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"i m '. ".. Mz11 I Aunty hois unbend. I There nevor mi h lovelier place for Utile irlrr- -to say nothing of a dog to piny In Ihnii llie yard about the Stan honiocteiul ; unci this Carolyn May confided to Aunty Hose one fore-! niMin after nor arrival at The Cor- QfM, !'. 'hind the house the yard sloped down 'to a broad, calmly flowing brook. Here the gOOSS mid duck pens were fenced off, for Aunty Hone would not allow the web-footed fowl to wun ilur ilt'large, as did the other poultry. It was difficult for Prince to learn i that none of those feathered folk were i.' hi- moleHleil. There wn n wldc-rtrnnrhlng onk tree on a knoll overlooking the brook. Around Its trunk Uncle Joe had built, n flpftt. Carolyn May found thin u grand place to alt and dream, while l'rlnce lay at her feet. When they saw Aunty Rone In her unbound Kolng toward the fenced-in , inli-n they both Jumped up and hounded down the elope after her. It wan Just here at the corner of the : :irleii fence that Carolyn May bad her first adventure. Prince, of course, disturbed the se realty of the poultry. The hena went shrieking one way, the guinea fowl lifted op their volcen In angry chat ter, the turkey hens scurried to cover, but the turkey cock, fleneral Boll Mir, a big, white Holland fowl, was not to have bla dignity disturbed and bin courage Impugned by any four footed creature with waggish ears and the slump of a tall. Therefore General Bolivar charged with outspread wlngn and quivering S5 He Charged the Little Qirl Instead ol tha Roiatering Dog. fan. Ills eyesight wan not good, how- j ever. He charged the little girl In- j stead of the roistering dog. Carolyn May frankly screamed. Had, the angry turkey reached the little j girl ho would have beaten tier down : and perhaps seriously Injured her. He missed her the first time, but turned to charge again. Prince barked loudly, circling around the bristling turkey cock, undecided Just how to get Into the battle. But Aunty Rose knew no four .of anything wearing feathers. "Scut, you brute!" she cried, and made a grab for the turkey, gripping lil in with her left hand behind his head, hearing his long neck downward. Iu her other hand she sel.od a piece of lath and with It chastised the big turkey across tho haunches with VlgOC, ", donH Hpnnk him any more, Aunty Rose!" gasped Carolyn May ut last. "Ho uiuHt bo sorry." With a tiir.ii stroke Aunty Hose al lowed the bit; fowl to go mid he run n.Miv fust enough. "Your dog, ehlld, lo"S not KBOW lux manners. Jf ho Is gotOf. to stay lure villi you he must learn that tow I are not to be i luisod mr sturtled." "Im, Atnfy Pose!" begged the little ri'l, "don't punish prince I Not not in,. t wiiv. Please don't I Why, he's never bona spanked In bis Ufa J lie wouldn't know what it meant. Dour Aun'y Boh " "I shall not beat him, Car'lyn May," Interrupted Aunty Rose. "Hut be must ll im his lesson. Ho must learn that HI" rty Is not license Car'lyn May." Bring him here, j I She led the way to tin open eoop of laths In (ho middle of (be buck yard. 'I bis was a hutch In which she put broody hens when she wished lo break up their desire to sot. She opened tlic gate of It and motioned Prince to enter. The dog looked pleadingly at hie jKK -i CHAPTER IV. V - Yrin-7'e7TflKSV'i !' n!iliriTi 1& i little mistress' face, then Into thewoiu- getting 'qualulid with you teat, Aunty in' stern countenance. Seeing iui;uuuii Vou heard me say ' prnyere rpr1ef In either, with drooping tall oftlie (orners BELI ENDIOOTT ccffYjMwrt -1 o i a - vr 3ODD, MT, AD amd COMPANY. e nlunK into me cage. With one hand clutching her frock over her hem I, liirolyn May's big blue eyes overllowed. "It's Just an If he wan arrested," she wild. "Poor Prince! Han he got to May there always. Aunty Hose?" "He'll stay till he learns his lesson," aid Mrs. Kennedy grimly, and went on Into the garden. Carolyn May eat down clone to tho elde of the cage, thrust one bund be tween the slats and held one of the dog's front pawn. She hud hoped to go Into the garden to help Aunty Itoso pick peas, but she could not bear to leave Prince alone. By and by Mrs. Kennedy came up from the garden, her pon heaped with pods. She looked neither In the di rection of the prisoner nor at bis little mistress. Prince whined and lay down. He had begun to realise now that this was Bo play at all, but punishment. He blinked his eyes at Carolyn May and looked as sorry an ever a dog with cropped ears and an abbreviated tall could look. The peas and potatoes were cook ing for dinner when Aunty Rose ap peared again. There was the little girl, all of a dewy sleep, lying on tho grass by (he prison pen. Aunty Rose would have released Prince, but, though be wagged his stump of a -tall at her and yawned and blinked, she had still her doubts regarding a mon grel's good nature. She could not allow the child to sleep there, however; so, stooping, picked up Carolyn May and carrlisl her comfortably Into the house, laying her down on the sitting-room couch to have her nap out as she suppostsl, without awakening her. Aunty Itoso onme away softly and closed the door and while she tlnlsbed getting dinner she tried to make no noise willed would awaken tha child. Mr. Slagg rn mi- bona at noon, quite as full of business as Usual. To tell tho truth, Mr. Stunk' BlwaVI tell bash ful In Aunty Rose's presence; and bo tried to bide bis affliction by conversn tlon. So he talkad steadily through the meal. Hut somewhere about at tho plo course. It was he stopped and looked around eiirloii.lv. "Illess me I" be exclaimed, "wberc'a Hannah's Car'lyn?" "Taking u nap," said Aunty Hose composedly. "Hum! can't the child get up to her victuals'" demanded Mr. Stagg. "You begin serving that ...uing one sepa rately and jo I'll make yourself work. Aunty Rose." "Never trouble about that which doesn't concern ym, Joseph 8tagg," responded his housekeeper rather tartly. "The I.ord has pieced the care of Hannah's Car'lyn on you and mo and I'll do my share and do It proper." Mr. Stagg shook his head and lost Interest in his wedge of berry plo. "There are Institutions " he began weakly; but Aunty Rose said quickly: "Joseph Stagg! 1 know you for what you are other people don't. If the neighbors heard you say that they'd think you were a heathen. Tour own slater's child !" "Now, you send Tim, the hackmnn, up after me this afternoon. I've got to go shopping. The child hasn't a thing to wear but that fancy little black frock, ami she'll ruin that play ing around. She's got to have frocks and shoes and another hat all sorts of things. Seems a shame to dress a child like her In black It's punish ment. Makes her affliction double, I do ssy." "Well, I suppose we've got to flat ter Custom or Custom will weep," growled Mr. Stagg. "But where tha money's coming from " "Didn't Car lyn's pa leave her nonef usked Aunty Hose promptly. "Well not what you'd call n for tune," admitted Mr, stagg slowly. "Thanks be you've gol plenty, then. Anil If Jim IniMii't I have," said liie woman In a lone that qulle closed tlm question of (Iminees. "Which shows me Just when off at," muttered Jonepn Itngg tBfted down the walk for (lie "I knew tiiat yOUDS one WOtth I got as In) store. ' be n nuisance." Carolyn May, who was quite i. e ' lo (el, h a nap on the duyi that she rjld not go to BCbooi, woke up, as Inl v'it as a newly minted dollar, very soon niter her Uncle Joe left for tha stork "I'm awfully sorry I missed him," she eoflflded I" Aunty itoso when sliO danced into the kitchen. "You sen, i wuni to get acquainted with Duels Joe Just as lust as porisllilo. Anil he's at homo so Utile I guess that It's going to be haul to do It." "Oh, Is Hint so? And Is it going to be hard to gat acualuleii with me?" asked I he housekeeper curiously. "(Hi, no!" cried Carolyn May, snug gling up to the good wollian and put ting bar plump bare arm. "Why, I'm ..' -- and when you laid ma down on the ootKh Just now you kissed me," Aunty Itoso actually blushed. "There, there, child !" she exclaimed. "Yon re too noticing. lOnl your dinner, that I've saved warm for you." "Isn't Prince 10 have any dinner. Allllly Hose?" usked the little girl. "Vou may let him out, If .vou wish nfter you hove hud your dinner, ion can feed him under the tree." Carolyn May wan very much excited about an hour rater when a rutv closed hack drew up to the front gate, of the Stagg place and stopped. An old man with a square-cut chin whisker and clothing nnd hat us met as tho hock Itself held the reins over the bony back of the horse ihut drew die ancient equipage. "I sav. vnunir'un. ain't you out o' yer I bailiwick?" queried Till, the hiickman. staring at the little girl In the Slugg yard, Carolyn May stood up Quickly and tried to look over her shoulder and down her back. It was haul to get all those buttons buttoned straight. "I don't know," she said, perturbed. "I loos II show?" "llnhV" grunted Tim. "Does what show?" "What you said," mild Carolyn May accusingly. "I fioil't believe It does." "Hoy I" chuckled the buck driver suddenly, "I leant, do you 'low Mrs. Kennedy knows you're playing In her front yard?" "Aunty Hone? Why, of courne!" Carolyn May declared. "Don't you know I live here 7" "Live here? Get out!" exclaimed the surprised huckman. "Yes, sir. And Prince too. With my I'ncle Joe and Aunty Hone." "Pitcher of tieorge Washington!" i ejaculated Tim. "You don't mean Joe Stagg's taken a young-'iin to Isiard?" "He's my guardian," said the little girl primly, i Aunty Hose appeared. She wore a close bonnet, trimmed very plainly, and carried u parasol of drab silk. Aunty Hose ellmhiil Into (he creaky ild vehicle. "Are you going to be gone long?" Baked Carolyn May , politely. "Not more (ban (wo hours, child," said the housekeeper. "Nolswly will bother you here "Not while dial dog's wilh her, I reckon." put In Tim, the JUTS' 1 "May I come down (he road to meet you. Aunty Hose?" usked the little girl. "I know (he way to Undo Joe's store." "I don't know liny reason why you can't come lo meet me." replied Mrs. Kennedy, "Anyway, you can conic along the road as far as the first house. Vou know that one?" "Tea, ma'am. Mr. Paiiow'a," eald sCarolyn May, Carolyn May went hack Into the yard ami sat on the front porch steps and Prince, yawning unhappily, curled down al her feet. There did not Neem to he much to do at this place. She hail lime now, had Carolyn May, to CORipere The Corners frith the busy llariem Streets with which she hud been familiar all her 1 1 IV. "(Jooiluess mo !" (bought Carolyn May, Startled by her own Imagination, "suppose all tho folks In all those Lenses around here wore dead!" They might have been for ull the human noises she hoard. "(iooduoss mo!" she said again, nnd this time she Jumped up, slurlling l'rlnce from bis nap. "Maybe there Is a spell cast over all this place," she went on. "Let's go nnd see If we can find soiucbiidy that's alive." They went mil of the yard together and took the dusty road toward the town. They soon came In sight of the Pur low house and carpenter shop. "We can't go beyond that," said I Carolyn May. "Aunly Hose told uh not to. And I'ncle Joe suys the cur i pouter nun Isn't a plcusant man." She looked wistfully ut the prein i Ises. file cot luge seemed quite as 1 much under the "spell" as hud been those dwellings at The Corners. Hut from the shop came (he sound of a plane shrieking over a long board. "Oh, Prlncey !" gasped Carolyn May. "I h'lleve he's making long, curly shillings!" If there was one thing Carolyii May adored It was curls. Suddenly Mr. Jodidiuh Pnrlow looked up ami saw tin- wistful, dust streaked face under the black tin I brim and above the black frock, lie stared at her for fully u minute, poising (he plane over his work. Then he put it down and cume to the door of the shop, "Vou're Hannah Slagg's little girl, Urell'l you'" he asked. "Yes, sir," she said, ami Sighed, Dear me, be knew who she was ugh; SWUJ ! There would not bo any chum, oi h,i- gciiing a mill of long curie, "You've come here to live, h:i you?" said Mr. I'urinw slowly. "Ves, Sir, Vou see, ii, v papa and 1 1 til in I nil were losl al sea ullh llie I lunruvell, it was a me lake, I gu hod the little girl, "for Ihe wereu'l lighting anybody, Bui the Duuraven gOl In the way of some ships ll.il wile lighting, III ii place called llie Mcili terranenn uceau, and the Dunruven alls -link, and only a few folks were saved I loin 11. My papa and mamma m aren't saved." "So?" said the cnrponler, pushing his ill.,- spectacles up to bis foreboud, "I lead about II. Too hail loo mighty had! i remember Hannah stagg," be lidded, winking his eyes, Carolyn May thought, a good deal us l'rlnce did. "Vou look like her." "Do I?" Carolyn May returned, drawing nearer, "I'm glad I do. And I'm glad 1 sloop In what used to ho her bed, loo. It doesn't seem so lone nome." "So? 1 reckoned you'd be louesomi. p there at The Comers," said th carpenter. Mr. Porlow stripped another shav log from the edge of the board lie wai "'( u ex - "I Reckoned You'd Be Lonesome Up There at the Corners," said the Car penter. plumbing. Carolyn May's anger eyes followed that curling ribbon and her lips parted. The carpenter peused before push ing the plane u second time the length of the hoard. "Don't you want a drink of water, little girl?" he asked. "Oh, yes, sir I would. And I know Prince would like u drink," she told him quickly. "Co right around to the well In the back yard," suld Mr. Parlow. "Wm'll find n glass there anil Mainly keeps a pun on the well curb for the dogs and cuts." "Thunk you, I'll go," the little girl said. She hoped she would see Mlns Amanda Parlow, but she saw nobody. She went back to the door of the carpenter shop and found Mr. Purlow Mill busily at work. "Seems to mo," he suld, In bis dry voice, after a little while, "you aren't much like other little girls." "Aren't I?" responded Curolyn Mny wondcrlngly, "No. Most little girls that come here want shavings to play with," said (ho Carpenter, quizzically eying her over bis work. "(lb!" Jumping cried Curolyn May, almost "And do you give 'em to "em?" " '.Mast alway low. admitted Mr. Pur- "(ill! Can I have some?" she gasped, "All you waul." aald Mr. Parlow. When Tim's old hack crawled along (be roud from town with Aunty Kose alttlng inside enthroned amidst a mul titude of bundles, Carolyn May was bedecked with u veritable wig of long, Enop curls. "Weil, child, you coital . dy have made a mean Of yourself," said the house keeper. "Has she boon annoying you, .lediiiluh I'm low?" "She's the only BtUgg that ain't an noyed mo since her mother wont away," said the carpenter grullly. Aunty Hose looknl at him levelly. "I wonder," she said. "Hut, you see, she isn't wholly a Stagg." This, of course, did not explain mat ters (o Carolyn Mny In the least. 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