176 Bob Robinson’s Baby

very dreadful, and that, very likely, things
would come right in the end.

“Do you know, Cecilia,” said Bob Robin-
son one evening, ‘I’ve decided to let those
young people remain. They appear to take
it to heart so! He shall apologise to me,
and we'll say no more about it. I had
made up my mind to remove baby to the
nest to-morrow, and take him out of their
hands; but I will give them permission
to stay instead.”

But, behold, in the morning there was a
sale going on in the house; and that day
all the nice handsome furniture was sold,
only a few of the plainest things being set
aside not to be sold. All day Bob waited
about to find the young people and tell them
they might stay ; but he could not find them
any where.

“But at any rate we must now certainly
remove our baby to the nest,’ said Bob.
«And—why, Cecilia—the baby has gone!
They have gone away and stolen our baby!
Cecilia, we will trace those people and bring
them to justice,”