The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-04

the doors Of their natural enemy, man,
by the pangs of hunger.
Black care shroads in gloom the once
happy home of the prospector, who sits
in his snug rarlor, haggard and wan,
gazing dcjcctcdly at the portrait Of his
darling lost boy. On the wall hangs q
big-printed poster, which reads:
ZONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD
Lost, boy five years OF age, Has light
curling hair, blue eyes and the scar Of burn
under his left arm below the elbow. Wore
when missing black cloth knickerbocker
suit, straw hat with dark-blue ribbon, blue
grey stockings and low shoes Linen marked
W. w. Answers to the name OF Willie. Ad-
dress ]. Wilders, OretoWn, or Richard Sutton,
superintendent Of police, Marquette, Mich"
"0h, Millie, Miliie, is there God
that such things can be?" groans the
unhappy man. "My Willie, my boy
whom loved dcarcr than life, perhaps
now in want and suffering, perhaps ly-
ing dead in some lonely spot without
! even grave to cover him."
'Hush, dear" Millie says softly
"The Lord hath given, and the Lord
hath taken away. Can you not say
with me; Blessed be the name OF the
Lord?"
u cannot, wife. flood gave me that
child to love, why torture my soul by
taking him from me?"
"Have courage, Jack. / do not
know why, but have strange pre-
sentiment that we will see him again"
But Wildcrs was not to be comforted.
Presently he looked up despondently
and said:
SIS Susan Green Gomez"
''Shes in the kitchen, dear; shall 1
call her?"
"Aye, do"
Now Susan was the weal1-eyed
maiden who had given such damaging
testimony against Frank Grey at that
star-chamber trial in the high school.
She had furthermore gained the noto-
riety Of being the luckless individual
who had charge Of Willie, when the
poor child was lost. Again and again
she had been summoned into Jack
Wilders presence for cross-examina-
tion, and on the present occasion was
full of a restive determination to put an
end to the annoyance.
Now" said the prospector, tell me
once more, Susan, how You came to
take the child from its nurse"
"0h dear!" Miss Green whimpercd,
"I'm sure I've told you all l know one
hundred times at least. Well, if you
must have it over again, this is how it
was"
"Yes, go on, Susan"
II met Alma Miggs out for a walk
with the boy in the North woods.
Susan she says, Willie wants to go
round to the cave. I'm lame, says she,
and can't take him. Says l: Let the
little precious come with me- Says
she: 4 will Sowe went. Willie ran,
shouting and laughing. l saw him
turn the corner Of the road and l never
set eyes on him again. He was gone
just as though he'd vanished"
''Did you hear no cry?"
II never heard nothing"
''Think moment, girl" the prospec-
tor said, stcrnly. ''Was there no
cracking Of the bushes; no sound Of
wild animals or of man?"
Mary sound"
"And you searched everywhere?"
"Wish l may die if / didn't, Mr.. Wild
ers. ran up and down screaming
Willie for hours and hours. I'm sure
1 tore my dress all to shrcds, an rs for
my shoes, they was that sodden you
wouldn't have picked 'eW up if you'd
seen them a-lying in the street."
We will leave poor Susan to the ten
der mercies OF the prospector's cross
questions ana take peeps at the Whit
ford house and it's inmates.
lTo BE CoNTiNUED,1