The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-25

ny the police. ] guess were b,..-
without MN and the baby win --.zr O,
10 take ms place and be bz-,-55'g N
do most sincerely hope and n~a,. 10Y.
On grleVe that / was not kind
him. cried his mother 0---er
Oscars heart smote him f,-
knew she had been far t9o r-5 vel
KIND to him when a sfra0 80 ana
needed. He went over TO her am Lay be
arm around her, forgetting he ma. p-t his
of a spoOk. His dear mother srf,.rsas son
seio. On, am so cold- Shut the 51--1
please Oscar drew away. rar,s-.t -llr
what he was. It's a terrible rHi--- --g
spook under such circumstance s-s4
hope you'll never be one. nor / sfs gu 4 %
wanted to speak TO them and +sT !. PIE
the scrape he was in. bur. al r1,.-- men
couldn't raise even squeak r. De
made up MS mind TO stay there rrtr
Iull OF the moon so as 90 lose No III .--
to get back TO life and his home ~-a11e
He had 10 listen TO an his uDrs-.-.
aunts when they came On J1 e1--f5-. ga ll
mother, and every word they sgi5 ~ aus
him ne felt was true, but he ala rb;-l,-,
was shame 70 say such things +- i
mother You see, he had never been e,- -s
I lr anyone before, and be now saw al
tnat she had mad to puC ln WITH 60
him and what she had had 10 Iisrs IN
about him from his aunts. esuaafsrf-~ %
resolved if he could manage to -s- .s, ~ -ls
again, never to cause another r-r----A
care or sorrow TO mis- mother and I'm me-
MS father proud of him instead Z.
ashamed. Just to listen I'd fla7 ~
torture enough for him. buf ro fi5T,+ s .-s
leave the house, as he felt himself r--- -
ing teebier hour by hour and ba my
afraid he couldn't manage 10 get ba,,5
he went out -A"
He didn't know what sp0oks fo,y 90
keep up their strength and he decides y.
d -
the moon was fun and he was sure 49,.
was no chance to better his position
A week passed. Several times AN ri,.,
as ne glanced out Of the window no 81
the butchers spOOk passing and sr-.
times looking IL, but he pretended I'M, b,
see him, and for some reason he wogrir+
come In / suppose ne stiIl felt r7fb-.
sore about his unpaid bin and Vo-I5-
enter Mr. Wagstafts house One --g5.
as he passed he caught Oscars eve FL
with nod of the head pointed 10 The IN
moon sailing gTandiy over the traetr5s
oscar nodded 10 show that he understood
and smiled Still ne fell pretty lad ~
although 1t was full moon. his mother IA
gone with the baby to her mothers r.
SIDES, ne had long ago discovered thattH
baby was always undressed at 0'r7.z
and put 10 bed. so what was then the rs-
OF hoping to escape from his awful fsrls
2 The hours passed and his father came In
What isn't mother home vet" n.
) cried, looking at the clock Its aftr
z II. Something has happened TO her, mn
go down to the station and see If there's
8 been a wreck on the road. for she ssH
she'd be home at nine" He hurried 0r
and Oscar sat watching the clock any
iOUsly. for if his mother STAYED out m.f
near r. as she would If she came bv tr
Has train, he would have a chance %
catch her putting the baby TO bed a
about midnight.
The hands fairly spun around Oh.
clocks face, it seemed TO him. He hal
never heard the clock tick so fast before
and soon the big hand pointed % s'z
minutes TO r. Then he was sure some
thing had happened to his mother and b,
wanted to cry. but in another minute b
heard his fathers voice below in Or
street telling the Cabmau that be- va
OYeTCharging him and he'd report him
the morning. and he knew IL was all RICH
He felt a faint sort of movement With
that he knew would have been moi
violent heart beating had he not been
spOOk and he trenDled all over as
mother hurried upstairs with her trca
ure, her only remaining child.
Gracious she cried Its midnight
must get Arthur 10 bed at once $
hurriedly undressed the baby and toss
his clothes upon a chair Now was
cars chance and he slipped hastily "
the warm clothes of his baby DroE
with his heart in his spOOk's throat.
how warm and cosy it felt. He saw
moon blazing in upon him and then
old clock downstairs sOlemuly slrl
u followed instantly by the spiea
chime Of the little china clock on
mantel. and then, wonderful TO rela
the alarm clock in the servant girl 10
went off with crazy bang and ra.
that seemed a salVO Of cannon I've
body Jumped except the servant, y
still slept. of course, and his father "a
That's a sign
yes" said Oscar in his natural Fo
'Its a sign that you've got new
in the hOuse-a boy who is sorry ne .
did ANYTHING to make you ashamed
him. and who VIII never do anyll
again TO annoy you. But donI ll
III ever speak to my Aunt ELAe
again. s-
OF course they were simply oEeIJo
TO get MIN back, and even his tatner
so- bit when he heard his story ne
sisted that mis- son had dreamed u an,
he didn't believe in spOOks. lie te4"
car that there we're no sucn tn-lss,
10 tell YOU the truth. he was rlel-,
I inst had 10 have them for TINS ~ ~
or else that Oscar Wagsta11 Wouil SUI
as bad as ever. SpOOks we're lHs
thing that would cure him. Dul - o.
fodv else speaks to you OF them va
them I said there are none-'-l-
these I made myself for oscar
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