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CHAPTER VI.
"1
Prince Awakens The Corner.
t'iniiWiii'i'lliiK time whs over, tmil
tin liunli ill The Cnrnirs whs lo uito
for It1- regular. Sunday sitvIccs.
"liutli Siuiin mill iiic poaaoo have
hud u vacation," aald Mr. Blags, "ni i
now tbay caa tnekla aacb other aguln '
in.ii see w iiu-hii gel the itranala hold I
'hum now iiml revivul time."
"You should not say BUCll tblttpi, es- '
pednlly bafoN the child, JosepU
Btngg," iidiuonlshi'd Aunty Rom,
'Carolyn May. however. Beamed net
to have beard Dade Joea pessimistic
rtmark; she was too greatly excited
by the prospect of Sunday school. Ami
the very next weak-day school would i
begin I
By this first week in .September the
little girl was quite settled in her new :
Dome at The Corners. 1'rlnce whs still
h doubtful addition to the family, both
In. lo Joe and Auuty Kose plainly hav
ing misgivings about him. Hut In re
gard to the little girl herself, tho
hardware merchant and the house
keeper were of one oplulou, even
though they did not admit It to each
other.
Aunty Rose remained, apparently,
ss austere aa ever, while Joseph
Btagg was quite aa much Immersed In
iwuina lormeny. let there were
times, when she and the child were
alone, that Mrs. Kennedy unbent, In a
greater or less degree. And on tho
part of Joseph .Stn-g. he found himself
thinking Of sunny-haired, blue-eyed
"H.imiah's Car'lyn" with Increasing
frequency.
"IMdn't you ever have any little
girls, Aunty Rose?" Carolyn Muy ask
ed the housekeeper on one of these In
liinute occasions. "Or little boyat I
Bean of your very own."
"Yes," said Aunty Kose In a matter-of-fact
tona "Three. But only to
I'll v.. them in my arms for u very llttlo
wliile. Bach dloil BOOfl after coming
t" me. There was something quite
wrong with them all, so yie doctors
aald."
"oh, my dear I ah three of theagf
Sighed Carolyn May.
Two girls and a boy. Only one
lived to be three months ei.!. Thpy
are all buried behind the church yon
der." The next morning early Oirolyn
May, with Prince, went over Into the
churchyard and found the tbie little
Mones In a row. She knew they must
be the right or.es, for there was a big
ger stone, with the Inscription, "Frank
Kennedy, beloved spouse of Rime Ken
iitily." upon It.
The names on the three little stone
were Emellue, Frank, Jr., and Olurlssi.
Weeds and tall grass had begun to
sprout about the little, lozenge-shaped
atonea and about the taller one.
While she was thus engaged, a tall
man in block lookkjg rather "weedy" i
hltwvlf, if the truth were told came i
nrrosH-thc graveyard anl stood beside
her. Me wore a broad band of crepe '
around bis hat and on his arm, and ;
was very grave and serlous-lookfdg.
"Who are you, little girl?" he asked,
his voice being quite agreeable aeul ,
bis tone kindly.
"I'm Car'Jyn May, If you please," I
he replied, looking up at him frankly.
"f'ltr'lyn May StaggV" he asked.
"You're Mr. Stagg'a little glrlT I've
heard of yon."
"Car'lyn May Cameron," she correct- j
ed seriously. "I'm only staying with j
Uncle Joe. He Is my guardian, and he
had to take me, of course, when nay
papa and innnnna were lost ut sea."
"Indeed?" returned the gentleman.
"Do you know who I am?"
"I I think," said Carolyn May,
doubtfully, "that you must be the un
dertaker." For I moment the gentleman looked
Startled. Then be Hushed a little, but
bit eyes twinkled.
"The undertaker?" he murmured.
"Do 1 look like that?"
"Kxeuse me, sir," said Cnrolyn May.
"1 dou'l really know you, you kno'v.
Maybe you're not the undertaker."
"No, I am not. Though our under
taker, Mr. SiiIvvIiih, is a very good
turn."
"".-, sir," said the little girl, po
litely. "1 DO the pastor here your pastor,
I hope," he said, putting u kind hand
DI'i'li her head.
"Ob, I know you now!" said Caro
lyn Muy brightly. "You're the mutt
I'm le Joe says Is going to get a stran
gle hold on Hutun now that vacation
l1- ever."
Rev. Afton Drlggs looked rather odd
(gain. The shocking frankness of the
child came pretty near to flooring
him.
"1 ahem I Your uncle compliments
&'," he aald drily. "You don't know
that ha 1 ready to do his share, do
you?"
"Ills share?" repeated the puzzled
little glrj.
"Toward strangling the Evil One,"
Ptirnied the minister, a wry smile curl-
g i to- corners of his lips.
"Us he got a ahare In It toor
! CAM aft
Cat'lyn
man. I
think we mi should imv.." uni.l
the minister, looking down at her with
returning kindliness In his glancA
"Uvea little gtria like you."
Cnrolyn Muy looked at him quite se
riously. "I to you s'pne," she nsked him con
fidentially, "that Nntnn Is really
Wicked enough to trouble little girls?"
It was a startling bit of new philoso
phy thus BUggedted, and Mr. Drlggs
shook his head In grave doubt. But II
gnve him something to think of all that
day; and the llrst sermon nreaehmt in
The Corners church thai iiiitiiinii
seemed rather different fr most of i
tni.se ""'Id, Indigestible discourses that
the good man was wont to drone out
to his parishioners.
"Dunno but It Is worth while to give
the parson a vacation," pronounced
uncie ,ioe at tne dinner table. "Seems
to me his sermon this morning seemed
to have a new snap to It. Mebhe hell
give old Satan a hard rub this winter
after all."
! "Joseph Staggl" said Aunty Rose
admonlshingly.
"I think he's a very nice man," said
Carolyn May suddenly. "Aud I kep'
awake most of the time you see, I
heard piair I'rlncey howling for me
here, where he was tied up."
"Hum!" ejaculated Mr. Stagg.
"Which kept you awake the dog or
the minister?"
"Oh. I like Mr. Drlggs very much."
the little girl assured him. "And he's
In great 'fllctlon. too, I am sure. He
be wears crepe on his hat and sleeve."
"Huh, so he does," grunted Mr.
S'agg. "He's "most always in mourn
ing for somebody or something."
I "Do you s'pose, Uncle Joe. that he
looks up enough? It does Just seem
to me as though poor Mr. Drlggs must
always be looking down Instead of
looking up to see the sunshine and the
blue sky and and the mountains, like
my papa said you should."
I'licle Joe was silent. Aunty Rose
said, very briskly for her:
"And your papa was right,
May. lie was a very setisiblt
have no doubt."
"Oh, he wus quite a wonderful man,"
said the little girl with full assurance.
It was on the following morning that
school opened. The Corners district
school was a red building, with u
squatty bell tower and two front
doors, standing not far up the road be
yond the church.
Miss Minnie Lester taught the
school, and although Miss Minnie
looked very sharply through her
glasses at one, Carolyn May thought
ahe was going to love the teacher very
much.
Indeed, that waa Carolyn May's at
titude toward almost everybody whom
she met. She expected to love and to
be loved. Was It any wonder she made
so many friends?
There proved, however, at the start,
to be a little difficulty with Miss Min
nie. Prince' would nj remain at home.
He howled and whined for the first half
of gnnday morning's session ai
Aunty Rose confeesed, almost driving
her mad. Then be slipped his cellar
and tore away on Carolyn May's cold
trail.
Into the school marched the dog,
having drawn the staple with which
hla chain hud been fastened to the
bole of the tree In Mr. Stugg's back
yard.
Mlsa Minnie was both alarmed and
angry. Some of the little girls shrieked
and wept when Prince pranced over
to Carolyn May'a seat.
"If you do not shut that awful dog
up so tTmt he cannot follow you here,
Carolyn May, I shall speak to your un
cle, Mr. Htagg, about It. Ugh, the ugly
beast I Take him away at once 1"
So Carolyn May's schooldays at The
Cornet a did not begin very happily,
after all. She had always loved and
been loved by every teacher she had
ever bad before. Rut Miss Minnie
seemed prejudiced ugulnst her becauie
Of 1'rlnce.
The little girl felt badly about this,
but she was of too cheerful a tempera
ment to droop for long under the pres
sure of any trouble. The other chil
dren liked her, and Carolyn May found
plenty oi playmates.
II was on the lust Friday in the
month Hie! aomthlBg happened which
quite 'hinged Miss Minnie's altitude
towards "that mongrel." Incidentally,
The Corners, as a community, was i'il
ly awakened from Its lethargy, and, Bfl
!t chanced, like the Sleeping Rtuutyi
and all her retinue, by a Prime.
The school session on iilday after
noons was always shortened
day Mr. Urady, one of the school trus
tees, came to review the school and,
before be left, lo pay Miss Minnie her
salary for the month.
Carolyn May had permission from
Aunty Rose to go calling that after
noon. Freda Payne, whom she liked
very much, lived up tho road beyond
the schoolhouse, and she had Invited
the little city girl to come to see her.
Of course, PrtMO had to be Included
In the Invitation. Freda fully under
stood that, and Carolyn May took him
pn ,'ds Jeob.
They saw Mlsa Minnie at her desk
when they went past the schoolhouse.
She was correcting written exercises.
Carolyn May secret ly hoped that her
own waa much better thun she feared
It was.
Not for beyond the schoolhouse
Prince began to growl, and the hairs
stiffened on his neck.
"Whatever la the matter with you,
Prince?" demanded Carolyn May.
In a moment ahe saw the cause of
the dog's continued agitation. A
roughly dressed, be whiskered man eat
beside the road eating a lunch out of a
newspaper. He leered at Carolyn May
and said : a
"I guess you got a bad dog there,
ain't ye, little girl?"
"Oh, no I He's us'ally very polite,"
answered Carolyn May. "You must ho
1 Still, Prince I You see," she explained,
"he doesn't like folks to wear old
, Clothes. If If you bad on your Sun
day suit, I'm quite sure he would not
' growl tit you."
"He wouldn't, hey?" said the mini
, hoarsely, licking bis lingers of the last
crumbs of his lunch. "An' suppose a
feller ain't got DO Sunday suit?"
"Why then, I s'pose 1'rlnce wouldn't '
j ever let you come Into our yard If
hi was loose."
"Don't let him loose now, little girl,"
said the fellow, getting up hurriedly
mid eyeing the angry dog askance.
"Oh, no, sir. We're going visiting
up the road. Come away, Prince. I
won't let him touch you," she assured
the man.
The latter seemed rsther doubtful
of her ability to hold the dog long, and
he hobbled away towards the school
house. ! Curolyn May had a very pleasnnt
call Freda's mother even npproved of
Prince and It was an hour before the
two started for home. In sight of the '
school house Prince gave evidence
again of excitement.
"I wonder what Is the matter with
you now," Carolyn May begun, when '
suddenly she sighted what hud evi
dently so disturbed the dog.
A man was crouching under one of
the schoolhouse windows, bobbing up !
now and then to peer In. It was the !
man whom they had previously seen j
beside the road.
"Hush, Prince!" whispered little1
Cnrolyti May, holding the dog by the
collar.
She, too, could see through the open
Window, Miss Mlnni" was still at her
desk. She had finished correcting the :
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AMERICAN BREASTS
SWELL PROUDLY AT
GREAT WAR AIMS
Nothing in History CorrtDares to
Army of Five Million Men
in France Next Year
HEART OF BRITISH EMPIRE
The breast of every American must
swell within him at contemplation of
the sheer size of our plans for our
war part next year.
Five million men In France!
The nation which for more than a
century has houkIiI onlv to ha trt
alone In the West with Kb l-'reedom,
has roiiHid to tho call for help rrom
lis sister dl mooincies on the Kastoru
side of the nlobe and Is pouring
across the Atlantic, a mighty stroma
of men and arms, a stream so great
that button offers nothlni; In com
parison.
(ionium mllllitrv autoeraav uhi.h
BOUght to BUpplaUl the "Liberty,
Uquallty and Justice" Ol France with
its horrible "win to power" under
the doctrine that "mlnlit is right"
has already found that Right has
hidden sources of power for self-
pretention.
The unwelcome lesson of American
valor, learned by Germany at Can-
tlgny, Chateau Thierry, and since at
a score of other fierce battles, has
shown tho Hun an Inkling of the
mightiness of right.
AMERICAN VALOR
AWAKENS HUN
For every man on the battle line,
tho rudiments of military tactics tell
us. ten men must be behind.
Not all of the five million Ameri
cans between the Channel ports and
tho Rhine next year will be In the
battle line. Hut we at home may
Justly consider that all of France Is
our battle line. We must BOB that
for every man in France, giving his
utmost efforts dally, tcady to give
his life, ten men at home are strlp
plnif their dally lives of every non
fHsentlol effott, dropping every task
that does not help to win the war.
With fifty million men at home
guarding the Interests of the lighting
men uhio.nl. they cannot full of suc
cess If those fifty million ure active
Good Reasons Why Trafalgar Square,
In London, Haa Been Given
That Appellation.
Trafalgar square has been colled the
heart of the Rrltlsh empire, tho most
truly English spot In London. It Is
not of Leicester square or of Picca
dilly thai London Tommy dreams, hut
of Trafalgar square, with the statue
of Nelson In the center. The stntue
"fi the slender column Is Kncland's
best -loved hero. The figure of Nelson,
three times I he natural size, Is reared
145 feet In the nlr, with Landseer's
four lions of bronze nt the base.
Many of the most Important build
ings of the city are grouped around
the square. The National gallery, with
Its urt collection, faces the Nelson col
umn. The collection was begun In
M24 mid Is one of the llnest In the
world, in tin upper part of the square
Is the church of St. Martins In the
Flchl, where Nell (iwyti lies burled.
Tills lust bit of Information is apt i
Interest the visitor more than the fact
that Bacon was christened at, the
church's altar.
The column stands at the crossing of
Rome of the most famous streets In
London. Charles the First walked
down Whitehall to his execution. The
Strand, branching from the square, is I
the main artery of the city as well as
the favorite meeting place of the peo- '
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Perhaps movie rnsorsbip Is being
overdone. A mind that can be de
praved by the sight or a film Is In a
constant of flux. Show It an uplift
ing film and it can be reformed again
A mind so easily dislocated will
never lie wry effective for good or
evil. Do we worry too much about
It. I processes?
SUM, the films provide us with a
convenient alibi. We can charge
them up witli much of the evil that
Is really Inherent In ourselves.
"Good king Arthur" was one of tho
original conservers, but In theso
days he would not be put to the ne
cessity of "stealing three pecks of
barley meal to make a bag puddlttK."
Ho would only have to take barley
meal as his flour substitute, and In
a short time he would have enough
accumulated for innumerable bag
puddings,
Tried Many, Found The Best.
Foley Cathartic Tablets keep tho
bowels regular sweeten the stomach
and lone up the liver. J .G. Gaston,
Newark, Ind., says he used a great
many kinds of cathartics, but Foley
Cathartic Tablets gave him more
satisfaction than any other. He says
ly believed by Londoners to be broad, i
It Is the busiest street In the empire. J they are the best cathartic tablets
The principal shops and many of the j made. Sold by Reed Bros,
hotels are on this street
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open and was counting the money Mr. . .v ,,. nol H(.tv(, w.ll(.h,nK ,v,.ry
Brady hud given her. t ,... . mau, wur W()rk effcUve
ti-ooti: breathed Carolyn Miiv.
CltCglng to the eager dog's colhu
The man at the window suddenly
left his position and slipped annual to
the door. In a moment be appeared In
the schoolroom bctore the Startled
teacher.
Miss Minnie screamed. The man.
with a rough threat, darted forward
to seize her purse.
Just then Carolyn May BUBUapped
i
I
T'"' -r-" ' ' y
But He Waa Soon Baying the Fellow
Past the Blacksmith Shop and the
Store.
the leash from Prince's collar and let
him go.
"Save Miss Minnie, I'rlncey!" she
cried after the charging dog.
Prince did not trouble ubout the
door. The open window, through
which tho trump had spied upon the
rrhoolmlstrcss, was nearer. He went
up the wall and Scrambled over the
sill with a BBVagB' determination that
le't no doubt whatever In the trump's
mind.
With a yell of terror the fellow
bounded out of the door and tore
along (he road ami through The Cor
ners at a speed never before equaled
In that locality bye knight of the road.
Prince lost a Utile lime in recovering
; his footing and again getting oo the
1 trail o) the Seeing tramp. lint he wini
soon baying the fellow past the black-
! -mlili shop and the store.
The Incident called the entire popu
llatlnn of The Corners, save the bed
I ridden, to the windows and doors. For
This i once the little, somnolent village
rwoke.
(To be continued)
When the war Is over Germany Is
very likely to discover that she has
no special use for a War Lord.
The tables are turned. One can
read (he war news with fcatlsfactlon
nowadays.
e
If present advances continue, It
will soon be only the capitalist who
san keep his family In shoes.
denouncing and punishing every at
tempt at delay or hinder, tin million
men In France would he helpless.
FIGHTERS MUST
HAVE BACKING
'Klic million nun In Frame no ins
thut ever) resource heic at home will
he strained to latpport t!nm to cue
them tood, to give them aim:, la
'give the wounded cut", to pay them
that those dependents thO) left at
, home may live in comfort, to give
them sife transport across and safe
paaaaga homo again.
No less authority than Gilford
, Plnchot bus i.i.id recently thut one
third of the population of the Hutted
States Is agricultural one-third of
the men are farmers.
One-third, therefore, of whatever
glory comes to us in our crushing of
' autocracy, will shine in tbe farm
I homes whose stanehness has been
lour safeguard. One-third of any one
'of our co-ordinated war efforts can
not be allotted te the farmers any
more than any other one share to
any other class.
The farmer must raise all of the
whtaU and all of the most without
I Which our army would be helpless
Rut the miller and the put ker must
prepare th.tn. The banker must
handle all of the war funds, since he
Is the accustomed channel for our
money, but he cannot provide it all.
FARMER HAS
TWO-FOLD PART
Kvery man and woman must have
a direct share of our national war
loans. Vaht sums of money come to
tho farmer. Instead of the ordinary
forms of Investment, stocks and
bonds, or stocks and mortgages, or
...
moie acres or a tietter house or
barn, the farmers' money must now
go Into Liberty Loans.
For fifty years after peace treaties
have been algned, the great war will
be fought over and over again
wherever men gather lor discussion.
The fierce light of uihoix ealable
facts will leveal every angle of the
conduct of the war at home and
abroad.
Tbe finger Of righteous patriotic
BOOrn will point out every man who
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