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aralyncfAe(orners JOSEPH STAGG IS FILLED WITH DISMAY WHEN HE LEARNS CAROLYN HAS BEEN LEFT TO HIS CARE. Synopsis. Hor fnthor ami mother reported lost nt sen when tho Duuraveu, on which they had soiled for Kurope, was sunk, Carolyn Hay Cameron Hannah's Carolyn Is sent from New York to her bach elor uncle, Joseph Stags, nt the Comers. Tho reception given her by her uncle Is not very enthusiastic. Carolyn Is also chilled by tho stern demeanor of Aunty Hose, Uncle Joo's housekeeper. CHAPTER II Continued. The window was open and she went to It and looked out. A breath of honeysuckle blew In. Then, below, on tho porch, she heard the uneasy move ments of Prince. And he whined. "Oh, poor Prlncey! He doesn't know what's become of tne," thought Carolyn May. Downstairs, lu the great kitchen. Aunty Itose was stepping back nnd forth, from table to sink, from sink to dresser, from dresser to pantry. As tho daylight faded she lit the lamp which swung from the celling and gnve light to all the room. It would have been Impossible for the wisest person to guess what were the thoughts In Aunty Hose's mind. A glad little yelp from the doe tied to the rail of the porch sounded sud denly. Even Aunty Hose could not mistake that cry of welcome and she knew very little about dogs to their credit, at least. She had heard no other suspicious sound, but now she crossed the room with firm tread and opened the porch door. Yes, a little white figure was down there hugging the whining mongrel. Carolyn May's tearful face was raised from Prince's rough neck. "Oh, Aunty Hose ! Oh, Aunty Hose !" she sobbed. "I Just had to say good nlqlit to somebody. Kdiin mother came nnd heard our prayers and tticked us into my bed after my papa and mamma went away. So It didn't seem so bad. "But tonight why! tonight there isn't anybody cares whether I go to bed or not! Hut Prince! Prince, he knows Just how how empty I feel!" "You would better come In now and wash your face and hnnds again be fore going to bed. That dog has been lapping them with his touguc. Sobbing, the little girl obeyed. Then she would have gone back up the stairs without a word had not Aunty Roe spoken. "Come here, Carolyn Mny," she said quite as sternly as before. The little girl approached her. The old lady sat In one of the 6tnilghtest of the straight-backed chairs, her hands in her comfortable lap. The wet blue eyes were raised to her com posed face timidly. "If you wish to say your prayers here, before going upstairs, you may, Carolyn May," she said. "Oh, may I?" gasped the little girl. She dropped her hands Into Aunty Rose's lap. Somehow they found those larger, comforting hands and cuddled Into them as the little girl sank to her knees on the braided mat. If the simple "Now I lay me" was familiar to Aunty Rose's ear from long ago she gave no sign. When the earnest little voice added to the for mal supplication a desire for the bless ing of "Uncle Joe and Aunty Itose" the lntter's countenance retained Its composure. She asked a blessing upon all her friends, Including tho Prices, and even Prince. Rut it was after that she put the timid question to Aunty Rose that proved to be almost too much for that good woman's studied calm. "Aunty Rose, do you s'pose I might ask God to bless my inammn und papa, even If they are lost nt sen? Somehow I don't think It would seem so lonesome If I could keep that In my prayer." CHAPTER III. "Well She'll Be a Nuisance." Mr. Joseph Stngg, going down to his store, past tho home and carpenter shop of Jedldluh Parlow, at which he did not even look, llnully cnino to his dostinutlon In n very brown study. So disturbed had lie been by the urrlval Of his little niece that he forgot to question nnd cross-question young C'hctwood fiormley regarding Ihu pos sible customers that hud been In the store during his ubsence. 'And-J lell you what 1 think, moth rr," (Jlict Kuld, with Mm mouth full, ut BELMCKE ENDIOOTT oorvnnnr -1 9 1 ts DODD, M&AD and CCWftNY. supper that evening. "I think her coming's going to bring about changes. Yes, ma'am!" Mrs. Gormley was ft faded little woman a widow who went out sow ing for better-to-do people In Sunrlso Covo. She naturally thought her boy Chetwood n great deal smarter than other people thought 1dm. "You know, mother," ho said, on Uds evening of the arrival of Carolyn Slay, "I never have seen any great chance to rise, worklu' for Mr. Joseph Stngg." "But he pays you, Chet." his mother said anxiously. "Yep. I know. Don't bo nfrnld I'll lenve him till 1 see something better," ho reassured her. "But 1 might be clerk In' for him till the cows como home and never see morc'n six or eight dollars n week. But now It's apt to bo different." "How different, Chet?" she asked, puzzled. "You know Mr. Stngg's as hard as nails as hard ns the goods ho sells," declared the gawky boy. "Mind you, ho don't do nothln' mean. That nln't his way. But he don't seem to hnvo a mite of Interest In anything but his shop. Now, It seems to me, this little niece Is bound to wake hi in up. He calls her 'Hannah's Car'lyn.'" "Hannah Stngg was his only sister." said Mrs. Gormley softly. "I remem ber her." "And she's Just died, or something, nnd left this little girl," Chet contin ued. ".Mr. Stngg's bound to think of something now besides business. And mebbe he'll need me more. And I'll get n chance to show him I'm worth something to him. So. by nnd by, he'll put mo forward In the business," said the boy, his homely face glowing. "Who knows? Mebbe It'll be Stngg & Gormley over the door one of these days. Stranger things have hap pened." Perhaps even Chetwood's assurance would have been quenched had he Just then known the thoughts in the hard ware merchant's mind. Mr. Stagg sat In his back olllce poring over the let ter written by his brother-in-law's law yer friend, a part of which read: From the above recital of facta you will plainly sec, being a man of business your self, that Mr. Cameron' nnanrlal affairs were In a much worse condition when he went away than ho himself dreamed of. I Immediately looked up the Stone bridge Building and Loan association. It is ever, more moribund than the papers state. The fifteen hundred dollars Mr. Cameron put into It from time to time might Just as well have been dropped Into the sea. You know he had only his salary on the Morning Deacon. They wcru rather decent to him, when they saw his health breaking down, to offer him the chance of going to the Mediterranean as correspond, ent. He was to furnish articles on "The Debris of a World War" stories of the peaceful sections of Kurope which have to care for the human wrecks from tho bat Iteneldg. It rather cramped Mr. Cameron's Im mediate resources for your Bister to go with him, and he drew ahead on his ex pense and salary account. I know that Mrs. Cameron feared to allow him to go alone across the ocean. lie was really In a bad way: but she proposed to come back Immediately on tho Dunraven If he Improved on the voyage across. Their means really did not allow of their taking the child; tho steamship com pany would not hear of a half-faro for her. 8ho Is a nice little girl, and my wife would have been glad to keep her longer, but In the end sho would linvo to go to you, as, I understand, there aro no other relatives. Of course tho flat Is here, and the fur niture. If you do not care to come on to attend to the matter yourself, I will do the best I can to dispose of either or both, Mr. Cameron had paid a year's rent In advance rather an unwise thing, I thought and tho term has still ten months to run. He did It so that his wife, on her return from abroad, might have no worry on her mind. Perhaps tho flat might be sublet, furnished, to advantage. You might state your pleasure regarding this. You will see, by tho copy of your brother-in-law's will that I enclose, thnt you have been left In full and solo possession und guardianship of lilt property and uf fulrs, Including Carolyn May, And If somebody had Milnnml him it crocodile from Ihu Nllo Joseph Stngg would luivu felt little more Ht u loss un to what disposal lo iiiiiku of the creature than ho felt now regard I tig his little niece. "Well she'll bo n nuisance; nn nw ful nuisance," was his tin ul comment, with n mountainous sigh. Thus far, Aunty Rose Kennedy's, nt tltudo towards tho llttlo stranger had been the single pleasant disappoint ment Mr. Stagg had experienced. Aunty Roso was an autocrat. Joseph Stagg had never been so comfortable In his life ns since Mrs. Kennedy had taken up tho management of Ids home. Rut ho stood In great nwo of Iter, Ho put tho lawyer's letter In tho safe. Tor once ho was unnblo to re spond to n written communication promptly. Although ho woro that band of crepo on his arm ho could not actually realize tho fact that his sister Hannah was dead. Any time these fifteen years ho might luivo run down to New York to seo her. First sho had worked In tho newspaper olllco us a stenogra pher. Then sho had married John Lewis Cameron and they hud gone Im mediately to housekeeping, Cameron was a busy man; ho held n "desk Job" on tho paper. Vacations had been hard to get. And before long Hannah had written about her baby "Hannah's Car'lyn." After tho llttlo one's arrival there seemed Jess chnncu than before for tho city family to get up to Sunrlso Cove. Rut at any tlmo ho might hnvo gone to them. If Joseph Stngg had shut up Ills store for tt week and gono to Now York, It would not havu brought tho world to an end. Nor was It because he was stingy that he had not done this. No, ho wus no miser. But ho was fairly burled lu his business. And there was no "look up" lu thnt dim little olllco lu tho back of the hardware store. On this evening he closes! tho store Inter than usual and set out for Thu Corners slowly. To tell thu truth, Mr. Stngg rather shrank from arriving home. Tho strangeness of having a child In the house disturbed Ids tran quillity. Tho kitchen only wns lighted when ho approached; therefore he was re assured. Ho knew Hannah's Car'lyn must have been put to bed long since. It was dark under tho trees nnd only long familiarity with the walk If the Simple "Now I Lay Me" Was Fa. miliar to Aunty Rose's Ear She Gave No Sign. enabled him to reach the hack porch noiselessly. Then It was that some thing scrambled up In tho dark nnd tho roar of n dog's barking made Jo seph Stagg leap back In fright. "Drat that mongrel!" ho ejaculated, remembering Prince. The kitchen door opened, rcvcnllng Aunty Rose's ample figure. Prlnco whined sheepishly and dropped his ab breviated tall, going to lie down again at the extreme end of ids leash and blinking his eyes nt Mr. Stugg. "The critter's ns savage us n bear!" grumbled tho hardware merchant. "He Is a good watchdog; you must allow thut, Joseph Stugg," Aunty Rose said calmly. Tho hardware denier gasped again. It would bo hard to say which had startled hlra tho most tho dog or Auuty Rose's manner. CHAPTER IV. Aunty Rose Unbends. There never was n lovelier placo for n llttlo girl to say nothing of a dog to play In than the yard about the Stugg homestead; and tlds Carolyn May confided to Aunty Roso one fore noon after her arrival at The Cor ners. Behind tho houso tho yard sloped down to a broad, calmly flowing brook. Hero tho goose and duck pens were fenced off, for Aunty Roso would not allow tho web-footed fowl to wan der at large, as did tho other poultry. It wns dllllcult for Prlnco to learn that nono of thoso feathered folk were to bo molested, Thero wns n wide-branching oak trco on a knoll overlooking tho brook, Around Its trunk Uncle Joo had btilll a sent. Carolyn May found this grand plnco to sit nnd dream, white Prlnco lay nt her feet. When they saw Aunty Roso In her tumbonnct going toward tho fenced-in garden they both Jumped up nnd bounded down tho slope after Iter. It was Just hero nt tho corner of tho gnrdeu fence that Carolyn May hud her first adventure. Prlnco, of course, disturbed tho se renity of tho poultry. Tho hens went shrieking aim way, thu guinea fowl lifted up their voices lu angry chat ter, tho turkey hens scurried to cover, but tho turkey cock, General Boli var, n big, white Holland fowl, was not to hnvo his dignity disturbed nnd his courage Impugned by any four footed creature with waggish ears and tho stump of n tall. Carolyn's sunny disposition begins to have Its effect upon Aunty Rose, with results that aro amazing to Undo Joe. You will enjoy tho next installment. (TO UK CONTINUKD.) ENGLISH ONE-MAN COLLIERY Unique Industry Is Matched by Rail road That la Operated In tho United States. One-man businesses nre many In those days of depleted stuffs, but a working coal mine, controlled, super vised, and staffed entirely by n single Individual Is something of n novelty, snys London Answers. This one-man colliery In found nt Hether Heage, Ambergnte. The own er works tho mlno every day anil all day to secure an output of 1,000 tons of coal n year. The mtiin Is small, and the produce near the surface, while the coat Is smut used hitherto lu the uianufacttiro of blacking, but thought of greater value lu war time. Tho other side of the Atlantic can, however, match us In one-man Indus tries. There, on the Idaho Southern system, is found a road run solely by one man. The track was once n portion of nn Irrigation system, long since abandon ed; nnd n high-powered motor car with flanged wheels hits been built to run along the rails. It carries 10 passen gers, and In tho two light trailers go tho freight and luggage. This quaint railroad has neither guard nor porter, yet It tins n printed time table of Its own, nnd runs Its trains strictly on time. Whythe Leaves Turn Red. An exumlnutJou of tho withered leaves of the autumn foliage at the tlmo of their turning red shows thnt they contain more sugar and less starch tlmo In midsummer. Leaves of evergreens, however, lose their red tints with the return of the warm sea son, and reassumu their green color. In these plants I. e thu holly and Ivy the sugar of the leaf Is trans formed Into starch In springtime. From these observations two infer ences can bo drawn llrst, that the red coloring substances are nrobably of thu nature of the glucoses, being lu j most cases compounds of tannic sub stances with sugar; second, tho chief physical conditions for the formation of tho red color nro sunshine, which, on the one tin in), enhances the nlinl hitlon and production of sugar, and, on thu other hand, quickens the chemical process that leads to tho formation of tho coloring matter, and, furthermore, a low temperature, which prevents thu transformation of tho sugar Into starch. In other words, the red tints of autumn aro the direct product of tho meteorological conditions prevail ing during that reason I. e sunshlno and low temperature. Oysters Killed by Poisoned Waters. A few months ago a phenomenon, known locally as "elttirblo," appeared In a part of the pearl-llshlng grounds near Margarita Island. This consists In a decomposition or poisoning of tho waters, which brings about thu death of the oysters and the consequent de struction of tho beds. The Immediate loss In pearls from this disaster Is estimated at from &V 000,000 to 4,000,000 bolivars ($570,000 to $172,000), and It wns thought best to prohibit fishing In tho Infected dis trict. Commerce Reports. Didn't Intend to Do Fooled. Manager (of Hlckvtllo Academy of Music) "How many girls with your company?" Advance Agent (evasive ly) "Wo advertise 1!5." Manager "Tnln't no uso ndverllsln' unless you got 'cm. Tho poppylntlon of this hero burg will bo at tho depot to check 'em up." Bttffulo Hxpress. Those Dear Girls. Nell "I understand May Culling re marked that I looked so much like Miss Hoamley-Rltch. Isn't that awful?" Belle "Yes, she's always knocking Miss Hotimlcy-Rltch, hecauso she's Jealous of her." Earliest Guldo Dook. Tint earliest guide hook printed In Kngllsh Is "IiiHirqeiintiH for Knrnilno Travel." published lu iotj uy Jnmes Unwell, a famous imveliir of (hat day. fi-DOf-ft SCOUTS (Conducted by National Council of the Hoy Hrniils of Alnrrlra.) SCOUTS ARE FINE SOLDIERS A letter from n former scoutmaster on active service with tho American expeditionary forces tells of thu value of Ncout training. It snys: "Unco n scout, always it scout. I meet tho scouts In every town and hnvo made many friends, ns they tiro nil Ilku tho Ytmks. I can say advisedly that I don't believe I ever did anything tiny, mora worth while tlinii my scout work. With Juvenile delinquency Increasing In the war countries at an alarming, rate, I am Just beginning to realize tho Ktcntncsx of tho scout movement nnd Its power for good among tho boyn who take It up. Tho vast difference be tween tho scout nnd tho other boy Is not very pronounced nt home, but over hero tt Is glaring and Impresses every body. Thu boyn nre keeping clean and straight and will como homo tho same lino fellows ready to look their girl or mother straight In tho eye. They will inakn great Hcoutumsters when they get back home." SCOUTS TO AID AVIATORS. , In appreciation At thu guard duty rendered by scouts nt Dny Hying Field, near Cuero, Texas, tho war de partment has sent thu following mes sago to Scoutmaster Wlllard H. Green : "A complimentary report has been received concerning tho excellent work of your scouts upon tho occasion of the unfortunate wrecking of United Stntes airplane near your city. Col onel Pratt states that you turned nut your scouts who took charge of tho plane, guarding and curing for It most satisfactorily until tho arrival of tho wrecking truck. "It Is not unlikely that wo shnll need and use the occasion of Instruct ing the ilylng Ileitis to call upon boy scouts when necessary. The youngsters of this organization nro Imbued with n flue sense of patriotism, responsibility and manliness. It not Infrequently happens that they can be relied upon under trying renditions to a far great er degree than male adults who nro obtained at such times." THI8 ACT PROVES IT. Tho Scout Usually Must Share In tho Numerous Homo Duties. SCOUTING MAKES GOOD MEN. Tho first boy in Washington to earn nn Hnglo Scout badge enlisted In thu United Stntes Naval Reserves ns a fourth-class yeoman lirimedlutely after graduating from high school, nt tho ngo of seventeen years. Ho wus pro moted rapidly nnd recently sailed for Kuroprnn witters as n first-class yeoman. His father's nttltudo toward thd scout's Bcrvlco In tho navy la expressed In tho following letter to tho chief scout executive: "I thought you would bo Interested In tho Inclosed, ns showing what thd Roy Scout organization Is doing for tho young men of tho country nnd tho kind of young men It Is turning out for Undo Sam." WHEN SCOUTS MI8U8E AX. Tho West sldo organization of tho Chicago local scout council litis adopt ed this regulation : "No scout of this Jurisdiction shall carry uu uz except when Ids registered scoutmaster in along." Tho mutilation of trees in city parks nnd on private property has been tho cause of much criticism directed nt tho Roy Scouts of America. It can only happen where tho scout leader ship overlooks tho eagerness of tho new scout to try his nx on everything In sight, Kvery scout should bo iruido to prove thut ho Is n safn putftoii to trust wllli nn nx before Iiu in permit led to curry one, B I ..3 III Ml we ..ca