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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1918)
Carolyn of the Corners 3u RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT of the tolling, bell, sharply on the watch for other brenka In the Ice. Her waa another a wide-spreading mass nii.,i with black water! Che? 11(1(1 tin l(1r In ii i.i..i. -i .. lah.n.M ". . " '"""n .-.......,, vil II U I'viifht 1911. bT Dodd. UnA Comfan). Inc.) Then, suddenly, the clear silver tone of n hell rang out. Its pitch carried through the storm slantingly clour. There mi a movement out In the eno. One field of Ice crushed against Mother. Mr. 9tngg stifled a moan ami h one of the first to clImb'doAn lo the level of the Ice. "Hove a cure, Joe," somebody warned hint. "This snow on the Ice will musk the holes and Assures some-think- scandalous." Put Joe Stagg was reckless of his own safety. He started out Into the now, shouting again: "Prince ! Prince 1 Here, boy I Here, hoy '" There was no answering bark. The clanging of the chapel bell was h comforting sound. Joseph Stagg did not know that, nimble to find the sex li.ii, AtiKindii Pnrlow hud forced the church door and wns togging at the rough rope herself. Puck and forth she nag the Iron dapper, and It wns no ucv rtaln oota thut clnnged across the storm-driven cove that afternoon. It wns not work to which Carolyn Mag's "pretiy holy" ii- used. Her shoulders aaoa acned nnd the paltna of bet hands were raw mill I'leeiung. nut she continued to toll the bell without a moment's snr ceose on mid on, till her brain swam nnd her breath sane chokingly from her longs. ".! I Joel" she muttered each time that she bore down on the bell rope, ikkI the Iron tongue shunted the word fur her, fur across the snow-blotted cove. Carolyn May was not the first of the trio caught out on the moving Ice to be frightened. Perhaps because she had inch iiniiiiijiHlcd faith In the good In tentions of evorbody toward her, the child could not Imagine anything rcnl Ij hurting her. "Oh, i n't this fun!" she crowed, bending her head before the heating 0' tin storm, "lo hung on, Princey." Rut Prince could not hung or; s( well, now that they faced the wind. II lllpped ofT the sled twice, and that d layed them. Under his skates, Cliej kpiiIiI feel the Ice heave, while 'lo resonant cracks followed each otboi like a file-fire of musketry. "Goodness me!" gasped Gsrolyi May, "the Ice seems to he uolnc all t' me, Carlyn pieces, diet. I hope It won't till wc let ! acb to the slu.re." Tin bopin' thut, too," returned UK 00 He bad quickly realized that the were In peril, but he would not let' Carolyn May see thut be Ml fright em 'I -no, indeed! The boy unstrapped the skates swift ly. He had ii very good reason for re moving them. If Jlie Ice was breaking Dp Into floes, be might skale right oft Into the wuter, being unable to halt QUlclcly enough. If on the steel runners. lie now plodded on, head down, drug ging the sled and the child, with Prince dipping and scratching along beside then, Suddenly he came to open wuter. It Hiis so I. road a channel that be could not hope to leap It ; and, of course, he could not get the sled and the litllo girl across. "My !" cried Carolyn May, "that place wasn't here when we came out. Was It, ('hot? It must have Just come here." "1 don't think It was here before," Idmllted the boy. Suddenly a sound reached their ears thnt startled both; It even made Prince prick up his ears and listen. Then the doc --at up on his haunches and began in howl. direction And. Indeed If mnMA.1 ... I.l .. . ' " -"""ii i" oo. sinoagn the opening was grow ing wider each moment. The Ice on which they stood must be completely severed from that further up In the In- The boy had become frightened, tarolyn May had little Idea of their danger. Prince eat up and howled. It seemed to the boy as though they were In despernte straits, Indeed. "You've got to be a brnve girl, Car'lyn May," he said. "Pm goln' to wlm across this place and then drny you over. You etlck to ih i,i ..,( you won't scarcely get wet even." "Oh, Chet! don't you dure, get drownd-ed !" begged Carolyn Mnv, ter rified now by the situation. He turned n bright face on her as he struck out for the edge of the other Ice floe. Chet might not bare been the. wisest boy who ever lived, but he was brnve, In the verv best sense nt inn word. Don't worry about May." he chattered. The desperate chill of the water al most stopped the boy's heart. Three strokes took hlui across the patch of open water. "We'll be all right In a minute, Car'lyn May!" he called, climbing to his feet. And then he discovered something that almost stunned him. 'the line he had looped around his wrist had slipped offl He had no way of reaching the rope attached to the sled save by crossing back through the water. Chet felt that he could not do It. "Oh, Chet! Chet!" walled Cnrolyn May, "you've dropped my rope!" What be should do, poor Chet could not think. Ills brain seemed com pletely clouded. Put what was the little girl doing? He saw her hauling In on the wet rope nnd she seemed to he speaking to Prince, for be stood directly before her, his ears erect, his tall agitated. Py and by he barked shaipl.v. "Now, Princey !" Chet heard her crv. She thrust the end of the rope Into the dog's Jaws and Wared her uiittcncd blind towards the open water nnd the unhappy Chet beyond it. Prince sprang around, faced the strait of black eater, shaking the end of the rope vigorously. Chet saw what she meant and he shrieked to the deg: "Come on. Prince! Come on, good Qog I Here, sir !" Prince could not bark his reply with the rope In Ills jaws, but he tpmng Into the water and swum sturdily toward Chet. lie stooped and seized the (log's fore legs when he cattie near and helped him scramble mil on the Ice. The end of the rope was safely In his graft? again. "My goodness! My gOOdneSSl "otild sing a hallelujah!" declared Chet, his eyes streaming now. "Hold on. now, Cur'lyn May! I'm goln' to I drag you across. You hang right on , to th.it sled." "Oh, I'll cling to It. Chet," deelard the little girl. "And do take me off. Keep on," muttered the lad, dragging Hie sled slowly. The dog hud disappeared. Carolyn May was weeping frankly. Chet (lorm ley was pushing slowly through the storm, staggerjng at each step, scarce ly aw (ire In what direction he was heading. CHAPTER XIV. bark am VJUM V,1 ' wJc7 Jnr 2- - "Oh, don't Prince!" gasped ( "anil) n l)Ut pi, ,,, He Turned a Bright Faoe on Her at He Struck Out for the Edge of the Other Ice Floe. this Ice. quick, for I think It's floating you vo i could hear a church rled Chet Id. right, this open Mm "Who ever told llix Just because you Ml ringing r "i hat's the chapel bell !" Onrinloy, "Now I'm sure Hm we must get around patch in the water." ii' 'i off along Hie edge of the open Water, which looked black and angry. The ice groaned and cracked in III i telling way. lie was not sure 'l" i her the Hoe they wen had coin- pletelj broken away from the great I"" it Ice III the cove lllld was III- 1 rifting out Into the lake or not. Haste, however, he knew was 1 ( I" Ive, The tolling of the chi pel Ml coming faintly down the wind, 'In I drew the sled swiftly along the edge of the opening, Hie (log trotting llong beside them, whining. Prince plainly did not approve of this. "Ibre It is!" shouted Hie boy in sud den ,,y. "Now we'll be all right, CarMyn May!" "Oh, I'm ao glad, diet," said the Ut ile girl. 'Tor I'm getting real cold, and now makes me all wet." "Keep up your henrl, Car'lyn May," he begged. "I gtiesa we'll get through al licht now." "Oh, I'm not really afraid," the little llrl snxwered. "Only I'd really like to a shore." Peel hastened a toward the aeaoa Chet drew en the rope, the sled moved forward and plunged, with Just U little splash, into the pool. In a few eeeondi be had "snaked" Ilic sled lo Hie edge of the Ice Hoe on which be stood, lie picked the sob bing Carolyn Mnv off the sled and ll.cn lifted that up loo. The little Kill was wet below her waist. "I'm cm just a" i M s i1 can be." she chattered. "Oh, Chet ! take me home, please!" "I'm a-going to," chattered the lad In return. He dragged offMil-t coat now, wrung It as dry as In- could and wrapped It around Carolyn May's legs before be sealed In r on the sled Hgflln, Then he seized the rope once more and slarled toward the sound ol the chapel hell. Prince began t bark. He could not move forward much faster than Chet did, but he faced Hie wind and began to hark with persistence. "There - there's something over there, t'liel," murmured Carolyn May. She was all Bill hrciHhless herself. tih.ii ilirouirh the wind and storm, came a faint hall. pursued his barking plr to the hall a hoarse croak. "We're get tf keep en- we're got fo How to Write a Sermon. Joseph Stagg heard the dog nrst or all. The men with Mr. Stagg having spread out on the Ice like a skirmish ing party, now closed In toward the point from which sounded the dog's burking. The hardware dealer shout ed as he ran. He was the most reck; less of them all and on several occa sions came near falling. Suddenly an object appeared In the smother of fulling snow. Hoarsely the dog barked again. Mr. Stagg shouted : "Hey, Prince 1 Prince! Here wo nre!" The mongrel made for the hardware merchant and almoal knocked him over. He wns mad with Joy. "Show 'em to us, good dog!" cried Uncle Joe. "Take us to 'em 1 Where's Hannah's Car'lyn? Show us, boy I" Prince lapped Mr. Stagg's face and then ran off through the falling snow, barking nnd leaping. The men hur ried after him. Twice or thrice the dog was back, to make sure that he waa followed. Then the men aaw something outlined In the driving anew. "Uncle Joel Uncle Joel" The child's shrill voice reached the hardware merchant. There was poor net, staggering on, leaning against the wind, and pulling the sled behind him. "Well, you silly chump!" growled Joseph Stagg. "Wbcre're you going, anyway?" "Oh, t'nele Joe!" walled Carolyn May, "he Isn't anything like that at all! He's Just the bravest boy; And he's all wet and cold." At the conclusion of this declaration 1 r Chet fell to his knees and I hen slipped quietly forward on his face. "I Mini !" grunted the hardware deal er, "I guess (he boy Is all ,." Put Cllet (11(1 not lose consciousness. He raised u faint murmur which reached Mr, Btagg! ears. "I I did the best I could, Mr. Stagg. Take take her right up to mother. She'll fix Car'lyn up, nil right." "Say, kid!" exclaimed the cook, "I guess you need a bit of llxln up your self. Why, see here, boys, this chap's been In the water and his clothca Is froze stiff." "Pick him up and put him on the sled here, boys," Mr. Stagg said. "I'll carry lluunah's Car'lyn myself." The party. Including the excited Prince, got buck to the docks without losing any time uinl w llhoiit furtlici accident still the chapel bell wn ringing ami somebody sulci : "We'd have been up a stump for knowing the direction If it hadn't In en for that bell." "Me. too," muttered Chet Cormley. "That's wluit kep' me goln', folks the chapel bell. It just toemod to be Callln' me home." Joseph Btagg, carried his niece up lo Mrs. Oormley'a little house, while one of the men helped Chet along lO j the sonic destination. The seamstress ,lf , .'? ( met them at the door, wildly excited. "And what do you think'" she cried. I ' "i hey took Mnndy Parlow home In . 'Hill's hack. She W88 Just done no, (C ' I 1 ' ''"V '''" """' I'"1""' ;l1"1 ehapel hell Hid you ever hear of such a slllv crlt er Just because she couldn't Had the SCtd !" "Hum! you and I both seem to he mistaken about what constitutes silli ness, Mrs. (lormley," grumbled the hardware dealer. "I was for calling your Chet silly, till 1 learned what he'd done. And you'd better not call Miss Mainly silly. The sound of the chapel hell gave us all our hearings. Iloth of 'em. Chet and Miss Mnndy, did their best." Carolyn May was taken home In Tim's hack, too. To her surprise, Tim was ordered to stop at the Parlow bouse and go In to ask how Miss Amanda was. Bj ibis lime the story of her pulling of the chapel hell rope was all over i Sunrise Cove and the hack driver was naturally as curious hm anybody. Ho he willingly went Into the Parlow cot tage, bringing buck word that she was resting comfortably. Doctor Nugent having Just left her. "An' she's one brave gal," declared Tim. "Pitcher of (ieorge Washington! pullln' that bell rope ain't no baby's Job." Cnrolyn May did not altogether iin- oeratana wnai aims Amanda had done. Inn she was greatly pleased Hint t'nele Joe had so plainly displayed his i Interest in the carpenter's daughter, The next morning Carolyn Mn. i seemed to be III good condition, In ; deed, she wns Hie only Individual vl i tally Interested in the adventure a'hn '(lid dot pay for the exposure. liven Prince bad barked his legs being hauled out on Hie Ice. Uncle doe had caught a had cold In his head and sin tared from It tot some time, fcftaa Amanda remained in bad for aaVeraJ day. Hut It was poor Cbel Qomiley ' ho paid the dearest price lor par ticipation in Hie exciting Incident. I ,,--lor Nugent had hard work lighting oil pneumonia. Mr. Stagg surprised himself by the j Interest he took In Chet. He closed Ids store twice each day to call at the widow Oormley'a house. Mr. Stagg found himself talking with Ohel more than he eer had before. The boy was lonely and the iiuiii found a spark of interest In his henrl fur him that he had never previously discov ered. He began to probe lulu bin young employee's thoughts, to learn t something ef his outlook v Ufe ; per hnpa, even, he got some inkling of Chefs ambition. That week the Ice went entirely out of the cove. Spring was at hand, with Its muddy roads, blue skies, sweeter airs', soft rains und a general revivifying feeling. Aunly Hose declured that Carolyn May began at once to "perk up." Per haps the cold, long winter had been hard for the child to beur. One day the little girl had a more than ordinarily hard school task to perform. IOverythlng did not come enay to Carolyn May, "by any manner of means," as Aunty Iloae would have KBld. ComiMisltlmi writing wns her bane nnd Miss Minnie had Instructed Oarolyn May's class to bring In a writ ten exercise the next morning. Tire little girl wandered over to the church yard with her slate and pencil and Prince, of coursL to try to uchlcve the coiiipo di ion. The windows of the minister's study overlooked this spot and he wns sit ting nt bis desk while Carolyn May was laboriously writing the words on her slate (having learned to use a slate), which she expected later to copy Into her composition book. The Itev. Afton lnlggs watched her puzzled face and Inborlng lingers for some moments before culling out of Ids window ui her. Several sheets of sermon paper lay before him on the esk and perhnpa he waa having al ios! aa hard a time putting on the ,iaper what he dealred to aay aa Car olyn Muy waa having with her writ ing. Finally, he came to the window and spoke to her. "Carolyn May," be aald, "what are you writing?" "Oh, Mr. Drlggs, Is that you?" said the little girl, getting up quickly and coming nearer. "Did you ever have to write a composition?" "Yes, Carolyn May, I hnvv to write one or two euch week." And ho sighed. "Oh, yes ! So you do !" the little girl agreed. "You have lo write sermons. And that must be a tcrrlbl) tedious thing to do, for they have to In- longer than my composition u great deal longer." "So it is a composition thai is troub ling you," the young minister re marked. "Yes, sic. I don't know wlm to write I really don't. Miss- Minnie says for us not to try any lllgi'; f fancy. I don't Just know what times lire. Hut she says, write what Is In us. Now, that don't seem like u comiajsl- tion," added Carolyn May doubtfully. "What doesn't." "Why, writing what Is In us," ex plained the little girl, staring In a puzzled fashion at her slati-, on which She bud written several lines. "You see, 1 have written down ell the things thut I 'member Is in me." "I 'or pity's sake! let DM see It, child," sold the minister, quickly reach ing down for the slate. When be brought It to a level with his eyes he was amazed by the follewing: "In me there is my lieail, my liver, m.v lungs, my verform pendlcks, my stiimnih k, (WO ginger cookies, a piece of pepmlnl candy and my dinner.'' "I' 'or pity's easel" Mr. Drlggs shur off this explosion by sudden cough. "1 guess it Isn't much of a compo sition, Mr. Drlggs," Carolyn May said "1 woutn If I could, Mr. Drlggs." Carolyn May wea very earnest. "Well, now, Carolyn May, how would you go about writing a sermon If you had one to write?" "Oh. Mr. Drlggs!" exclaimed the little girl, clasping her hands, "kknow Juat how I'd do It." "You do? Tell mo how, then, my dear," he returned, smiling. "Perhaps you have an Inspiration for writing sermons Hint I have uever yet found." "Why, Mr. Drlggs, I'd try to write every WON no's to nfaku folks that heard It happier. That's what I'd do. I'd make 'em look up and aee the sun shine and the sky and the moun tains, 'way off yonder ao they'd see nothing but bright things nnd breathe only good air and hear birds sing oh. dear me, that that la tho way I'd write a sermon." The clergyman's face had grown grave as he listened to her, but he kissed her warmly as he thanked her and bade her good-hy. When she had gone from the study he rend again the text written at the top of the first sheet of sermon paper. It was taken mini the book of the prophet Jere miah. " 'To write every word bo's to make folks that heard it happier,' " he mur mured aa he crumpled the sheet of pa per In Ida hand and dropped It in the waste-basket. Took Out Dreadful Horeneaa. When the kidneys are weakened and fall to throw impurities out of the blood, the poison remalna In the system and backache, soreness and rheumatic pains develop. Mrs. David Henry, 66 8. Lincoln Av., Washing ton, N. 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Perhaps I can iieip you in this composition writing." i "tih, win fan, Mr. Drlggs f rrled the Utile girl. 'Thnt Is awful kind of you." The clergyman did not teem to mind neglecting his task for ins pleasure of helping Carolyn Muy itii bars. Re explained ipilte clearly Jti-i what Miss Minnie uieanl by "writing wbai in you." "th! It's what you 1 1n nk about a thiny yourself- not wluit other folks think,'.1 cred Carolyn. Muy. "Why. i OBI! do Hint. I IhflUgbl It was some thing like those phj serology lessons Then 1 can write about anything I wanl to, can't IV" "I think so," replied die minister, "I'm uwl'ully Obliged to on, Mr Drlffga," ihe little mil said, "i wisi I might (lo something for you In re turn.'' "Help mi- wlih my sermon, per kapsY" h asked, nuiIIJlis jfeoSJef3 The Plumber is a Robber! Only when the man in side the PLUMBER is crooked. Our aim is to give honest service, and install honest goods AL WAYS. 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