Show I I Carolyn of the Corners BY Y RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT ISIS lit by br Dead head ft Cony ln Into Int CHAPTER Continued 18 18 They ventured along their block file he children all seemed strange to Farolyn Darolyn May But people move so frequently frequently fre- fre in Harlem that this was not nott it at t all queer She hoped to see Edna Ednar or or r some Borne other little girl with whom she had md gone Ione to school But not until she reached cached the very house itself did anybody anybOdy any- any bOdy ody hail hall her Oh Carolyn May Is that you A lame boy was looking through the tile theiron theron Iron ron fence of the areaway lIe He was the Janitors Janitor's sonOh son sonOh sonOh Oh Johnny 1 Im I'm real glad to see you ou cried the little girl Then she added more slowly We weve we've weve we've come home ome again me again me and Prince uy Youve a lot Carolyn May said aid the boy My pop and moms mom's away way urn Til go up Into Ednas Edna's flat then the he weary little girl sighed The uThe Prices have gone away too They wont won't be back till tomorrow sometime Oh I murmured Carolyn May But say I can get the keys to your flat at The waters water's turned on too Everything's Every Every- things thing's all right up there for Mrs Price she sweeps and dusts It all every once nee In a while Shall I get the keys Oh if you will please 1 returned the he relieved relieved- child The boy hobbled away but soon returned re re- turned with the outer-door outer key and the lie key to the apartment itself Carlyn Car- Car elyn lyn May took them and thanked him Then she gladly went In and climbed the he two flights to their floor She saw nobody and easily casily let herself her her- self elf Into the fiat flat It had been recently aired Ired and dusted Every piece of furniture furniture fur- fur Iture stood just as she remembered ItOh ItOh itOh It Oh Princey Its It's home 1 she site cred This is our real real home homeI I I loved em all at The Time Corners but butt It t wasn't like this there 1 Prince perhaps agreed but he was too oo deeply interested In snuffing at the package of meat scraps she had purchased purchased pur- pur chased for his supper to reply Well Ven well wen Prince she said you shall hall have it at once Dropping the bag In the private ate hall she he went Into the kitchen and stood n n tiptoe to open the door of the closet above bove the dresser Securing a plate ahe he emptied the contents of the paper Into nto It and set the plate down on th the floor In spreading out the paper she saw some ome type big-type headlines on the front frontage page age ROMANCE OF THE GREAT WARThe WAR WARThe WARThe The Experiences of This Newspaper NewspaperMan Man Like Those of a Character Ina Ina in ina a Novel Novel Lost Lost for for- Eight Months Inthe In Inthe Inthe the Desert Desert Desert-At At the Mercy of Semi Semi- savage Tribes Man and Wife Escape at Last to Return in Safety and Health I His Story Told to Beacon Reporter at Quara Quarantine ne Carolyn May read no further It did not particularly Interest the little girl Besides she was very tired tired tired- too oo tired to think of her own supper Had she read on however even her simple mind might have been startled by y the the- following paragraphs printed below elow the heading of this startling story Their wonderful good fortune In linG ing ng from the disaster that overtook the steamer on which they traveled and which was caught between the gunfire of ofa ofa a French battleship and two of a Turkish Turkish Tur- Tur kish squadron can only be bo equaled by bythe bythe bythe the chance which followed Naturally as os a Journalist himself Mr Cameron Is La prepared to toll tell the details of ot his ro- ro adventure In the tho columns of the Beacon at a later date The boat In which they left the tho sinkIng sinking sink sink- Ing ng Dunraven was separated In the night and fog from that of the other refugees and was wa carried by tho the current far to the south In fact they were enveloped by fog until they landed upon a a. stretch of deserted beach beaco There Thero was no town near nor even an nn encampment of ot Arabs But soon eoon after their disembarkation and before tho the officer of- of officer of in command could take means to communicate with any civilized or semi semi- civilized place a a. party of ot mounted and I armed tribesmen swooped down on tho the castaways These people being and having seen Been the battle the tho day before between the French and the Turks considered considered con con- the castaways enemies and swept swept them away with them into the desert to toa toa toa for nearly eight certain oasis o where months a Mr John I Lewis Cameron and his Ms wife and the other refugees from the Dunraven were yere kept without being al allowed allowed al al- lowed to communicate with their friends from furlough Mr Cameron was on furlough because of ill health At the thebe his paper captivity he was In a avery avery avery of his be beginning Indeed it Is said But tho the bad way very of ot atmosphere in the hot dry months desert have made a 0 new man of ot him the tho personally cannot hold much rancor ran ran- and arid ho he Mohammedan tribe that cor cot against the held him a a. prisoner of the wonderful more There was VaS little girl had story but the sleepy attention whatsoever It no given riven en had eaten and lain down In his Prince corner The little girl Jad v id familiar and softly Into her own room gone cone she bad had seen her made up her ber bed hed as It and Mrs 1 Price make mother Then Iben she sho turned on en the water ter In Inthe Inthe inthe I It was and took a tJ bathtub the a real tub ius Instead ead to have bucket they the wed a at galvanized ot at oi the Uncle Joes et last nightgowns nightgown on her Iter er She put her prayer Inc Including ail said ald knelt Sat never left out o of had she I that It that first night she had knelt at Aunty Ro Roses Rose's es e's knee God bless my papa and mamma and bring them safe home The faith that moves mountains was wasn in n that prayer Carolyn May slept the sleep of the wearied If not of the tIme carefree The noises of the street did not disturb her not even the passing of the fire fire- department trucks some time after midnight Nor Noi did lid nearer sounds arouse her She had no knowledge of the fact that hat a procession of A. A D. D T. T boys and messengers from the railroad com corn company company pany came to ring the bell of the Prices Price's apartment Later the Janitors Janitor's family was aroused but the tile little lame bo boy oy thought It would be better for him himo to o sa say nothing about having seen Carolyn Carolyn Carolyn Car Car- olyn May and of having given her the ke keys s So when in the early morning a taxicab taxicab taxicab taxi- taxi cab stopped at the street door and a abush bush haired bushy troubled-looking troubled man got out and helped a woman clad lad in brown brO browno to o the sidewalk the janitor had no knowledge of the thc fact that Carolyn May Jay and Prince were upstairs In the apartment that had been so long empty And the Prices are away said Uncle Joe In a troubled voice What do lo you think of that Mandy Oh Joe where could the dear child have lave gone I haven't seen her declared the janitor But nut I can let you Into the lat flat Theres There's been lots of telegrams to in o Mr Price in the night night and and they weren't all yours Youre You're Carol Q Mays May's uncle a aint nt you he asked Mr Stagg Uncle Joe acknowledged the rela- rela Lets go upstairs he said saido to o Amanda Now that Im I'm here here here- Oh dear Joe I 1 almost wept Aman Arnan- Amanda da Ia could anything have happened to her in this big city Most an anything thing I spose growled Joseph Stagg following close on ou the janitors janitor's he beds ls The janitors janitor's passkey grating Ine In tie Ue e lock of the private hall hail door start- start f ei F t jA I Irwi I I jIw r f b r F cf Caught Her Up lip In His Strong Arms and Hugged Her ed something that none of them ex ex- A startling bark echoed in the tile rooms which v were supposed to be empty Whatever is that gasped the janItor jan jan- Its Prince I Its It's her dog 1 shouted Uncle Joe The child is here cried Amanda and she was the fir t to enter the apartment Prince b bounded wildly to meet her He leaped and barked A cry sounded from a room beyond be ond Miss Amanda and Uncle Joe rushed In Sleepily her face flushed rubbing her blue eyes wide open Carolyn Caroln May sat up In bed Oh Uncle Joe Oh Miss Amanda I she said I II I I was Just dreaming my myown myown own papa and mamma and mamma had come home borne and found me here My dear 1 My dear dean 1 sobbed Amanda Aman Aman- da dropping to her knees beside betide be be- tide side the bed Youre a great young one growled Uncle Joe blowing his nose Youve nigh about scared e to death Your Aunty Rose Hose Is almost crazy craz Oh Oh lm Im I'm so Y y stammered Carolyn Caro Care lyn n May Bu you see you see Uncle Joe Joel I You and Miss hiss Amanda are goIng go- go lag Ing to be happy now Aunty Rose says two Is So you wouldn't have hav room for me Bless me mc gasped the hardware dealer denIer What d dp you know about this childs child's feeling that way Mandy I am nm afraid we have been Jeen selfish Joe the woman said sighing And that is something om i. i that Carolyn May has never k n In her life Ute said Uncle Unde Joe I dunno I dunno-I I dunno duane ruefully and looking at tho the little like flower-like face of ot the child How v about Aunty Rose How spose she he he feels about Hannahs Hannah's Carlyn running running run run- ning away Oh 1 ejaculated the little girl It may be Wat Wiit twos comp company ny and threes three's a crowd but you yon and Aunty Rose hose would be two likewise wouldn't you Carlyn I I 1 I never thought of that Uncle Joe the tile child whispered Why your running away from The Corners this way is like to make maIte both Mandy and me unhappy as well as Aunty Rose I I-I I I dont don't Mandy could get married at all if she didn't have a little girl like you to ta carry flowers and hold up her train How about It Mandy That Is quite true Carolyn nay May declared Miss Amanda hugging the soft little body bedy of the child tightly again Why hy I I-I- I I Carolyn May was for once beyond verbal yerbal expression Besides there was wasa a noise in the outer hall hail and on the stairway The door had been left open by the surprised janitor A burst of voices came into tho the apartment Uncle Joe turned wonder- wonder Miss Amanda stood up Car- Car the child Is safe afe But If we go back without HanI Carlyn n Carlyn The poor soul said his sister Ican Ican I Ican can believe that In her secret subdued way Aunty Rose Kennedy is entirely wrapped up In Carolyn May She will suffer sutTer if they are separated for long long long- and so abruptly true Miss Amanda said gently And Joe will feel It too I bet I will agreed Joseph Stagg But I have you ou Mandy Aunty Rose isn't going to have anybody And for her to go back alone into her old house for for she wont won't stay with us of course course- he shook his head dolefully Let us write to Aunty Rose said Hannah Cameron briskly We Ve want her here Why of course we do I 1 Dont Don't we Carolyn May Why l 1 cried the child delightedly Just the way out of it isn't it My 1 how nice things do come about In this world worl 1 dont don't they Aunty Amity Rose shall come here You'll like her bel ever everso everso everso so much papa And Prince will be glad to have her come for she always has treated Princey real well Prince who had bad been standing by with his ears cocked yawned whined an ani i lay down with a sigh as though considering the matter quite satisfactorily satisfactorily settled Carol Carolyn n May having climbed up Into her fathers father's arms reached out and anddrew anddrew anddrew drew her mother close beside her THE END |