YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



ing baby, her eyes closed, and bereft of 

 further power to speak. Mother Wakeman, 

 true to the strongest instinct, caught the 

 baby from the nerveless arms of the fainting 

 maid and stood silent for a moment, with 

 blanching cheek, surveying the wild dis- 

 order. 



Skippum and I were too shocked to speak, 

 even had we the power, but we rolled our 

 eyes and showed their whites, and we each 

 in turn stepped up and sniffed towards 

 Inez's deep, deep pocket. The scarlet bag 

 was there, we could smell it, - - and we 

 looked at mamma Wakeman with such wise 

 and knowing glances, if she would only have 

 noticed us. 



But she turned away hastily, calling sharp 

 and quick to the coachman, who was gather- 

 ing up his reins: 



'Dennie, drive quick as you can to Mr. 

 Wakeman' s office and ask him to drive di- 

 rectly back to the house and bring an officer 

 with him; the house has been entered and 

 robbed, in our absence, of I know not what.' 



Dennie listened, bowed without a word, 

 snapped his whip, and away he flew. Then 

 the mistress stepped quickly through the 

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