Marjorie at Seacote

Maynard seemed incapable of action. Usually alert and energetic, they were so stunne

Cousin Jack, going to the

Marjorie could possibly have gone, and King h

little girl; no one whom they asked ha

re drawn, as he said: "You stay here, Ed, with Helen an

ent along silently by Mr. Bryant's side, trying to

not yet quite dark, but of cour

been washed away by the waves?"

think of," replied

sy is really a heavyweight, you know.

hen they went and talked with the fisherme

l declared she had not been on the beach that after

eir inquiries were fruitless; though many people knew Midget, by

cried Cousin Ethel, as

ere's no accident of that sort." Cousin Jack wouldn't make

couldn't realize that Marjorie was lost, she couldn't

ddenly. "I must do something. Couldn't she have g

was searched from top to bottom by eag

t, the ladies were p

. "The Bryants will stay with us to-night, so you and Ethel go to your ro

d do was to obey orders. So King went upstairs, but not to his own room. About an hour later he c

room. I thought I might find out something to help us. And she's taken her pocketbook, and the gold pi

her, thoughtfully, "what d

mean somewhere to spend that money,-not just

y on some special errand, she's more likely to be safe and s

she heard about some poor person or poor family, and she cried ab

it may be true. I hope so, I'm sure. But why sh

they may be ill, or something, and she may be there yet, helping. You know Mopsy is awful

mforting theory we've had yet, and I'll go and te

away, and King re

he said; "I'm old enough now to stay

ou. Now, old chap, between you and me, I don't subscribe to your poor-fam

usin Jack, what

ll morning; then I think

t seems

t's the means of

e'll do it! How ear

e confidence in the powers of the police down here. They're all

ht wore away, a

a few minutes two of them arrived a

e her about,-a well-behaved little lady, but full o' f

ugh she's pretty big for that. And,

ve been goin' so

ought of that!" and Co

"She never travelled alone, and though impulsively mis

their quest, and the Maynards a

ing, yet each urged

ed baby Rosamond, at ta

r no one else could speak. "Middy

contentedly, "Middy gone

he did!" exclai

h hope. It was too unlike M

d King. "Let's get Uncle Ste

d. "There's no use stirring her up, unt

said Cousin Jack

n getting Uncle Steve on the tel

merry voice, in his kind desire not to

Kitty, in delight. "How nice of yo

thank you! Ho

're all

ome, away from

to see them. Tell Midget there ar

n't run up too big a telephone bill for your fat

been a great strain on his nerves to appear gay and carefree to Kitty, and

to the family what Kitty had said. And then the

d took the

ticket to New York, and went there on the three-o'clock train yesterday afternoon. Nothing furthe

in Ethel, when she heard the messa

train, going to

s to care for Mrs. Maynard, these two strode off again. Straight t

ie's name, but he described the child so exactly

t her ticket and taken the train in a quiet,

ad been crying?" asked Ki

er eyes was red, and she looked sorter sad. But she did

ket?" put i

ingle ticket.

ntil afternoon, as his run was a

homeward; "and I can't believe it. If Midget went t

It had occurred to them that, by some strange freak, Marjorie had

g-distance," Mr. Maynard announced

ack. "If she isn't there, we do

All right, Jack, take it. Bless

f in communication with Grandma Maynard, he didn't know what to

m Jack Bryant, a guest at Ed Maynard's house in Seacote

ntly. "I suppose you want to surprise the child with a present or

g a big girl, isn't she? When

, but the unsuspecting lady,

d I wish I could see her again, but there's little hope of it. Sh

their plan," s

nd dropped the receiver

courteous, she could not feel frightened or alarmed f

I still think she started for there, and

endeavoring to find Grandma Maynard's house, and not getti

nard took the helm. He cast off the apathy that had seeme

d Marjorie. You cannot go with me, for I want to leave your mother in your care. You have proved yourself manly in your search for your si

," replied

call you at any moment. Get your sleep, my boy,-if I should be gone over n

ther, and I'll be right here if

hunt for Marjorie with such help and suc

e farewells, the

. "I cannot wait till afternoon; I shall try

Park. He was off duty at that hour, and Mr. Maynard trie

," and the two men boarde

scher, said her husband was asleep and she never disturbed him at that

tion of their quest, the good la

he cried; "oh, the poor moth

eyes. It was about noon, and he was accus

much about her,-for a good many children travel alone between stations on the shore roa

t off?" asked Mr.

e summer crowds are travelling now

y your tickets?"

ain, and so, I've lots of New York tickets, but of course I couldn't tell if I had

ly to every way station between Seacote and New York. It's a strange case. I can only think my d

s unexpected things. Some crotchet or whimsey of her childish

we can. Good-day, Mr. Fischer, and t