Show ofle or ners byk DMORE T we A 1 PRINCE PROVES HIMSELF A REAL CANINE HERO AND wit WINS I 1 APPROVAL OF 0 F THE CORNERS synopsis Byn opsIe iler iier father anti mother reported lost tit nt sea who when 11 tile the Dun dunraven raven on oil which they ind failed bulled for europe was sunk bunk carolyn may cameron Hanni carlyn ts Is sent from new york to her bach elor dor uncle joseph stagg stage tit nt the corners codnere Cor nere tho the reception given her by her undo uncle Is not very enthusiastic carolyn la Is also diffley by the stern demeanor ot of aunty aulty itose hose uncle joes joo housekeeper stags stagg Is 14 dismayed when ho he learns from it n lawyer friend of hits brother ln in law y that carolyn lina has been left practically pent penniless and consig consignor nod to his caro care as guardian Oki arolyn rolyn learns of the he estrangement between her undo uncle and his onetime one time sweetheart amanda Il arlow and the ilia cause of the bitterness between uio the two families CHAPTER VI continued f 7 aunty aulty rose remal remained ned tit of austero no na ever while joseph stagg was quite us its much immersed in business no aa formerly yet there were times when she bho and tho ilia child were alone that hut mrs airs kennedy unbent in a greater or less degree and on tile part of joseph stagg lie found himself thinking of sunny blue eyed carlyn Carly ix with increasing frequency I 1 you ever have any little girls aunty aulty rose carolyn may asked tho the housekeeper on one of these in occasions or little boys I 1 dionn of your very own yes said aunty aulty itoko in it matter of fact tone three nut but only to have them in my arms for a very little while I eccli nali died soon after coming to nie me thero there was vas something quite wrong with them all so BO the doctors doctora paid faid oil oft my dearl dear all of them sighed carolyn may two girls and a boy only one lived to be three months old they tire lira till nil burled behind the church yonder tho the next rooming morning early coralyn may with prince went over into tho the round found the three little stones in a row she know knew they must bo be tho the right ones for there was a big ger stone with the ilia inscription frank kennedy beloved spouse of rose hose kennedy upon it the names on the three little stones were meline frank rank Ii jr and clarissa weeds and tall grass brass had b begun t to sprout about the little lozenge shaped bronea and about the taller one she bho was thus engaged a tall mon man in hi black Mack looking anther weedy himself it 11 tho the truth were told camo across tho graveyard annl stood blood beside her ile HB wore a broad band of crepe around his lint hat and on oil ills his arm and was very grave and serious looking who anro you little girl ho he asked his voice being quite agreeable and his bis tone im carlyn way may it if you yon please pl easel site sho replied looking up fit at him frankly carlyn Cn rlyn may stagg he asked youre mr stages little girl live ivo heard of you Rn rlyn may cameron Cam cron sho she correct ed cd seriously im only staying with undo Uncle joe Jue ho Is iny guardian and ho he lind to take me of course when my papa and mamma were lost nt at sen aca indeed returned the gei gentleman at leman po do you know who I 1 am 1 il I I 1 think suld eald carolyn slay diny doubtfully that you vi most abst bo be tho the undertaker der taker for a moment tho the gentleman looked startled then lie he flushed a little but his eyes twinkled the undertaker lie he mur inured rd do I 1 look like excuse me sir said carolyn may 1 I dont really know you you know youre not the undertaker no I 1 am not though our undertaker mr la Is at very ve ry good man mam yes yea sir air said tho the little girl PO ettely 1 I on tho the pastor hero here your pastor I 1 hope ho he said putting a kind hand band upon beer head oil I 1 know you now I 1 said caro lyn may brightly youre tile the man uncle joo joe says Is going to get it stran glo gle liola bold on satan pow now that vacation Is wen HOY atey afton driggs looked odd ng ngali an the shocking frankness of tho the child came ano pretty near to flooring h him I 1 in 41 3 allem I 1 bour your uncle compliments me he bo said you dont know flint ho he Is ready to do his share do y you on III nis s sharol share repented repeated tho the puzzled little airl toward strangling the ei evil vil ons one pursued the minister n wry euille curling the 0 ills his lips bo be got A a share la in it it toot too cakan carolyn M kiy ay 1 I think we all should hate said tho the looking down at tier her with kindliness in his glance idres little girls uko like you may looked nt at ahu quite ee be flo ukly 1 do I you ton depose 11 she asked him con aint satan Is really anil acea A bough nough to little gIrls it 11 vms it nt llna altot new go phy thus suggested and mr driggs shook ills his liend head in grave doubt but it gave him something to think of all that lay day olid and tile tho first sermon preached in the corners church that autumn rather different from most ot of thosa solid indigestible discourses discoursed that tho the good man vas wont to drone out to Ms ilia dunno but it Is worth while to alyo the person parson a vacation pronounced undo uncle joe at the ho dinner table seems to nio me ids his sermon this morning to have a new snap to q it klebbe hell give old satan a harn hard rub this winter inter i after nil all joseph said cuilty aunty juse 1 I think lies hes a very nice ninn man carolyn may suddenly and I 1 kep awoke most of tho the time you see I 1 heard poor howling for me here where lie ho was tied tp 1 illum hum I 1 ejaculated mr stagg stage which kept you awake the dog or the minister oh I 1 like air driggs very much 10 tho the little girl assured hini him and hoa hes in great too I 1 iam am sure lie III he wears crepe on his hat and sleeve huh so he be does grunted mr stagg ho iles most always away in mourning for somebody or something do you ii pose uncle joe that he looks up lip enough it does just seem tomo tome as though poor mr driggs must always be looking down instead of looking up to see co the he sunshine and the blue sky ant and and the mountains like my papa said you yon should undo uncle joo joe was waa silent aunty aulty rose hose said very briskly tor for her and your para papa was right carlyn may ile iio was at a very sensible man I 1 havo have tio doubt oh he bo was quete a man I 1 11 satu said the gerv with full assurance it was waa on tho following morning that school opened the tha corns corners district school waw a rod red building with A squatty bell tower and two front doors standing not far up cp the th road beyond the church miss lester taught the school and although hiis minnie looked very through her glasses claase at one carolyn may thought she was going to lovo love the teacher very much indeed that was carolyn mays hays attitude toward almost everybody whom she met sho she expected to lote and to bo be loved was vl as it any wonder she made so many friends there proved however at the start to be A little difficulty with miss minnie minnic prince would not remain at homo home lie ile howled and whined for the first halt of 0 monday mornings session as 83 aunty aulty itose hose confessed almost driving h her er mad then lie h slipped his collar ind nd tore tora away on carolyn ways mays cold trail into the school marched arched in the dog having drawn the staple with which his chava chala had been fastened to tho the bole of the treo tree in mr back ya yard rd miss minnie wits was both alarmed and angry somo some of the little girls shrieked and wept when prince prenco pranced over to tn carolyn mays seat I 1 if you do pot shut that awful dog up lip so that he cannot follow you here carolyn may I 1 shall speak to your uncle mr stagg about it ugh the ugly beast I 1 talce take him away at once I 1 so carolyn mays schooldays school days at tho the corners cornera did not begin very happily after till sho she had baa always loved and been loved by every teacher she alia had over ever hail had before but miss seemed BC emed prejudiced against her because 0 f princen the little girt girl felt badly about this but she wan of too cheerful 1 t tempo tempe a ment to droop for long fundor tho the pressure af pf p any trouble the other children liked I 1 c r find carolyn may alay found faund of playmates it was ivas on tho the lost last I 1 winy in the month that something happened which quite changed miss minnies attitude towards that mongrel incidentally the corners as aa a community AN was anas as fully awakened from tta its let lethargy hatgy tind its as it chanced like tho the sleeping beauty and nil all tier her retinue by a prince the school session on oil friday utter after noona was always shortened this day mr of trustees camo came to review tho the school grov aej befaro lift ho left to pay miss hof hillary for the month caitlyn may had permission from sat W anity itose boso to go calling that after noon freda payne whom she ehe liked very cinch lived up the road beyond the and she aho had bad invited the little city girl to como come to eo eo her of f course prince had to bo be included la in the invitation freda fully under stood that and carolyn may took him on his leash they saw raw miss Al Intile nt at her desk when they went past the schoolhouse she was correcting written exercises carolyn may y secretly hoped that tier her own was much better than she feared it was not fur far beyond tho the prince began to growl and tho the hairs stiffened on his neck I whatever Is tile the matter with ith you princel prince 1 demanded carolyn may alay in a moment she saw the cause or of tho the dogs continued agitation A roughly dressed ninn sat cat beside tho the road eating a lunch out of a newspaper ue he leered at car carolyn lyn may blay and said 1 1 I guess you got a bad dog there willi aint ye little girl oh lob no I 1 lies beally tory polite answered carolyn may you roust must bo be still prince I 1 you see bee she explained ho he like folks folka to wear old clothes if if you ind on your sunday bunday suit im quito sure euro he bo would noi not fowl growl at you 4 ile hey said the iho man mal hoarsely licking his bis fingers fengers of the last as i crumbs of his lunch an suppose a foller feller aint got no sunday sultry suit why then I 1 spose prince ever let you come into our yard 14 11 he was loose dont let him bilm loose now little karl t said the tha fellow getting up but riedl I 1 and eyeing tho the angry dog askance oh no sir air were going visiting up the tha road corao come away dwity prince 1 wont let him touch you 11 she the roan man tit tho lattal seemed rather doubtful of iter her ability to hold the ilia dog long end lie ho hobbled away towards the school house carolyn may had a very p pleasant call fredas mother even app approved oj 0 prince and it was tin an hour houe before tho the two started for home in sight of tha school house housa prince gave again of excitement 1 I wonder what Is the matter with YOU jm now carolyn may began ahel when sho she sighted what had evl ert dently so 0 disturbed the dog A man was crouching under ono one ot of tny schoolhouse windows bobbing up now and then tol toi peer in it was the ninni whom nhom they dad previously seen the road ITi reh prince I 1 whispered lettla carolyn way may holding the dog by tha collan she tw too could sea scot through tho the open odow miss minute was mis still at her had finished correcting tho the pupils papers now ane had bod her bag open nud and was coun counting dul the money mr brady had given her hek O o ohr carolyn may digging dinging to tho the eager daff collar the man mam at the window suddenly left hla position and slipped around to tho the door en dm a appeared in the school hom before the startled teacher the roan man with a rough threat darted forward to seize herr hen purse just jast them carolyn may capped tho the leash from princes eal and lk let him go savo save elb 31 minnie funte friem iv sho she cried after we charging chargingdog dor prince prenco did not tt about tho the door tho the open window through which the licup had spied upon the was marer no he went up the walli and scrambled oyer over the tha sill with a determination that left no doubet whatever in im tu th tramps mind with a belh of terror the fellow bounded outi of tho the door ami tore along the roaul and through tho the corners nt at it ft speed never before equaled lo in that locality by n knight ot of the road prince lost a III fie time in rec recovering his footing and again getting on the trail of tile tho fleeing trampe but ho he was soon baying the fellow pas past tho the blacksmith shop nud tho the store the incident tailed ailed the entire population of the comers ravo fare tho the bedridden to the tha windows and doors vot for once the little soran somnolent alent village awoke continues to prove that he Is alvery important character in ahlo story stary tho the next installment tells how ho hib Is concerned in n another that may bo be heard acardi bvm later dont miss this tto DH CONTINUED |