Show aarol n of 01 if the alis r corners li ow BY RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT i L IM 1013 ty by dodd mead A 14 too PRINCE BECOMES A HERO OF ANOTHER ADVENTURE WHICH INCREASES HIS popularity synopsis ifer her father and mother reported lost nt son when tile alio on ix which they luid had stifled for burcope was sunk punk carolyn lar rilyn may Cai Cain noron cron li annala carlyn Is 19 sent from new york to u lier bachelor uncle joseph stagg ut tit tile corners tho the ret reception eption given griven her ber by her uncle la Is not very enthusiastic carolyn Is tilso chilled by tile lie stern demeanor of aulty aunty itose undo uncle joes joea housekeeper stagg la Is dismayed when lo lie 10 learns from a lawyer friend of nf tits his brother inlaw in lii law if alint it t f corolyn it olyis hns has been left practically rind consigned to lo lilii ith care ns as guardian learns of tile estrangement between liar undo and tits lila onetime one time sweetheart amanda Il arlow and the alic cause canuso ot of tile ho bit bitterness torness between the two to families prince the mongrel dog unit that carolyn brought with liar and tho boon of the girl Is lit disfavor uncle joe who threatens to lo of him dilill but 11 rInce becomes boco inra it cicro and wing tile of the corners Cori itTS by routing n triune in u tho the flat vt of robbing tile tho schoolteacher CHAPTER VII a A sunday walk really it prenco bad been n vain dog his ORO ego would mould certainly have bo be roine unduly dot eloped because of ON alita Inel incident dent the corners its as it community voted toted him blin on an acquisition whereas heretofore lie ho had been looked upon ns its a good deal of a nuisance after after she recovered from lier liar fright miss ANIl attle walked homo home with M caro anro lyn may and allowed princes delighted little mistress to encourage the Ili hero eroll to 11 shalto hands with M teacher now you sec bee lies hes acquainted with you miss minnie Bl Intile said carolyn may hes nn an awful nice dog you know know just how nice ito ha was before almost everybody went to church and nil file ho children to sunday school wladi was held first tho the efey afton driggs though serl ous ons rodiner vias vas a loving man ito aa was fond of children and lie ho vivid hig childless wife gave machof inucci of their attention to tile the sunday school mrs driggs taught carolyn mays class of little eirls mrs driggs did ila liar very best too to get the children to stay to the preaching Eer bervice vice but bat carolyn may hod had to confess that tho the pastors discourses were usually hard to understand and he be Is always reading about tho the s she eho complained gently to ua joe ns as homo on this particular sunday and I 1 cant keep interested when ho be does docs that I 1 shoso tho the Be begets gats were very nice people but im sure they related to us nil all got such funny names 11 Ill iI UBil uvil ill ejaculated undo uncle J joe 0 c smothering a desire to laugh flow gently sweet atton afton does select ills passages of scripture mostly from the valleys galleys of dry bones I 1 allow youve got it about right there corolyn carolyn may alay 11 uncle joe said tho the little girl gill ank ing her courage lit in both hands will you do something for mo lite then ns as lie stared down at liar her from under his fits bushy brows she added 1 I dont mean that you arent always doing some thing for me letting rop me sleep bleed here tit nt your house and oat eat with you and all that lint but something special what Is tile the something special asked mr stagg cautiously something 1 I want vant you ion to do today you always go ort off to bour your store after dinner and when you come homo its too lark too lark dark for antl for us to take a wak got sald tho the little girl very earnestly oil oh unel undo 0 joe you dont know how dreadful dic adful I 1 miss taking sunday wilh lah my papa I 1 ot of courso course wo we took cm am in the mornin morning for lie ho had to go to work on tile paper in ia tho afternoon but we did just about go everywhere it I 1 you would bouli go 0 with tile tile tho little girl added wistfully just this afternoon seeing to me ino I 1 feel so eo 60 empty 0 humph 1 said uncle joe clearing his fits throat it its going to do you any ii particular good carlyn way may 1 I suppose I 1 call take a walk with yell it was waa a crisp day orte ono of those till nu duain days when tho the taug of 0 frost rc ic malf inJa ln lie air in spite of all the efforts of oc the wa isun to warin it it hero rind end there they aliey stopped to pick boasy brown chestnuts that 1 froin their burrs bins that iff 19 carolyn may and her urielo did tit prince Irl attempt to none ons of huns burrs hefti beld thein strictly lou on might just as is well try to cat ti cedlo cash 14 11 rince 1 v tho the little girl said wisely You Jl aavo a noso nose lhnn 0 W lio lie tried to 11 ie with a wood rasp cunil jl U n i I 1 ejaculated ir r stagg possessed essect that bartlett child to io do much a tool fool trick you sou linow hla his noso nose Is awfully big js bald tild carolyn may and ills lotfi mother Is always worried about it IL site mugi mul haac worried amos amob too for one day r lost week lie be went over to mr karlowa borrowed a i wood rasp andi and riad to fila 1113 noso no down to a proper size and now ho to has iia to go with lili nose au all greased and shiny tilt till laiq ittia ltv skin erows back on oa IV it bloaja me bunei what these thesa kids will do I 1 ia d mr stagg ft wa juit ul fill that moment that the 4 little girl atul tin the man becoming really stolly good comrades on thlu walk root mot with on nn nil venture at least to caroln siny may it was wag a real adventure and ono c elio cho ho was lint to forget for a long long tittle prenco suddenly bounded away barking down it pleasant gintle elude through the bottom liot toro of which flowed a brook carolyn may caught ft a of something brown moving down don and sho rho callei shrilly to tho do dog to conio come back nut but joe carolyn may alay bald with alli assurance M the iloff dog slowly ceoly returned prince never barks like hint unless lla its a person and I 1 saw something tom ething move somebody it walk like u ual R be 10 a doer said bald mr stagg oh cried carolyn may later inter 1 I see it again hints n skirt I 1 see fieo why its ats alady a lady 11 I 1 mr stagg suddenly grow grew very stern looking as AB well via silent all tle the beauty of the day clay nud and of the glade they lind entered seemed lost on oil litin him ile iio went on stubbornly yet ns as though loath to proceed why murmured corolyn may its bliss amanda thava alto it laiq abl t the carpenters daughter was bitting on a bare brown log by tile lio brook sho was dressed very lyt nil in brown bron fa t 1 Ciu carol olyn yn attly wanted noted ji f to speak to miss ul ss amalda Aniau du tho r I 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 11 9 1 1 wp 1 I 1 1 1716 0 J X 7 13 f 5 x oo 00 J leaped forward with hla his walking stick to strike indy with tha pretty roses lit n her cheeks checks sat mit on oll n log by the brook Irod lc liar her fuco dunca from alio path josiah Josi JOst ih 1111 stars stagg and nil ills his little aleco aro were corning coining along anti anil undo uncle joo joe wui wits little stubborn rio ila stared straight attend abend down tile path without tho liquid 0 on oil the log get tile focca or of lila ills vision 11 to uncle joea linni but hoohing longingly tit nt tile figuro on oil tile log Cil rolyn siny may waa going down to the stones by which they were to cross croaa the brook airn a suddenly f prince came caino to lt halt right nt at tho the upper ond end of tile log and his big body d what la Is it prince r lit ills letu InIs tresA coma caine here 11 jo alio llio ilic doig dog did not move lie iio even not tit aless of oursa but nt at something on tho log and jt A was tw JUST then olen that ell cm olyn oil n may wanted to lintl she alie c could r uld nott not jr blurt rin fin un in log teising its flat fiat head out of im aperture wag mas a hanlie n R horrid Fil lent writhing carf the of holcli hold held the little girl horror stricken und cell its uncle jre je glanced down to see what rondo made her ter hold inck back so tile the childs feet seemed glued to the carth she could not tako take step writhing out ot of tho the hole in tho the log loff and colling oa as it did so eo into an attl atil tude to st stralie rilie tho the snake looked 0 to o bo be dangerous indeed the fut that it was only a largo large blacksnake ani non polso notis made no If ference tit nt that inocent to the lie doe clog or to afis tb girl rl nor to joseph stagg when lie ho ww saw it it was ns colled coiled right nt fit miss Mis sAmanda s back she did not sea it for she aho waa quite rinato us its intent upon keeping hor ter ma turned luit icil front from mr air stagg its s lie hail had been to ignore her bar presence carolyn may was shaking lii and belai less not to so t o prince Irl nce no ile repeated lits lili chal challenging longIng growl and ami then than sprits tit nt tho the vibrating hood head miss amanda uttered littered it stilled and Juni jumped lied ill up from tho the log wb whirling irlIng to seo sea what wits happening behind liar joseph stagg aurolyn cotol n mays hand band mid and leaped forward milli M ills hla walking stick raised to strike hut but lite mongrel dog ma was there first ile II 11 wasely tho the bellind behind tile tho lend lillstrong hla lils strong charp teeth sov BOV cring ity its food doal shouted mr stagg ex cit It eilly edly floo FIDO dobill 1 oil oh miss kisa amanda I 1 shrieked onro care lyn may iny 11 it 1 thought lio lie was going to sting you 1 I didell did I 1 she ran to the startled woman and oung to lier her land nosed tho lead dead snake mr stagg looked exceedingly MISS amanda recovered her color and simultaneously what it i bravo dog yourd Is little girl she said to carolyn may and I 1 do so BO despise cOnIll thou then sho she directly tit nt mr stagg and bowed gravely 1 I you she bho said but so BO coldly I 1 so ho corolyn antly thought thou glit that liar voice might gitil 0 conic como just oft off nn nil iceberg oil oh I 1 do anything really I 1 Ild nt stammered tho the vian it wag the dog doff both looked very uncomfortable joawph stagg algan to pick up tho the chestnuts from the over waited basket the lady stooped and whispered to carolyn may t come to sole ipe nio my iny dear I 1 want to know you yet biti then aie hissed carolyn may ani slipped quietly away from the brook disappearing quickly in the undergrowth growth li joseph and tho the little girl went att on across tile he stepping stones while prenco splashed tho the J water carolyn tiny may wan thinking about mins winanda and mile aha believed her undo uncle joo joe was top uncle joe said oi y bad a old nanko have boung wey Am amnnda midO ta hull no I 1 reckon not 3 mr stagg absent 1111 lack snakes dont lutc A big one like that can call squeeze bauco so some but you ecio scared of it ilke roa ma and and for miss amanda said carolyn abay very bucl in fit car nest 1 I guehn acis most Is ig scared by tile sight of a finace carllyn any 11 hut you were acro scared for MI alsa 83 1 Amati Ins salco sak ejust just tho iamo ns n I 1 ani repeated the littly girl decidedly vell walty lic ho growled looking awny troubled ly by her insistence I 1 then you dont little huto liar ilo do anim you the pursue pursa pd ilal im bind of that uncle joe toy for I 1 him liar her very enuch I 1 think ibos a beautiful lady to this thin undo joo joe said bald nothing 41 1 I guess thought carolyn may alay wisely isely billat illat wilen two folks love ovo encil ench other and get angry the lovos thero just tilt ali same genung road mad hill it it t only MUCH atil feel worse ioor uncle joni bior ipg mpg alinn dal da I 1 maybe if just try to hink 1001 up iiii look ionic for brighter things pit ma over 01 cr beang nad mail and bo be happy 11 undo uncle too joo ari carolyn athy returned from tills ud venturous walk mr stagg went heavily into ills hla own room closed tile door and oven even locked it lie went over to UK the old fashioned walnut bur alint 6 blood I 1 6 oil 11 tj aho I 1 0 will wall between all lie two tuo find and stood before it f bor r moments indents in nn an attitude of tie deep P an rohlf ll 11 finally lio lie drow 11 ills ell ic r Ys ardia ills rind opened jolio of if tho lie two 11 d r re in tile lavary vico of diio alio locked lop atod there was 11 irn 0 olt w forth a type picture falci 1 now but clar en anoh to allow hiril tile feil tures of the two tivo printed on uio lien plate ilia own eyes looked out olit of alio pho proudly oddly pr they berti cra much younger eyes eyed than they were now I 1 anti anil tho girl beside cifra in 16 tile lio tweet nn nm a wild brosat irandy love lovely y anlin anco till all beauty bi U und and lier her matured find achl elved I 1 lio lie over and over oh why mir lie ITO field tile tintype for n loep conj long time lit in hugq gazing on it with 0 avs flat ts vanished years than the portraits themselves binally lie lild ald tile ho p picture I 1 attire awny away closed and locked tilo drawer with a sigal und and with slow steps left lc ft tile lift room carolyn aarns it arno from simple chet gormley some owe things about her financial affairs that caust herl much worry warry read nead about it in the next I 1 TO BE 1 0 |