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Carolyn of the Corners RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT lovwul". IV1I, by Oodd. Mtvl Company, lac.) CHAPTER XV. The Awakening. With the opening Of soring and the close of the sledding season, work had i (topped at Adams' ramp. Itnther, the entire plant hnd been shipped twenty mil deeper Into the forest in, tuiiikhouse. cook shed and smb. corru pted Iron shucks as were worth cart ing away. All Hint was left on the site of the ius camp "ore huge heups of saw dust, piles of skills, dls'iirilod timbers mill i In- half burned bricks Into which I tin. I been built the portable boiler and ; engine. And old Judy Mason. She win not IcouMiJered worth moving to the. new j rite "f the 'amp. She was bedridden i kith rheumatism. This was the reuurt tlio hucktnun, hud brought In. II Id woman's husband hail gone i iltli the outfit to the new rump, f,,r be foulil not afford to give up his work. I bad not been so bud when the imp was broken up, hut when Tim i neat over for a loud of .-.labs for imer firewood, he discovered her I guile lieipless in her bunk and almost i Mart lug. The rheumatic attack hail! triune serious. Amanda Parte hnd at once ridden bver with Doctor Nugent. Hew brave and helpful It Is of Miss tmmidu I Curnlyn May cried. "Dear ne, when I grow up I hope I cun be u mljcrutc nurse like Miss Mandy." "I rpekon Uiat'ii some spell ahead," hnrklrd Mr. Parlow, to whom she ilil 'Ins when he picked her up for me after diking his daughter to tne Btup. "Mr I'nrlow," the girl ventured nftr ( time, "clou t you thUtk now that Miss Hum might to bo hiiiuiVV "Huppy!" exclaimed the ciirpcnter. artli i, " bat about, child?' ("Why. nliMiit everything. You l-.nove. I It died you about her being' luip and and you didn't seem fa ile. You said Uahi" The old mnn runde no rtply for a llnnte and Carolyn Mnv hnd the mi ne to wuit for her eucgv.itlon Ul link- In." Finally ho said : I "I dtinno hut you're right, Cnrlyn Not that It matters much, 1 , whether a body's happy or uol this world," he added grudgingly. "oh yen, It does, Mr. I'urlow! It btters a craal deal 1 am sure to id to other people, If we're not . IPPJ Inside of us, how can we h" i-erful outside, and so make other iph happy? And that Is what I : an ahoul Miss Amanda." fWhat about Muiiriy?" "She Isn't hnppy," sighed Carolyn i.v. "Not really. She's Just as good good can he. She is always doing , folks and helping. But she can't real happy." "Why not?" growled Mr. Parlow, hi , turned nwuy. "Why 'cause Well, you know. I'urlow, she can't be happy as long i the and my l.'nete Joe are mud ut rh other." Hr. I'nrlow uttered another grunt. LI the child went lriiel.' on. "'ion know verv well that's so. And ' nit know what to do about It. It ! m.oiiik too nwfttl Hint they should ' Irdly speak, and yet be so fond of ; Cli other deen down." How d'you know they're no fond of ,,(iy fternoon and bring the little girl h other deep down?" Mr. I'nrlow j ,,, of court Prince had to go ,,m"le''- along. I know my I'ncle Joe likes Miss That Friday evening at supper innl indy cause he always iipeaks ho , terg in tle hg kitchen of the Htngg reapectfaJ of her. And 1 con r" I fcumu ele roellj gt t aartoua paaa. Jn likea him, In her eyes," replied the I Ht.vh n,nKll sat down to the table visi bly without appetite. Aunty Hose m,'s . tS ;''& (now My Uncle Joe Like Mil Amanda." Irwinl Caroiyn May. "Oh, yes, Mr, ,py again," ' . .'.. e s ' wMlw I low, they ought to be bu and we ought o make 'em bo." "Huh! Who ought to?" "You mid mo. We ought to tlnd Rome way of doing it. rm sure we can, If C Just think hnrd nhout It." "lluh!" grunted the carpenter ngnln. turning Cherry luto the dooiyard. Huh I" This was not n very encournglng re Ponu. Yet he did think of II. The little girl hHd etnrtcd a train of thought In Mr. Parlown mind that he could not sidetrack. He knew very well that what she had said ahout his daughter and Jo m iph Ntngg was quite true. In his self ishness he had heen glud nil theee .veins thut the hnrdwaro merchant wai hnlkiil of happiness. The ourpenter hnd always boon n erf-centered Individual, dtalroua of hit own comfort, and rather miserly. Hi' had nut approved, In the llrsi place Of l)M Intimacy between Joseph Stagg and his daughter Aniauda. "No gondii tome o' that." he had told himself. Thut Is, no good to Jedldluh I'nrlow. He foresaw at the start the loss of the girl's help nhout the limine, for his '" WU then n helpless Invalid Then Mrs. 1'arlow died. This death made plainer still to the enrpenter thut Mandy'a marriage was bound to hrlug Inconvenience to him. Especial ly If she married a close-listed young business man like Joe Htngg would this be true. For, at the rending of his wife's will Mr, Parlow discovered that the properly they occupied, even the bop In which bo worked, which had been given o Mrs. I'nrlow by her pur euls, was to be the sole property of her daughter, Mainly was the heir. Mr. I'nrlow did not possess oven e Interest in the eslnte. It was u blow to the carpenter. He Dude good Income and bad money iu bank, but he loved money too well to wlh in spend It. after he hud mude It. He did not want to give up the place. If Miindy remained unmarried there would never be liny question Jie tween them of rent or Hie like. Therefore. If he was not actually the cause of the dill'ei once Hint arose be tween the two young people, be eelsed und enlarged upon It mid did all in bis power to make a mere misunder standing grow into n quarrel thai nei ther of the proud, high-spirited lovem would bridge. Jedldluh I'urlow knew why Joe Stung hud taken Hint other girl to Faith ciimp meeting. The young mun hud stopped ut the I'urlow place when Amanda was absent und explained to i the girl's father. Hut the latter had i never mentioned this fact to his duiigb- tor. Instead he had made Joe's supposed ' l offense the greater by suggestion ami innuendo. And It was he, too, who had urged the hurt'M ly to retaliate I'.v t-'oli',,' tfl the name with i.uoiIh-.-young mnn. Meeting Joe Stuirg Int-i, .the cupenter bad said bitter thine 1 to htm, purporting to conn- from Mainly. It was nil mean and vile; the old man l;new 11 now us hi; ! . '. known It then. All those years he hnd tried to add : fuel to the lire of his daughter's anger ' against Joe Stage And he believe 1 he hud bonellted thereby. Hut. MUM how, during the past few mniiih-. he had begun to woudi-r If, alter all, "tic; 1 game was worth the caudle." Suddenly he hud gained n vision cf I Wbllt Amu nl.-i I'ailow's empty life meant to bar, Carolyn May, Interested only In I 1 lug her friends made happy, hud no idea of the turmoil she hud created In Mr. I'ailow's mind. Daring the time that the nurse was ut the abandoned lumber camp curing j for Judy Mason, Carolyn May hoped '. that something might take Uncle Joe there. The next Friday, after school wns out. Miss Amanda appeared at the Stugg home und suggested taking I'aio 1 l.n May Into the woods with her, "for the week-end," ns she laughingly aald, i Tim, the hackinun, hod brought the nurse home for a few hours ami would tuke her buck to Judy's cabin. "Poor old Judy Is much better, hut she Is still suffering ami cannot lie left alone for hmg," Miss Amanda said. "Carolyn May will cheer her u Mr. I'nrhiv.' would drive over on Sun- drank one cup of ten after another without imtlim: u crumb between her lips. "Kay, Aunty Hose," demanded Mr. Stagg, "what under the sun did wo do before lluiinah's Car'l.vn anno here, j anyway? Seems to me we didn't really live, did we?" Aunty Itose hnd no answer to iniiko to these questions. In the morning there wns rt smol;y log over everything-n fog that the sun did not illaajptite, and behind which II looked like on enormous saf fron bull. Mr. Stagg' went down to the stoi as usual. News came over the long dis tance wires thai thousands of acres of woodluud were burning, lliul the for est reserves wi-r it, and thul the farm ers of an entire townahlp oh the fur side of Iho mountain WCW engaged In irving' to make n barrier over which tha Humes would not leap. It WM lh consensus of opinion, however, that UM Hi" would m t loss the lllllge. "Scarcely any chai Ita swoop ing down M I""." decided Mr. Stugg. 'Reckon l won'l have to go home to plow lire furrows." At the usual hour he started for i no , I-..- HOmer. llalng remained in U.e .tore all the morning, kg Had not realized how mueti stronger the smell of smoke wns than It had been nt breakfast lime. Quite Involuntarily he quickened his pace. The fog and smoke overcast lh sky thickly and made It of n brassy color, Just us though a huge copper pot had been overturned over the earth. Wom en stood at their doors, talking buck and forth In subdued tones. There was a spirit of expectancy In the nlr. The hardware merchant wns striding along at n quick pace when be came to (he I'urlow plnoe; but he waa not go ing so fast that he did not hear the carpenter hailing him In his cracked voice. "Hoy, yon, Joe Htngg! Hey, you!" Amnaed, Mr. Htngg turned to look. I'nrlow wns hobbling from the rear I promisen, groaning at every step, scarcely uble to wnlk. "That solution's got me ng'ln," he snarled. "I'm n'most doubled up. Couldn't climb Into a carriage to save my soul." "What d'you want to climb Into n carriage for?" demanded Mr. Htngg. "'Cause somebody's got to go for that gal of mine and little Cur'lyn May. Ain't you heard or Is your mind so sot on niukln' money down there to your store that you don't know nothln' else?" "Haven't I henrd whnt?" returned the other with fine restraint, for he aaw the old man was In pain. "The fire's come over to this side. I saw the flumes myself. And Aaron Criimmlt drove through ami says Hint you oan't git by on the main road. The lire's followed the West Hrook right down and Is betwixt us and Adams' old camp." "Hless me !" gut-pod the hardware dealer, paling under Ids tun. "Wni?" marled Parlow. "Goto' to stiitid there chuttcrln' nil dny, or be you gain' to do something?" "Somebody must get over to that Cabin and bring them out," Joseph Stugg mid, without taking offense ut the crabbed old carpenter. "Wal '" exclaimed I'urlow, "glud tor see you're awnke." "Oh, I'm uwake," the other returned shortly. "I was Just figuring on who's got the best horse." "1 have." snapped I'urlow. "Yes. Anil I'd decided on Inking Cherry, too," the hnrdwaro denier add ed, and swung Into the lane towurd the i iirpotiior's barn. "Hoy, you! Needn't be so brash about It," growled the carpenter. "HeV my boss, I s'pose?" Joseph Stugg a out straight iiueud, ntid without answering. TTnvIng onco decided on his course, ho wasted no time. lie rolled hack Ihe big door nnd saw Cherry already harnessed In his box null. Together they backed the animal be tween ihe shafts, fustencd the traces. i : till Mr. Stugg leaped quickly to the aoal and gathered up the ivms. "Vnu'ii hafter take the Fallow road," the Cnrpentei shouted utter hltn. "And hnve n care dilvln" Cherry " lior.sc and hc-khonrd whirled out of the yard and bis voice was lost to the hnrdwaro merchant. Cherry stepped out splendidly, nnd . they left a cloud of dust behind them us they rolled up the pike, not In the direction of the abandoned camp. Fore warned, he did not seel; to take the shortest w;ay to the cabin where Amanda I'nrlow und Carolyn May were perhaps even now threatened by the forest fire. The Knllow roud turned noiili from the pike throe miles from j l'ho Corners. i locks of foam began to appear on I Cherry's glossy emit uluiost ut once. I The air was very oppressive, and there was no breeze. The streak of flume that hud fol ! lowed down the banks of West i hrook moved mysteriously. He could i See the smoke of It now. Amanda Parlow and his niece might ' even now bo threatened by the Ihimes! Kan thai danger threatened tbo I woman bo hud loved all these years, It i seemed lis though his Ii.lnd nnd heart were numbed. He was terrlllou bo-yniuty;rosilnii- terrllled for her sufe ty, and terrified for fear that some body, even Joilldiuh I'urlow, should suspect Just how he felt about It. The horse's hoofs rung rharply over the stony path. Presently they capped a little ridge and started down Into a hollow. Not until they were over the ridge was Mr. Stugg aware that the hollow wns filled, chokingly tilled, with billowy while smoke. Another man one as cautious as the hardware merchant notoriously was- would have pulled Hie horse down to a walk. Hut Joseph Slagg's i nilloitsness bud been Hung lo the winds. Instemi. be shouted to Cherry, nnd the basal Ineronsed bis stride. Ten rods further on the norae snort ed, stumbled, and tried to stop. A writhing, llamlng snake u burning branch-plunged down through the smoke direct);1 abend. Co on!" shouted Joseph Btflgg, with a aluit'pucaa that would ordinarily havo set i lieiry oil' at a gallop. I'm, as the snorting creature still shied. Hie mil 1 1 sei.ed the whip ami lashei. poor Cherry cruelly nlong his Hank. At thul the horse went mud. He plUllged forward, leaped t!)c blazing brand, and galloped down the roud nt n perilous gull. The mun tried neither In soothe bin nor to rotiird the puce. The smoke swirled around thein. The driver could nol see ten feel be yond the horse's nose. Ten minutes later they rattled down into the atralghl rood, und then, very soon, Indeed, were at Ihe abandoned camp. The lire was near, bill II bad mil rem lied Ibis place. There wns no sign of life a), out. l'ho mug Knew which wns Judy'l cabin. He leaped from the vehicle, leaving the panting Cherry unhitched, and rnn to the hut .The door swung open. The poor furniture was In place. Bvei Ihe bed clotblng wns rumpled In the old wom an's hunk. Hut neither she nor Aman da Parlow nor little Carolyn May was there. CHAPTER XVI. The Laurel to the Brave. The heart of the man was like a weight In his bosom. With so many hundred acres of forest on fire, and that, loo, between the abandoned cntnp and The Corners and Sunrise Cove, how would A i mi ndii Parlow und Caro lyn Muy know where to go? Certainly the place must hnve boon deserted In Iniste. There was Carolyn May's coat The mun caught It up and stared around, ns though expecting the child to he within sight. The old woman's clothing wns scat tered about too It did not look us though anything hnd been removed from the hut. Coming out, he found another article on the threajicJd one of Amanda's gloves. Joseph Stugg lifted the crumpled glove to his lipa. He Plunged Forward Leaped the Blaz ing Brand ind Galloped Down the Road. "Oh, Cod, ppnre her!" he hurst forth. "Spare them both!" Then he kissed ihe glove ngnln nnd hid It nwuy In the Inner pocket of hi vest The hardware drain Irled to think I of juM what the fugitives might have done when liny escaped from tin cabin. . If it were (ma thut Amanda would DOl run toward the lire, then she more than lUnriy had taken the opposite di rection on lenvlng the cabin. There, fore, Joseph Stagg went that way set ling off down Hie tOtC 'oad, leading C berry by his birdie. Suddenly he remembered culling Prince Ihe day Carolyn Uaj hud beei. hist on Ihe he. lie raised his voice In a mighty shout foi the dog now. "Prince I I'rlncey, old boy! where lire you?" Again and again he called, but iherr was no reply. The smoke was motX stilling and the beat more Inleiisi every minute. Mr. Stagg realized thai he must get out quickly if be would Miir himself and the horse. He bad Just stepped Into the buck board again, when there was nu ex cited scrambling In the underbrush, and n welcoming bark wns glcn. "Prince I Qood boy I" the man shout ed. "Where are Ihey?" The excited dog Hew at him, lenplnit on ihe biickbourd so ns to reach him. The mongrel was delighted, nno siiowed II as plainly as a dumb brute could. But he wns nnxlous, too. lie leaped hack to the ground, run a little ahead, nnd then looked back to see If the man was following. The hardware dealer shouted to him again: "Go ahead, I'rlncey 1 We're coming !" He picked up the reins and Cherry started. The dog, harking his satisfac tion, ran on ahead and struck Into a side path which led down a glade. Jo seph Stagg knew Immediately where this path led to. There was a spring and a smnll mornss In the bottom of the hollow. "Go on! Good dog!" cried Mr. Slugg. "Lend the way to llunnali's Car'l.vn!" Ho hoard the liillc girl screaming: "h, Uncle Joe! Oh, Undo Joe! Here We are!" Cherry rattled Iho buokhonrd down to Hie bottom of the hollow nod slopped. There was some smoke bore, but not much. The mun leaped lo the ground when ha anw u figure rise up1 from the foot of n Irco by the spring a figure In brown. "Joseph! Thank Qodl" murmured Amanda, The hardware dealer strode to her. She bud put out both her bunds to hltn, und he saw thut they were trem bling, und thut tours filled her great brown eyes. "Oh, Joe!" she suld, "I fcurcd you would come loo Into !" 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