The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-02
tho lower aldo. lio rushed to tho win.
dow and threw II up, only to 500 Sam
speeding up tho hill.

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"Nal.lo.o.a!" yollod Captain Logan.
Come back, YOU scoundrol-you III.
conditioned lont!-you imp OF evilw
You'll find tho ladder on tho barn
iloor cap'n,' hootcd tho young rebel,
"an' don't DO afraid OF tho ghost; It's
very harmless II You lot It alone"
"But. Sam, Sam, come back Pm TO
DO at MIR. Browns at 1850 o'clock"
Don't worry" bawlcd Sam. "Misa
Carrie won't.wait long before Dir. Frod'll
DO on hand.
Tho captain danced up and down on
the floor In IN ecstacy OF rage as Sam
disappeared over tho crest OF tho hill.
lilo know very we'll II he possessed tho
lunga OF Boreas ho could mako no ono
hear.
"What Ia to DO dono?' he asked him.
aolf. An echo, II echo has any common
sense, would havc answered.:
Just nothing at all!
Sam had outwittod him. And pretty
Carrie aud Fred Jones, with his rod
Ecuttor aud great chestnut horsol Tho
captain was wild at tho thought; auro.
ly no was vanquished.
II won't wait another moment for
him" said Carrie Brown. coloring up,
with tears In her blue Dyes. go on,
girls, | shall spoRd tho evening at
I'homc."
There's plenty OF room for YOU IN
our sleigh, Carrie" coaxcd hor bro thor.
Bessie Andrews will be glad to have
you along"
mo, uhc won't other" pouted Car.
rio. "As II | would spoil all hor fun
No: il / can't havo an eacort OF my own
I'll stay ut homo and mend stockings,
and never will speak to Captain 10.
gan again."
Charlie Brown was on tho point Of ar.
guing tho matter with his sister when
the door opened aud in walked Fred
Jones.
mot gone yet, Carrie? Where is the
captain"
II don't know" said Carrie tartly,
and l don't care. Am l Capt. Logan's
keeper?"
"Will you 20 with mc?"
"Yes. | will" said Carrie. her ewes
lighting aud shy smiles dimpling her
fuce.
"Of course" said Fred. ~ can't cx.
pect TO make myself az agreeable u, the
city captain. but
"The captain! The cap,aini" cried
Carrie llttle irritably, Pm sick of tho
sound OF his name mover want to sec
him again. What Il nice new cutter
tha: Is. and how easy the wolf robea
are"
Carrie" whispered Fred as he
touched UP tho horse and felt her neat.
ling close to him, lis 1t for always?"
Yes. always" she answered.
"Jerusa!em" said Farmer Kendricl.
II was past 10 o'clock at nigat, aud the
old gentlemen had come out as usual
before retiring to rest to see that the
dumb members OF his family were all
straight and comfortable. ri do be-.
love that's old man Hendricks ghos,
come TO lie again, pouudin' like all
possessed on the barn chamber foorw
"lts me.el It's mo-e.e" bawled the
captain. "Unfasten the trap door and
let me out"
Slowly the farmer lifted tho trap door
10 its place. With rheumatic awkward.
mesa he climbed the creaking rounds
and undid the hook from its clasp.
How in all creation came you here ~
he asked. "Why, thought you were
out a.sieigh.ridins with the gals"
ut was all the doing OF that villain,
Sam" gasped the Infatuated captain,
his teeth chattering with mingled
rage and cold. ~ won't stand this sort
Of thing. II! leave this place to.mor.
row"
"As you please" said the farmer, to
whom the prospec, OF losing his CUES.
was not unpleasant. pm dreadful sorry
this should have happened, though. III
talk seriously TO Sam"
$50 will l." snashed the captain. I'll
break every bone in his body"
But Sam had taken a particular care
to go over 10 his grandmother's, six
miles across the snow fields, to spend
tho night, aud the only person the cap.
tain saw was old Mrs. kendrick sitting
by the kitchen FIRE
you've lost your chance, captain"
she said rood.humoredIy. "Dorcas
Smith has just gone by on her wav
home from the sleighing party, and sne
says Fred Jones brought Carrie in his
new cutter, aud they're engaged"
The captain lett tho next day, and
Mrs. Fred Jones has never seen him
since. And when the affair came off
Sam got n piece OF wedding cake big
enough to give him dyspepsia for a
week.
Common Sens,