Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-01-16

before For a man of your character,
my dear
''Georgiana," [ exclaimed. as she pre-
pared to follow him, u forbid you to go.
Think of your grandfather
think of your grandmother the Old
gentleman said, and left the carriage
with Georgiana.
There was nothing left for me but to
get out too. 1t was impossible to leave
Georgiana with Il stranger whose name
and residence [ did not know. She
walked off calmly, with hand on his
arm, and they went up to a carriage con-
tanning an elderly lady. The old gentle
man apparently explained the situation,
for she kissed Georgian and took her into
the carriage. Then he sighted me and
walked stiffiy back.
you propose to take any legal steps |
shall be only too happy to expose you.
| If you attempt to modest that unhappy
child while she is in my carriage | shall
have you kicked off the premises-yery
soundly kicked.'
brow. For the time [ had not the least
idea what to do. | could not remember
anyone within miles who would vouch
for my identity, and the train was the
last train that day. Luckily, | had a
bag with me, and | went in search Of the
about the old gentleman, whose name ap-
peared to be Oakhurst, and discovered
that he was the squire of the place
Eventually, after some consideration |
decided to telegraph for my father In
about an hour | received a reply inquir-
ing arxiously whether anything had hap
pened &c Georgiana. | merely informed
him that Georglana was quite well, and
after sending another telegram to my
hOusekeeper | endured a bad dinner and
a miserable evening in a country hotel.
My father arrived by an early train
next day | explained Georganas pleas
antry with some yigor and he looked
grave.
George is at times inconsiderate," he
observed.
Inconsiderate. I said ''She ought to
be hanged
Remember, Richard he answered,
''she is girl Of very high spirits. and
she has not the advantage of a mothers
care. We must go and reclaim our little
lamb.
We went off to Mr.. Oakhurst's in
search of the little lamb and on reach
ing our destination found the old gentle
man in d state Of considerable agitation
He started by remarking in a truculent
tone that my cruelty had driven the poor
child to this This appeared to be a pen
Gil scrawl from Georgiana, asserting that
she had run away because her stepfather
would track her down and beat her. and
we learned that she had vanished mys-
teriously before breakfast, and had not
since been seen. My father. who is usu-
ally the most courteous of men, evidently
considered the old gentleman responsible
for this new development, and it was
with considerable heat that he finally
convinced Mr.. Oakhurst of the truth. At
first the latter refused to believe it. and
when he finally admitted it, declared
{TQOrO1an2 n OIrI
and ought to be in a refOrmatory. My
father retorted that she was as good as
gold when not abducted by ofticious
| strangers, and left the house in a de-
mented condition. He wished at once
to communicate with the police and fur
nlsh them with a description of Geor-
glana. l suggested that we should first
make inquiries at the railway station
and there we were informed that the lit
tie lamb had taken an early train for
London. Visions of Georgiana alone in
town rose before my fathers agonized
mind, and it was with the utmost thank
fulness that / found a telegram at the
hotel from my housekeeper, Mrs. Rob
erts, informing me of Georgiana's arrival
at my house in town.
There [ found her. sitting in my arm
chair, with my slippers on, and peace
full smile Oh her face.
Il hope" she said, as I entered in
wrathful silence. this will be lesson
to you, Uncle Richard
L am very angry with you, Georgi-
anal [ answered
"A lesson never again to take away a
| little girls peashooter," she added.
IF you only knew what an awful time
we've had even you would be ashamed
of yourselft' | said.
Il only know what 4 good time I've
had Georgiana replied. sweetly. Mrs.
Roberts and | have been to Nine. Tus-
saud's. And I've got tickets for you and
me for the theater tonight"
You'll go straight to bed instead" l
| said.
THAT would be great pity she an
swered, because | borrowed the money
for the tickets from Mrs. Roberts, and
you'll have to pay her, and if we don't
SO the money will be wasted
| refused to be Modified for quite half
an hour Even the intervention of Mrs