The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-06

into the barn, not stopping 10 unload
it, and, after embarrassing the horses.
started as quickly as he could for Eben's
house.
Fifteen minutes after, grandma, wait
ing anIiOusly in the Kitchen heard him
come hurriedIy up the walk to the house.
Mother" cried he, as ne entered the
room, ut is exceedingly strange, Eben
isn't at home, and his wife doesn't
know where he is; but she SAYS there
was NO one with him when he came
in this afternoon, and he said nothing
| about Harry"
''Oh father, how dreadful this is! If
had only chung to my better Judgment
this morning and kept him at home,
for | almost knew something would 90
wrong. L should never have under
| taken the care of the child in the first
| place, even for these few weeks, if
| Sophie had not been so anxious that
he should have breath of country air.
! But why do we waste time in talking?
You must harness Kitty to the buggy
and drive right out to that field again,
for the child is probably there yet, and
! frightened almost to death. Take some
cookies in your pocket" she added, as
he was hurrying from the room, ''for
you must be very hungry"
| Grandma Morrison will not soon for
| get the Suspense of those two hours in
which she waited for news of Harry
Harry, her darling and the Joy of his
mother's life. She tried to busy her.
self about something, anything which
would divert her mind from the dread
full thoughts which haunted it, That
brook-What more likely than that he
had been playing near it, and had fallen
in? At last, driven almost to distrac-
ton, she took down her Bible from the
shelf, and sat down to read. This had
been her consolation in all previous
sorrows, and she was sure that it, if
anything, would be now. She had Just
taken h~r seat when she heard the bug
gy coming back, and with rapid beat
ing heart, she went out upon the steps.
There were certainly two figures on the
seat, but was the second Harry?
is Harry with you, father?' she
asked eagerly, as old Kitty stopped be-
fore the steps.
''No, mother, this is Eben," replied
grandpa, in what seemed to her n sur
prisingly cheerful voice under the cir
cumstances; "But, say, mother, Harry
has been at home all this time that Eve
been securing the country for him."
impossible, father! What do you
mean? You certainly would not joke at
such time as this"
mo, indeed, mother, it is no joke,
but happy fact Harry is now Sleep
ing on top of the load of hay which L
brought home, if I'm not very much
mistaken"
Without stopping TO give or receive
an explanation of this strange state
ment, they all three fastened to the
barn, where, sure enough, Harry was
found sleeping quietly in little nest on
top Of the load of hay.
When he had been taken into the
house, and duly petted by all, Eben ex-
planned how it had all come about.
Harry had decided, after his grand
father left him to 90 home with Eben,
that he would rather wait and ride home
on the hay, and Eben had put him up
on top OF the great pile which was to
wait there until Dir. Morrison came
back, suppOsing, of course, that Harry
would call to his grandfather as soon as
he came back. He had, however, be-
come tired of waiting, and gone to
sleep, so that when MIR. Morrison came
back he had seen nothing of him, and
supposed he had gone with Eben.
After Harry was all snugly tucked in
bed that night grandma could not re-
frain from stealing into his room every
few minutes to assure herself that he
was really there; and she resolved that
Sophie should never know what fright
they had had, although Harry had real
y been safe all the time. NJ Y. Oh
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