The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-07-12

his dad. II was Just the ad 81 April
when the family arrived in Chicago
and were put. like so much baggage.
intc an express wagon and driven to
West Indiana street. Amund ran mp the
front steps with the Little Chap IN hts
arms to show or his cottage, and the
wife and the Ave girls, I'll bundled up
with scarfs until they looked like walk.
ing hnystacka scrambled ont Of the
wagon as best they could Farley had
promised to be there with the keys, and
formally put The new owner irl posses
gion. It annoyed Amund good deal
when his firBt and second ring At the
doorbell remained unanswered, and still
more annoyed was be when at the third
= man who had not the least resem-
blance TO Farley opened the door and
asked him, IN Language more vigorous
than polite, what he wanted
I'll have bought this honse, :, Am
und said, with ca air of righteous in
dignation. ssand wAs told By Mr.. Far
ley that you were TO move ont ON the
LIST of April. =
The occupant of the house smiled an
extremely unpleasant smile and asked
coldly, Whom did you buy Ii OPP
''Mr. Farley. =
THAT is . great pity. for he never
owned it.
''But where il her He promised me
the keys last night. =
He has gone west =
Gone westf' An Icy terror clutohed
at the Norseman's heart, and he reeled
backward as If he had been struck
Good Godi'' he groaned, sinking down
upon the topmost step Good Godi''
The Little Chap. seeing his distress,
wound his arms tightly about his neck
and rubbed his cheek against his faca
He sat thus for I've or ten minutes.
while the fiye blond bundled up girls
stood ON the sidewalk staring at him
with innocent stupidity. Then the man
Of the house reappeared ard ordered
them ins harsh laneuaSe e movs On.
And when they only cuntinued 60 stare
in uncesnprehending wonder two po-
hcemen were sent for, and the whole
family were huddled into : patrol wag-
ON and driven to the nearest police sta
iton. There Amund under the stress OF
answering the required questions, was
aroused sufficiently from his dumb mis-
cry tosend for o Norwegian lawyer, who
presently made his appearance He lis
tened to the carpenters story and then
shook his head monrnfnlly.
.'You have been swindled, my
friend, he said. You ought To have
been more cautious. =
'sBut-but, lawyer, |" the poor fellow
went on, gazing into his face. with an
anguished expectancy, "he--he- sold
me-the house and here I've got the
papers. It's al right. surely. Amt il.
lawyer"
The lawyer looked at the paper which
was handed him and then dropped it
contemptuously ON the floor.
"A very clumsy forgery, = he said.
"But-but--he couldn't surely sell
me-what-what didn't belong to him.
lawyer?''
''Yes, he could. il any one.was fool
enough TO buy,
But, lawyer say. lawyer-do yon
mean TO say now, that--that i have
worked and shaved nigh ON TO three
years, and often starved and skimped
myself, for the Little Chaps sake do
you mean 90 say thAt--that man lii to
have IL, and not my Little Chap?''
Beads OF cold perspiration burst out
upon his brow, and the panied wonder
and stunned bewilderment In his face
were pitiful TO behold His slow wits
could not yet grasp the situation, and
he was obviously hoping against hope
that there was some terrible misun-
derstanding at the bottom o9 it all, and
that sooner or later IL would be cleared
mp
The lawyer had In all his practice
never encountered 50 heartrending
case He weighed his words well before
he answered. My dear friend, yon
have paid dearly for your flrst expert
enCe IN the neW world & la His
Amnnd. taking slowly the bearings
pf this remark, stood bafoEe him with %
vacant louk f dawning terror; then
tremhlingly he raised bis hands toward
the ceiling and cried, with frightful
energy. "But God, what are you doing
mp there In heaven when such things
can happen npon the earth?''
There was hush as Of death in the
station room. In the presence Of 90
monstrous wrong every one stood
helpless and d little awed After the
terrible explosion Of despair Amund's
head dropped upon his breast, his knees
tottered, and he fell in heap upon the
floor.
The Little Chap, who had stood with
his hands In his pockets, D puzzled frown
upon his face during this strange scene.
grew suddenly alarmed a. his father
fell He strove brayely to disguise his
distress, which he held 20 be unmanly,
but his lips quivered. and his eyes were
full of tears
Dad, X he said, stooping over tho
prostxSBe form Of his father, with d.
touching mir or loving protectorslip
dad wonldn't take on 90 III II were
you. He. waited anxiously for b 10.
aU0FaaA and when r1fl11a came ha cxsys-