PAGE 6iX . V ... .THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, ,' ! Rioljn r oi ' Me Corners BY RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT Copyright, 1918. by Podd, Mend ft Company, In, ; LOOK UP! You will feel better- for having known Carolyn of the Corners. She is a lovable little girl, who not only preaches but practices the gospel of "looking up" and always making things "a wee bit better." To become acquainted with her is like letting in the sunshine and looking up at the blue sky. You will want to fol low. Carolyn through this story after you have read the opening chapter. ' - CHAPTER I. The Ray of Sunlight Just as the rays of the afternoon sun hesitated to enter the opea door of Joseph Stagg's hardware store in Sunrise Cove and lingered on the sill, so the little girl In the black frock and hat, with twin braids of sunshiny hair on her shoulders, hovered at the entrance of tlie dim and dusty place. She carried a satchel in one hand, while the fingers of the other were hooked into the rivet-studded collar of a mottled, homely mongrel dog. "Oh, dear rne, Prince, !" sighed .the little girl, "this must be the place. We'll just have to go in. Of course I know he must be a nice man; but he's such a stranger." Her feet faltered over the door sill and paced slowly down the shop be tween long counters. She saw no clerk. At the back of the shop was a small office flosed in with grimy windows. The uncertain visitor and her canine companion saw the shadowy figure of a man inside thd office, sitting on a uign siooi ana oem aoove a uig leugur. ri'i. .. .1 . i . , ...... . f- . -1 .n,v.t else. . - In the half darkness of the shop he and his little mistress came unexpect edly upon what Prince considered his arch-enemy. There rose up on the end of the counter nearest the open office door a big, black tomcat whose arched back, swollen tail and yellow eyes blazed defiance. " ; "Ps-s-st ye-ow !" The rising yowl broke the silence of the shop like a trumpet call. The little girl dropped her bag and seized the dog's collar with both hands. "Prlnce-1" she cried, "don't you speak to that cat don't you dare speak to it 1" "Bless me!" croaked a voice from the office. '- The tomcat tittered a second "ps-s-st ye-ow !" and shot up a ladder to the top shelf. "Bless me!" repeated Joseph Stagg, taking off his eyeglasses and leaving them in the ledger to mark his place. "What have you brought that dog In here for?" S He came to the office door. "I I didn't have any place to leave him," was the hesitating reply. "Hum! Did your mother send you for something?" "No-o, sir," sighed the little visitor. At that moment a more daring ray of sunlight found its way through the transom over the store door and lit up the dusky place. It fell upon the slight, black-frockcd figure and for an Instant-touched the pretty head as with an aureole. "Bless me, child !" exclaimed Mr. Stagg. "Who are you?" The flowerlike face of the little girl quivered, the blue eyes spilled big drops over her cheeks. She approached Mr. Stagg, stooping and squinting in the office doorway, and placed a timid hand upon the broad band of black crerje he wore on his coatsleeve. "You're not Hannah's Car'lyn?" tpiestloned the hardware dealer huskily. "I'm Car'lyn May , Cameron," she confessed. "You're my Uncle Joe. I'm very glad to see you, Uncle Joe, and and I hope you're glad to see me and Prince," she finished rather fal- "Bless me !" murmured the., man again. Nothing so startling as this had en tered Sunrise Cove's chief "hardware emporium" for many and many a year. Hannah Slagg, the hardware mer chant's only sister, had gone away from home quite fifteen years previ ously. Mr.Stagg had never seen Han nah again; but this slight, blue-eved, sunny-haired girl was a replica of his sister, and In some dusty corner of Mr. Stagg's heart there dwelt a very faith ful memory of Hannah. ' Nothing had served to, estrange the brother save time and' distance. 'Hannah's Car'lyn," muttered Mr" Stagg again.. "Bless me, Child ! how did you get Jiere from New York?'! 9 "On the cars, uncle. You see, Mr. Price thought I'd better come. He says you are my guardian it's in papa's will and would have been so in mam ma's will,"' if she'd made one. Mr. Price put me on the train and the con ductor took care of me. "Who is Mr. Trice?" the storekeeper asked. "He's a lawyer. He's written you a long letter about it. It's iu my bag, Didn't you get the telegram he sent you last evening, Uncle Joe? A 'night letter, he called it' "Never got it," replied Mr. Stagg shortly "Well, you see. when papa and mam ma had to go away so suddenly they left me with the Prices. I go to school with Edna Price and she slept with me at night In our flat after tho Duura ven sailed." "But what did this lawyer send you up here for?" asked Mr. Stagg. The question was a poser and Caro lyn May stammered: "I I Don't guardians always take their little girls home and look out for them?" "Hum I don't know." .The hard ware merchant mused grimly. "I I guess we'd bettor go up to The Corners and see what Aunty Hose has to say about It. You understand, I couldn't really keep you if she says 'No !' " "Oh, Uncle Joe, couldn't you?" "No," he declnrod, wagging his head decidedly. "And what she'll say to that dog ."Oh !" Carolyn May cried again, and put both arms suddenly about the neck of her canine friend. "Prince is. just tho best dog, Uncle Joe." Mr. Stagg shook his head doubtfully, Then he went into the office and shut the big ledger into the safe. After locking the safe door, he slipped the key into his trousers pocket aud glanced around the store, "I'd like to know where that use less Gorraley boy Is now," muttered Mr. Stagg. "Chetl Hey! you diet !" To Carolyn May's amazement and to the utter mystification of Prince, a sec tion of the floor under their feet began to rise. - "Oh, mercy me !" squealed the little girl, and she horped off the trapdoor; "Oh! Who Is That Lady, Uncle Joe? but the dog uttered a quick, threaten ing growl and put his muzzle to the widening aperture. "Hey ! call off that dog !" begged a muffled voice from under the trapdoor. "He'll eat me up, Mr. Stagg." "Lie down, Prince !" commanded Carolyn May hastily. "It's only a boy: You know you like boys, Prince," she urged. "Come on up out o' that cellar, Cbct. I'm going up to Tho Corners with my little niece Hannah's Car'lyn. This is Clietwood Gormley. If he ever stops growin' longitudinally mebbe he'll be a man some day and not a giant. You stay right here and tend store while I'm gone, Chet." Carolyn May could not help feeling some surprise at the finally revealed proportions of Chetwood Gormley. He was lathlike and gawky, with , very prominent upper front teeth, which gave a sort of bow-window appearance to his wide mouth. But there was a good-humored twinkle in the over grown boy's shallow eyes ; and, if un couth, he was kind. "I'm proud to know ye, Car'lyn," he said. He stepped quickly out of the way of Prince when the latter started for the front of the store. ' Once out of the shop in the sunlit street, the little girl breathed a sigh of relief. Mr. Stagg, peering down at her sharply, asked : "What's the matter?" "I I Your shop is awful dark, Uncle Joe," she confessed. "I can't seem to look up in there." "'Look up?'" repeated the hard ware dealer, puzzled. "Yes, sir. My papa says never to got in any place where you can't look up and see something brighter and bet ter ahead," said Carolyn May softly, "lie says that's what makes life worth living." ,-, "Oh, he does, does he?" grunted Mr. Stagg. He noticed the heavy bag in her hand and took it from her. Instantly her released fingers stole into his free hand. Mr. Stagg looked down at tho Uttlo hand in his palm, somewhat startled and not a little dismayed. The main street of Sunrise Cove on this warm afternoon was not thronged with shoppers. Not many people no ticed the tall, shambling, round-shouldered mau In rusty Mack, with the pe tite figure of the child and tho mon grel dog passing that way, though a few Kile shopkeepers looked after the trio in surprise. But when Mr. Stagg and his companions turned. Into the pleasantly shaded street that led out of town towards The Corners whore was the Stagg homestead Carolyn May noticed her uncle; become sud denly flustered. Slio'saw the blood flood into his face and neck, and sho felt his hand loosen as though to re lease her own. The little girl looked ahead curiously nt the woman who was approaching. m She was not n young woman that is, not what the child would call young. Carolyn May thought she was very nice looking tall and robust. Her brown eyes Hashed an Inqutrlng glance upon Carolyn May, but sho did not look at Mr. Stagg, nor did Mr. Sta look at her. "Oil ! who is that lady, Uncle Joe?" asked the little girl when they were out of earshot. "Hum !" Her uncle's throat seemed to need clearing. "That that is Man dy Parlow Miss Amanda Parlow," he corrected himself with dignity. The flush did not soon fade out of his face as they went on in silence. It was half a mile from Main street to The Corners. There was tall tim ber nil about Sunrise Cove, which was built along the shore of a deep Inlet cutting in from the great lake, whose blue waters sparkled as far ns one might see towards the south and west. Uncle Joe assured Carolyn May when she asked him, that from the highest hill In sight one could see only the lake and the forest clothed hills aud valleys. "There's lumber camps all about, Mebbe they'll Interest you. Lots of building going on all the time, too." He told her, ns they went along, of the long trains of cars and of the strings of barges going out of the Cove, all laden with timber and sawed boards, rnillstuffs, ties and telegraph poles. They came to the last house in the row of dwellings on this street, on the very edge of the town. Carolyn May saw that attached to Jhe house was a smaller building, facing the roadway, with a wide-open door, through which she glimpsed benches and sawed lum her, while to her nostrils was wafted a most delicious smell of shavings. "Oh, there's a carpenter shop!" e claimed Carolyn May. "And Is that the carpenter, Uncle'Joe?" A tall old man, Jean-faced and close ly shaven, with a hawk's-beak nose straddled by a huge pair of silver bowed spectacles, came out of the shop at that moment, a jackknife in his hand. He saw Mr. Stagg and, turning sharply on his heel, went in doors again. r "Who is he, Uncle Joe?" repeated the little girl. "And, if I asked him, do you s'pose. he'd give me some of those nice, long, curly shavings?" "That's Jed Parlow and he wouldn't give j-ou any shavings; especially after having seen you with rne," -said the hardware merchant brusquely. The pretty lady whose name was Parlow ahd the queer-looking old car penter, whose name was likewise Par low, woujd neither look at Uncle Joe ! Even such a little girl as Carolyn May could see that her uncle and the Pai lows were not friendly. By and by they came in sight of The Corners a place where another road crossed this one at right angles. In one corner was a white church with a square tower and green blinds. In another of the four corners was set a big store, with a covered porch all across the front, on which were shel tered certaiu agricultural tools. There was no sound of life at The Corners save a rhythmic "clank, clank, clank" from the blacksmith shop on tho third corner. A On the fourth corner of the cross roads stood the Stagg homestead a wide, low-roofed house of ancient ap pearance, yet in good repair. Neat ness was the keynote of all about the place. "Is this where you live, Uncle Joe?" asked Carolyn May breathlessly. "Oh. what a beautiful big place! It seems awful big for me to live in !" Mr. Stagg had halted at the gatt and now looked down upon Carolyn May with perplexed brow. "Well, we've got to see about that first," ht muttered. "There's Aunty Hose " . Mothers of France Mothers oC Fnu.oo-wo soml our to Tho Bliliw CO out from mom e;p" Jionrlni' with thorn tho hop ft our yomitf Tlint'lthiV iny Btttn.1 In buttle hI.Io by AVlthtlwsi your sons, who dl w',u for Kruneo. Wo nlmll not bo loss brave than you hftvo With patient hearts wo pay tho jnico you And wait our gons-but Jiomo will not como home, Nor Blmil wo over know whore they tiro luUl. Remember us-for we lire mothers, too When fair pem o gilds your luml, end pop ples grow Over your battloflolilB. Vo nut fowl Our sons, whoso iillen graves wo ilu not know. Tend thou our homelesn dona mothers ot Franco. Anne Uumier, in Everybody s WK'i-zliio. Carolyn and Prince make the acquaintance of Aunty Rose, and the latter's attitude Is not very reassuring to the lonely little girl. Carolyn's first ex . peKences in her new home are told in the next installment (TO BE CONTINUED.) It Is difficult to judge a woman bj the things she doesn't say. Nearly All Undersea Boats Are Equipped With Kitchens Where Cook Prepares Meals In tho earlier Mibnmrtiu-s no pro vision was made for cooking the men's meals. Everything had to bo cuton cold. This did not matter so very much when these craft wero quite pmall, with ft correspondingly email radius of action, But when larger undersea boats camo to be built, the provision of prop erly cooked hot meals became ft press ing necessity. So now, says n writer In IYurfwm's "Magazine, all but the very oldest types of Hubimirlnes are tilted with n Hiuall galley, no bigger than n very moderate-sized cupboard, where tho rook has just room to stand In front of his doll's house store. This latter U elec trically heated, in order that the al ready oppressive air may not bo fur ther vitiated by smoke or fumes. The menu on board n .submarine Is not varied, consisting mostly of stew, with an occasional "mtigup" of salt fish for a change, and plenty of strong, piping-hot coffee to chase away sleep from tho tired eyelids. Meals are eaten out of aluminum dishes in collapsible mess-tables when the vessel is submerged. When the submarine Is running on the surface her crew usually prefer to take their plates of stew on deck, and the North sea attends to its salting for them. COOKINQ TE3T8 TUB 6C0UT. Tho wuy to u mntx'u heart In through ' M stomach. Tho putu to on nr.y trnvo lies nlomr tho nmo route. A 1 M-out who cannot cook can hardly I claim to bo a nit at nlU I As tin' chief mm acout 0nyst "One J fairly good cook Id worth mora than ! four (tick carpenters." To many a boy tho first experlenco In cookln comes through his prepara tion for tho Hoeond-chtNH cooking test I ll may have rousted corn on a atlck ' or steamed a few clttms In a bucket 1 or burned a few ttpmls In an opon lire. Hut tho scout cookluif tout, If prop ' crly emphasised, will holp him to aeo I ,,. ,.,.,ainir U vitally relntod to hu man llfo and essential to human hap piness und etueleney. Even In so slmplo a meal aa.tho quarter of a pound of meat and two potatoes of tho scout test many mis takes may bo at ado, ami tho acout should know how to avoid all of them. Many a professional cook futla ut terly w hen asked to prepare a meal la tho open without tho kitchen equip ment to which ho hits beeoino accus tomed. Tho scout must bo read to meet all emergencies. LEARNING! FIELD TELEGRAPHY. S r " vVJ -xn 'r uvr x if mm mi KIDNEYS i: . Hut Iosh merit, n1so inlu- f;f ' luTtlkl'jist. r u no. hi in iiimii , itcys, thoy bwoomo morwnPj! WlUHglflh, HcltO. ttlld feel lil,., 1 lead. Tito urltio bnooinen cloud ifmiiii-i , hi iiuuMi, ami ymt e obliged to sock relb-t two tune dttrliiK tint nlht. y kldnoya eloK you mtmt hHi ii on mu mmy a urinous wuhIij bo a real Hick person shortly, von fool a dull nilxi'i-u in ii. region, you surfer from bm luu hottiUtcho, dizziness, tirm li tuiiKUO coatod a ml you IVi.I x' twinges wlitui th wonthrr Is Kat less moat, tlrluk lots at also got from nny phanmu i ounces Of Jitd Hulls; lake u U, ful In a glasa ot water beforo I r for a few diiy sad your klduf then act tint. This fauum mado from tho acid of kiuih n n on Jnico, combined with llil.m, been v used fur goiiornthms t rlogKod kidneys and Ktlmulnti to normal activity, aim, to tho adds in urine, so it no .n, source of Irritation, thus i-mliifj der weakness. Jad Suits is lni'XMMiHlvi cufi Jure; makes a delightful i-ttvty ll'hiawater drink which c; should tuko now ami then to lift kidneys clean and Uw if: hero say they sell lots of jaj f folks whit believQ In ovrrcomi liey trouble Wlillu U Is only -Adv. Baby Colds rrouli Irf-atmrnt wiila i.m..lv i turns no aul. IW i in.,.! '4 tH'O! ploiunnt to tu- A'.K yjur or, 1 UUfl I'.yet inllimcil bf liitcti) Su.l.iluMl iiuickty irlicvrd l Remedy. r ir tSt -ii: s5r -dit-itA HINTS FOR ? t ) i POULTRY GROWERS Tho beginner and the careless should never nltompt midwinter hatch ing. The care is extensive, the loss great. One old In tho business de clares that the beginner should put off hatching until April and May, and the weather then will help him. Winter hatching pays best for the experienced poultryninn who lives close to a good paying broiler market, or the fancier who wants show birds ready for tho fall fairs. Also, it pays to hatch, If you can do it successfully, some of tho large, slow maturing breeds, such ns Cochin or Bruhma, in January. These, If not hatched until lnte April or May, seldom come into laying until the next April unless their owner knows how to push pullets Into. laying successful ly. If you hatch in January you must not grumble if you get but a half hatch, and some of these will be too weak to live long against the time of year, but this you know those that do live and grow strong and hearty must surely bring you profit early In some manner. If you hatch in winter you must have warm winter quarters for your chicks. Poultrymen who sell eggs for hatching purposes quite of ten have all their own flocks hatched some time before the call for hatching eggs comes in, which is often not un til in Atfrll. Boy Scout Carrying Apparatus tor Signalling In tho Field. A GOOD SCOUT TROOP GONE. It Is not often thnt thero is pleasure in the preparation of an obituary no tice. In the enso of ono troop which has Just become defunct thero Is, how ever, a peculiar satisfaction In not ing Its timely end. Tho story Is con tained In tho following letter from Field Scout Executive Stephen M. Ma jor of Chicago, III.: "Troop ,No. ni2 of Chicago will not bo registered this year, livery ono of tho boys but one are In tho service. This was a troop of older boys, and when they como back they will ell bo scoutmasters or assistant scoutmas ters. "Tho ono who Is not In tho service j is not qulto old enough to get his por- cuts' consent, but Is going to tcchnl ' cal school, so thnt tho minute bis birthday arrives ho will bo roady." lint l ye ('. !!.: Your Dnigijiit or liy tn.nl 60r f l or Rook al the fje Irre write Murine f ye Uernndy Co., Cfc .A- ri-.-V . ci i.ip;ir I nitr .im ii i vvu ' tt'i WI,;loVmtClnnr, . iM withCuticuraByil Sat; 25t. Ontiml 25c 1 50c . S Are You Satisfied? PF.HNKF. 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