| Show M t H t t H t M i lm I 1 SAMS CHARGE carge I 1 I 1 by HAROLD CARTER lewt MM H when lien sam was on Z what was left or of hla his vy 0 m toes estate abold in virginia his father boid him stories ot of the wa war r that matchless war fought with devotion gallantry and humanity on both sides in which tho the strange spectacle was seen ot a dependent and enslaved race guarding tile tho womankind of its masters while those masters went out to fight against those who wished to set them tree free sam absorbed all tho the spirit of 0 those times timea hut but when he wag waa thi thirty ity and tile the butler but er ot 0 tile the amft in it a largo lame northern city only tho the spirit ned tho the details were forgotten sam knew about tho the quarrels be tween abnit and his pretty you young r wife lily amat had been a beauty before her marriage but three years of sorrow had effaced the outward and visible signs that had held mens hearts in subjection though they had it if anything added to the spirituality of her face her family had bad been rich once they had had es estates tates in ila Lowi louixiana iana but the war had bad rod reduce them to poverty and lily arama amarol ivas aa a sten y before her marriage sam had never seen mr trent treat he only knew w that his name was the word used by amat to cow the ill e spirit cpr I 1 it ot of his beautiful wife ile he suspected that lily ararat had loved mr trent before her marri marriage axe and lie he suspected too thit she had married tee wealthy maz maa to bring some to so her aged parents dut but sam only suspected and he was too loyal a servant to voice his suspicious suspicions even 0 to o himself ho he had noticed a shabby fellow who haunted the street and often stood staring up at the windows particularly in the eyen evenings ings S sam m could not help seeing the makl an and d he recognized the of cei wn letters vory we ho wms was ak itte wits end how low ta proceed onyce h caught the shabby man attempting to enter the house houe in n the guise ot 0 a gas inspector just after the postman called the m man an had the mall mail tn in his big hand when sam collared him and pushed him into the street sara sam said his mistress you can start on your vac vacation alloa tomorrow yes maam thank you said sam you can take your two full weeks and your money oh lord mis alq nt I 1 dont baat waat wo to go now said bata saw iBo ringS his loot might have melted a tone stone but mis adint was vas sized with fury im tired af of your spying about ma she cried sti laiping her foot 1 I tell you to go and afterward you can report amt for instruction yes maam raf tam salil said san sam humbar ile he went after breakfast but wis was anck et el his bis pact that afternoon ii he cabe in at nil an knur ich h lie koca kals mistress ho bo out and she he ser matz ent engaged aged ila II 11 came la ii softly throng the front door his key and went to his room nobody would be likely to trouble him thero or r to suspect his presence it was a big house the servants downstairs could not hear bear what went on la in tho the drawing rooms roams but sams oars cars heard the but sott soft click of a key in tho the latch ile he waa down the stairs lile like a panther bo tore fore the mau man who was coming up had reached the tha top of tho the first flight and yet swiftly as he moved he ba had caught a glimpse of lily anit A nit seated upon tho the lounge uler the tha electric electr li light pretending to read and waiting tor for the man whom she loved with all her heart he knew too that the shabby man was to lu the street opposite sams voice rose loud at the head of the first flight filsht of stairs mis ammas very sorry mr trent air said sara sam ashes very sorry she sha cant see you this evening you see sae kir mr araimta away on business BIT r I 1 sams heart almost melted as ho he looked into the despairing face of the man in front of him upstairs he heard the rustle of the pages cease and he be knew that lily amat had heard mr air amat asbed me to say how sorry he was sir air continued sam standing implacably in front of trent ile he did eh stammered trent i who the dickens aro are you why im sam sir air ail answered sara sam never had any other name I 1 reckon dont you remember seeing me sir air when you called on mr and MIS amat last month it was me handed you the cigar box mr As the he man turned away and began to descend the stairs sam followed him in the hall he be looked up at him imploringly you see sir air mis lilys my charge sir air he said asking your pardon sir air some day sir air I 1 hope to serve you both air I 1 trent swung round on him youre youra right he said in a broken votes voice 1 I shant forget you sam no sir air said sam as he opened the door and saw tho the shabby man lounging near and mis amita sorry she cant receive you tonight I 1 fir lr on account of mr amat being way sir air but when the tha door closed he ha turned q ito see eee lily amat standing behind ahlm TOU dear you deir dear black gentle tiia maii bobbed lily amat that scared aiom more than anything that had happened before rOli plit by mcclute Newe Newa raper I 1 Syn cate |
