Show carolyn caro lyn of the corners BY RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT by ad A company ins CHAPTER continued contin urd IT tio fo I 1 should say any they to not aunty itoko observed with grimness far from it ite its a fact I 1 I 1 littee believed it if ir I 1 anari ada t seen it with my own eyce eyes holding hands in there like a pair of well io de you know what tt it roeane means carolyn may mayl I 1 that nik they love each other the child mill boldly and im so e flad glad for them I 1 so ain am I 1 declared areil the woman still till in n a whisper but it me elins changes hew here wont be ho the for lyng long I 1 know joseph stags stagg for what he le la what la Is he be aunty ithol aked asked chroup may la in some trepidation for the house housekeeper keeler to be much touch moved hee iles a very determined man once begets lie ret bet ret in a way he lie carries everything before him mandy la 12 F I 1 to be madairy nin ma doSIn deIry joseph stagg so q quick ck that astonish her how now you I 1 elleve me carolyn slay may oft I 1 was on too be little girls comment comra ent there it be changes harp very sudden twos campany om pony threes a browd 1 carolyn may billy hover was a truer sayi ln n tb rr two luo want jut just each and nobody else adt carolyn may it vou vo aln your upper supper wod better go up to bed ita its long past your bedtime yes aunty lle itose 11 eald said the little birl girl in muffled voice aunly aunty hose rose did not notice that carolyn may did not venture to the door of thu ali sitting room to bid either uncle jou aoi or miss amanda good night tho the child followed tho the woman with faltering steps and od in IA tho unlighted that had been hannah fagga ohp knelt at aunty knee nee and her petitions ido do blesa bless undo uncle joo joe and miss Ati amnnda tanda now so was a phrase that might have thrilled aunty roso rose at another time nut but sh ehe a uns xe deep in her ber own thou litis hta that what carolan slay may bald pe perfunctorily f ily with her customary most the she left tin tho little cirl girl and went buroni Curol iru slay mir had seen so much excite 1 ginejt 1 ivi during the dv that clio she might vc aten expected to ileen at once ciul lid that soundly eo hut but it wai was not so ethl th little girl lay with wido wide open elex her tier nt at work mark thoe company three a a crowd sin she took that trite saying in which aunty lose had expressed her own fieller fiell nR to herself it uncle J and aks amanda were going to be war tied licy they would not want went any anybody boil ti else tire re Aroun around ill I 1 of course not 1 and nhat hol will become of mer thought charolyn alar 1 a all the emptiness last few mouths siept over the soul of the little child la in a wave that her natural cherf cheerfulness ulness could not mith withstand her iter antho rAgo in the tole 1 of undo uncle joe end and miss amanda was swept away allio aho ot of tho the little child sw welled ellett per eyes over overflowed gawa she sobbed here il to deep the pillow muffling ae sounds more forlorn than ever be tuie fute inco once stia oad had come to tho th sit u ra CHAPTER the journey it waa was certainly n fact that amanda farlov immediately usurped eom sow ta in the household ot the stags she ordered joseph singe stagg not got to go down to hie his tore store that net next da and he did dot not I 1 4 bur could he attend to business tor for nil days thereafter ther catter he ito was too if in I 1 aind i ad lame 1 and hi his bum were too tul 4 clet lo naley came up each day tor for instructions ta nad taa A was exceedingly fuh full ot of business busl nos A mail mati hav a to bo be wy very exacting indeed to avci flo fault with ath the interest the boy WY displayed ia 40 run ling tho the store just its hij bu employed r do ared it to be b ma i 1 tell ou u what it is e obelyn chet in confidence im rut mighty korry try mr it sine stagg int hurt like ho he did hut but jenme tell YOU ou ita just alyin 1 me we luie chance of my life lite I 1 v vly by maw says gir stan and miss mandy ratION 1111 alt married tor for su now fib 1611 y yes csc 1 tho the lattio sirl b vl lis b married well I 1 ell when folk folks git married they ther allu u ott a R trip course thy aua 01 and cufr be b the bust all by myself be treat I 1 air mr stagg ft til reo see jest how math I 1 Ps ib to hire johy why 1 be ibe the maw of imel mel tried cried the optimistic youth I 1 f yen ye carolyn hay may beard heard it ku all adee everybody wax was talking about yde 1 of uncle joe aud miss all A cdx avery ume be taw WT her uncle and her ner pretty lady tog together ethar tha lh r rut taut child could cot not but notice that they were utterly wrapped up la earh other was amanda could cot inot no pat past ewt char in 1 which the siar dware deal devil er wa was 3 enthroned without touching hil hilj lie as 89 bold aa 3 a bey woul azize 1 her hier mod jaud and klas it IL love fl st mighty warm split had caught them up and ad swept them anay anair oat of aut of acir old cad stivel 1 at t atut they bad had eyes only for each ether thoughts thought 3 only for each other lvin a child could see sur of this the absorption of the two mad made aunty rose roses remarks very impressive to corolyn may A week of thie this followed a week lo 10 which the truble in carolyn mays heart and brain seethed until it became unbearable she was aa convinced thai that would soon noon be ali room for her tier in the big house she elie matched aunty hose pack her own trunk and the old indy lady looked very klum glum indeed she heard whispers if ut an immediate marriage here in the house with mr driggs as the officiating clergymen carolyn may stay studied thine out fur herself being a child her lons mons were not always wine ones she felt that she he might be bo a it stumbling block to the tle complete harpin happiness em of uncle joo joe and amanda Ir arlow they might hare have to set aside their own desires because of her she felt vaguely that this must not be 1 I can go home bonie 1 ehe she repeated over lud ad over to herself irme IR II croe me was still in the new york city apartment bouse house where she had ched V happily before that day when her tier father and mother had gone aboard the III fated dunraven Dun raven their complete losa loss out of tho the little gari 1 4 life had never become fixed la in her mind it had oever never s seemed a surety not even after her talks with the sailor hardy friday afternoon the little girt girl went to lie the churchyard hurch yard and made neat the three little grave groves and the long one on the plot which belonged to aunty hose rose kennidy she almost hurst burat into team tears that evening too when she the kissed aunty rose good night at bedtime uncle joo joe was down at the Par lows 1 he lie and mr actually smoked their pipes together in harmony on the cottage porch aunty rose was usually an early riser but tho the farst person up at the corners on that saturday morning man va carolyn may she was dressed a full hour before the household was usually astir she sh came ram downstairs very softly carrying the heavy bag ebe she had brought with her the day had first the drakeman brakeman waa wits nice too and lid brought her water in a paper cup up come to the corner she had bad her purse la in her pocket with all her money la in it and nd she he had la in the big most of her necessary possessions sho she washed her face and hand litin ds her hair nas already nin faily combed embed and neatly braided fron from fro n the pantry ehe she secured croe some brend and butter and with abs tbs 1 in her band hand unlocked the porch door and went out rot got up yawn lne and hook shook himself sho she eat not on the tf pr to eat cat the brend broad end and batter butter dl olt lang sidn it with prince thle ta Is roch nuch a beautiful neey ehe she whispered to the mongrel we ive are solas going to miss it dread fully I 1 kjose hut but taca atell weil have the part only you cant run to c tree free there prince whined carolyn arolyn may get up and hoik ho the crumbs ans from h r lap rhen sho ho the dog and picked p aked up her bay bair prince moos pranced about her glad lad to get his hi morning rual the little girl LITI anti he the dog went oot out of the and started hl hane ng the mid toward sunrise core cove the houses had nil all been colp 1 at the oera 8 90 vae was the act tana ben ehe she trudged by she mould have hava liked to fco mici amanda Arn anila to kt her juet jut jacc bit bhe she must not think of that I 1 it broucht su euch cb a feeling into her throat t nobody saw carolyn stay may and prince until eho she reached uala main street then laen the via sun had arsen and ad a few early carly per tou altia were astir but lobody Ppe speared ared who knew the child or who cared any thing about her at the railroad nill elation station nobody poke to her for the he bought arf no ticket she was wa not exactly clear in her mind tickets anyway she had found the ih conductor on the trail comline jp ip from V tew ew lork york a kind and pleasant pleas act ibin tuan and ah sha decided to do all her bulbs bul ns kith ith him had eho she attempted to luy lur a ticket of the station brent agent undoubtedly bf he would baie have taide some inquiry ulry aj it as when the train come along alonz C carolyn 11 slay may after seeing prince pat put 1 into t the baggage car climbed aboard with the help of a brakeman of course courm it if he howl howls awfully the she told the who gave guve her a check without question 1 I shall have to go la in that car and tilt with him abere I 1 here were not many people in ILI the car they steamed eway away from sunrise cove and carolyn may dabbled her ejea eyes ej ea with her handkerchief and tola herself to be brave the stations eta tlona were mere a long way abart and the conductor did not come through for some time when be he did open the door and come into the car Caroly aMay started up with a gild cry it was the very conductor had been so kind to her on the trip up frum new york the railroad man knew know her at once and shook hands most heartly bear tIly mith ath her tier 1111 here arc yea you going carolyn may I 1 he asked all the way with you sir ehe she replied to ro new yorka yea yes sir air im coins going home again then III see you late be said sald without asking for L irr lr r ticket the conductor remembered the little girl ctrl very well although he did dot not remember all the details of her story ito ie m was as very kind mad to herand her and brought her satisfying niwa about prince la to the baggene bag gue car the brakeman alt nice too and brought her water to drink la a paper cap cup at last the long stretches of streets at nt right tight angles with nith the tho tracks trucks lap reared asphalt it lined with tati apart apartment meat this could be noth ing but new lork city her tier papa hod had told her tier long ago that there was no other city like it in the world she batur one ono Il hundred undred and awen t fifth street and its elevated station tat lon that was not where ehe she had boarded the train going north when mr price had placed her in the conductor conduct oes care but it was nearer her old home that she the know so ehe she told the brakeman eho she wanted to get out them and be b arranged to have prince mace released the tho little girl alighted and got her dog without t misadventure she was wits down on the street level before abb train continued on its journey down town at tho the grand central terminal the conductor cot actor was wits met with a telegram ent sent from froin sunrise cove by a certain frantic hardware denier dealer and that tele frari told him something about carolyn may billy of which he had not thought to ask CHAPTER the home of carolyn may it was some distance from the rail tali road station to the block on which carolyn may cameron had lived all her life until bho she had gone to stay with uncle joo joe stagg the child knew she could not take tho the car tor for the co conductor n would mould not let prince ride she started with the dog on his leash for he lie was not muzzled tho the bag became heavy very soon but she staggered along with it un ansly iter appearance with the bag and the doc dor gave people who noticed her the impression that carolyn may had been away perhaps tor for a fre breth shair air vacation and was now coming home brown and weary to her family hut flut carolyn may knew that he the was coming home to an empty apartment to rooms that echoed with her mother ees voice and in which lingered only memories of her father cheery spirit yet it wea was the oaly only home the felt that was left jett for her she could not blame uncle joe and ules miss amanda for forgetting her aunty ditore had ben been quite distorted too blace since the 0 forest ore fire she had given the little arl rl no hint that provision world be made for hr her future wearily carolyn may traveled travel ed tb roura the et shifting the bag from land to hand prince pacing sedately by her bide aide were getting near home now prin mo cey cy she he told him again and again thus she tried to keep her heart up she came to the corner near which the he had lived so long a and a d prince suddenly sniffed at the screened door of a shop of cc course u ra e poor DOG r I 1 frilow ca to W I 1 the butcher carolyn may mir she bought a penny aft erneen pa per tr on a news stand and then went into the bop lad got a nickel nickels worth of bones and scraps for the dog the clerk did not a ot know 0 W her for he was wa a new nun man TO cro ns |