CAROLYN LEARNS WHY HER OO NOT SPEAK Synopsis. Her father and mother reported lost at sou when tho Dunravcn, on which they hnd soiled for Europe, wits Mink, Carolyn Slay Cameron Hannah's Carolyn la sent from New York to her bach elor uncle, Joseph Stagg. at tho Corners. Tho reception Riven her by her uncle Is not very enthusiastic. Carolyn Is also chilled by tho stern demeanor of Aunty Itose, Undo Joo'a housekeeper. Stagg Is dismayed when he learns from a lawyer friend of his brother-in-law that Carolyn has been left practically penniless and consigned to his care as guardlau. CHAPTER IV Continued. "So?" said the carpenter, pushing his big spectacles up to his forehead. "I read about it. Too bad too mighty badl I remember Hannah Stngg," ho added, winking his eyes, Carolyn May thought, a good deal as Prince did. "You look like her." ' "Do 17" Carolyn May returned, drawing nearer. "I'm glad I do. And Fm glad I sleep In what used to be her bed, too. It doesn't seem so lone some." "So? I reckoned you'd bo lonesome up there at The Corners," said the carpenter. Mr. Parlow stripped another shav ing from the edge of the board ho was plumbing. Carolyn May's eager eyes followed Uiat curling ribbon and her lips parted. i The carpenter paused before push ing the plane a second time the length of tho board. "Don't you want a drink of water, little girl?" he asked. "Oh, yes, sir I would. And I know Prince would like a drink," she told him quickly. "Go right around to the well In Uic back yard," said Mr. Parlow. "You'll find a glass there and Mandy keeps a pan on the well curb for tho dogs and cats." j -Thank you, I'll go," the HtUc girl said. j She hoDcd she would sco Miss Amnmin Parlow, but she saw nobody, j 8ho went back to the door of the carpenter shop and found Mr. Parlow still busily at work. ' i "Seems to me," he said, In his dry voice, after a little while, "you aren't much like other little girls." ; "Aren't IT responded Carolyn May wondcrlngly, "No. Most littlo girls that come hero want shavings to play with," said tho carpenter, quizzically eying her over his work. "Ohl" cried Carolyn May, almost dumping. "And do you give 'em to femT I ""Most always," admitted Mr. Par low. "Oh Can I bavo some?" she gasped. "All jroa want," said Mr. Parlow. When Tim's old hack crawled along tho road from town with Aunty Itose ttttlng Inside, enthroned amidst a raul 'tltude of bundles, Carolyn May was fcedecied with a veritable wig of long, crisp curls. I "Well, child, you certainly havo mado a mess of yourself," said tho house keeper. "Has sho been annoying you, Wldlali Parlow T 1 "She's tho only Stagg that ain't an noyed mo Bin co her mother went away," said tho carpenter gruffly. ' Aunty Hose looked at him levelly. "I wonder," sho said. "But, you see, alio Isn't wholly a Stagg." ! This, of course, did not explain mat ters to Carolyn May In tho least Nor 'did what Aunty Itoso said to her on ttho way homo In tho hot, stuffy hack iielp tho littlo girl to understand the ftroublo between her undo and Mr. Parlow. "Better not let Joseph Stagg sco you so friendly with Jcdldlau Parlow. Let sleeping dogs He," Mrs. Kennedy ob served. CHAPTER V. A Tragic Situation. Such was tho Introduction of Caro lyn May to Tho Corners. It was not a very cxdting Ilfo sho had entered Into, but tho following two or three weeks were very full. ' Aunty Itoso Insisted upon her being properly fitted out with clothing for tbo summer and full. Carolyn May hail to go to tho dressmaker)! house to bo lilted uwl that Is how sho be came acquainted with Chot Gorniley's mother. Jfn. Gonnlcy was helping tho dress maker and (hoy both mado much of Carolyn Muy. Aunty Jlose ullowed tier in up for, her fitting ulorio of courso 4 oHlte (omers BELMOKE ENDICOTT COPVRKatT -1 9 1 0 1 V 3XDDD.ME.ADAKB CCMIWNY. UNCLE AND AMANDA PARLOW AS THEY PASS. with Prlnco as n companion so, with out doubt, Mrs. Gormley, who loved n "dish of gossip," talked more freely with tho little girl than she would hnvo done In Mrs. Kennedy's presence. One afternoon the littlo girl np peared at tho dressmaker's with Prince's collar decorated with short, cuny snnvmgs. "I take It you've stopped at Jed Par low's shop, child," said Mrs. Gormley wiia a sign. "Yes, ma'am," returned Carolyn May. "Do you know, he's very llb'rnl." "Llb'rnl?' repeated Mrs. Gormley. "I never henrd of old Jed Parlow bcln' accused of that before. Did you, Mrs. Maine?" Mrs. Malno was the dressmaker; and she bit ofT her words when sho spoke, much as she bit ofT her threads. "No, I never hoard .led Parlow called that no!" declared Mrs. Maine emphatically. "Why, yes," little Carolyn .May said quite eagerly, "he gives me all tho shavings I want. I I guess folks don't Just understand about Mr. Par low," she added, remembering what her uncle had llrst said about the car penter. "He Is real llb'rnl." "It's a wonder to me," drawled Mrs. Gormley, "that he has n thing to do with a certain party, .Mrs. Maine, con- slderln' how his daughter feels toward . that certain party's relation. What d'you think?" , "I guess there's sumpln to be said on both sides o' that contro- j versy," responded the dressmaker. ' "Mcanln' that mebbe a certain par- J ty's relntlve feels Just us cross as Mandy Parlow?" suggested Mrs. Gorra- loy. "Yep," agreed the other woman. Carolyn May listened, much puzzled. Sho wondered Just who "u certuln party" could be. Mrs. Malno was called away upon somo household task and Mrs. Gorra ley seemed to change the subject of conversation. "Don't your uncle, Mr. Stagg, ever speak to you about Mandy Parlow?' sho asked tho little girl. Carolyn May had to think about this beforo answering. Then she reraem bcred. "Oh, yes," sho said brightly. "Ho does? Do tell I" exclaimed Mrs, Gormley eagerly. "What does ho say?" "Why, bo says her name Is Miss Amanda Parlow." Mrs. Gormley flushed rather oddly and glanced at tho child with suspl don. But littlo Carolyn May was per fectly frank and ingenuous. "Humph 1" ejaculated Chefs mother. "He never says nothing about beln In lovo with Mandy, does ho? They was goln' with each other steady once." The littlo girl looked puzzled. '"When folks lovo each other they look at each other and talk to each other, don't they?" she asked. "Well yes generally," udmltted Mrs. Gonnlcy. "Then ray Uncle Joe and Miss Aman da Parlow" urcn't In love," announced Carolyn May with confidence, "for they don't oven look at each other." "Thoy used to. Why, Joseph Stagg und Mundy Parlow was sweethearts years und years agol Long before your mother left theso parts, child." "That was a long tlmo 'fore I was borned," suld tho littlo girl wonder Ingly. "Oh, yes. Everybody thut went to Tho Corners' church thought they'd bo married." "My Uncle Joo and Miss Mandy?" "Yes." "Then, what would havo. become of Aunty Itoso?" queried Cufolyn May. "Oh, Mrs. Kennedy hadn't gono to keep house for Mr. Stugg then," re plied Mrs. Gormley. "He tried scv'ral trlllln critters there at tho Stagg pluco before she took hold," Carolyn Muy looked at Mrs. Conn Icy encouragingly. Hho wuh very much Interested In Undo Joo und MIbm Aniundu I'nrlow'M lovo uffulr. "Why didn't they got married lllto my papa and niitmuin? sho asked. "Oh, goodness known 1" exclaimed Mrs. Gormley. "Some says 'twas his fault and somo says 'twas horn. And inobbco 'twas a third party's that might -mention at that," added Mrs, Gormley, pursing up her lips In a very knowing way. "Ono day," alio said, growing conll dentin), "It was In camp-meeting tlmo ono day somebody seen Joo Stagg drlvln out with another girl Char lotto Lenny, that was. She was mar ried to a man over In Sprlngdiilo long ago. Mr. Stagg took Charlotte to Faith camp meeting. "Then, tho very next week, Mandy went with Uvan Peckham to a bnru danco at Crockett's, and nobody nln' over seen your undo and Mandy Par- low speak since, much less ever walk together." Ono particularly muddy day Prlnco met the returning hardware merchan at tho gate with vociferous barking and n plain desire to Implant a wel coming tongue on the man's cheek Ho succeeded In muddying Mr. Stagg's suit with Ids front paws, and almost cast tho angry man full length Into a mud puddle. "Drat tho boast I" ejaculated Mr, Stagg. "I'd rather havo an epileptic lit loose around hero than htm. Now look nt theso clo'esl I declare, Car lyn, you've Jest got to tie that mongrel Up and keep hint tied I" "All tho time, Undo Joe?" wills pored tho littlo girl. "les, ma am, all the timet If I find him looso again. I'll tie a bag of rocks to his neck and drop him In the deep est nolo In the brook." After this awful threat Prince lived a precarious existence, and his mis tress wns much worried for him Aunty Itose said nothing, but sho saw that both the little girl and her canine friend wore very unhappy. Mrs. Kennedy, however, had watch ed Mr. Joseph Stugg for years. -Iiv deed, sho had known him us a boy. "I Reckoned You'd Be Lonesome Up There at the Corners," raid the Car penter. long before she had closed up her own littlo cottngo around on tho other road and come to tho Stagg placo to save the hardware merchant from the con tlnued reign of those "trilling crea tures" of whom Mrs. Gormley had spoken. As a bachelor Joseph Stagg had been preyed upon by certain female harpies so prevalent In a country com ruunlty. Somo had families whom they partly supported out of Mr. Stagg's larder; somo woro widows who looked upon the well-to-do merchant us n marrying proposition. Aunty lloso Kennedy did not need tho position of Mr. Stagg's housekeep er and could not bo accused of nssura lng It from mercenary motives. Over her back fenco sho had seen Uio havoc going on In tho Stngg homestead after Hannah Stagg went to tho city and Joseph Stagg's final female relative had died and left hint alone In tho big house. One day tho old Quaker-like woman could stand no more. Sho put on her sunbonnet, cumo around by tho road to tho front door of tho Stagg houso, which she found open, nud walked through to tho rear porch on which tho woman who then held tho situation of housekeeper was wrapping up tho best feather bed and pillows In a pair of tho best homespun sheets, preparatory to their removal. The neighbors enjoyed what followed. Aunty Itoso cumo through tho ordeal as dignified and unruffled as ever; tho retiring Incumbent went away wrath fully, shaking tho dust of tho premises from her garments as u testimony against "any slch actions." When Mr. Stogg eamo homo at sup per tlmo he found Aunty Itoso at tho helm and already a different air about tho place. "Goodness me, Aunty Itose," ho said, biting Into her biscuit ravenous ly, "I was u-golng down to tho mill hands' hotel to board. I couldn't stand It no longer. If you'd ntuy hero and do for me, I'd feel Uko a now man." "You ought to bo mudo over Into u now muii, Joseph Stagg," tho woman said sternly, "A married man." ti ex.--' "No, no! Never that I" gasped tho hnrdwnro dealer. "If I camo here, Joseph Stagg. It would cost you tuoro money than you'vo been paying 'theso no-account women." "I don't care," wild Mr. Stagg reck icssiy. "Go ahead. Do what you please. Say what you want. I'm game." Thereby ho had put himself Into Aunty Hoses power. Sho had reno vntod tho old kitchen and somo of tho other rooms. If Mr. Stagg nt llrst trembled for his bank balance, ho was mado so comfortable that he had not tho heart to murmur. Of course, Carolyn May let Prlnco run at largo when sho was sure Undo Joo was well out of sight of tho limine but sho was very careful to chain him tip again long beforo her undo was ex pected to return. Prlnco had learned not to chase any thing that woro feather; Aunty Itoso herself had to admit that ho wns it very Intelligent dog and knew what punishment was for. Hut how did ho know that In trying to dig out a molo ho would bo doing more harm than good? Carolyn Is Heartbroken and decides upon drastic action when Unele Joe passes sentence on Prince. Rend about It In the next Installment. cro ui: continui:.) WARM WELCOME FOR TWINS Their Arrival In an English Home Meant Two Extra Sugar Rations for Family. Capl. Norman Thwnltos of the llrlt Ish Intelligence department said the other day: "The sugar shortage Is felt keenly over mo water, u s odd now you miss your sugar over there. You long for It as you'd long for tobacco. "A IJayswnter special constable hur ried homo from his heat at tho Mar bio Arch tho other evening o be pros ent on a very Interesting occasion, and, as lie sat In his library In tho smalt hours, the nurse came to him and said: " 'It's all right, sir.' "The Bayswater man swallowed; ho moistened his dry lips; then he asked: Is It a hoy?' "The nurse smiled soothingly. "'Ono of 'em's a boy, sir, she said. "And tho Bayswater man, Instead of turning pale or smothering an oath, as he'd probably done In pcaco time, uttered n glad cry of Joy. "Thank heaven!' ho exclaimed, that gives us two extra sugar ra tions.' " To Get Coffee Extract Under n recent French patent an Integral coffee extract Is obtained In tho following manner: Powdered cof fee Is lien I In n series of closed ves sels to a heat lying near tho roasting point, and It Is traversed by a cur rent of cold air or Inert gas. Such air charged with aromatic particles Is sent direct Into uii.thcr set of cham bers' holding a dry powder or extract of coffee, this latter having been pre pared from previously treated coffee, which has been deprived of aromatic substances. Such dry extract Is ob tained by Infusion, concentration, then evaporation and transforming to a dry powder. To tills extract the aromatic substances are added. Nature's Coloring. For all frulls and flowers only threo coloring substances are furnished by nature. Ono of theso Is the familiar chlorophyll," which paints tho beam and tho peas, the watermelon, and tho leaves of tho trees so vivid a green. Another Is "xanthophyll," which exhib its Its Intenso yellow In tho carrot, for ample. Tho third Is "crythrophyll," which shows Its rich red In tho beet Tho last two nro only modified "chloro phyll," however. But It Is marvelous to realize that all the varied Iwcs of flowers and 'rttlts are duo to theso threo substances mixed In dirrere.it proportions. k .Dell Note Bird, A remarkable piping bird Is known as tho bcll-blrd. Four species nro known of which two aro puro, glossy hlto ono la brownish with a white head and neck, and ono Is white with block wings. Its call Is like tho note, clear and melodious, of a beautiful bell. Sometimes It utters only ono note, then rests. When several of these, birds call und answer, tho effort Is beautiful. The bell-blrds, which be long to tho chatterer family, aro found In Central Amerlcu south to Brazil. How Cloves Are Cured. In tho Snlco Islands tho clmrni nr sometimes cured by being smoked over a wood flro until they nsstimo a deep brown color, when tho further drying Is accomplished by tho sun. Occasion ally tho buds nro scalded beforo being dried. If brlfilit sunny davs nrnvnll artificial heat may bo dispensed with and tho buds sun-dried from first to Inst. Tho crop loses about GO ncr cent In drying, DIFFERENCES SEEN IN HENS Individuals of Same Breed Are Not Al ways Equal In Respect to Meat or Egg Production. (Prepared by flip United Hlnlcs Depart ment or .Viniculture,) Among genernl-ptirposo fowls all arc not equal In respect to either meat or egg production. The difference Is not duo to size, or to the shape of birds In like condition, but lies In those things which keep nno fowl In good laying condition when another goes out of condition, that enable ono to lay con tinuously through a long period and still keep In good condition, while an other loses llesh, become poor and thin, and Incapable of further egg pro duction until hIii' has had a rest aft er a comparatively short period of lay ing. Tho existence of all these, however, Is not enough to Insure good laying. There nfust, of course, bo reasonably good laanngemt'iit, oven If tho keeper Iiiih not special skill. Hut If with theso qualities which make for continual lay Rhode Island Red Hen. lug, there exists a pendency-to put on fat whenever laying Is Interrupted, only unremitting skillful management o keep a hen In good laying condition will mnko her a first-class egg pro- luce r. The egg typo or laying typo of hen, n tiny breed, Is the hen that with the Itialltles that mako for good egg pro luctlon, has no quality which Is an obstacle to continual laying. Tho meat typo Is not the converso of tho egg type, even though the hen that Is not a good layer Is lit only for meat. The meat type, In all kinds of potil- ry, Is tho typo that grows rapidly and nt maturity carries abundant lleuli, es pecially where tho preferred part of tho meat aro produced. Tho most de sirable meat typo Is ratlfer fine In bone, with tho frame well knit but not too compact. Under any kind of good management a hen of this typo that Is it normal condition will bo n good lay er. Sho may not lay any better than hen not quite as well flushed, but she tight to lay Just as well, and when tho tlmo comes to mako meat of her sho makes more and better meat, and s a breeder sho naturally tends to re produce offspring that will make more nd better meat. Such hens aro In reality of tho dual purpose type, no matter what their Izo or breed. They nro equally valu able for eggs and meat. That Is tho kind of stock that will contribute most to tho big Increaso In poultry that Is wanted. It Is tho dual-purpose typo of every breed a typo that exists In every breed, and can easily bo mado tho prevalent typo without detriment to any breed, and to tho benefit of every breed Hint hns suffered from 'neglect. POULTRY RAISING ON FARMS Littlo Capital Is Required and Noth lng Equals It as Profitable 8ldo Line. Poultry raising requires vory littlo capital, but thero nro very few side lines, If Indeed thero nro nny, that nro equal to It for profltoblo production. Much Is said of the tlmo It requires for raising young fowls. But do not forget that when they nro minings! properly tho fowls pay Ilberully for the tlmo required to raise them. Tanning Is greatly handicapped for lock of cash nud when any sldo lino con bo found that requires littlo tnonoy but considerable labor It Is at tractive, Huch Is poultry raising on Ilia faruu