The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-12-17

say as SONY DIS coulu' SO as not to
wake 'ht ciI''uieH'
come down mere minute said
sam e', in" N'"' uo"h % tHe sitting
room. i want TO ask you a question"
SaIu samuel lie ,fIed TO smile but h"
was very p".e ana looked as If h" was
as lIiEhi'H'" as was iiviAH!ea SO
/ c"uiI scarcely STAND. was so afraid
ne would ask me flSht out Where is
inc i"".'0N "u' NJ nIu not
l only want |" ask IL your lathe" left
S"i'' iI"ilr% IN inc mousse "h'h he went
away, SaId ne, looking away from NE
q" II II" We're ashamed.
res ne d'd' sad !. l had to or tell
ne.
well SaId samuel IN a queer, shak-
H'E Voice. W"uIH nix" TO p"fruW that
money lor IttIe while ! need some
money ilght away, ana us Ions as your
father amt using it.
Il would rather You waited ana asked
father" l said. Il don't think father
W"u!d IKE II II l lent his money"
4 will make it right with your
father said Samuel did your father
tell N"u Wh"r" the money Was?"
Yes, he did ! answered. I had to
or tel a lie. | trembed for the next
question.
Where did he tell you 1t WASP" ask
ed Samuel.
I'm tn" chest in the dark bedroom"
S'id !. TE't was t." truth, and it did
n" arm.
-" u ~. """rtS IN TIL chesr:'
I'm tn" secret drawer"
On SO thrre.s n secret drawer. Did
your father tell you how to open it?"
saId he aid.
"Wcll. you just come in here and
show IN" how to open it," said Samuel,
went with Samuel into the dark
bedroom ana showed him how to open
the drawer. | could see nothing else to
90. stood back While he opened it. 1
wondered Il 1t would be wrong for me to
cry out as If | were astonished when he
discovered that tn" money was gone
Then all of a sudden | heard sound
mat made my heart jump with JOY. I
heard SI"l%hbells ana then fathers voice
shouting t" the horse. Father has
come said |.
samuel made one leap and was gone,
rushing through the kitchen and out the
back door.
ran and unboltod the south door,
ana there were father and mother. come
nome sooner than | expected. When I
saw their faces | Just broke down and
S"h'"d ana S"hb"d and told them all
about it in such queer snatchcs that
'h'E IHnu@Hl at lfSt was out Of my
'"'I'"' f'tn'f Sal" aitHrWard that he
meyer h'''Fd Fuch a JumhI" or popcorn
,,d!'N '"H secret drawers ana Snnu"Is.
n'n '"l"'F lalFIN UNDERSTOOD what
MAJ, "'I t."r'' II" A%h''I tn" lantern
am S""T''''" Out IN IN" barn ami IN"
ShvIN I" ,' sure mat samuel was not
IuINIHN Hn""i inc premises, nut h" did
H"t una AIiil' 'a'h"r Sald that he knew
inc man mat II" belonged to good
"''."H' "u' had br'h sort OF ShiitI"Ss
"nI UnIu'kF'
" H'h We were al settled down again
i"F '''' h'|Ht ana ! 'o!t 50 safe and
n"Pi'H win lalh"r ana mother at
'"lh'' ! '"'lI not h"'r feeling troubled
lh'"I poor Eomu' out in tn" storm,
h'l''i u" WHU'd not q" OF cold and be
noun" "rI" Nh'h inc snow melted in the
Sp'IH-'' Ih'f' WAS quite severe snow
Storm Ihii was Ia" reason why father
ana ln"'n"r mad reached homo 50 late.
iH'H hii "'"n Obliged to drive slowly
'iI u''""h' OF IN" gathering snow
we were Just SittIA% down t. our
CHRISTMAS dinner next day whom We all
SloII'''i ana I'Slgheo. Ihen the sound
'""' '-''Ih' ana we We're sure that
S'h''""uN was out IN the storm calling
tbIIiIN IOI HtIn.