The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-12-05

hope for such sympathy from you Be
lieve me, am grateful. Mamma said
you had never taken notice of Charlie
viii you believe it-she thought you
would never remember him."
Never remember Charlie - I cried.
Never mind said Edith, " I didn',
think so"
"CharIie was always my fayorite, l
said mendaciously. 4 have been think
ing everything over. Before it stoo late
l must make Thorough search and inqui-
ry. must advertise. viii work. You
supply me with particulars. How was
he lost ard where"
He started with all all the boys just
before two o'clock. They were going to
school after dinner, ana were struggling
along one behind another. George and
Tom went last, and we're running 8 race.
They passed Charlie at the corner of Car
ter street"
DO not step said, as her voice quiv-
cred.
None Of them remembered seeing
him after that They thought he had
come home, as he was not at school
what inquiries have you made?"
asked.
"We did not find out he was missing
! till tea time, then | started out with one
of the servants, and asked in all the shops
near the corner if he had been seen.
Then two Of the boys were sent, and they
could hear no news. don'tsnppose they
inquired very much.
4" should suppose not" said think
can do better for you than that"
"Oh, do hope so :" she cried. "We
have no one to turst but you How dread
ful it all is oh. shall ever see his face
again?" Bowing her face, she covered ii
/ with her handkerchief, and sobbed hys-
terically. "oh, my, poor, poor Charlie -
she gasped, bending low in a sudden
burst of grief, the abandonment Of which
alarmed me- What shall we do with
out you? "Oh, my sweet little doggie -
feared for her, TroubIe was surely
affecting her brain.
Oh, Edith impIored, take courage;
rely upon me"
/ Ny heart ached with the desire to fold
her in my arms, and whisper comfort
in her ear. But I must restraing her
brother, ] should have earned hearing.
The idea never dawned upon me that |
could be laboring under a mistake Af-
ter all that be passed. how should sns-
pect the lost Charlie to be other than one
of her little brothers?
Be calm l entreated, remember
that time Is of importance now. Let me
take down particulars 50 that can de-
scribe him"
All, yes! l am very foolish. Spare
me as much as you can, Fred ?" Il
waited till she grew calm" How COM
forting, she said i" it is to find that you
loved him a little. But surely you do
not want me to describe his looks to
! you?s
"Oh, no" / said, Of course, l remem-
Der him, you know. II did not mean
that. Tell me how be was dressed.
What was his exact age? really forget
his birthday"
Forget his birthday !" shecried in as
tonishment.
Yes" said with contrition. DO not
upbraid me, Edith ii has slipped my
memory. lt--it must be the grief you
know"
Edith looked sill surprised.
"Upbraid you? l don't know it my
SELF she said. Mamma had him a
long time ago"
Yes added, /" l know il how long?
What is his age ?"
lie must be seven years old"
How was he dressed" l inquired,
after noting hisage in my memorandum
book. "What clothes did wear?"
He had on his gray coat said Edith
the one | made him at the beginning OF
the winter"
The coat you made. Why, did you
make him a coat?
You must remember; it is the one he
has worn for the last four or five months.
"Oh, yes added with groan. No
doubt know it. You say that it was
gray ?"
"Yes."
wrote, dressed in gray coat"
.-He feels the cold at his age you
know, said Edith,
well, what else did he wear1 Tell
me what to put down.
His collar, Of course he never goes
out without collar on"
Try 10 be explicit in the particulars,
Edith" urged, "and forget your grief
for one moment, Let me read what
have down-,dressed in gray coat-eol-
lar-,what else p"
Fred, you are torturing me What
else is there TO add thought you would
be such help and comfort"
Perhaps it was gray suit, insinuat-
ed. ~shall l alter 1t To a gray suitT Is
that right ?D
Yes, that is right But why worry
so much about what he had on? Write
description of his features. his looks,
his appearance"
81 could not help turning away with a
look of despair, which she SAY.
@Mr Latimer, You are not deceiving
me You really remember Charlie z"
"Of course ! do. How could l forget
him?7
You must describe his appearance
then in your advertisement He might
have been stripped Of both his coat and
collar"
That is true, said.
Mamma says that any one might
think what he had on was Of more value
than Charlie himself He could not be
made useful at his age"
Ohs ia SURF Hcr piouiiSihs httie
fellow" said, always my fayorite, as
told you before; but really can't believe
he has been Kidnapped
What has become of him, then7v
Il cannot understand if an accident
had happened to him in our quiet streets
you surely would have heard something
about it"
lie is dead, He has been murdered,
and perhaps we shall learn how he died. >