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'UTfl PRINCE PROVES HIMSELF A APPROVAL OF Synopsis. II cr father and mother reported lost nt sen when tho Dunravcn. on which they had sailed for liurope, was sunk, Carolyn Slay Cameron Hnnnn's Car'Iyn Is sent from New Vork to her buch elor uncle, Joseph Stagg, at tho Corners. Tho reception given her by her undo Is not very enthusiastic. Carolyn U also chilled by the stern demeanor of Aunty Rose, Uncle Joe's housekeeper. Stagg Is dismayed when ho learns from a lawyer friend of his brother-in-law that Carolyn has been left practically penniless and consigned to his enro ns guardian. Cwrolyn learns of tho estrangement bctweon her undo and his one-timo sweetheart. Amnnda Pnrlow, and the cnuso of tho bitterness between the two families. CHAPTER VI Continued. Aunty Rose remained, apparently, as austere as over, whllo Joseph Stagg was quite as much Immersed In business as formerly. Tot there were times, when she and tho child were alone, that Mrs. Kennedy 'unbent. In a greater or less degree. And on tho part of Joseph Stagg, ho found himself thinking of sunny-haired, blue-eyed "Hannah's Car'Iyn" with Increasing frequency. "Didn't you ever havo any llttlo girls, Aunty Itoso?" Carolyn May ask .ed the housekeeper on ono of these In timate occasions. "Or llttlo boys? I mean of your very own." I 'Tes." said Aunty Rose In n matter-iOf-fact tone. "Three. But only to have them In my arras for n very little : while. Each died soon after coming 'to me. There was something quite wrong with them all, so tho doctors said." ' "Oh, my dear I All three of them?" sighed Carolyn May. "Two girls and a boy. Only ono lived to be three months old. They are all burled behind the church yon- ;der." ' The next morning early Carolyn May, with Prince, went over Into tho churchyard and found the thrco little stones In a row. She knew they must ,be the right ones, for there wns a big ger stone, with tho Inscription, "Frank . Kennedy, beloved spouso of Rose Ken nedy." upon It The names on the three llttlo stones were Emellne, Frank, Jr., and Clarissa. "Weeds and tall grass had begun to sprout about the little, lozenge-shaped stones and about the taller one. While she was thus engnged, a tall man In black looking rather "weedy" himself, If the truth wqre told came ncros3 the graveyard anl stood beside her. He woro a broaj band of crepe around his hat and on his arm, and was very grave apd eerlous-looklng. ! "Who af6 you, little girl?" ho asked. .his voice beln Quite agreeable and his tone klqdly. Tm Car'Iyn May, If you please," she replied, looking tip at him frankly. ''Car'Iyn May Stagg!" co asked. i'TTou're Mr. Sugg's little- girl? I've hoard of yu." 1 "Car'Iyn May Cameron," sho correct ed seriously. "I'm only staying with Uncle Joe. Ho Is my guardian, and he bad to take me, of course, when my - papa and mamma wero lost at sea." "Indeed?" returned the gentleman. "Do you know who I am?" ' "I I think," said Carolyn May, doubtfully, "that you must be tho un dertaker." For a moment the gentleman looked startled. Then he flushed a little, but his eyes twinkled. "The undertaker?" ho murmured. "Do I look like thut?" "Excuse me, sir," said Carolyn May. "I don't really know you, you know. Maybe you're not the undertaker." "No, I am not. Though our under taker, Mr. Snlvvlns, Is a very good man." "Yes, sir," said tho little girl, po lltely. "I urn the pastor here your pastor, I hope," lie said, putting a kind hand upon her head. "Oh. I know you now!" suld Caro lyn May brightly. "You'ro the man Uncle Joe says Is going to get u stran gle hold on Satan now thut vacation Is over." Ilov. Afton Drlggs looked rather odd again. The shocking frankness of tho child ciiiuu pretty near to flooring him. "I ahem 1 Vour undo compliments me," ho suld drily. "You don't know thut he Is ready to do his share, do 'pu7'J "ills share?" repeated the puzzled Utile girl. Toward .strangling (ho ICvIl One," ra!yncfAe(oniers BELMORE ENCIOOTT COPVKX-Wt -lOlO 'TiT DODO. MRAD and CCMRNY. REAL CANINE HERO AND WINS THE CORNERS. pursued the minister, n wry stullo curl lng the corners of his lips. "Han he got a shuro In It. too?" asked Carolyn May. "I think we all should have," said tho minister, looking down nt her with returning kindliness In his glance, "Even llttlo girls like you." Carolyn May looked at him quite se riously. "Do you s'pose," she nsked him con fldentlnlly. "that Satan Is really wicked enough to trouble little girls?' It was a startling bit of new philoso phy thus suggested, and Mr. Drlggs shook his head In grave doubt. Dut tt gave him something to think of all that day; and tho first sermon preached In Tho Corners church that autumn seemed rather different from most of those solid. Indigestible discourses that tho good man was wont to drone out to his parishioners. "Dunno but It Is worth while to give Uio parson a vacation," pronounced Uncle Joe nt the dinner table. "Seems to me his sermon this morning seemed to havo n new snap to It. Mebbe he'll give old Satan a hard rub this winter, after all." "Joseph Stagg!" said Aunty Rose odmonlshlngly. "I think lie s n very nice man." snld Carolyn May suddenly. "And I ken' awake most of the. time you see. 1 Heard poor Prlncey howling for mo here, where he wns tied rp." "Huml" ejaculated Mr. Stage. "Which kept you awake the dog or tho minister?" "Oh, I like Sir. Drlggs very much," the little girl assured him. "And he's In great 'diction, too, I am sure. Ho bo wears crepe on his hnt and sleeve." "Huh. so he does," grunted Mr. Stagg. "Ho's 'most always In mourn lng for somebody or something." "Do you s'pose. Undo Joe. that ho looks up enough? It does Just seem to me ns though poor Mr. Drlggs must alwnys bo looking down Instead of looking up to see the sunshine and the blue sky and and the mountains, like my papa said you should Undo Joe was silent. Aunty Rose said, very briskly for her: "And your papa wns right. Car'Iyn May. He was n very scnslblo man. I havo no doubt." "Oh, ho wns quite a wonderful man," said the little girl with full assurance. It was on the following morning that school opened. The Corners district school was a red building, with n squatty boll tower and two front doors, standing not far up the road bo yond the church. Miss Mlnnlo Lester taught tho school, and although Miss Mlnnlo looked very sharply through her glasses at one, Carolyn Slay thought she was going to love the teacher very much. Indeed, that was Carolyn Slay's at titude toward almost everybody whom sho met She expected to lovo and to bo loved. Was It any wonder sho made so many friends? Thero proved, however, at tho start, to be a little dlfllculty with SIlss SHn tile. Prince would not remain at home. Ho howled and whined for the first half of Slonduy morning's session as Aunty Roso confessed, almost driving her mad. Then he slipped his collar and tore away on Carolyn Slay's cold trail. Into tho school marched tho dog, having drawn tho stuplo with which his chain hud been fastened to tho bole of tho tree In Sir. Stagg'H buck yard. SIlss Mlnnlo was both alarmed and angry.' Homo of tho llttlo girls shrieked and wept when Prlnco pranced over to Carolyn Slay's seat. "Jf you do not shut that awful dog up so thut he cannot follow you hero, Carolyn Slay, I shall speak to your un cle, Sir. Stagg, about It. Ugh, tlio ugly beast I Tuko him away at oiicol" Ho Carolyn Slay's schooldays at The Corners 'did not begin very happily, after nil. She hud alwnys loved and been loved by every teacher she had over had before. Hut Miss Mlnnlo seemed prejudiced against her because of Prince. The little girl felt bndly nbout this, but sho wns of too cheerful n tempera ment to droop for long under tho pres sure of any trouble. The other chil dren liked her, and Carolyn May found plenty of playmates. It wns on tho Inst Friday In tho mouth that something happened which quite changed .Miss Minnie's attitude towards "thnt mongrel." Incidentally, Tho Corners, as a community, was ful ly awakened from Its lethargy, and, as It chanced, like the Sleeping Ilenuty nnd all her retinue, by n Prince. Tho school session on Friday after noons was always shortened. This day Mr. llrndy, one of tho school trus tees, cniuo to review tho school and, beforo ho left, to pay SIlss Mlnnlo her salary for tho month. Carolyn Slay had permission from Aunty Roso to go calling that after noon. Freda Payne, whom sho liked very much, lived up tho rond beyond the schoolhouse. and sho had Invited the llttlo city girl to coinu to nee her. Of course, Prince had to ho Included In the Invitation. Freda fully under stood that, nnd Carolyn Slay took him on his leash. They saw SIlss .Mlnnlo at her desk when they went past the schoolhouse. She wns correcting written exercises. Curolyn Slay secretly hoped that her own was much better than sho feared It wns. Not fnr beyond tho schoolhouso Prlnco begun to growl, and tho hairs stiffened on his neck. "Whatever Is tho matter with you, Prlnco?" demanded Carolyn Slay. In a moment she saw the causo of tho dog's continued ngltatlnn. A roughly dressed, bewhlskered man sat beside tho road rating a lunch out of n newspaper, lie leered at Carolyn Slay and said: "I guess you got n bad dog there, nln't ye, little girl?" "Oh, no I lie's ns'nlly very polite," answered Carolyn May. "You must bo still, Prlnco I You see." sho explained, "ho dqesn't llko folks to wear old But He Was Soon Baying the Fellow Past the Blacksmith Shop and the Store. clothes. If If you had on your Sun day suit, I'm qulto sure tio would not growl nt you." Ho wouldn't, bey?" said tho man hoarsely, licking his fingers of tho last crumbs of his lunch. "An' supposo a fell or ain't got no Sunday suit?" "Why then, I s'poso Prlnco wouldn't over let you como Into our yurd ir ho was loose." "Don't let hlra looso now, llttlo girl," sold tho fellow, getting up hurriedly and eyeing tho angry dog askance. "Oh, no, 6lr. Wo'ro going visiting up tho road. Come away, Prince. ( won't let him touch you," she assured tho man. Tho latter seemed rather doubtful of her ability to hold tho dog long, and he hobbled away towards tho school- house. Carolyn Slay had a very pleasant call Freda's mother oven approved of Prince nnd It wns nn hour beforo tho two started for homo. In sight of tho school house- Prlnco gavo cvldcnco again of oxcltemcnt "I wonder what Is tho mntter with you now," Carolyn Slay began, when suddenly sho sighted what had evi dently so disturbed tho dog. A man wns crouching under ono of tho schoolhouso windows, bobbing up now and then to peer In. It was tho man whom they had previously seen beside tho road. "Hush, Prlnco 1" whispered llttlo Carolyn Slay, holding tho dog by tho collar. Sho, too, could sco through tho open window. SIlss Mlnnlo was still at her desk. She had finished correcting tho pupils' papers. Now sho had her bag open and was counting tho money Sir. llrndy hud given her. "O-o-ohl" breathed Carolyn Slay, clinging to tho eager dog's collar. Tho man at tho window suddenly left his position and slipped around to j tlio door. In a moment ho appeared In tho schoolroom boforo tho startled teacher. SIlss Mlnnlo screamed. Tho man, with n rough thrent, dnrtod forward to seliso her purse. Just then Carolyn Slny unsnnpped tho lensh from Prince's collar nnd let him go. "Save Miss Mlnnlo. Prlncey I" ! cried nftor tho charging dog. Prlnco did not trouble nbout the door. Tho open window, through which tho tramp had spied upon tho schoolmistress, wns nearer, lie went up tho wall and scrambled over tho sill with u savage determination that loft no doubt whatever In the tramp's mind. With n yell of terror tho fellow bounded out of the door nnd tore along tho road mid through Tho Cor ners nt n speed never beforo equaled In that locality hy n knight of the mad. Prince lost a little time In recovering his footing and again getting on tho trail of the lleelng tramp. Hut ho was soon baying tho fellow past the black smith shop and the store. Tho Incident called the eutlro popu lation of Tho Corners, save tho bed ridden, to the windows and doors. For once tho little, somnolent village nwoke. Prince continues to prove that he Is a very Important character In this story. The next Install ment tells how he Is concerned In another Incident that may be heard from later. Don't mlts this. (TO HE CONTINUIIO.) COAL PYRITE IN EXPLOSIVES Iowa Geologists Investigate Coal Fields for Needed Mineral. With Excellent Results. An Investigation of pyrlle, on essen tial material lu tho manufacture of high explosives, Is being mndo In the conl llel ds of Iown under tho direction of Dean Georgo F. Kny of tho Uni versity of Iowa, who Is director of the Iowa geological survey. High explo sives aro made with tho aid of sul phuric acid, which In turn Is mndo chiefly by roasting pyrlte, popularly known ns "fool's gold." Hence the mineral Is In grent demand. For mnny years pyrlto for odd pro duction has been Imported from Spain, states Doctor Kny. Hut In order to save , tho ships for more urgent use, tho 1 shipping board has sharply reduced tho I Import of pyrlte. Tho domestic produc ' tlon of the mineral must then bo un usually largo, he declares. .uw inrii, t irgMiin, wcorgui, noum . Carolina and Alabama havo pyrlte mines, nnd Illinois and several other states are producing a small tonnage from coal mines. Many hundred thou sand tons are qulrkly available from coal mines, says tho state geologist, If the government's explosive program re quires It. The method of preparing conl pyrlt for shipment to ncld plants Is simple and cheap. Tho "sulphur balls" must bo sepnrated from adhering roal, and be crushed, wnshed and screened Into lump nnd tine sizes. Coal miners arc willing to load pyrlte, nnd tho opera tors to hoist and ship It, If war Indus tries demand It. First-Hand Earthquake News. A volcologlst of tho Carnegie Geophysical laboratory reports that he has nearly perfected apparatus for re cording upon wax cylinders the subter ranean sounds or onrinquoices, says the Scientific Amerlcnn. "Tho ordl nary commercial cylinders are unsult nblo for this dellcnto work, and accord Ingly tho laboratory has secured a sup ply of cylinders of tho old, puro wax type. Tho mlcrophono used In this con nection has also been greatly Improved nnd a perfect llttlo portable field outfit weighing less than a pound has beea evolved." Naughty Mamma's Boy. Sly husband, who Is nt Camp Sher man, wrote homo and told us this Joke tho boys plnycd on a "manimn's boy" who wns tho goat of tho wholo com pany. Ono night whllo ho wns over to the Y. Sf. 0. A. they fixed up tho head of his cot with sticks and tied a string to them, then waited until he got sound asleep nnd pulled tho strings, out camo tho sticks nnd down went tho bed. Ho nenrly exploded he was so mad and my husband suld had you been lis tening you could havo heard him swearing elenr homo. Chicago Trib une. All In Some Day. Ono day nt a Southern cnriip ono of tho negro soldiers wns showing mo n sorvlco pin with thrco stars which ho always carried In his pocket. I nsked him who tho relatives wero nnd ho re plied.; "Ono Is fo' mnsclf an' tho other two Is fo' ma hrudders; ono Is going to enlist an' tho other Is In tho noxt draft" Exchange. By No Means Secure, Friend "I sco your sou Hiimbo has secured n position." Itnstus "No. lie hnvo got ono, but ho ain't secured II yet. His boss says ho am liable to lire him nny minute." Life. SALTS FINE FOR ACHING KIDNEYS Wc cut too much meat which clogs Kidneys, then the Hack hurls. Most folks forgot that tha kidneys, llko tho bowols, got sluggish and clog ged nnd need n flushing occasionally, olso wo havo Imokacha nnd dull misery In tho klilnoy region, severe lteadnehca, rhuumntlo twinges, torpid liver, acid stnumch, sleeplessness and all sorts of bladder dlsordors. You simply must keep your kldnoys active nnd clean, and tho moment you feol an nchu or pain In tho kidney ro nton, got nbout four ounces of Jnd Salts from nny good drug ntoro hero, tnko n tablcspoonful In a glass of water beforo brcnkfnst for n few days and your kldnoys will then act flue. Thin famous nails Is niado from tho ncld of grapes nnd lninon Juice, combined with lithln, nnd Is harmless to flush clogged kldnoys nnd Btlmulnto them to nurmnl aotlvlty. It also uoutrnllzen tho acids In tho urlno so It no longer Irritates, thus ending bladder dlsordern. Jad Salts Is harmless; Inexpensive; makes a delightful effervescent lithln water drink which everybody should take now and then to keep their kid neys clean, thus avoiding serious com plications. A well-known local druggist says ho sells lots of Jnd Snlta to folks who bolluvo In overcoming kidney trouble whllo It Is only trouble His Summer Name. Out) day William, whllo visiting his grandmother, met tho woman across tho hull with her llttlo dog. William Inquired what sho called tho dog and sho replied: "Wo call him Zero bo cnuso wo got him lu thu winter." William thou nsked: "Woll, If you call him Zero In tho winter what do you cult him In thu summer?" Cutlcura Comforts Baby's Skin When red, rough mid Itching with hot baths of Cutlcura Sonp and touches of Cutlcurn Ointment. Also niako uso now and then of thut exquisitely scent ei dusting powder, Cutlcura Talcum, one of tho Indispensable Cutlcura Toilet Trio. Adv. SUFFERING CATS! GIVE THIS MAN THE GOLD MEDAL No humbug! Any corn, whether hard, soft or between thu toes, will loosen right up nnd lift out without a particle of pain or soreness. This drug is called freozouo nnd Is n compound of other discovered by a Cincinnati man. Ask nt any drug storo far n small bottle of freezaue, which will cost but a trifle, but Is sufficient to rid onu's foot of every corn or callous. Put n few drops directly upon any tender, aching corn or callous. In stantly tho sorouuss dlsnppenm and shortly tho corn or callous will loosen nml can bo lifted off with tho fingers. This drug froezonu doesn't eat out tho corns or cnllousos but shrivels them without oven irritating tho sur rounding skin. Juut think I No pain nt nil; no soro noss or smarting when applying it or nfterwards. If your druggist don't havo froozono havo him order It for you. Adv. Yes, Why Is It? Said the facetious feller, "Why Is It when a man goes to a butcher shop and learns that tho prlco of chuck roast Is CG cents a pound ho involun tarily allows his mind to rovort to thoughts of tho flesh nnd tho devil?" Indianapolis Star. Itching Rashes Soothed With Cuticura floaa SOc. Olatmat 20 and OOo. 1 ELECTRIC MOTORS Douiht, Sold, Rants d and Rapalrod WALKEK KI.KCriUO W0HK8 Uurntldo, cor. 10th. I'orUand, Ora. IDejrpur Own Plumbing lly buying direct from tia at wholoaala prleea and aavu tho plumlwr'a proflta. Writ u to day your neda. Wo will ctva you our rock bottom "dlrrct-to-you" prlco. t. o. h. rail or boat. W actually ara you (rota 10 to !6 per cent. All irooda guarantee!. Northweat headquartttra foi leader Watar Byatama and Kullor & Jobnaon Kovlnea. STARK-DAVIS CO. 212 Third JStraat. Portland, Oravoa off P. N. U, No, 4, 1010 jw-.JL- . M t