Show carolyn of the corners comers BY RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT a res IBB CHAPTER XV continued li 15 ile he knew very well thai what she had bad fold ad about bis daughter aughter and J joseph aph stagg was quite im he true fix ji his wit self an I 1 be bad been glad all 11 these years that the hardware merchant was bill ailed led of hati happiness Plue tho the carpenter had always albam been a belt self centered individual des desirous baus of if his bis own comfort and rather miserly ile he had not at approved 1 in the mat plot place of the intimacy be between joseph stagg and d his daughter amanda no good II 11 mine come a 0 that he had told himself T that h at Is III no good to jedidjah parthe farlow foresaw f ew at the start the loss of the or girl girls h help p about the house for his bis wife was then 1 I en a bat helpless ins 1 imalle idled the then mrs P 1 died tills this death made plainer still to the ma carpenter IS that I 1 mandy annia marriage lage was nas bound to bring inconvenience to him ly if she married ed a close fisted young business bui nebS man like joe stagg would this be true for far at the reading of if his wife will mr me discovered that the property they occupied even else the shop la in which he worked which had bad been t given to mrs P 1 I by be her p parents nas as to be th the e sets eole pre property perty or of her daught daughter mandy was the heir mr PI bario did an not possess pass even a life internal interest I 1 in the estate it was a blow to the carpenter he in nade made abood a good income and had bad money ia bank b but I 1 he loved money too well to wish wih wi h to upend depend it after be had made mad it II 11 he a did not want vant to give up the place if MI mandy aly remained rec lamed ommar unmarried rhod 1 there them would never be any q question unit on b between them of rent or the like therefore it if he was not dot actually the tha ran cause of the difference that arose allise b ba wee tween the two young people he seized ead and ad enlarged ged a it and ad did nil 11 11 III life his power to make a mere ere mi amole sunder standing grow into at R ar quarrel I that nel act ther of the proud high spirited lovera lorem would d bridge Jedi dlab poll im knew why anc fro had taken th that t other girl to faith camp P meeting the young in maa bad stopped at the pa alow pa place when amanda was absent and explained to an the girl 8 rather father but the latter it had bad never mentioned this tale tact fact to ids bis haugli ter instead he bad made ad joe joea supposed offense offence te the gren greater t er by suggestion and innuendo and it we was he be too who had urged IS the hurt mandy to re retaliate tallue sae by going to the doom dance with another matt mam meeting joe stagg later the car carpenter roder had said bitter things to a him purporting to come moody mandy it was all mean 1 and vile I the a old Us maa knew tt it a now as be had bad L it then thes ali AH these years he had bad tried to a add rest fuel to the fire of his daughters anger against joe stagg and he believed he had benefited thereby but somehow during the dust bast few ew mouth months he had began to la wa wonder der if after all the game was worth in the candle its suddenly he be had gained a via vision of if hit amanda parlors Par towa empty life meant net to her C CIT carolyn IT me mav interested lade rested only 1 in seeing g her bev friends made happy had bad zo no bi idea of the turmoil she had bad created lo in mr ile mind led D during arim the time that 1 the auree was at ahe abandoned b a lumber r bl camp mp caring uw I 1 low for judy jody mason carolan may hoped bat something in ailing might take uncle joe joe there th th the next friday after school was V we out oat visa attend amanda app appear cil d nt at the home and suggested tabing caff con iva ile may into the s with hir her for or the a week weekend mt as aft he I la galiy said tim the hackman had brought the ahe dun home for a few hours and would sorters take inks her back to jud audys calin cabin poor loor old d ofell off judy ll Is 1 much better but we are Is at still iti suffering erbig and cannot it b be left I 1 imae alone for far long mi miss amanda said mid carolyn care ly yin may will cheer her up mr would drive over on sun san d day 7 after afternoon risia rod and bring the little girl home of www comes prince francs had bad to go along that friday evening at supper met mat tera ten lo in the big kitchen ot of the stagg stage house bouse were aers really at t a pass joseph ph stagg set eat dol down to the table alst bd bly without appetite amity aulty ross rose drank a one a cup of tea after another 1 without I putting a crumb climb between hex her up ucb say an aulty aunty 11 rose bada demanded mr stage a what under the ams nn did we do be before hannahs mo car carlyn I 1 earne came here be anyway seems be came to me Z we thou dido I 1 really uve live did wor wel A aulty aunty ross rose had no answer r to make fally to these in he the morning there we wa a booky fog felt over ever ve rISIng thing a alg tog that the bun did not dot III dissipate tm and d behind ZIP which it look looked ad like Is an enormous eat tron foon b ball it mr stagg went down to the store as most new hews 1 come I over the lo longdin dt tow tance wires it Is that tb thousands d of act acres of woodland were burning that the tor roa est cat reserves BW out and that list the farm ere era of if so an entire township on the far aid side of the mountain were ware engaged as aged in try trying 9 to male make a held barrier over which the names flames zola would set not leap imp it wax was the conte naua T of opinion however that the are would set not cro TOSH the reg range 8 scarcely mal say any the chance ot a its ita sween to ing don dawn us e decided mr ma stagg scars RV I 1 wont wt h have to go home to plow lire anre furrows at the usual hour he be started for th the co corners for dinner having remained 1 in the store amr all the morning he had not realized how moch stronger the smell of smoke make we was the than it had been bee n at breakfast time quite bil involuntarily l he be quickened quicken his pace the tog III and d smoke overeat the sky shy thickly and made it of a brassy color just as though a huge copper pot had bee been overturned over ovar the earth women stood at their doors doom talking back and ad forth 1 in subdued tones there n was as a spirit of expect one in the air the hardware merc merchant hout was striding along at a quiet quick pace who when was he came to the plan place but he be was not going BO fast that he be did not hear bear I 1 the be carpenter hailing bailing him in his bis cracks cracked d votes voice olley hey you joe stag I 1 I 1 ties hev you I 1 amused amazed M mr stagg turned to look lack was hobbling from the rear prem lieg gronning groaning at every step scarcely able to walk that wati scia s got me ane ablit he be sn snarled resl T im a most doubled IS ed up climb tote foto a carriage t co save sam ny my soul 1 what dyne d you want to climb into a arriage big aorl tor demanded mr stagg cause obdy somebody a got to go for that hat 91 ot of mint mine and little carlyn kiy y am ain t you beard or is your mind io I 1 sot I 1 on makin money down there to our store that you don t know notha iser er II haven en I 1 t I 1 heard beard what bedl turned returned lie other with fine restraint for he sew aw the old man was in pain the fire fice s come came over ever to this side I 1 the flames myself and aaron r I 1 a ie plunged forward leaped the IS I 1 blaz a ins ing brand and galloped down dow the road read summit drove through and eye bay that thai ou con can I 1 git by on an the main road mad the does areg followed the west brook break right lonn down and Is betwixt us ca and adams old ild camp bless bleas met gasped the hardware lealer rising paling under me hia tan me wall V snarled plow P low goin coin to there chatterion chat terio all day or be you ron diw to do something somebody must get over a to that main abin and bring them oat outs joseph stagg mid without taking offense at the he crabbed old carpenter well wall exclaimed calmed ex glad ter to we you re on oh I 1 m awake awake the other returned shortly 1 I was lost just figuring on an who e sot get the best beat horse home 1 I save have pad snapped PI yos yes and r fd decided I 1 on taking a cheav achs too the la hardware dware dealer add ed and swung into the lung lane toward leaned the carpen carpenters tees barn bara hey you I 1 be so BO brash about it it growled the emu carpenter mv B he s my has boss I 1 saw tp ose zut joseph stagg went straight abend and without answering having once decided on hla his course b be e waste wasted tino tian time Us he rolled back the big door me anil and saw mw cherry already harnessed home med in his bis box stall together they backed the animal between the shafts fastened the traces and mr stagg leaped ile quickly bickly to the seat cut and d gathered up ap the ally reina 11 better barter take the fallad fallow road the do a carpenter shouted after him and have a cors care drivon che cherry horse and 4 buckboard whirled led out of the yard and 4 his voice am was waa lost to hardware merchant cherry stepped out splendidly and they left a e cloud a III of dust behind as they wit rolled st up P the pike not in direction of edid idid the abandoned d camp fore earned arned he did not net seek to take way to the cabin A manda amanda pull and d C carolyn aiyu slay am perhaps even now mow threatened by forest fire the tan fellow fallow road mad north earth from the p pike tit three fare a miles the conor corners pl flecks of if oam began to appear cherry slow gloser coat at almost at once th the a air wall waa ve very ry oppressive and was no b breeze the a uses streak of 11 flame that had III fol lowed down the banks banka of brook break moved mi ue as could sec am the smoke of it now dow arnad Anni nila and it his niece ices might even now be threatened by the flames I 1 now new that danger dancer threatened the woman he had bad loved all these years it seemed though health his mind and ad heart were numbed ile he was wai terrified le be ond and expression api ahoi terrified tor for her safe tv and terrified ter rifled tor for tear fear that somebody even jedadiah should suspect just now how he felt about it the horse him a hoofs rung rang chapply over the stony path presently they capped a I 1 little atla rid ridge and ad started down lot into a b hollow sot rot until they were over the miles was mr afir stagg were aware that the hollow w waa as filled chokingly filled with i billowy white smoke I 1 another man a one Us as coull cautious tta 1 the hardware merchant notoriously was sas would hem pu pulled I 1 led the horse down to a walk but bt joseph stagg stage s motion cautiousness ness had bad hem been lines flung to the winds ada maend instead he shouted to cherry and the beast increased his alb stride T ten n rods further on an the horse hone snorted a Itu bled and ad tried to at stop A writhing flaming fla ramor anake I 1 a burning branch plunged plunge do down ahr gli the moke liC directs fth ahead ad go on I 1 shouted joseph stagg with a sharpness that dat would ordinarily be have set cherry off at a gallop but as the snorting creature still bull shied the roan wised seized the whip and lashed poor cheray cheny cruelly alag tua me think flank at that the horbe went mad ile he III plunged forward leaped the blazing brand and galloped down the road mad at a perilous gait the man tried walteer to soothe him I 1 nor or to retard the pace the swirled su fried around them the driver could not we see ten feet be yond the horses homes nose ten tea minutes later they rattled milled down into the straight road and the then very soon indeed were at the abandoned camp the fire was waa near but it had not reached ached this place there was no DO sign of life about lb t the th man knew whirl vaa audys cabin he leaped from the vehicle leaving the panting cherry unhitched and ran to tle tie hut the time door swung open the door furniture was in ID plum place fren the bed clothing clothine was rumpled in the old wom ans busk but wither neither she nor aan do da nor little carolyn may M ay was waa there CHATER CHAPTER XVI the laurel to in the brave 2 the th heart of the t h man n was like ilk a weight in his bis bosom be with GO a many say hundred acres arr of forest on no fire and that too between the abandoned camp mid and the corners and ad sunrise cove case how would amanda am and ad carolyn clyn slay may know where to go gol certainly the place must have been deserted dawned in haste baste there was na carolyn may s coat the man caught it up and stared 8 around a re und as though expecting the child to be be within eight the old woman s clothing cloth ing was ficat cut about a ut too it did not look as though anything had bad been removed from fr the SOL hut coming out not he found another at article on a the threshold b one of 1 Amand A ad ns gloves glove joseph stagg lifted the crumpled pled glove to his lips oh god spire her I 1 he burst bunt forth spare them botho both then be kissed the glove again and ad hid bid it away in ia the inner I 1 pocket of me his vest rest the hardware dealer tried to think of just what the fugitives fugitive might have done when they escaped from III the cabin bul it if it were true that amanda would not it run me toward the fire then she more mom 1 than likely had taken the opposite III dl auction on leading the cabin ther therefore joseph stagg went want that way set ting ties off down the tote road mad leading cherry by his birdie bardl suddenly he remena remembered bared calling prince the day carolyn may hail had been bee lost on the le ice he raised died his vol voice I 1 in iston a mighty gh shout about for the dog now aly prince 1 ebry old boyl boy I 1 where here are you TOO again and ad gain again he called but there w was as no reply tl the smoke ke was more re stifling g and the a heat beat more ia re intense ev every minute mr stagg restated realized that he be must meet get out 4 quickly if he would save himself elf and ad the h horse ore ali libus he a had ad just stepped into the a buckboard backboard again when there was an excited wrom bling in the underbrush and it a wel welcoming III bark bak aaa given prince I 1 good boyl boy I 1 the man about ed where here or are they the excited cited do dog 9 flew fee at hint him leaping on the buckboard bucl board so 03 is to reach much him the mongrel was delighted and ad showed it as aa plainly we as a dumb brute could but he be was anxious too he leaped back to the around ran a little ahead and then looked back to we see if the man oa as following the hardware dealer shouted to him again go ahead I 1 were waiting coming Is H he picked up the reins mine and cherry akerill started th the do dog barking his seti far due ran on ahead and struck into a aid side p path th which led down a glade joseph ph 8 tan stagg knew immediately where this path led to there than was a arl pring 1 I add a email in be the bottom of the hollow TO CM bill BB CONTI CONTINUED |