Show DY e urn V BELMORE 1 1910 l 10 Y I DODD TODD MEAD i AND COMPANY CAROLYN AND PRINCE HAVE ANOTHER ADVENTURE WHICH BRINGS THEM NEW LAURELS Synopsis Her Her father and mother reported lost at sea sen when the Darn area on which UlC they had lead sailed for Europe was was sunk sunk Carolyn May Cameron Cameron Hunnas Banna's Bannas Carlyn Carlyn Is sent from New York to her bachelor bachelor bachelor bach bach- elor uncle Joseph Stagg at the Corners The reception given her by her uncle Is not very enthusiastic Carolyn Is also chilled by the stern demeanor of Aunty Rose Uncle Joes Joe's housekeeper Stagg Stag Is dismayed when he lie learns from a lawyer friend of his law in that Carolyn has been left practically penniless and consigned ned to his care CIre as guardian Carolyn learns of the estrangement ement between her hel uncle and his time one-time sweetheart Amanda Pa low and the cause of the bitterness between the two families Prince the mongrel dog clog that Carolyn brought with her and the boon companion of the lonesome girl Is In disfavor with Uncle Joe who threatens to dispose of him but Prince becomes a hero and wins the approval of the Corners by routing a tramp In the act of robbing the schoolteacher r. r The following Sunday while Carolyn and her uncle accompanied by Prince are taking a walk in the woods they encounter Amanda PrInce kills a snake about to strike Amanda and Stagg Stag and und Amanda speak to each other for the first time In years Carolyn Is dismayed when f she he learns from Chet Gormley her uncles uncle's clerk that she was left practically penniless and Is a n charity orphan CHAPTER VIM VIII Continued 10 10 So you rou see added the child I a am charity Im I'm not like like Ilke other girls that's got papas and mammas Course I that before but it didn't seem seem seem-seem seem so hard as it does now she confessed with a sob My dear dearl 1 my dear I 1 cried Miss Amanda dropping on her knees beside the little girl dont talk so sol 1 I know v your uncle must love lo you yo Oh Miss Mandy Maudy gasped Carolyn May Mar dont you ou spose he loves other folks too You know know folks folks hed he'd begun begun begun be be- gun un to love ever so long ago The Tle womans woman's smooth cheeks burned suddenly and she stood up Im most sure hed he'd never stop slop lovIng loving lov lov- ing lag a R person If hed he'd once begun to love loye em em said Carolyn May with a n high opinion of the faithfulness of Uncle Joes Joe's character Do you Do you ou want to know if your Uncle Joe loves you ou 1 she asked Carolyn May lIay at last Do you Oh I do I 1 cried the little girl Thou Theu ask him advised Miss Amanda Aranda the only way to do with Joe Stagg if it you want to get at the truth Out with It square and ask him I 1 will 1 do It it Carolyn May said se se- After the child had gone the woman went back bac Into the little cottage and I her maintenance did not wear the farewell farewell fare fare- well smile that Carolyn May had looked back to see Gee Gripping at her heart was the old pain she he had suffered years before and md the conflict that had seared her mind so 1011 long ago was roused again Oh J Joe Joel oe I Oh J Joe oe How could you she moaned rocking herself to and fro How could you That very very night the first snow flurry of the season drove droye against ag the west window paces panes of the big kitchen at nt the Stagg homestead It was at nt supper time I 1 declare fort fortt said Mr Stagg I Iguess 1 guess winters winter's onto us Aunty Rose nose This snow did not amount to much It was little more than a hoar frost as Mr Stagg said This might be however however however how how- ever the last chance for a Sunday walk In the woods for some time and wad Ca Carolyn olIn May did not propose to miss It On this day she earnestly desired t to get him off otI by himself for her heart was filled with a n great purpose She Sie felt that they must come to an understanding On tl this s particular r occasion Uncle Joe sat down upon the log by the brook where Miss Amanda had once sat Carolyn May stood before him Am I just rust charity a-charity a orphan Didn't my papa leave any money tall a-tall forme forme for forme me Did you take me just out of or charity Bless me I gasped the hardware dealer I I 1 I wish you'd answer me Uncle Joe Joe Joe- went on Carolyn May with a brave effort to keep from crying Joseph Stagg was too blunt a person person person per per- son to see his way way vay to dodging the question Hum I 1 Well Ill I'll tell you Carlyn May There isn't much left and that's a fact It isn't your fathers father's fault He thought there was plenty But a business busi bosi- ness nes he invested In is got into b bad d hands and the little nest egg hed he'd laid up for his family was lost Then Then theu then I am just charity And sos Prince P nce whispered Carolyn Carplyn MayI May I 1 s I we co could ld go go to the poorhouse poorhouse poor- poor house Prince and me i but they mayn't like dogs thel there thero Youre You're real nice tome tome to tome me Uncle Joe but hut Prince and me me- me we re really l y are a n nuisance to you The man man stared at her for a momen moment t In silence but the flush that dyed h his is cheeks was was' wasa was a flush of ot shame sham e Dont bont you like It any more here her herewith e with I l Aunty Rose nose and and and-and and me h he e Oh ye yea e t o Only Only Only-only o only 01 y Uncle Joe I want to LO stay it If were we're a nuisance Prince ana ano me I dont don't want to stay it if r fou u dont don't love live me 0 Ai i Joseph Stagg had become quite ex ex- cited Bless me I he finally cried once more How do you ou know I dont don't love you ou Carolyn May Why why why But Uncle Joe how bow do I know you rou do love me demanded the little girl You never told me so I 1 IThe The startled man sank uP upon upon n the log again Well Vell maybe that's so he be mur mur- I I spose it isn't my way to be bevery very very verJ very But listen here Carlyn May Yes sir I aint likely to tell you rou very frequently frequently fre fre- how much I I-I I I think of you Ahem I 1 But you'd roud better stop worrying about such things as money and the like What Ive I've got comes pretty near belonging to you Any Anyway unless I have to go to the poorhouse myself I reckon you needn't worry about going and he coughed again dryly As far as loving you you you- Well Til rn admit under cross cross- examination cross that Ilove I Iloe Ilove love lo you you Dear Uncle Joe Joel she sighed I dont don't mind I If I am charity If you love me it takes all nIl the sting out And Ill I'll help to make you happy too I 1 CHAPTER IX A Find in the Drifts Before the week was over winter had come ta to Sunrise Cove and The Corners Corners In earnest Snow Snow- fell and drifted until there was scarcely anything any thing to be seen one morning when Carolyn May awoke and looked out of her bedroom windows but a n white fleecy mantle This was more snow than the little girl had ever seen In New York She came down to breakfast very much ex ex- cited Uncle Joe had shoveled oft off the porch and steps and Prince had beaten his own dooryard In the snow In front of his house For he had a n house of his own now now now-a a roomy warm one one built built by Mr It must be confessed that although Uncle Joe paid for foe the building of his doghouse It never would have been built by Jedidiah had It not not been for Carolyn May At noon Uncle Joe came home drag drag- dragging dragging ging a sled sled sled-a a big roomy one glistenIng glisten glisten- Ing ng with red paint Just the nicest sled Carolyn May had ever seen andone and andone andone one of the best the hardware dealer carried In stock Oh my that's lovely breathed the little girl in awed delight ever so much better than any sled I ever had before And Prince could draw me on it I If I only had a n harness for him He used to drag me In the park Of course if he saw a n cat I had to get off orr and hold him Mr Stagg once started upon the path of good deeds seemed to like it At night he brought home certain straps and rivets and In the kitchen much to Aunty Roses Rose's amazement he fitted Prince to a n harness which the next day Carolyn May used on the dog and Prince drew her ber very nicely along the beaten paths By Saturday the roads were In splendid splendid did condition for sleighing So Carolyn May Muy went sledding Out of sight of the houses grouped at The Corners the road to town seemed as lonely as though it were a n veritable wilderness Here and there thero the drifts had piled plied six feet deep for forthe forthe forthe the wind had a free sweep across the tho barrens Now theres there's somebody coming said Carolyn May seeing a n moving object object ob ahead between the clouds of driftIng drifting drift- drift In Ing snow spray spray Is It a sleigh Princey or Just a n man I She lost sight of ot the object then sighted ted Jt St again It must be ben be a man It It cant can't be abear a n bear Princey The strange object had disappeared again It was just at nt the tiro place where the spring spouted out of the rocky hillside I and trickled across the road rondo There hr w 1 was mis a n sort of natural watering trough hero here In the rock the horses stopped to drink The dog drew the I i little girl closer to the spot Where has that man gone to I If It was a n man Prince stopped suddenly mid and whined and then looked around at his mistress as though to say See there l I Carolyn May tumbled off oft the sled In a n hurry flurry When she did so she she- slipped sUpped on a n patch of snow-covered snow ico leo and fell But she sho was not hurt There 1 that's where the water runs across the road Its It's all ull slippery sUpper Oh Ohl It was the tho sleeve of a mans man's rough coat cont thrust out of the snowbank that brought this UlIs last cry to the Ule childs child's lips Ups Oh oh ob I Its It's a n man I 1 burst from Carolyn Mays May's trembling lips How cold he must be She plumped down on her knees and began brushing the snow away She uncovered his bis shoulder She took hold of this with her hands bunds and tried to shake shalee the prone figure Oh do wake up I Please wake up I she cried digging away the snow ai to fast as ns p possible A A. shaggy head bend was revealed with an anold anold anold old cap pulled down tightly over tho the ears The man moved again and grunted grunted grunt grunt- ed something He half halt turned over and there was blood upon the snow and a great frosted cake of It on the side of his face Carol Carolyn n May was dreadfully fright frIght- ened The mans' mans head was cut and the blood was smeared over the front of his jacket Now she could see a n puddle puddle puddle pud pud- dle of It right where he had fallen on the Ice just Ice just as she had lead fallen herself Only he had struck his head bead on a n rock rick and cut himself You poor thing I 1 murmured Carolyn Carolyn Caro Caro- lyn May Oh you mustn't lie here 1 You must get up I 1 You'll You'll-you'll You'll you'll be frozen I Easy mate muttered the manI manI mattI man matt I aint jest right In my top hamper I reckon Hold hard matey He tried to get up He Be rose to his knees but pitched forward again Carolyn May was not afraid of him Irin now now only only troubled I Ill take you to Miss Amandas Amanda's r cried the little girl pulling at his coat I again a nurse and shell she'll know just what to do for you Come PrInce and I will take you Then she guided the Ule half blinded man to the sled on which he managed to drop himself Prince pulled and Carolyn May pulled pull ed and together they got the sled with iW r- r t. t R J r rI wy r I yz 11 t t 1 r I If You Love Me It Takes All the Sting Out the old sailor upon It to the carpenter shop i Mr slid sUd back the front door of his shop to stare In hi wonder at nt the tho group For the great land of 1 I he croaked Carlyn May l 1 what you got there Oh Mr do come and help us us quick quick I gasped the little girl My friend h has s lead had a n dreadful bad fall Your friend repeated repented the carpenter carpen carpen- ter I declare Its It's that tramp that went by here just now 1 Mr made a n clucking noise In his throat thront when he saw the blood Guess youre you're right Carlyn May he admitted Call CaU Man Mangy y She must see this Miss Amandas Amanda's attention had already been attracted to the strange arrival She ran out and helped her father raise tho the Injured man from the sled Together Together Together To To- gether they led him Into the cottage He was not at nt all a looking bad-looking man man although his clothing was rough and coarse Miss Amanda brought warm water and and the wound removing tho the congealed blood from his face and neck When the last bandage was adjusted and the Injured mans man's eyes were closed doseO Mr offered him a wine glass glass of a n made home-made cordial The sailor gulped It down and the color began to return to his cheeks Where was you ou goin anyway demanded demanded de do the carpenter I for a Job mate said the sailor Theres them In town that tells me Id I'd find work at nt Adams' Adams camp Ha didn't tell you ten mile away from here did they Miss Amanda gets some surprising surprising sur sur- Information from the old sailor and she In turn gives Joseph Stagg a shock Read about how it happened In the next installment TO BE CONTINUED |