The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07

her head GVef II child.
"Of course" Frank Truman said,
but he certainly looked a little dis
gusted. "But what wehave TO doEow
is to prove her wrong by finding Nh.
Graham. If you will give me your
horses, Mr.. Talbot"-cool as you
please to the nabob-'I can catch the
1:5O train for Northington: and if he's
there, as of course he is, / can find and
bring him back in three hours. And
meantime, Mr.. Talbot a direct the
search here for the child. We have
them both to hunt up now, and my
half is the easier
How good you ars!" Pam said,
putting out her hand. "And"-she
flushed and hesitated-"you will not
tell him-except about the baby. FL
am so ashamed and SO sorry for poor
Lefty. / may trust you, / am sure,
as--as one of ourselves" And she
didn't think, till Frank had bowed over
her hand andsaid, fervently, "a thou
sand thanks, dear Miss Graham, = and
then with one glance ut Annie rushed
of-she didn't think till she saw that
CLEAN of his eye and Armies answer
ing smile, what she had said.
We got Lefty to bed with some DIFF
ficulty, and Mr.. Talbot went for the
doctor. By that time the servants
had begun to come back, but all the
satisfaction they brought was that a
slender, dark eyed man, supposed to
be a foreigner, had been seen hanging
about Marie for the last few days.
They're confederates of course" Isaid
at once, and it is all a planto steafthe
childfor a. reward
perhaps it is a sweetheart, "Annie
suggested,
"of course you think So"
cit is as natural q supposition as
the other" said Mr.. Talbot which
was what was to be expected from
him. But / could have told him tSat
Annie needed none of bis support. She
had a look in her eyes as if Letty's
jealousy just made her faith in-some
o~ne-deeper and truer, a sort of ten.
der pity every time the poor child
shrieked out some fresh arraignment
of Rob.
w had a miserable afternoon, thouh,
thanksto an anodyne, weqGseted poor
Lefty after a while. There were con-
situations and plans, and messengers
sent off on vague traces whichthepolice
fancied they had found. Practically
we were waiting for Rob, in the hope
that with him Harold would appear,
and at last, Just as Lefty was rousing
again and asking for news, Annie, at
sight or sound of something, rushed
down the avenue, and then there was
a cloud of dust, and Talbot's team,
which he had sent to the station on
the chance OF their coming on the five
O'Clock express, appeared. There sat
Rob, holding the baby, and Frank and
Marie, she very fearful and he very
triumphant, were on the back seat.
In another instant Rob was down,
and we were all about him, and the
eueen-dowager would have torn Har-
old from his arms if he hadn't been
firm.
"No, no; let me give him to his
mother" he cried. Poor, poor Lettyl
to have had such 81 fright There
was a shrek above as he rushed into
the hall, and Lefty came running
down. They met halfway and it is a
wonder the child wasn't smothered
between them. But it was pretty as a
picture, Rob half kneeling, and Lefty
leaning down, all in white, and her
golden hair streaming, and the light
OF the stained window on the landing
bathing them in crimson.
cit was my fault, darling" we heard
Rob saying, "but | never dreamed OF
your having such a fright"
And Lefty answered wildly: mo,
no, it was mine-to doubt you SO.
Oh, how could IL"
That was all very we'll as sentiment,
but not precisely explanatory. We
had all that presently, however, and
simple enough it all was. In the city,
the day before, Rob had met his old
friend Carthame, theportrait FAINTER,
Just ousfor a few daysfromN New York,
and at sight of him the idea had flash
ed on him that a crayon sketch OF
Harold would be the prettiest pos
sible surprise for Letty's coming birth
day. Carthame had a special reputa-
ton on children, nd4his being in
Northington was a chance rot to be
missed.
"All right" Carthame had said;
"Tn do it for you, though | wouldn't
for everybody in such a hurry. Bring
the boysdown to N~orthington to-mor,
row, and I'll manage a head for you,
at any rate"
So Rob had hastily arranged with
Mariethe night before, charging her to
tell the queen-dowager. And here
Marie dissolved in tears, and owned
that she had met her-her cousin that
same evening, and it haddriven every
thing out Of her head, and she had
quite forgotten that part ofthe scheme.
eff / had not been really obliged to
run into the city this morning | could
Interchangeable better" Rob went on.
"But all / could do was to tell Marie
to bring the boy down, and | would
meet her there, and ] never dreamed OF