Show M W MT in by y FRED FREDERICK arick UPHAM p V ADAMS ll 11 author ol of the kidnapped Million alrea colonel Moo Aloa roes Dec doctrine trine etc BT laos DT 1 all ri ats coIC MUT MT BT I 1 MK uruah AVS I 1 reserved I 1 A J DUMM cupid had stolen upon her in the night he had bad fired an arrow and ned fled she felt the delicious tingle odthe of the wound in her heart and wondered on if 11 it was love CHAPTER TEN samuel lemuel rounds the Round ses dont run much lew few a ancestry n bestry I 1 reckon leastwise our end on em cm dont sam rounds had bad explained to john unit buit on one occasion course ive got a lot of ancestors back som somewhat some whar esbar but whon hon thunder they are blamed t f I 1 know it Is reasonably well established that a rounds settled in rehoboth fully one hundred years before sam was born but the batters lat recollection did not extend back of his father one hiram rounds the annals of hiram rounds and its his bamily can be epitomized in one word work dad sherely nas as er hard worker an no mistake explained sam when thir want no work tew few dew on our farm hed hire out tow tew ther her neighbors for fitly fifty or cr seventy flys five cents er day and at night wed all shave hoops after supper working ill bine an sometimes ten in the winter sinter dad would mould haul baul logs tew few newport he sherely was the cham round rehoboth lots er strong boung tellers fellers came up from attleboro Att leboro and tried to mow a with mith dad but he be bushed all on om am killing himself to live mused john jobs burt burl wall I 1 reckon breckon he did leastwise doc reynolds lowed so BO dad died when alien lie was mas forty eight lie he teamed all night three nights out the pall nil tax ter the neighbors an he be had er stroke doe doc warned him then tew few lot up er bit but dad just somehow and he be pit pitched C bed I 1 in argain ile he was ther her root roof of ther barn erbott elevon elov on one night an I 1 guess he had arother stroke the 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Is dead two married lul an ones to in an abslum you never told me how you made Y your our start sam john said taking ad advantage v altage antage of 0 his mends friends reminiscent in mood reckon I 1 never would got started it if I 1 had lew few depend on wages reflected sam worked in er shop in providence ter three years an caved up er hundred dollars the then a dad died an left me part of 0 ther old farm arm I 1 sold out ter ler six hundred went up ter vermont and bought tome jome bosses an brought em back an sold bold lem em then I 1 kept on bryin an ail petit benin a em cm when I 1 lad bad enough money I 1 bought that air strip of 0 land I 1 own now and ive been thare ever since ive been down ter newyork New York lookin it 0 er an have decided ter locate thare er cr great town john an I 1 knows more bosses than mose on era em down that away a way what dew yo think it john sam looked anxiously into the face ol of his friend 1 I should go said john decisively theres a fortune waiting lor for you yau in now york sam go by all means this settled fettled it with sam A month after the balled away with john burt a providence steamer a carried sam rounds hounds and fifty carefully selected horses to new york since the death of his father sam had provided tor for his mother who lived with him in a well built house bouse on his dingham hingham stock farm mrs rounds was a faded little woman who had reached ter her three of years she looked frail but was seemingly incapable of physical fatigue she had reared a family of ten children and for more mora than forty years had averaged sixteen hours of work a day her girlhood was open spent t in a factory and her honeymoon in a kitchen when sam waa wap able to build a house be declared that it should be his mothers home ile he registered a vow that she should do no more work the good old lady was astonished and a bit dismayed when the she examined the modest house bouse sam had erected this Is a a nice place she said pride of her son and hereditary cau can i tion struggling tor for mastery it must I 1 bal ba cost a lot of money im afraid youre reckless and extravagant sam W W WW W i t l W W t net dont ie be extravagant so samuel net its a besetting sin there aint no comm agin jt ft leastwise I 1 never saw none in tho the bible said sam inho ft ho mas as a perpetual mystery to his mother to my way of th inkin extravagance Is the only thing worth morth livin ter I 1 alms tor ter be the most extravagant chap ever turned outer rocky woods the reproving look on Us his mothers face vanished when sam threw hla his strong arms around her and kissed her with a resounding smack they entered the house and sam escorted his mother to a cozy room and told her that it was her own she looked at the tasteful furniture the snowy linen tho the bright rugs and the pictures and tears stood in her eyes this Is too good for me sam samuel lie 1 she said holding his hands end and too looking k fondly into his eyes but you must bo be hungry ill change my dross dress and get dinner wheres the kitchen samuel never mind the k kitchen lobe n said sam there aint no kitchen for ou on dinners all ready anyhow come on ma ala rounds hounds il show Y yon yer tho the cutest dinin room yo ye ever sot act yer eyes on it was a pretty dining room A broad bay window framed iilah morning gl glories orles looked out on a well kept lawn the table was decorated with flowers and the table linen was flawless to the old farm these modest comforts realized her dreams of prodigality sam touched a bell and a trim white maid responded she placed a tureen in front of the mas ter of the house and moved noiselessly away mrs rounds gazed searchingly first at the young woman and then at sam seems like old times tow tew have hava you offer a blessin ble seln said sam as ho he served his mother a portion of the savory soup boup who Is that woman she asked her name Is mrs alre pletcher fietcher sh ashes es the housekeeper here ashes a widow lady an a mighty good woman of 01 course let her go now 11 his mother eald bald when the housekeeper had served a roast of 0 lamb a ill dish 81 I 1 of 0 green peas browned potatoes an and it some tender cabbage 1 I can do the cookin an all the work here now what do you pay her samuel seven dollars a a month said sam who preferred the falsehood rather than the confession of the appalling truth that mrs airs fletcher fietcher received that amount per week ashes an awful good cook mo ma seven dollars a month and her keep mused mrs rounds that would bo be as much as twelve dollars a month or one hundred and fifty dollars a year samuel we cart can save all that let her go at once samuel and I 1 will do the work do noth lit ma ala rounds hounds said sam decidedly youve worked night onto fifty years an enough now im coln ter dew ther work an youre gets eoln ter dew ther their an restful of 0 course you can sew raw an boss ther girl an putter round like but you must keep outer ther kitchen an ferget that brooms over was waa made dont you worry er bout money ive got enough money ter keep both on us ua er hundred years an im coln ter have more sam took his mother to boston and superintended super a u intended the purchase of dress materials a bonnet and various articles of apparel on this occasion he be was wai guilty ot of a scheme of deception filled his soul with joy ile he was waa acquainted with mr air aartis worth the merchant and calling him aside said 1 I want you tow tew wait on mother an me yourself yer self mr farnsworth mother Is the best woman in the world but she thinks im extravagant an I 1 hurt her feeliks ter anything now I 1 toll tell ye what yo can dew when she picks out a cheap thin thine 9 you multiply the price by four er five an when ye show her some thin bang up an good enough ter for a princess put the price way down dye understand an when we gets through elv give m me the true bill and show her the other one an ill make it all right ter fer trouble an mind ye I 1 want the th ebest best in ther store stora tor for mother rounds the merchant smilingly agreed to this arrangement and entered heartily into the deception mrs rounds had never been in boston until that day although all her bar lire cilc had bad been spent within an all tours hours rido ride from the new england metropolis occasional visits to the dry goods shops of 0 taunton formed epochs in her life and she was dazed at the contemplation of 0 the sight before her the shelves with their load of fabrics fabrIC 6 seemed endless and she crouched belond behind a marble column for tear fear of being in the way of the chattering laughing throng of shoppers 1 I dont want much samuel she whispered as mr farnsworth Farnswor lh turned to take down a bolt of dross dress goods we must most bf be eco economical comical no mical samuel I 1 1 I 1 tell him to show us its some ATI all right ala rounds watch me beat him down returned sam nude ins ing her gently with his big elbow hero la Is a stylish pattern airs rounds said alf clr farnsworth displaying a neat gingham worth worth perhaps ten cents a yard how much a yard asked sam mr air farnsworth gravely consulted the cabalistic price mark the regular price Is ninety llva cents a yard but lowering his voice and glancing about to make sure he ha was not overheard overboard 1 I will make it to you at eighty cents I 1 eighty cents a yard for gingham gasped mrs rounds it Is imported goods mr aire rounds explained mr farnsworth critically stroking the print it wears weara like silk we carry no domestic glug els hams barn here Is one at eighty five cents and this one Is a dollar and ten a y yard a rd that would make you a flue fine gown mrs alra rounds lets go somewhere else samuel w whispered his big mother positively positively frightened 1 I can buy gingham it in taunton tor for eight cents a yard walt a bit said sam reassuringly reassuringly what have ye got in silks mr farns worth we have a fine line of silks ro r plied piled that gentleman adang li the war waly to another counter 1 I should recommend a heavy black gros grain sills silk for mrs rounds we have them at all prices here is one at a dollor dollar and a halt half a yard he displayed a silk worth at least three dollars a yard the old lady looked fondly at the glossy fabric the temptation was great but she eho closed her lips firmly and put satan behind her too much said sam decisively were not rich net ncr proud mr farns farna worth show us na so methin cheaper very well here Is one sit at a dollar a yard and here Is one which la is a bargain he unrolled ft a superb heavy bolt of silk lustrous black aud a delight to the e ee e lie he examined the price mark critically it told him that the wholesale cost was wag tour four dollars a yard and the upset retail figure tour four dollars and seventy five cents 1 I can let you have that at eighty cents a yard he said after a mental calculation now yore yere gittin down tow business sam declared tentatively thata lew few much but its more like it what do you think of the goods ma ala rounds look like r n four year old in a gown made of that its very fine too fine tor for me im afraid she was w as weakening ano its cheap it if its real silk Is it really and truly silk she looked timidly at mr air farnsworth who assured hei bei it was silk beyond a doubt to be continued |