Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-24

showed it to me. Tell that yolng
man, he said, that while | have II
the slightest objection 10 his char
acter, before he gets you he'll have
to show me 4 banke. S receipf for
s2J.fC0. That's what had to do when
/ married your mother y
Tom locke, his misery. I'VE viii
have 10 part Winifred." he said. There
IS no more chance of my getting u
s25,C00 before / am 50 than there is
If that beast Jackson doing it!
hope
Mr.. Jackson proposed to me yester-
day said Wintfred demurely
How dared he?" Thomas was about
10 s:J'm.
Il know another who dared, said
W njf ed but you know | love you.
You must try. Tom"
II can't do the impossible" he said.
Tom was much in the dumps that
night, but awakened up when Ann.
the cook, announced to his mother as
she and Tom sat at the table await
ing dinner. "Oh, Mrs. Downey, there's
real upset at the Burton's. Little
Rosie Burton is lost and cant be
found anywhere
Rosie Burton was Winifred's little
sister-a pretty child, simply idolized
by her father, who was distracted.
The village and district for miles
around caught the contagion OF Mr.
Burtons agitation. Many police were
engaged in the search for the lost lit
tie Rosie. Samuel Jackson volun-
teered: These police are doing moth
ing" he said to Mr.. Burton. IF you
will allow me I will organize an in
dependent search party"
II wish to heaven you would said
Mr. Burton land spare no expense
Winifred hurried to see Tom. "Oh.
Tom" she said Samuel Jackson has
organized party to find Rosie. II he
does Tom, father will try to make me
marry hun. Don't let him be the one
to find l,osie. Tom. You know what
| mean DEAR
Tom plunged out feverishly into the
search for Rosie He was terribly In
earnest He even poked his stick in
to large rabbit holes. He Waded
through ponds, but nothing came OF
any other ones efforts,
Frantic with grief and the futility
of everyone to find the little girl, Mr..
Burton offered a reward Of $4,000.
Next morning Tom had scarce
dressed himself when he received a
caller. 1t was Winifred tom. dear, =
she said excitedly, do you remember
Killick, the idiot. who lives with his
grandmother on the hillside? | met
him picking cowslips. He told me
that he saw Mr.. Jackson carrying
something in his Macintosh on Tues
day afternoon in the forest, and then
he went on:
at was little Missy Rosie, I'll bel
walnut. cause her long hair slipped
out and hung DOWN
"Killick says Jackson went to Dicl
Ramps cottage, and In half an hour
| Hamp drove away In his cart, having
put something in brown blanket IL
| the cart, with flowers and poultry fol
| the market"
Five minutes later Tom was tear
| ing down the road on his bicycle tx
| the market place Of Haddington. In
| stinct told him that Dick Hamp hat
taken the child to the home of hi
brother Ben--a disreputable charact
er. And Tom was entirely right. HI
found the child and the Ramps, yo'
may be assured, made no objection t.
his returning her home. Old Burton
Rugged the child repeatedly. Sh
| prattled about how she had been mad
TO drink something that put her t
sleep. Burton looked at Tom fer al
explanation.
ASK Winifred," he said.
And Winifred told all. Burton swor
out warrant for Sam Jackson's ar
rest, but Sam had got wind of wha
had happened, and got clean away.
That night said old man Burton t
Tom: well, my boy, you won tn
$50, 900 reward. and you might as vel
take Winifred with it. don't~believ
she'd have had anybody else, any
way"