Show carolyn ily ju of the corner BY RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT 1013 tl by dodd dead makl Poni piny ho S CHAPTER XIII Continued 13 coll call tile lie dog just tho the same repeated repented amandd prince will ft hear you anil and hark bark god ad bless you youl I 1 so lie will cried air stagg youko got moio sense than tiny anny of us its mandy and ril have tho the bell rung she said huh I 1 that for tho The wind wilt will curry carry tho sound out ik cross ross tile cove the hoy boy diet chet will mill recognize the sound of the bell nil and it will nill give blin nil mi idea of where homo Is 1 v you yon to do bent beat allt nil ill exclaimed joseph stagg blagg starting to leave tile tho house find a cup of Cli alieto eto mra jorin loy icy silo she dont you see mr stagg ling lina tie no lint blell catch tits his death of cold why I 1 never thought though tl gioi turned to fienk directly to miss amanda Ainan but bul site lied had gone back into tho the room ind was putting on oil liar outer brals mrs gormley Gorm lcy py red eyed and weep liK brought brou glit the lie cap sir mr stagg plunged down own the steps aud and kept on down the hill to ilia water front there was an eating place hero here where tho the waterside congregated find mr stagg put ills his vena li end lit in tit nt theodoor tho door settle of you fellers fellern colne out with ino on tho the tec ice ind look for a little girl find n hoy boy and a n log dog said mr 11 1 I ike enough lost in tills storm and the ice Is s going out they till ill rushed out of the eating house and dawn to ilia lie nearest dock even the cook went for lie chanced to know carolyn may and lot nio nic tell you ashes one opre little kid lie ho declared out of mr henring illow how she come to lie be related to that hard ns as nalls joo joe stagg Is a puzzler i the alie hardware denier dealer might deserve this title lit in ordinary times lines hut but this hla was ono one occasion when lie ho plainly displayed emotion llan hannahs carlyn Cn rlyn tile tho little child lie ho lind had learned to lovo love was somewhere on oil the ice in tile lie driving st storm orill lie ile would have rushed blindly out on oil the rotten ice barehanded and alone had the others not halted him joseph stagg shugg stood on tho the docic and shouted tit nt tho the top ot of ilia hla voice Prin cof prince t princel prince tho the wind have carried tits hla voice B n long way ivay out across tile tho cove but there was no reply I 1 then suddenly the clear silver tone of a bell rang out its pitch carried can led through gli the he storm startlingly clear there was a movement out tit in ilia cove one field of ice crashed against another mr jr stagg stilled it a and was ana only on of the lie first to climb doan to io the level of the ice fee alave ilave a care joe somebody warned him athla snow on the lio ice will mask the holes and fissures fiss urea something scandalous but too toe stagg was reckless of mi his own safety ile he started out into tile tho snow shouting again t prince Ance I 1 prince I 1 gferer boy I 1 here boy bov 1 there was waa no answering hark the clanging of tile the chippel bell was it comforting sound joseph lid not know that unable ty to find the sexton amnnda amanda had forced tile lio church door and was vas tugging lit it t alio I 1 to rough ropo rope herself back find forth she rang tile tho iron clapper and it was no uncertain note that clanged across tile tho storm driven cove alint afternoon it was not work to which carolyn sins pretty lady indy was used iler her lors soon boon achec and tile palina of her linnas were alive find bleeding nut but she continued to loll 1011 tho bell without a moments ts surcease on and on oil till tier her brain swam and tier her breath anino chokingly from tier lungs joel joc 1 joel joe 1 she bhe muttered each cacti time that she alio bore down on the bell rope the iron tongue shouted tile the word void for tier far across the snow blotted cove carolyn may was not the forstot the trio chught put on oil tile thy ire to bo rlaph bocc beer avit jbf h find and Bum unbounded falth faith in good intentions tent ions of rf ever bady toward tier her tile child could not Inia glue anything really hurting tier her oh ob tills this fun flint I 1 slip ho crowed bending liar her head before it use ic beating of tile otora do tiling ori on princey falm ey but prince could not tiling on so well wall now that they the wind iio d orf tit alie stcl twice anil that IL dc bayed ader hla fits skates diet chet feel tha ice fee belive while lio ro sonant cracks followed each cacti other like i a nic file alre of mus musketry kotry goodness mel me I 1 carolyn may the tee ice seems to bo going nit nil to pieces chat I 1 hope it wont till we get tilde tack to tilt shore share im hopin that too returned tho ho boy ue lie had quickly realized that they were in n peril but ho he would not lot let carolyn may see that he was fright ened en 0 indeed I 1 i tho the boy tho skates swiftly Y ile had a very good reason for re moving oving them ir the be ice fee vas ivas breaking up into floes lie might skate right off I 1 ikuto into the water being unable to halt quickly enough if un on tho the steal ruu runners nerg lile he now plodded on bend bead down drag ring ilia alio sled fill nikl I 1 tile tho child alth with irinco slipping and ciul scratching along beside them suddenly ho he came to open water anter it was so KO broad brand a channel that lio lie could not hope to leap it and of course lio lie could not got get tho and the little girl across my I 1 cried carolyn may liny that place hero here when wo ire canio came out was hiis it diet it must have just conio como here 1 I dont hank think it was hero here before admitted ho file hoy boy suddenly Budt linly a sound readied reached their cars that lint startled holh both it oven even ando prince prick up tits ills cars and listen liste I 1 then tho log dor sut nit up ill on oil lila its haunches I 1 and begun began to howl low oil dont princel I 1 gasped carolyn may who ever told you you ou could ning just juet because you iou hear a church bell ringing Th ills lio ilia chapel belll bell I 1 cried cliot chet now im sure euro im right hilt but wo 0 o inest get around tills orn open patch in the water ile I 1 la set olt off along the iho edgo edge of the open anter witter which looked laick rind angry rhe lio ice groaned find cracked lit in it threatening way iny ile iio was va not sure eruc whether liet lier I 1 iho lie lou floo they were arnon on lind had com coin plemely broken nay away from froin the great gnass of ice in ili the cove coo and was na tit n really drI drifting fIng out into tho the lake or not however hoo cr lio lie knew was ns till lin operative pera itlo tive tile tho tolling of alio chapel lull bell coming faintly town don the wind ind diet chet drew ilia alio sled bled swiftly along tho ilia edgo or of the opening tile ho dog trotting along begino them whining prince plit plainly hily did not approve of tills cicro it 19 I 1 ill shouted the boy in ili sudden joy now wll bo be nil all right light carlyn may ill I 1 olt oil im so BO glad diet chet said bald ilia iho lit tie lio girl gir 1 vior for im getting real cold and tills snow illanes ilia 1110 nil wet ct neep keep up your heart carlyn may billy lie begged 1 I guess voll get through gli nil right now olt oil rin im not really norald 11 tho little girl nn only id really like to lie be on oil shore 11 diet has hastened ened on toward tho the sound of tho the tolling bell sharply on alia for other breaks lit in ilia ice cicro was another it ii wide api spreading ending crevasse creaby cre aBo filled with black water chat I 1 nall I 1 t 6 11 11 he turned a bright pace face on tier hep as AC hw struck out for the edue of the other ice floe lind had no idea to abich lie should turn and indeed it to jilin iia is though hough ilia opening wali grow glow ing in ifer cacti Ivoin ent tile wo on it chy stood inest ho be completely severed bowed from that further up lip I 1 lu tile tho ln ill left letl the boy lind had become frightened carolyn may had little idea ot their longer ln iKer rot pat up find bowled oled li it deemed to the boy no na they were in desperate str straits alts lal youve got to bil 10 it I 1 chave girl carilyn may lie said ini ill to across tills this ploce und and then drag you over you etick to U sled find you sou wont scarcely ket get wet even 1 oh chet I 1 dont you daro dare get brownd ed cd I 1 begged carolyn may terrified rifa d now by tile alie lie ilo turned it bright face on her alj lie truck out for the edge of file lie oilier ice fee roje fim chet might pot not li iivo avo been ilia wisest boy who ever lived but ha wils brave lit in the very lest best senses sense ot of tilt lip word dont worry about me carlyn may liny lie chattered the desperate chill ot of the water almost StOPPed tho baoyu heart three took jim across tho patch of open water wll well ho be all right in a minute carlyn way I 1 lie he called ca lloil climbing to lila his feet feel and then he e discovered something lint flint almost stunned jim 1110 line lie find looped 9 round around hla his wrist had clipped 11 7 lie ile had bad no way of 0 reaching the rope atta attached cLed to the sled SIAVO by crossing buck through the water chet felt that ho he could not do it mob ab checa chet 1 walled carolyn may youve dropped my copet copl what lie ho should to do poor chet not think ills 1113 brain seemed coin coal plemely clouded but what wait wn till ho little girl doing ile iio saw tier her in a on oil tho the wet acl ropo and silo to ho be spen hing to prince Irl nce for ho stood blood directly tier lier his cars arct lils his nil fall agit agitated lly by and by lio to barked sharply now princey ill 1 clicc heard tier her cry silo thrust tile tho end of tho the ropo rope into the dogs jaws and waved liar her jill till towards tho ilia open water and th chat beyond it franco sprang around faded faced tit tho strait of black water shaking tho end of lio lie ropo rope vigorously diet chet saw whiff ghe meant and fill lo lie 10 shrieked edthe to tho dog doe como coine on oil como on good dorl here arl bar prenco could not bark his reply with the ropo rope lit in tits lua jaws hut but lie sprang into nit tile water and swain sturdily toward cht lie ile stooped find seized the doam foro fore loga legs when lio lie came near and helped beeped jilin hlin scramble out on tile tho ice tile end of ilia ropo rope was safely int in his hill grasp crasp bunin my goodness goodne sill 1 my goodness I 1 I 1 could sing a i hallelujah I 1 declared cheto tits eyes streaming now flow hold oil now flow curlyn carilyn mayl im ilin coln to drag you yen across you liang hang right on to that filed bled oil ill cling to it diet chat declared ilia ho little girl and do take mo ino off tits ills ice quick for I 1 think its floating lait with inc no chet drew on tile tho ropo rope tho ho sled bled moved forward find and plunged with will just juat a 11 little SPIR into tho pool in it a few mcconda lie ho had snaked talo llio led to ile edge of tho lio ICO 1100 on which lie ho stood blood ile iio picked ilia lio sobbing corolyn may off tile tho filed bled find then hen that ill lip too tile little girl was ivas wet below tier her waist ilir 1111 just as aa co old ns its 1 I 1 I can call lie be silo blie chattered 0 uh gil cliett chott take ino ilia plent iol sol tin ft golub 0 to o chattered ilia baill in return lio ile dragged off his fits cout coat now ivring it us its try dry as ho he could and wrapped col it around carolyn alays legs before hoi 1101 4 lier on oil tho the sled thena lio lie seized ilia ropo rope once moro more ant and started toward award tile round bound of the chapell bell began to hark ile iio could not move forward much faster fasti ir than chat lid did but lie ho faced tho wind and began to berk with persistence there Tl iero theres something overl there chat murmured carolyn lenyi alay site sho was nil all but breathless herself ahen through lirosi li roii li uio me wind and storm cattle a n faint hall prince eagerly liln his barking aliet tried to re lily to 0 o tho ilia hall but its ills voice was only a hoarse crink weve got to keep on weve got to ke keen on muttered tho lad ind dragging tile tiled sled slowly tho log dog lind hall disappeared carolyn may was weeping frankly diet chet gorm ley icy was pushing slowly through uio the storm shig sniggering gering tit nt each filep ly aware lit in what direction lio lie was heading beading CHAPTER XIV how to write a sermon stag g heard ta ro dog bark arst or of nil tim tho men with mr stagg blagg having spread out on oil tho ilia ice fee alko a ing party ty now flow closed in ill toward tile thu point front from which sounded alio if dogs barking tho the hardware dealer shout td na fig lio ran pan aiu ili was tile noat ack less of them licin nil all find on occa cattle near fall falang ng suddenly till an object appeared lit in the smother of railing mow hoarsely ilia hie log dos barli TA nguan abalo clr shouted illey prince I 1 prince hero wo jiro ithe 1 alie roon mongrel grel mado for the ato In erchant and tit utmost knocked jilin him over iio flu was mad joy cm cal to us its good doal cried uncle joe anko us 0 o cm I 1 whores carlyn Cn rlyn snow us boyll hoy I 1 lapped mr faco face an and then ran on off through tho ilia fulling falling snow enow barking and nd Ivil ping tile men hurried lifter after him blia twice or thrive ill aliu log dog lifs apa hack back to make suro sure that flint 14 c ivaa ayam fullon fallo wedo cd tian the lite mm men saw something outlined in tile driving undo uncle jool joe I 1 uncle tool joo tho the childs shrill voice readied tile merchant chant there was poor che drig on oil leaning the avind and pulling the bled behind liliu well you silly chun chump itil I 1 gr growl 0 aled cil josoph joseph stagg you giltig ally allaway way I 1 I 1 oil oft uncle joel walled Curo lynt emny lie he 1116 that at jill ill I 1 iles just tile the bravest bo loy and hes nil all wet find cold 1 1 at tile tho conclusion of thirkeel thIR deel poor aliet foil fell to film then slipped quietly forward on hla face 1 I vuin I 1 grunted hardware dealer 1 I 1 guess the toy boy la in all in iut but biml ill till not lose loae ile iio a faint murmur which reached mr ea cure M 1 11 I 1 I lid did thobert tho best I 1 could mr take her right up W to mother shou shell fix C carlyn bay aidt the iho cook 1 I guess you need a bitet aftin up your stielf why see here bere boyr abis chaio b been ee n in tho wa te r an and d bl his 9 clothes clothe is froze i TO fco CB |