the matter?' gasped
MI. Hoskins, his hand still on the door
Knob. :,
why, we can't find the baby" said
Margaret, "and we thought you had
him."
.Mer, exclaimed Mr.. Hoskins, ..why,
haven't seen him since l put him into
that carriage. Lizzie, what did You dc
with that baby?"
, ..Good hevings! Mr.. Hoskins. l hain'i
done nothin' with him. l rushed out
O. the kerridge when | seen Master
Clarence under the horses heels and
s'posed some one else had him. the poor,
precious dearr"
.sAnd l was after GUS said Marga-
ret, looking up from her occupation OF
applying r~estoratives to her sister.
MIR. Hoskins wildly rushed from the
room saying: He must have been jeff