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Carolyn j
of the
Corners
RUTH BELMORE
ENDICOTT
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CHAPTER IX.
A Find In the Drift.
Before flip week whs over, winter
Iiiii! COflM to Sunrise Cove mill The
Corners In fimti Snow fell mid
(rifted, until there wrr aenreely any
thing to lie seen one mornliiK when
Qirolyn Miiy awoke nnd looked out of
her bedroom windows but a white,
Beery mantle.
This WU more snow thnn the little
ptrl had ever seen In New York. She
nunc down to breakfast very much ex
cited. I'ncle Joe had shoveled off the poreh
nnd steps mid Prince had beaten hip
nun diHrynnl in the snow In front of
In- house. For he luid a house of his
own. now n roomy, warm one built
iy Mr. Pnrlow.
1' must be confessed that, although
Code Joe puld for the building of his
doghouse, It never would have been
built by .ledldliih 1'urlow had It not
been for Carolyn May.
At noon Uncle Joe i nine home, drag
ging n sled a big roomy one, glisten
ing with red paint. Just the nicest
sled Carolyn May had ever seen, and
mie f the best the hardware deulcr
arried In stock.
'i in, my, that's lovely !" breathed
tlie little Klrl In awed delight. That's
ever so much better thnn any aled I
ever luid before. And Prince could
rimw dm on It, If I only hud a harness
(or t i in. He used to drag me In the
park, of course. If he suw n cat, I had
to get off nnd hold him."
Mr. Singe, once started upon the
path of good deeds, seemed to like It.
At night he brought home certain
Itrapa nnd rivets, mid in the kitchen,
much to Aunty Rose's ainiizeinVut, he
th iil Prince to a htirtiesx which the
in t day t'urol.vn Muy used on the dog,
iiml Prince drew her very nicely along
tlie beaten paths.
By Saturday the roads were In splen
did condition for sleighing.
So Curolyn May went sledding.
Out of sight of the houses grouped
nt The Corners the road to town
Itemed us lonely as though It were n
veritable wilderness. Here and there
tin- drifts bud plied six feet deep, for
tin- wind hud a free sweep across the
barren.
"Now, there's somebody coming,"
fluid Carolyn May, seeing u moving ob
Jeet abend between the clouds of drift
ing mow spruy. "Is It u sleigh, I'rlin ,
or Just a man?"
She lost sight of the abject, then
sighted it iigtiln.
"It must he a man. It can't be
bear, I'rlncey."
The Strang object had disappeared
gain.
It whs Just nt the place where the
spring spouted out of the rocky hillside
ini'l trickled across the roud. There
wns ii sort of natural watering trough
here In the rock where the horses
topped to drink. The dog drew the
little girl closer to the spot.
"Where has that man gone to? If it
whs H num."
Prince stopped suddenly and whined
and then looked around at his mistress,
us though to say : "See there!"
Carolyn May tumbled off the Bled
In a hurry. When she did so she
slipped on a patch of suow-covered ice
nnd fell. But she was not hurt.
"There! that's where the water runs
across the road. It's all slippery
Oh!"
It was the sleeve of a man's rough
'out thrust nut of the snowbank that
brought tills lust cry to tlie child's lips.
"Oil, oh! It's a man!" burst from
Carolyn May's trembling lips. "How
cold he must be !"
she plumped down on her knees nnd
began brushing the snow nwuy. She
uncovered bis shoulder. She took bold
of this uith her mlttened builds and
tried to shiil.e the prone figure.
"Oh, do wake up I PleMg wiike up!"
sin- cried, digging nwuy the snow
fit - r us possible.
A shaggy bend was revealed, with an
Old cap pulled down tightly over the
his. ''in' iniin moved agiiin nnd gruut
d something. He bulf turned over,
nnd there uiih blood upon the snow,
nnd ii great frosted cuke of it on the
side of his luce.
Carolyn Muy was dreadfully fright
ened. The mans' hind was cut and the
blood w.is smeared over the front of
Ids Jncket. Now she could see a pud
dle of It, right where he hud fallen on
the Ice just as she hud fallen herself.
Only, he hud struck hi head on a rock
nd cut himself.
"Vou poor thing!" murmured Caro
lyn Mny. 'Oh, you mustn't lie here!
You must get up I You'llyou'll be
frozen !"
"Knsy, mate," muttered the man.
"I ain't Jest right my top-hamper, 1
W'koa. iim hard, matey."
ne trted t et m
jot", bm prsehse-
fie tried t get in. He rose la his
rth lerwara again.
Vl'l T
s Braid ef htm
"I'll take you to Mis Amanda's,"
cried the little girl, pulling at hla coat
aguln. "She's a nurse, and she'll know
Just what to do for you. Come, Prince
and I will take yon."
Then she guided the bulf blinded
man to the sled, on which he managed
to drop himself.
Prince pulled, and Carolyn Mny pull
ed, and together they got the aled, with
the obi sirllor upon It, to the Pnrlow
carpenter shop.
Mr. Pnrlow slid hack the front door
of his shop to stare In wonder at the
group.
"For the great land of Jehoahaphat I"
ho croaked. "Cnr'lyn May! what you
got there 1"
"Oh, Mr. Parlow, do come and help
us quick !" gasped the little girl. "My
friend bus had n dreadful had fall."
"Your friend?" repented the carpen
ter. "I declare. It's that tramp that
went by here Just now !"
Mr. Pnrlow made n clucking noise In
his throat when be saw the blood.
"Guess you're right, Cnr'lyn Mny,"
he admitted. "Call Muudy. She must
see this."
Miss Amanda's attention had already
been attracted to the strange arrival.
She ran out mid helped her father raise
the Injured man from the sled. To
gether they led him Into the COtttfe,
He was not at all a bad-looking man,
although his clothing was rough and
eonrse.
Ml Amanda brought warm water
and bathed the wound, removing the
congealed blood from his face and
neck.
When the last bandage was adjusted
nnd the Injured man's eyes were closed.
Mr. Pnrlow offered him a wlne-gluss
of a home made cordial. The sailor
gulped it down, nnd the color begun te
return to his cheeks.
"Where was you goln', anyway?" de
manded the carpenter.
"Lookln' for n Job, mate," snld the
sailor. "There's them In town thnt
tells me I'd find work at Adams' camp.'
"Ha ! didn't tell you 'twas ten mile
away from here, did they?"
"Is it? Well, no, they didn't tell me
thnt," admitted the visitor, "or I'd not
started so late. You see, 1 come ut on
a schooner. This here lake boutlu'
ain't
In tny line. I'm deep-water, 1
mi.
"So I should s'pose," said Mr. Pnr
low. "How'd you git up In re, any
way ?"
"The war," snld the visitor. "The
war done It. Couldn't git u good berth
In any dcep-wutcr bottom. So I thought
I'd try fresh-water sullln' I tell you ,
matey, I been workln' as (pun tci inns ;
ter's tnnte on Hie old ("loss and CTCB
cent line, n scoot In' 'cross to Naples
from .Work there and back goln' I
on ten year."
"W'Ihi t did you leave .oiir boat for'.'
nsked the carpenter curiously.
"She was sunk. There's things hap
penis' over to the other side of 'lit
Ocean, mute," snld tiie Injured iui 'i
earnestly, "that you wouldn't believe I
-no. sir! The Cross and Crescent
lilies give up business till after th
wui'h over, I reckon."
"You'll better not encourage biui to
talk any more, father." Interposed Miss
Anianda, coming Into the room again.
"The best thing be can do for hlttiscll
I to sleep for u while."
"Thank ye, mn'am," said the sailol
humbly. "Ill try."
Imrkiicss came on npuce. Tl.c sky
had become overcast, and there WBl
promise of a stormy i,,ght -more
snow, perhaps. Itut Miss Amanda
Mould not allow Carolyn Muy i.ml
Prince to sturt for home nt once.
"Watch for your undo, Carolyn May,
out of the fiont riHMii window, and lie
all ready to go with him when In
comes along," raid Miss I'm low.
When I'ncle Joe came i lg, Carolyn
May ran out and hulled blui from the
porch.
"Walt for me, UaetS Joe! Walt for
me and I'rlncey, please! Just let DM
get my mlttins mid Prince's harm -and
kiss Miss Muudy."
Thnt last she did most soundly, and
In full view of the man waiting In the
white road.
"Oh, I'ncle Joe, I've got Just the won
dci fiilest story to tell you ! Khull we
harness Prince up again, or will you "
"I csn't wait for the dog, Cnr'lyn
May. I'm in u hurry. Vou oughtu't to
be out In this wind, either. Oct aboard
your sled, now, and I'll drug you my
self," Mr. St-igg Interrupted.
CHAPTER X.
A Salt-Sea Flavor.
8wlftly Joseph Stugg trudged to
ward home, drugging Carolyn :.!. be
hind him.
"Oh, dear me!" exclaimed the llltle
girl with exultation, "we're all so ex
cited, Uncle Joe !"
"I enn see you're all of a-t" liter,"
bo returned absent nilndcdl.v. "Wlnit's
the matter?"
"Oh, oii never rould guess!" was
Carolyn May's Introduction, and forth
with, In breathless I'etueiiees, went 00.
to tr'.l of her discovery In the
mid about the old sailor now
snev
lying
asle '. on the i'jirlow couch.
Of course, when Qorolyn May i.r
rlvetl at home, the story bud to be told
all over again to Aunty Itose Ken
iMMly. "A mighty plucky joungder, this
Cn-'lyn May of ours," Uncle Joe re
marked. "What do you suy, Aunty
ItoseV"
"Kbe Is, Indeed, Joseph SlngB."
sen ed the wommi.
Carolyn Btuy Insisted on going to the
Parlow bouse herself after school the
sl afternoon to Inquire ubotit her
"sailor mini."
When she had bren klrsrrt by Miss
AjnsTidn, and I'
'rlnre bad (,-,Jn down by
the klteluu
r;wr,, the UKI girl ee-
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3Wh
Swiftly Joseph Stagg Trudged Towards
Home, Dragging Carolyn 'May Be
hind Him.
tunndod :
"And do tell me how my sailor man
Is, Miss Mnntly. He got such a bump
on bis bead !"
"Yes; the man's wound Is really serl
M I'm keeping him In bed. Hut you
can go up to see him, He's talked n
lot about you, Carolyn May."
The sailor lay in the warm bedroom
over the kitchen.
Curolyn May prattled on gnyly and
soon bad her "sailor man" telling all
about the sea mid ships, and "they
that go down therein."
"lor. you see." explained Carolyn
May, "I'm dreadful cur'ous about the
sen. My papa gad miimnui were lost
at sea."
"Ton don't say so, little miss!" ex
claimed the old fellow. "Aye, aye,
that's too bud."
Miss Aiuanda bad disappeared, busy
lilxiut BOtue household matter, nnd the
little girl and the sailor were nlolie to
gl ther.
"ics," Carolyn Hay proceeded, "U la
Vcndful hard to feel that It Is bo."
"I eel that what's so, little miss?'
at fced the rum in bed.
"Thnt my pupa and ninnima are real
ly dinvvtid-ed," suld the little girl with
qu'verlng lips. "Some Of the folks on
'heir boat were saved. The papers
-mid so."
"Aye, aye!" exi ii itned the sailor, 111
brows puckered Into a frown. "Aye,
aye. matey I that's alius the way. Why,
1 v, as saved my self from u wreck. I
wi.s m the iiis officer1! boat, sad we In
thai boat was saved. There was an-
i- boa I ih. purser's, it whs wus
drift In' about all night with us. V
ci me one time near rmarhla' into each
Other and wreckln' both boats. There
was heat swell on.
"Vet." pursued the sailor, "come dny-
llgnt, utnl the fog spllttln , we never
could liiul the pnrssy! bout. She bud
rtsl as good a Chance us us after the
1 'tcuiusl.ip sunk. Itut I here It was! We
i go) Separated from her, mid we wus
saved, whilst the purser's boat wasn't
in v it board on again."
"Thai was drendfnl!" sighed the lit
Ha girl.
Tea, little miss. And the poor paa
seugorel Purser hud twenty or more
in his boat, Women mostly. Hut there
WUi a sh It loan, t Why, I helped
lower bis wife mid Iti in Into the boat
'fore 1 was culled to go with the first
lli i r In Ids boat We was the last to
i i -t off, Tlie purser had jest us good i
a chance us we did.
"I guess I won't never forglt that
time, little miss," went on i In- seaman
,1K ,,(. ,llu, (.y(.H ,.,, OI, h,M ,,.,.
round with Interest. "No! And I've
son mi tough times, too.
'"1 he ship was riddled. She hail to
sink nnd it was night
ThcfC was n sick man I told you
I bout, little uiisN. He wus a wonder.
Hint feller! Cheerful -brave Don't
Often see feller like Hi III. Joklll' to
the Inst, be wus. He didn't want to go
in the purser's bout, If there wux more
uouiiii or children to go.
"We told ti i in all tfie women folk hail
left the ship. So, then, he let me lower
him doun Into the purser's bout after
his wife. And that boat had us good a
chance ns are lutd, I tell you," repented
the seaman In quite an excited manner.
"Oh, dear me!" exclaimed Carolyn
May. "My papa and niauiinii might
nnvt In i ti Just like I tint." she added.
"Of couisc. ere don't know whether
t in- got oil tin steamship at nil."
"Aye, u.vo!" the sailor Mid, "I'rett)
tough ot. you, little miss."
Mis- Aiiii'.ila bad come bulk Into
I In loom, mid she stood listening to
the old man's talk. She said:
"Carolyn May, I think you bad better
go downstairs BOW, We mustn't let
oar patient talk too much, it won't be
good for him."
Si Ciiio'.vu May shook hands with
the old sailor and Started downstairs
abend of Miss Amanda. The latter
lingered a moment to ask n question.
"What was the inline ,if the steam
ship you were wris'ked on?" she ashed.
"The one yoli were Just telling about."
"She was the Ouniiueti the Oun
iiivi ii, of the Cross mid Crescent line,"
replied the mariner. "Didn't I tell you
i In, i before, inu'ain'"
CHAPTER XI.
Will Wonders Nevsr Cease?
Again It snowed all night.
It wus on tho nt day, and nt noon
time, when Mr. Stugg wus reluming to
the store, thai a most astounding thing
hiippi in d.
Mr. Singg was wulklnK brlsbly to-
i,wn.l suiiiim; vovo m ins wrm ssww-
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cnllty, r.nd wn nnrenst ot the Pnrlow
shop and cottage which he always
sought to avoid looking at when he
hoard a door open nnd close.
He tried not to look that wny. But
his ear. told him Instantly that the per
son who had come out w ns Miss Aman
da, rather than her father. Knowing
this, bow could he help Hurting a
glance nt her?
Miss Amanda stood on the porch,
looking directly nt him.
"Mr. Stngg," r,he called earnestly, "1
must speak to you."
Save on the Sunday when Prince had
killed the hliicksuulic, Miss Amanda
hail not spoken directly to the hard
ware merchant In all these hungry
years. It nilber shocked Joseph Stagg
now thnt she should do so.
"Will you i ome In?" she urged him,
her voice rather tremulous.
There was a moment of absolute si
lence. "Hless me! Yes!" ejnculntcd the
hardware man finally.
"I assure you, Mr. Stagg," Miss
Amanda saM hurriedly, "It Is no per
sonal matter that causes mo to stop
you In this Cushion."
"No, ma'am?" responded the man
i.llflly.
"I want you to come In and speak
with fbls sailor who was hurl," she
finally said. "There 'Is something he
can till you, Mr. Stagg, that I think
you should Unow."
The big rocking-chair by the window,
In which Miss Amanda's mother had
for several years before hi r death
spent her waking hours, was now oc
cupied by the sailor.
"This Is the little girl's uncle, Ben
jamin," Miss Amanda said quietly. "He
will be Interested In what you huvo ul
reudy told me about the loss of the
Hunrnvcn. Will you please repeat It
all?"
"The Hunrnvcn?" gasped Mr. Stugg,
sitting tlown without being asked
"Hannah"
"There Is no hope, of course," Aiuan
da Pa i low spoke up quickly, "that your
sister, Mr, Stugg, mid her httsbmid
were not lost. Hut having found out
that Benjamin was on the steamer
with them, I thought you should know.
I have warned him to be careful bow
he speaks before Curolyn Muy. You
mny wish to hear the story at first
hand."
"Thank you," choked Joseph Stugtt.
He wonted to say more, but could not.
llciijitmln Hardy's watery yea
blinked, ami he blew bis nose.
"Aye, aye, mater hg rumbled, "hard
lines for a fuot. I give my testi
mony 'fore the consul when we was
landed ao did all that was left of i
from the Hum uven. fe beta1 an un
lettered man. tbey didn't run me vciy
dost, I can't add much more to it.
"As I say, that purser's bout your
Bister and her uiekly husband was in
had jest us good ii chance ai we hud.
We nigh humped Intel each ether moid
I 1 - nr r -, asss .ZAil Isssf
"We Nigh Bumped Into Each Other
After the Dunraven Sunk."
after the Punrnven sunk. So, then,
.we pulled off uways from each other.
Then the fog rolled up from the Afri
can shore a heap of fog, mute. It
sponged out the lamp In the purser's
boat. We never seen no more of 'era
nor heard no more."
"And were Hannah - were my sister
mid her husband In that boat?" queried
Mr. Stagg thoughtfully.
"I am sure, by the details Benjamin
bus giM'ii me." said .Miss Amanda soft
ly, "that your shier and Mr. Cuuieron
were two of Its passengers."
"Well, it's a long time ugo, now,"
'aid the hardware dealer. "Surely. If
lhe. bad been picked up or bad reached
the (.'list of Africa, we would have
heard about it."
"It would seem so," the woman
agreed gently.
"Vou never know what muy happen
nt sea, mister, till It happens," ltetijii
inln Hardy declared. "What became of
Hun boat--"
He seemed to stick to thnt idea. Itut
the possibility of (he small boat's hav
ing escaped seemed utterly preposter
ous to Mr. Stagg. He arose to depart.
Miss Amanda followed tlie hardware
dealer to the outer door.
"I'm sorry," she snld simply.
"Thank thank you," murmured Jo
seph Stugg before she closed the door.
He went on to town, his mind
strangely disturbed. It was not his
ulster's fate that tilled his heart and
brulu, but thoughts of Miss Amanda.
She hnd deliberately broken the
silence of years! Of oourse, It might
M attributed te her Interest In Carol j ii
Mn. only, yet the hurdwurc dealer
wi'ii'lorod.
(Te he eeatUued)
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