Show cost AF V kofile BELMORE coment avia my aim CAROLYN LEARNS WHY HER UNCLE AND AMANDA DO NOT SPEAK AS THEY PASS 81 synopsis ifer father and mother reported lost at sea when the dunraven Dun raven on which they had balled sailed for europe was as eunk sunk carolyn hay alay cameron carolyn lg I 1 sent from new york to her bachelor uncle joeeph joseph stare stagg at the colem the reception lou given iron her by her uncle li Is not very enthusiastic carolyn ie Is also chilled by the tern stern demeanor of aunty hose rose uncle joe housekeeper hoase keeper staffs stagg ie Is dismayed when be lie learn from a lawyer friend of hia his brother ln in law that carolyn has been ift p poetically act leally and consigned to bis his caro care as guardias Kuan guar llan CHAPTER IV continued 5 so laid sall the carpenter pushing hie his bs big up to his forehead 1 I read about it too bad too mighty bed bad I 1 I 1 rp remember member hannah stagg he added winking lils lis eyes ejes carolyn stay way thought thouR ht a good deal as prince did you look like her do 17 I 1 carolyn may returned drawing nearer im glad I 1 do and im glad I 1 bleep in what used to be her bed too it decent t seem so jonew 18 8 1 I reckoned be lonesome lonea orae dp up it t ore at the corners comers eald said tho the tor carpenter penter mr stripped another liar ing from the edge of the board hu was plumbing carolyn mays eager eyes followed that curling ribbon and her lips parted the carpenter paused before puh push ing the plane a ccone second timo time tho the length of the bo board dont you want a drink of water little girl I 1 he asked OH yea ym elp I 1 would and I 1 know prince would like a drink she ih told him quickly go io right around to the well in the back yard aid said mr lud find a R slams lass there flod and mandy keeps a pan n on 00 the well curb for the dogs and caw thank you III go the little girl aid sald she hoped she would see misa miss amanda but ahe the saw no nobody boly she went back to the door of the carpenter hop shop and found mr tu busily at work stems to me mo he said in his dry voice after a little atile you arent much like other little eirl arent ir I 1 responded carolyn may wonderingly no moet most little girls 1 that come here want shavings to play with said the car carpenter quizzically eying her over hla his work oh I 1 cried carolyn may almost lumping jumping and do you gite give era em to moet most alway always admitted mr oh I 1 can I 1 bays somer the gasped all yon you want aid said mr when tims old hack back crawled nione the road from town with aunty hose rose aftung inside enthroned amidst a multitude of bundles carolyn may aa as bedecked with a wie wig oc of long ion cariap 1 curl curls yell child yon you certa certainly Lily have nude made a iness of yourself youn elf ald said the house ko kpor pr atas the she been annoying you Parl parlour owl the only stagg that aint ain t an noyed me since her mother went away 1 eald said the carpenter aunty rose looked at t ulm mal levelly 1 I wonder 1 ibe she rold but dul you see ithe ie lant wholly a stage stagg this of it course did not explain matter matteis to carolyn may in the bast nor dl di I 1 what aunty hose rose said to her on the ay sy home in the hot stuffy hack back help the little titue cirl girl to understand the trouble between ber her anelo and mr better not let joseph stage stagg see you so 0 o friendly with Jedi jedidiah dish let sleeping ggs a lie MM mrs kennedy ob arted CHAPTER vo V A tragic situation such wan was the introduction of aaro oaro in hay stay to the comers it was not a iery cry exciting life abe he had entered into but be the follow following fol loning IDS two or three weeks were very full aunty hose rose lunsted upon her being properly fitted out with clothing for the summer and antl fall 41 arolyn 1 may had bad to go to the dressmakers es house to be t afteel ajl a i I 1 that is how bow she he be came acquainted with alth chet Gon nley mother mra mrs cormley gormley wa was helping liel ping the dressmaker and they both made much rauch of carols caroln n ury aunty ithee al loveil her to go for her bitting alo neof course courso with as a companion so alth woot wout doubt sim gormley ho toyed 11 a dish 1 of calp talked more freely with the little girl than she he would bavo have done la in sire kennedys prep preface nee ona aftem afternoon oon tho the little etl girl up reared reared at thu the dressmakers drem makers with prince i collar decorated with mith short curly nry 1 I take it youre at jed lows alivn child gall mra SIM cormley with it ath sigh im ie md ain returned carolyn may way I 1 do you know hes very ll bral Ll brair alt repeater repeated mrs gormley 1 I never heard of old jed bein bew accused of that before did you mrs mm matter mrs maine was the dressmaker and ehe she bit oft off her words when she bo spoke much ae as eho she bit off her threads no I 1 never heard jed called that nol no 1 declared mr maine emphatically why yes little carolyn may eald said quite eagerly tie he gives me all the I 1 want 1 I 1 I guess folks dont just understand about mr the phe added remembering what her uncle had first fret eald said about the car penter he lie Is real ll Il bral ite its a wonder onder to me drawled mrs gormley Oon nley that he has las a thing to do with a certain party mr mrs maine con derin el how his daughter feels toward that certain relation what ayou thiner think 1 I guess to be saldon sald eald on both side sides 0 0 that controversy responded the dressmaker Me mcanin anin that febbe a certain par tys relative rela tire feels just as cross croas as handy mandy Parl Parlo owl wt suggested sted mrs gonn ley yep agreed the other woman carolyn may bray listened much puzzled she wondered just who a certain party could be mrs main was railed called away upon some household tark and mr mrs gorm 1 I reckoned yord bo be lonesome Lo neom up there at the corners said the car penter ley seemed to chat the subject of conversation conTen atlon dont your uncle mr air stagg ever speak to you about mandy Parl owl she asked the little girl carolyn may had to think about this before answering then she N remembered mem oh yes she bald said brightly lie ila boesl do tell I 1 exclaimed mrs gormley roley eagerly eai erly what does he be say why he h say bays her name la Is ML amanda mrs alm gormley flashed flushed rather oddly and glanced at the child with suspicion but little carolyn may stay was perfectly frank and ingenuous I 1 chefs chets mother lie ile never says nothing about bein la in lore jote with llody dews does he be they was coin with each tach once the little girl ctrl looked when folk folks love 1 each other they look at each other and talk to each othe dont they the baked asked well yet generally admitted lire mrs gormley Oo roiley then my undo uncle joe and miss amanda arent in love 1 announced carolyn may with confidence tor for ury dont even look at each other they rhey used to ai hy by joseph stagg and mandy wu was sweethearts years and rind years yeam A abol 01 ol long ung before your mother left theeo part parts child that waa was a tong long time fore ore I 1 wag ivas amed aid said the little gitl girl wonder angly oh yes everybody thet went to tho the fornera nera ners church thought be married sly undo uncle joe and miss 1 mandy yes then what whitt would have become of aunty queried carolyn may oh mrs kennedy haan hadn badat t ame to kep houie house for sir stagg theu rc re plied mrs gormley ue 1110 tried crul llo critters there at the stagg stairs piece place before ehe she took bold carolyn may looked at mr borm ley encouragingly she waa was very much interested in uncle joe and MW amanda Par lows love 1 affair why they get married like my papa and mammal mamma she he asked oh goodness knows knowal exclaimed mrs gormley Oon nley some says his hi fault and some says hern hem and mebben twos a third that I 1 might mention at that added mr mrs gormley pursing up her lips in a very knowing way one day the she sold growing conn dentist dent lal lt it wa was in camp meeting ume time one day somebody seen joe stags stagg darivin out lib ith another girl Char lotto lotte lenny that was she wae was maz ma ried to a man over in springdale long ion ago mr state stagg took charlotte to faitt camp meeting then them the very next week mandy went with evan o 0 peckham to a b barn do dance at crocketts Croc kelts and nobody eil aint ever peen your uncle and mandy speak since much less ever walk together one particularly muddy day prince met the returning har hardware dare merchant at the rite with vociferous barbino and a plain desire to implant a web wet coming tongue on the mans check ire succeeded in mild muddying dying mr air stage stagg a nit suit with bis his front paw and almost cast the angry man foil full length into a mud puddle drat the beast ejaculated mr stagg td rd rather have an epileptic fit at loose around here than him now look at these bloesl I 1 declare car lyn irn youre youve jest rot got to tie Us that mongrel up and keep him dell all tho the time uncle joer joe whispered he the little eirl girl yes enam all the time timet I 1 it if find wd him loose again ill III tie a bag beg of rocks to his neck and drop him in the deep cst est hole in the brook after this awful threat prince lived a precarious existence and his mistress was much worried for him aunty hose rose aid said nothing but she saw bow that both thi tho little girl and her canine friend were very unhappy mra mrs kennedy however had watched mr joseph stagg fir years la in deed the she had known him as a boy long before ehe she had closed up her own little cottage around on the other road and come to the stage stagg pinco place to cave the hardware merchant from the continued reign of those trifling crea turea of whom mra urs gormley had spoken As a bachelor joseph stagg had been preyed upon by certain female harpies so prevalent la in a country community some had families millee fa whom they partly supported out of mr sir stages larder some boma were widow widows who looked upon the well todo to do merchant as a a marrying aunty rose rose kennedy did not deed need the position of mr starts states baui housekeeper dekeep and could not be bo accused of assum ins in it from mere enar motives over her back fence ehe she had bad seen been the havoc going on in the stagg homestead after hannah stagg went to the city an ana joseph stagg a final female relative had died and att him alone allon la to the big house one day the old quaker like ilke woman could stand no more she be put on her cane come around by the road to the front joor door if the stagg start house which ehe she found open and walked through to the th rear porch on which tha the woman who then held the situation of housekeeper was up the best feather bed mad pillows la in a pair of the best homespun hone a spun preparatory to their the neighbor neighbors enjoyed what foll followed ewed aunty rose came through the ordeal as dignified and unruffled as ever the retiring incumbent went away wrathfully shaking the dust of the premises from her garments as a t against any etch actions when mr stagg came cam home at aup per time he found aunty hose rome at the helm and already a different air about the place nood goodness nesa me aunty hose rosel he arald biting tito into her biscuit ravenous ly 1 I WK a going down d wn to the th mill hands hand hotel to board I 1 stand island it no longer if stay her and do for me id rd feel f like a new man you foucht to be made over into a new roan man joseph stagg the worn woman ea sa I 1 sternly A married man mw no not no I 1 never that gasped the hardware dealer if I 1 came here joseph stagg start it W would cost you more money than youve been peiying these theme noC account co count women 1 I dont care raid paid mr stagg recklessly go ahead do what yon YOU please say abat you want ani gamer game thereby he had apt p himself into aunty roses equer she a il I 1 renovated the old kitchen and borai of the other rooms if mr stag at first trembled for his bank balance he wits wa made BO so that he had not the heart to murmur of course carolyn may mil let prince run ran at large when hen she WM sure uncle joe was well out of right tight of the house but she was very careful to chain bid him up again long before her uncle was expected to return prince had learned not to charo chase ani thing that wore feathera feathers aunty rose herself had to admit that ha be was a very intelligent dog atud nd knew know wont what punishment waa wei for but how did h know that in trying to dig out a molo mole he be would be doing wore barm than thin rood I 1 carolyn Is heartbroken and decides upon drastic action when uncle joe jo paia pastes cn tence on prince read about it in the next installment cro OB DE CONTINUED CONTINUE |