The Red Cloud chief., 1882-06-01

The poor little chcrub. quite won his
affections. He watched The sI...n;ny in.
nocent (samruy wa. really a hsalsYms
specimen Of boyhooi). ani thgr-at of
has SISTER Nina, who hal just !o-t such
an n a1i wondered il she woa,i no,
like this little fellow in iis place; SO he
Immediately wrote a letter asking her 20
iakeihe child.
whats the use Of going 10 the police
o it, he reasoned mo doubt the
poor little creature Is SON; castaw.y,
left on purpose in the hack. and Nina
would love him AMI care for him. And
It's hari-deuced hard-to think he
might rave TO take his chance. for that"
"A reporter. having in sons way OBJ
tanned a giinmering Of the facts from \
h~ackfn3n. scented an abduction case
and requested m Interview. krnnetson
wcarily granted m audience and pa
tiently explained the case. exactng Sc
crccy IN ihe matter OF names
When he next appeared outside Of his
room. the plying looks with which be
had before been greeted were changci
10 glance. Of disirust and suspicion
Evidently the abduction Theory was gain
ing ground; and when a policeman made
his appearance and WIS shown up toes.
the doubtful aspect Of affairs developed
into downright horror and amazemeni,
which reached il. highest pitch when the
pair. with the baby, entered 4 hack and
were driven away.
The hotel boardcrs had their suspi.
cions. Mrs. Ponsonby Green declared
it was perfectly dreadful "a have such
things going on right under ones nose.
AMI Miss Blinkerby responded that for
her part she didn't know wha. the world
was coming %, while the bcll-boy. who
hal carried up the milk, being anxious
" interviewed, gave Il graphic and high
ly-coiored account OF Mr.. Kennctson's
disoricrcd appearance and ~ferocious
manner, which very much strengthened
the suspicion that that dreadful man had
tried 10 strange the child. falling ia
which he had sent for mix in which I %
poison il.
Mr.. Hoskins was not At the hote. when
the baby arrived.
LET me 20 first and sec IL il is really
Sammy. IL might be n mistake. and
that would be- so har,i for you" said
Margaret, putting aside her sister and
fastening down To- the parlor.
MIR. kcnnctson stood looking out OF
n Of the windows; the policeman. n
good, fatherly looking individual. who
had .'kids II his own As he expressed
il TO his companion. was dancing the ba-
10y up AMI down. bringing him into a
biuh atas. nf rood huy,,r urh.u n.,,.
ret appeared.
why, Of course that's Sammy! You
dear, precious little darlingr' and she
made n dive for the aforesaid. IL
must take him To his mother this in
slant. Please wait n moment" sho
said, rapidly disappearing through tho
doorway.
That voice! Could it be possible?
and kcnnetson turning just in time To
catch n vanishing view Of its owner.
found it really vas that mighty nice
little girl without n doubt. Whcreit
he slipped a bill into tho policcman's
hand.
Very shortly Miss Earl again APP
pcarcd on the scene. Mrs. Hoskins
wished 10 express her gratitude 10 the
officer. and just then Konnetson 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 hal begun To
gather.
Kcnnetson related the facts of the
case. leaving out the disagrccablc fca-
lures, To his very much Interested lis
icncr. and the latter expressed her graf
i,ude. and looked 4 great deal more
than she expressed. About this time
Mr.. Hoskins came in. and then il had Ia
be all gone over again, and Margaret
slipped away 10 squeeze the baby once
more. and TO mingle her happy tears
with those Of the mother.
Well. it turned out that Kcnnetson
was going 10 the same place that they
we're. He had taken such an intcres;
in Sammy that he couldn't bear to lose
sight Of him right away. and SD he went.
MIR. Hoskins eNacted a promise Of him
10 spend some time with him.
So il came about that the two gentle
men grew Ia be fast friends. and Ken
nelson loungcd in AMI out of the Hos
kins' cottage in a very easy and com
Portable manner.
AT this stage of the game. the frs,
food of gratitude having subsidized, Miss
Margaret Earle quite froze UP. But
what is the use of determining ANYTHING
that has the power of determining You?
She said 10 herself. she wished he would
go away; but apparently Kcnnetson
had no such intention. He had found
that he liked 10 STAY. In fact. he dis
covered that he had never liked TO stay
in n place quite SO long before in his
life. He had become intensely inter-
esied in this self-rcliant, common-sensc
girl. and he ut length succeeded in
breaking through her reserve. and they
began To take long walks and spend de-
lightful mornings on the beach. and tho
delirious delights Of that evening in
May once more became realities. to Mar
garet ut least. She no longer fought
against the tiie; she floated with the
stream, and said: II will not think of
the end. am so happy. so very hap
Ply; l will take il while it lasts. Sup
pose he goes away ayain-we!l, well,
. / shall have had my day.
"'Thcu let conc what como may
To q life that has bccn so sad,
? shall have Ind my day."
One morning she had wandered ont
alone to a ledge ofrocks. and with sketch.
book and erayons prepared 10 make a
study of a group on the beach.
At that very moment she caught sight
Of a head coming up from the lower
ledge Of rocks. and she prepared to slip
down on the other side, but kennetson
Al the ~retreating form. 30. do
not 70 away,' the voice pleaded.
.. Stay-stay always with mt. Why
need we ever go way from each other as
long as we live?"
And-well, the pencil slid down I
in the rock. and the tide kept
in and the sky vas blue without
4 cloud, like the two hearts which were
filed with the great abundance. the
time Of life and love. and the
light foam told it TO the sands. and the
waves whispered it all around the world.
After n time she said with . serious
air: but YOU will not ask me to give
nm my art could not do that"
MY darling" he answered quickly,
.. do yon think l could wish Won to do
that? No. no; l nm too proud OF wha;
can do. You shall study in Paris.
Munich. or anywhere You wish. and
hare ever SO many studios. all with .