Show carolyn 0 o n of the corners BY w RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT ufa ess III CHAPTER XIII continued 13 call the dog I 1 just the same mars re lovested at amanda do par ow trials prince will bill time yon yen and be Is god bless kovl an I 1 so he be win IS cried mr stagg stag 3 you an ve got more bense a than A any of 0 us uh awal and ill have the chapel batal bell rung g I 1 she he said bid huh 1 that fort tile w ind will arr carry y the sound out across access the cove the boa lio chet chef will recognize the sound bound of the bell and it will gle ghe him an idea of 1 who where home IS 13 you tell do bent beat all 11 Is I 1 exclaimed jseph joseph S stat starting to leave the house find a cap of chats chets mrs gorm gonn b lev she he commanded do dont t ou on see mr stagg be has no hout hat he 11 catch his truth ot of cold cohl why owhy I 1 never thought though till I 1 he turned to speak directly to MISS misa amanda but the she had gone back into the room and was putting a on her outer wraps mrs gormley red ad eyed and ad weeping tonight brought tle tl e cap mr me stagg plunged down the steps bad and kept on an down the hill to the water treat front there HIS an place here where when the waterside characters cong congregated aud and bit stagg put hta his head in at the it door some of you T fillers come out but with me on the ice and look tor for a little girl and it a boy and a dog sold said mi ali stagg like enouch h they re loit last in this storm and the ice Is going out ont they kit H set out of 0 the eating house and do down B to the nearest dock dark wor even t the he uck cook went tor for he chanced to k know ow carolyn C am lyn A toy may j and let me tell you yen ashes one rare little little kid I 1 he declared out ot of mr air stagg hearing how she caroe to be related refined to that hard as nails joe stagg I 1 la a puzzler the boord hardware m dealer might deserve this th Is title 1 in ordinary times but this was wa one occasion w when hen he plainly displayed emotion II 11 hannahs it car carlyn lye I 1 the little a child he h had ad I 1 learned earned to love was somewhere am her on an line ithe ice fee IQ in the driving storm ile H would nave ban rushed blindly blandly out on the ice bareheaded barehanded and ad id alone had the others not caltea him joseph stagg stage stood on the dock and shouted a at t the top of hla big voice pr prince I 1 71 1 prince pricel cel 1 prince the wind must have ced carried his voice olce a to long way out across the eme coie but thre there was no reply th then e B suddenly the clear sliver silver tone of I 1 a bell rang out its pitch carried through fee storm ten gly fear clear there we was a movement t out 1 in the cove car one field of ice crashed against brother another mr mc SM stags 99 tind a am moan and ad w waa a one be of ua the fir first at to climb dicha to the level of the ice have a mm care joe somebody SI warned arned him in this snow allow on the ice will mask the holes hole bud and fisse fissures relf something scandalous on as but joe stagg was wait reckless of his own safety he etc started out into the snow enow ilhan shouting again I 1 prince nee prince 1 hers here boyl boy 1 here hem baart there then ve waa oo 00 answering b barte the clanging of the chat camiel f ind bell was a IX co comforting an borthig sound jh J h stagg did put not know that unable to find the sexton amanda had forced the church door and ad wait waa tugging at the rough neigh rope mrs herself back and forth bhe be rang dog the I 1 iron x clapper and it eve was re no moser uncertain mill note ate that clanged across the storm driven drive cove thit th it aate afternoon se it W waa not of work wark to which cely me mays pretty lady was we used ad her shoulder soon achec 1 ard I d the pat palma of I 1 her hands were am raw find end bleeding but she continued to toll tell the bell cu without a moments moment a sur m cease on and a on I 1 till her brute brain juvers and add her ber breath came from he her lungs lung joul joel joel she muttered each time that she bar bore down on an the hell bell rope on the iron tongue shouted the word tor for her far across the know wow blotted cove carolyn may was not net the first dust of the trio caught out but on an the moving too ice to be frightened perhaps bee because mical she b had ad such euch unbounded faith IQ in the good 1 la tent tact lons imail of c ever ear body toward list her the ell child ald could not but imagine anything re real a I 1 ly hurting her oh ihna this is r ann crowed imah th hae bending her head d be before th the e beating sung of the at ile do hang bang on princey s but plo prince Ds cardd I 1 not t hung hang on so eo well wall now W that I 1 they face faced the a md wind nd he 1 off the file wed aled f twice ad and that de I 1 them under his skates mrs chet could to feel at the me 1 ice heave betta while the rc resonant ermant one cracks followed a each ach other like R fit fillare du of musketry U goodness goodman me a gasped carolyn cabello may the tee lee seems to be going all to p pieces lers chet chat alberes I 1 hupe it wont a I 1 till we in g get at b hack it to the shore he hos im of honin upon that met too returned the boy b oy he be nad had quickly realized that they were or in peril 1 I 1 but he would not but let carolyn mos nee em that be was fright flight tied ened a indeed I 1 th the he b boy n Y the skates gift ly III he had 4 very good reason for or re moving them it if the ice was wl breaking w into fiess tr he might skate right on off into the water are being unable to hall it rho enough a it f on the steel sled runners dunem B now plodded d M on head hand do down drug sing the sled and the child with P nee Illi slipping quat and ad scratching along beside thes them suddenly he ha came to op oam water it ab w m so a arond con d I a channel a a 11 that he could old red not dot hope to J leap jp p it and of at coarse a he could old dot at get tile the sled bled and the little girl across cirl my ityl I 1 cried carolyn camlyn mav that place jsn wasn t he here when we came out nee it chet it must most have love just jest r cone come here 1 I dont think it was mon here hem before admitted the boy bay suddenly a sound bound reached their cars can th that it startled both it even made prince Z prick up ills his ears eam and listen then the dog sat up on his haunches and ad begon began to howl bow oh dt dont prince gasped carrier carolyn may wine who ever told you yeat you yon could sing just juit bemuse you hear bear a church bell ringing that a the chapel bell cried chet i gormley ley I 1 N now ow I 1 in sure sura I 1 m right kat bat we mu must at get around this open touch in the water I 1 he set off along the edge of tile the open water which often looked block black and ad augry angry the in ice groined ami ad cracked in a threatening wel irm he was waa not net sure on nii ether the floe they were a on told had eme corn broken broke way fr from the bield pm n of ice 1 in tile the cove and was waa ni 1 jadv drifting out into the take lake or not at haste beate however ho he knew was he peu the tolling of the chapel thed bell coming I 1 faintly buy down the wind diet drew draw the slid skit swiftly along the edge core of tile the opening the dog trotting along beside them shining prince via plainly did not approve of this oily here ere it is to shouted sheeted the boy in sud slid ten den J jov ov I 1 ow we a II 11 be all right car ian may to I 1 oh ob I 1 in so BO glad chet chat said the lit ht tie girl for I 1 in getting real cold and ili athla s enow jabea me all wets wet ine K keep beep up ayour your heart eart carlyn car lya may he begged of 1 I guess we 11 get through all right howo now I oh I 1 in not really afraid the little ili girl of answered only I 1 d really like to be on shore chet hastened on toward the sound of the tolling bell sharply on the batch tell tor far other breaks 1 in the im ice here was another a wide spreading crevasse con vasse filled with till black water star chet N u e W he turned slight bright fee on a her ax he struck out for the edge of the other I 1 ice floe had bad no idea to which direction he should to turn be and ald indeed it seemed to him so ea though the opening was growing wider each moment set the see ice on which they stood must auit be completely plot e ly severed from that further farther up ull in the he i inlet I 1 1 th the buy boy had bad become became frightened carolyn may had little his idea a 0 of their fir libuse prince priam sat eat up and nd led it seemed to the be bov so as though ahey they were 1 in delp desperate te straits hogood youvee got bee to b bb a brave girl gin carlin caran amny li y 11 be li said aid 1 I im in goin gain to 1 swim I act across as this place and ad the then drug drag vou van over y you on at k to the led bled and ad you won scarcely get at wet of even a oh chet do don t you d dare to get 11 brownd ed ad I 1 begged carolyn car in may ter ig a liflie now mrs by the sul situation he turned a bright face on her as he struck out for the edge of the a other ice floe chet might not have been the wisest boy who mar eer live lived d but he was brave in ID the very best beat 0 sense ense ot of the word dont worry beat about me corly carlyn me may Y he chat chattered toled the desperate hlll hill of the water nl at most stopped me boy bobb I 1 ab heart e acl three strokes took id him across the patch of open opan water to we well I 1 be all right I 1 in a minute m I 1 mun C car r lyn may 1 I 1 he a called effin climbing bing to in his fi et sif and d then them ha be discovered tharetha ethl ug th that at almost stunned med him ills line he had looped around ad his hig wrist be bud d slipped lp pon off I 1 ile he had no way only of reaching the rope nage attached to the sled led save cave by crossing cross lne back through the water chet felt that he could not do it on oh cleft chebin walled waited carol carolyn may youve dropped my rope III 1 what vh be should do poor bof could analo not bat think el hla brain foamed cow corn plainly doubled clouded but what nt was waa the HIP little girl do doing 1 aig hie he saw her hauling in on the wet at c rope aim and ad she seemed to be speaking to prince for he bf stood directly before her h sc ats ill a cais a erect his tall gita tedi by and ad by he be balked sharply now princey Prin cryl to chet heard her dry cry site she thrust arlt the suit end of the rope into the dog th s jews jaws and ad waxed waved he her eard hand bond towards rammed the p water w ter and ad the unhappy chot chet beyond bay d it for prince ce sprang around faced the strait t of ill ek water shaking the end of I 1 the he to rope pe vigorously chet saw now what she meant and he be shrieked to the dog come calls on prince I 1 come on good dog d t here sir ids prior prince could rim it not at bark his reply with the rope in his hia laws but he sprang oame g into the water and swam sturdily y toward chet he stooped and seized the dogs fore legs lega when he mine came near and helped him lel ludde out eat on no the ice the end of the rope was safely in his grasp agin sly my goo goodness dinal mv goodness good nesi 1 I 1 could sing a hallelujah dic lored chet his area trig streaming now new hold field on now cur lyu lyn may 1 I 1 m goin gain to drag you across acoss you soa haag long right on to that bled led oh ili el cling no to it chet declared gird th the a ht little I 1 Is gari and do take we me a off oils till in ice quick for far I 1 thin k its floating out with a me chet drew on the rope tile the sled fled moved oved forward and plunged with just a little splash into the pool in a few seconds records he be had snaked the sled t to G the 0 edge of if the ice floe steil on which he be stood he picked the sobbing caral carolyn in may off the sled bud and the then lifted I 1 that he t up too he th the little girt girl we was wet met bell below he her waist 1 I m I 1 re amt in na co ce old I 1 so as I 1 I 1 can be she chattered chartered oh cheil take me a home please 1 I ire m a going to chattered chartered the led lad in return Us he dragged off 17 his bis coat cast now me nor wrung on it as dry its as lie he could and wrapped it or around d carolyn maya may s legs leg b before ear e he so seitter led her on eat the sled led again go T then 2 he seized the rope once met more and started sinned toward the sound of th the ell chapel died bell prince began to bark lie he could did not a move forward much bob faster the than clist chet did but he faced the wind and began to bark with persistence there there them a something over ever there chet murmured carolyn may she u nas a all but barthl breathless herself wine em tonu then through thi the wind and storm came a fu faint of hail prince eagerly amru pursued it ills barking backing chet tried to to the hall ball but his wie volie was only a hour hoarse a croak we vl ve got to keep on weve eve go got to keep so on muttered the lad dragging the sled slowly TI alie a dog had disappeared carolyn M may ay was weeping frankly chet gormley nus BBS pushing slowly through the to stag lining at each cacti step scarcely aware in what dl direction earthm be me waa bending beading CHAPTER XIV how to wrate write a sermon joseph bialog heard the dog bark first of all the men with till mr stagg having spread out on the ice like a skirmishing party now closed in toward the point from which s hounded the dog doe a barking the hardware dealer shouted us as he ran me he we was the most reek reck Is lebs of them all and on several area occasions 1 mon came an near tailing falling suddenly me aa object appeared in the a nother of falling snow hoarsely the d log barked gain again mr stagg shouted flouted al hey ey princel prince 1 princel prince 1 here we am ire 1 dut the he mongrel me grel made me dd a for the hardware merchant r ht and 1 almost I knocked him over or he was mad ad with jy joy ile show ett cm t to no iia good dog I 1 cried aci uncle I 1 joe on take us to deml wheres he hannah he a CB carlyn show us boyl boy I 1 prince topped lapped mr stags stagg a face bud and then ran off fr through the falling a enow barking and leaping feeling the men bar it u ried after him twice or thrice 1 the t bl a dog we waa back to make sure that he mee th we wa followed then the ch the e men saw something outlined la T the driving snow U uncle I 1 joe joel I 1 U uncle B joel joe I 1 the he child I 1 hlo 8 shrill about voice reached the hardware ardward me merchant the there we was poor chat heti staggering on leaning against tile the aind ind and pulling boiling the sled bled behind him well wei I 1 you adly billy chump growled joseph where wharf ra ou on going anyway on oh uncle joel walled waited carolyn camlyn may he san t anything like that at all I 1 1 HOS hea just the bravest b boy by and heb all 11 wet wei and cold at the conclusion of till this declaration poor chet fell to wardon his no 0 led and then floe slipped quietly fin forward on lif his ii fee face I 1 surn I 1 1 grunted the hard hardware dealer do cl 1 I guess the boy 1 la all anc to B but e t chet did not joe lose elenin em enin he be raised a faint m murmur mr r which reached mr mir blagg ears care 11 1 1 I 1 1 I did the best beat I 1 to could old mr stagg take take her right t up to mother howth shell she II 11 fix car lyn up SITE al right say kadt exclaimed if the cook 1 I go gudaa you need a bit ot of ft III up your self why see eee here b boya oy flit this it chap amp a been in be the water said and LIB his cloth clouida is IB fro froze stiff TO bill BB CONTINUED CONTINUE DI 1 |