Show I Corners OrnerS BY- BY I EHE ENDICOTT Isis Br 1 S 1 10 BV y f DODD ME Eo COMPANY 4 I I CHAPTER XIV XIV Continued 14 14 Pick him up and pu put him on the sled here boys Mr Stagg said gald Ill carry Hannahs Hannah's Carlyn myself The party Including the excited Prince got back to the docks without losing any time and without further accident Still SUll the chapel bell was ringing and somebody said Wed have ha been up a stump for knowing the direction If It hadn't been for that belt bell lie Me too muttered Chet Gormley what kep me goin folks folks folks- the chapel bell It Just seemed to be me home Joseph Stagg carried his niece up to Mrs 1 Gormley's little house while one of the men helped Chet along to the s same same me destination The seamstress met them Ulem at the door wildly excited And what do you think she cried They took Mandy home in Tims Tim's hack She was just done up they t tell ll me that chapel bell Did you ever hear of such a silly critter crit crit- I ter just ter-just just because she couldn't find the sexton ton I 1 Hum you and I both seem to be mistaken about what constitutes silliness silliness ness Mrs Gormley grumbled the hardware dealer I 1 was for calling your Chet silly till I 1 learned what hed he'd done Ax AJ tl you'd better not call Miss buss Mandy silly The sound of the chapel bell gave us all our be bearings Both of ot em Chet and Miss Mandy dJ did their best Carolyn May was taken home In Tims Tim's hack too To her surprise Tim was ordered to stop at the house and go In to ask how Miss Amanda was By this time the story of her hulling of th the the chapel bell rope was all over Sunrise Cove e and the hack driver was was naturally as ns curious as ns nl bo anybody So he willingly went Into the cottage cottage cottage cot cot- tage bringing back word that she was resting comfortably Doctor Nugent having Just left herAn her An she's one brave gal declared Tim Pitcher of George Washington I that bell rope aln aInt no baby's Job Carolyn May did not altogether alto understand understand understand un un- un- un what Miss Amanda had done but she was greatly pleased that Uncle Joe had so plainly displayed his interest in the carpenters carpenter's daughter The next morning Carolyn May seemed to be be beIn In good condition Indeed Indeed Indeed In In- deed she was the only individual vitally vitally vitally vi vi- tally interested in the ad adventure who did not pay for tor the exposure Even Prince had barked his legs being hauled out on the ice Uncle Joe had caught a bad cold in his head and suffered suffered suf suf- from it for tor some BOme time Miss Amanda remained in bed for several days But it was po poor r Chet Gormley who paid the dearest price for parn participation participation par par- In the exciting Incident Doctor Doctor Doc Doe tor Nugent had hard work fighting off pneumonia Mr Stagg surprised himself by the interest he took In Chet He closed Ms his store twice each day to call at atthe atthe atthe the Widow Gormley's house bouse I Mr Stagg found himself talking with Chet more than he ever had before The bo boy was lonely and the man found a spark of interest In his heart for him that he had never previously ered Ho He began to probe into his young employees employee's thoughts to learn something of ot his outlook on life perhaps per per- Zaps laps even he got some Inkling of ot Chefs Chets ambition That week the ice went entirely out of the cove e Spring was at hand with its muddy roads blue skies sweeter airs soft sort rains and a general revivifying re feeling Aunty Rose declared that Carolyn Carolyn- May began at nt once to perk up Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps Imps the cold long winter had been hard bard for the child to bear One day the little girl had bad a more than ordinarily hard school hool task to perform Everything did not come easy to Carolyn May by any manner of ot means as Aunty Rose would have said Composition writing was her bane and Miss Minnie had instructed Carolyn Mays May's class class- to bring in a written written writ writ- ten exercise the next morning The little girl wandered over oyer to the tho churchard churchyard church church- yard ard and with her slate and pencil pencil and and Prince of ot course to course to try to achieve the composition The Tho windows of the ministers minister's study overlooked this spot and he was sit sit- ng at nt his desk while Carolyn May Mar was laboriously writing the words on her slate having learned to use a Ine which she ehe expected later to into her composition book The atie Rev Afton Alton Driggs watched her puzzled face race and laboring fl fi igers for forO forBom Bom O before calling out of ol pis window to her Several sheets o ot of s sermon paper lay Iny before him on the desk and perhaps be was having almost nl al al- most as ns hard a time putting on the paper what he desired to say as ns Car Car- iolyn May was having with her writ writ- tag lug Finally lie ue cuine Clune to the window and poke to her Carolyn May he said Bald t are you writing Oh Mr Yr Driggs Is la that you youl said 5 1 11 1 A. A e u I coming nearer Did you ever have to write a composition i Yes Carolyn May I have to write one or two each week And he sighed Oh y yes s 1 I So you do 1 I the little girl agreed You have to write sermons And that must be a n terribly tedious tiling thing to do for they have to be longer than my composition a n great deal longer So It Is a composition that is troubling troubling ling you the young minister re re- re- re marked Yes sir i I dont don't know what to write I write I really dont don't Miss Minnie I says for us foi-us us or us not to try any flights of fancy I dont don't Just know what those are arc But she says write what Is In us Now that dont don't seem like a composition tion added Carolyn May doubtfully What Why writing what is in us explained explained ex- ex the little girl staring In a 1 f 1 r I lW I Carolyn May He Said What Are You Writing puzzled fashion at her slate on which she he had written several lines You see ee I have written down all the things that t I member is in me For pity's sake I let me see eee it It child said the minister quickly reaching reachIng reach- reach Ing ng down for the slate When he brought rought It t to a level with his eyes he was amazed by the following In me there Is my heart henrt my liver my-liver liver my ray lungs my my two ginger cookies a piece of f candy and my dinner For pity's sake sakel I Mr Driggs shut shutoff of off ff this explosion by a sudden coughI cough I guess It isn't much of a n composition composition compo- compo Mr Driggs Carolyn May said rankly frankly But how can you make your Inwards be pl pleasant sant reading Dreading The minister was was was' having no little difficulty In restraining his mirth Go around to the door Carolyn May and ask Mrs Driggs to let you In n. n Perhaps I can help belp you In this opposition composition writing Oh will you Mr Driggs cried the little girl That Is s awful kind of ot you yon ou The clergyman did not seem seem to mind neglecting his bis task for tor the pleasure of helping Carolyn May with hers He explained quite clearly Just what Miss Minnie Annnie meant by writing what Is in you ou Oh Its It's what you think about a athing athing athing thing yourself yourself not not what other folks think cried Carolyn May Why I 1 Ican Ican can do that I thought It was something somethIng some- some thIng liing like those lessons Then I can cnn write about anything 1 I want to ta cant can't I I think BO so replied the tho minister Im awfully obliged to you Mr Driggs the little girl said I wish I I might do something for you In re re- re e- e turn Help me with my sermon perhaps per per- hops haps he asked smiling I would If I could Mr AIr Driggs Carolyn May wes very earnest Well now Carolyn May how would you go about writing a sermon If It you hud had one to write I Oh Mr Driggs 1 I 1 exclaimed the little girl clasping her hands I know Just how Id I'd do It It You do Tell me how then my dear he returned smiling Perhaps you I r ave an nn Inspiration for writing sermons ermons that I 1 have never yet found Why Mr AIr Driggs Id I'd try to write every word sos so's to make folks that heard beard It J r zippier appler That's what Id I'd doId doId doId do Id I'd make em look up and see sec the sunshine sunshine sun Bun shine and aDd the sky and sky and the mountains mountains mountains moun moun- way Ruy ny off yonder yonder yonder-so eo they'd see nothing but bright height things and breathe only good air and hear birds sing sing sing- Oh dear tae me that that-that that that Is la the way Id I'd write a n sermon The clergyman's face had bad grown grave us he listened to her but ho kissed her warmly as ILS he thanked her herand herand herand and b bade de he her g good good-by b When she he had haa the text written at nt the top of ot the first I sheet of hermon paper It f was cas 9 taken from the boo book of the tet pron et Jere Jer miah To write every word to make folks that heard It happier he murmured murmured murmured mur mur- as he crumbled led fed the sheet of paper paper paper pa pa- per In his hand and und dropped It In the waste basket CHAPTER XV The Awakening With Kith the opening of ot spring and tho close of the sledding season work had bad stopped at nt Adams Adams' camp Rather the entire plant had been shipped twenty miles deeper Into the mill forest-mill forest mill bunkhouse cook shed and such Iron gated shacks as ns were worth cartIng carting cart cart- Ing away All that was left on the site of the busy camp were huge heaps of ot sawdust sawdust sawdust saw saw- dust piles of slabs discarded d timbers and the half burned half burned bricks Into which h had d been built the portable boiler boller and engine And old Judy Mason She was vas not considered worth mo to the new site of the camp She was bedridden with rheumatism This was the report Tim the nackman hackman had bad brought In ln The old womans woman's husband had gone with the tile outfit to the new camp for ho he could not afford to give up his work Judy had not been so bad when the camp was broken up but when Tim went over for a n load load- of slabs for tor summer firewood he discovered vered her quite helpless In her bunk and nd md almost starving The rheumatic attack had become serious Amanda had at once ridden over with Doctor Nugent How brave and helpful It Is of Miss Mis Amanda I 1 Carolyn May Tied cried Dear me when I grow up I hope I can be a n like Miss Iss nurse Mandy I reckon that's some spell ahead chuckled Mr to whom she said this when he picked her up for a n drive after taking his daughter to the camp Mr l the girl ventured after a time dont you youl think now that Miss Amanda ought to be bc happy Happy 1 I exclaimed the carpenter r startled What about child chUd i Why about everything e You Yon know once I asked yo you about her being happy happy happy hap hap- py and and and-and and you didn't seem fa- fa You ou said Bah Bahl l' l The old man made no reply for a minute and Carolyn May had the patience patience pa pa- tience tence to wait walt for her suggestion to sink In Finally he said I duane dunno but youre you're right Carlyn May Not that It matters much I 1 Iguess gu guess ss whether a n body's happy or 01 not In n this world he added grudgingly Oh yes It does Mr I 1 It matters a great grent deal I am nm sure sure to to tous us and to other people If It were we're not happy Inside of ot us how can we be bp cheerful outside and so BO make other people happy And that Is what J I mean menn about Miss Amanda What about Mandy She Isn't happy sighed Carolyn May Not really She's Just as good goodas as good can be She Is s always doing for tor folks and helping But she cant can't be real happy Why not noti growled Mr hi his hla face turned away Why Why cause cause Well you know Mr Ir she cant can't be happy as long longas as she and my Uncle Joe are mad at each other Mr uttered another grunt but the child went bravely on oIl You know very well that's so And AndI I dont don't know what to do about It It II Just seems too awful that they should hardly speak and yet be so fond ol of each other deep down How know w they're so fond ol of each other other deep deep down 1 Mr demanded I know my Uncle Joe likes Mis Miss Mandy en cause use he always speak soso soso soso so- so so respectful of ot her And I 1 can can see she likes him in her eyes replied the l lI I Know My Uncle Joe Joo Like Miss Amanda observant Carolyn May Oh yes Mr they ought to be happy Lappy again and we ought to make em so Huh 1 I Who ought to toi You and me We ought to find end some someway way of ot doing It Im I'm sure we can It if we Just think hard hurd about It Huh I 1 grunted the carpenter again turning Cherry into the dooryard Huh 1 I This was not a very encouraging response response re re- spouse Yet he did think of It The little girl had arted ed a train of ot thought In Mr mind that he be could not sidetrack TO BE BK CO CONTINUED ED I |