Carolyn of the Corners
BY RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT
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CAROLYN MAY LEARNS SOME DISQUIETING NEWS FROM
CHET GORMLEY.
Synopsis. Her father ntul mother reported lost at sea when the
Dunrnven, oti which they had sailed for L'urope, was sunk, Carolyn
May Cameron Manila's Car'lyn Is sent from New York to her bach
elor uncle, Joseph Stag!?, at the Corners. The reception Riven her by
her uncle is not very enthusiastic. Carolyn Is al-o chilled by the Morn
demeanor of Aunty Hose, Uuclo Joe's housekeeper. Sines Is dismayed
when he learns from n lawyer friend of his brothcrln-lnw that Carolyn
has been left practically penniless ami consigned to his eare as gunrdlnn.
Carolyn learns of the estrangement between her uncle and his one-time,
sweetheart, Amanda Parlow, and the cause of tho bitterness between
the two families. Prince, tho mongrel dog that Carolyn brought with
her. and the boon companion of tho lonesome girl, Is In disfavor with
Uncle Joe. who threatens to dispose of him. but Prince becomes n hero
and wins the approval of the Corners by routing a tramp In tho act of
robbing the schoolteacher.. Tho following Sunday, while Carolyn ami
her uncle, accompanied by Prince, are taking a walk In tho woods they
encounter Amandn Parlow. Prince kills a snake about to strlko
Amanda, and Stngg and Amanda speak to each other for tho tlrst tlmo
in years.
CHAPTER VIII.
9
Chet Gormley Tells Some News.
It was when she came In sight of
the Parlow place on Monday after
noon, she and Prince, that Carolyn
May bethought her of the very best
person In the world with whom to ad
vise upon the momentous question
which so troubled her.
Who could be more Interested in the
happiness of Miss Amanda than Mr.
Fnrlow himself?
The little girl had been going to call
on Miss 'mnnda. Aunty Hose had
said she might and Miss Amanda had
Invited her "specially."
But the thought of taking the old
carpenter into her confidence nnd ad
vising with him delayed that visit. Mr.
Parlow was busy on some piece of
cabinet work, but he nodded briskly to
the little girl when she came to the
door of the shop and looked In.
"Are you very busy, Mr. Parlow?"
she asked 1dm after a watchful min
ute or two.
"My hnnds be, Car'lyn May," said
the carpenter in his Ury voice.
"Oh r
"But I kin listen to ye and I kin
talk."
"Oh, that's nice I Did you hear
about what happened yesterday?"
"Eh?" he queried, eying her quizzi
cally. "Does anything ever happen on
Sunday?"
"Something did on this Sunday,"
cried the little girl. "Dldu't you hear
about the snake?"
"What d'ye meansnake?"
And then little Carolyn .May ex
plained. She told the story with such
earnestness that he stopped working
to listen.
"Humph!" was his grunted com
ment at tho end. "Weill"
"Don't you think that was real ex
citing?" asked Carolyn May. "And
just see how it almost brought ray
Uncle Joe nnd your Miss Amanda to
gether. Don't you see?"
Mr. Parlow actually jumped. "What's
that you say, child?" lie rasped out
grimly. "Bring Mandy and Joe Stagg
together? Well, I guess not!"
"Oh, Mr. Parlow, don't you think
that would be Just he-a-you-tl-ful?"
cried the little girl with a lingering
emphasis upon the most important
word. "Don't you see how happy they
would he?"
"I don.'t knojv as nrrybody's per
tic'lar anxious to see that daughter of
mine and Joe Stagg friendly again.
'No good would come of It."
Carolyn May looked at hlm sorrow
IfuIIy. Mr. Parlow had quite disap
pointed her. It was plain to bo seen
that he was not tho right one to ad
'vise with about the matter. Tho little
,glrl sighed.
"I really did s'pose you'd want to
see Miss Amnnda happy, Mr. Parlow,"
she whispered.
"Happy? Bah!" snarled tho old
man, setting vigorously to work again.
He acted ns If he wished to say no
more and lot the little girl depart
without another word.
Carolyn May really could not under
stand It at least she could not Im
mediately. That Mr, Parlow might have n self
ish reason for desiring to keep Ids
daughter and Joseph Stagg apart did
not outer tho llttlo girl's mind.
After that Sunday walk, however,
Carolyn May was novor so much
iifnil.l of Iter undo as before. Why,
lio hud von called Prlneo "good ilogl"
Truly Mr. Joseph Htngg was being
trwisfoniKMllf hlowly.
Ilu could not deny to Mmvulf n,t,
U ii Willillll HXleiit, lio wim enjoying
tin! immim of Mm lllllo iiluto at The
Corners. If he only could decide Just
what to do with the personal property
of his sister Hannah and her husband
down In the New York apartment.
Never In ids life had he been so leug
deciding a question.
He had really loved Hannah. He
knew It now, did Joseph Stagg, every
time he looked at the lovely little
child who had come to live with him
at The Corners. Why! Just so had
Hannah looked when she was a llttlo
thing. The same deep, violet eyes and
sunny hair and laughing lips
Mr. Stagg sometimes actually found
a rellectlon of the cheerful llgurc of
"Hannnh's Car'lyn" coming between
him and the big ledger over which ho
spent so ninny of his waking hours.
Once he looked up from the ledger
It was on a Saturday morning and
really did see the bright llgure of the
little girl standing before hlm. It
was no dream or fancy, for old Jimmy,
the cnt, suddenly shot to the topmost
shelf, squnlllng with wild abandon.
Prince was nosing along at Carolyn
May's side.
"Bless mo I" croaked Mr. Stagg.
"That dog of yours, Car'lyn May. will
give Jimmy a conniption fit yet. What
d you want down here?"
Carolyn May told him. A mnn had
come to the house to buy a cow nnd
Aunty Itoso had sent the little girl
down to tell Mr. Stagg to como home
and "drive his own bargain."-
"Well, well," said .Mr. Stagg, lock
ing the ledger In the safe. "I'll hustle
right out and tend to it. Don't seo
why the man couldn't have waited till
noontime. Hey. you. Chet! Look out
for the store. Don't have any fooling.
And"
"Oh, uncle! may I stay, too? Me
and Prince?" cried Carolyn May.
"We'll bo good."
"Pshaw! Yes, If you want to," re
sponded Mr. Stagg, hurrying away.
".My! your uncle's changln more
nnd more, ain't he?" remarked Chet,
the optimistic. "He does sometimes
almost laugh, Car'lyn. I never see the
heat of It!"
"Oh, Is he?1' cried the little child.
"Is he looking up more? Do you think
he is, Chet?"
"I positively do," Chet assured her.
"And he hasn't always got Ids nose
in that old ledger?"
"Well I wouldn't say that he neg
lected business, no, ma'am," said the
hoy honestly. "You see, we men have,
got to think of business mostly. But
he sure Is thinkln' of some other things
too ya-as, Indeedy !"
"What things, Chet?" Carolyn May
asked anxiously, hoping that Undo
Joe had shown some recovered Inter
est In Miss Amanda and that Chet had
noticed It.
"Why well Now, you see, there's
that houso you used to live In. You
know about that?'!
"What about it, Chet?" tho llttlo
girl asked rather timidly,
"Wolf, Mr. Stagg ain't never done
nothln about It. Ho ain't sold It, nor
sold the furniture, nor nothln'. You
know, Car'lyn May, your folks didn't
leave you no money."
"Oh! Didn't they?" cried Carolyn
May, greatly startled.
"No, You see, I heard nil about It.
Mr. Vlckers, thp lawyer, tamo In hero
ono day and your undo read a letter
to him out loud, I couldn't help hut
hear. Tho letter was irom another
lawyer nnd 'twas all about you and
your concerns. I heard It all," said
tho qulto Innocent Chet.
"And Mr. VIckorH says: Hn Hid child
hasn't anything of her own, Joo?'"
Chut want on. "And your undo says:
'Not a dollar, 'rcpt what I might sail
that furniture for,' And ho hasn't
sold It yet. I kii". He Jus? 'n't
make S his mind to sell them things
that was your mother-. Car'lyn May,"
addd tho boy, wuli n deeper Insight
Into Mr. Stagg's . lumictor than ono
might have given hlm credit for pos
sessing. But Carolyn .Vnv had heard some
news that made 1 t Maidenly quiet
and she was glad n uM.imer camo Into
store Just then to di.nv Chet Conn
ley's attention.
Tho child had never thought before
about how the gooM things of life camo
to her her food, t tollies and lodging.
But now Chet c.rmley's chattering
had given her n new view of the facts
of tho case. There had been no money
left to spend for her needs. Undo
Joo was Just kci ping her out of
charity I
"And Prince, too '' thought tho llttlo
girl, with a lump in her throat. "Ho
hasn't got any more home than a rab
bit I And Uncle Joe don't really llko
dogs not even now.
"Oh, dear me!" pursued Carolyn
May. "It's awful turd to be an or
phan. But to be a poor orphan Just
a charity one Is a "hole lot worse, 1
guess. I wonder If I ought to stay
with Undo Joe and Aunty Itose and
make them so much trouble?"
Tho thought bit d.. Into the little
girl's very Impressiuiuitile mind. Sho
wished to ho nlouc and to think over
this really tragic thing that faced
her tho ugly fact that sho was u
"charity child."
"And you'ro a charity dog, Prince
Cameron," she said aloud, looking
down nt the mongrel who walked se
dately besldo her along the country
rond.
Tho little girl had loitered along tho
road until It was now dinner time.
Indeed, Aunty Itose would have had
the meal on the table twenty minutes
"I Think You Are Lovely, Mies
Amanda."
earlier. Mr. Stagg had evidently re
mained at The Corners to sell tho cow
and cat dinner too thus "killing two
birds with one stone."
And here Carolyn May and Prlneo
were at Mr. Purlow's carpenter shop.
Just as the old mnn was taking oh his
apron preparatory to going In to his
dinner. When Miss Amanda was away
nursing, the carpenter ate nt a neigh
bor's table.
Now Miss Amanda nppeared on tho
side porch.
"Where ure you going, llttlo girl?"
sho asked, smiling.
"Home to Aunty Itose," said Carolyn
May bravely. "But I guess I'm Into
for dinner."
"Don't you want to come In nnd ent
with us, Carolyn Mny7 Your own din
ner will be cold."
"Oh, may 1?" cried tho llttlo girl.
Somehow she did not feel that she
could face Undo Joo Just now with
this now thought that Chet (Jormley's
words had put Into her heart. Then
sho hesitated, with her hand on tho
gate latch.
"Will there bo somo scraps for
Prince?" sho asked. "Or hones?"
"I believe I can llnd something for
Prince," Miss Amanda replied. "I owo
him more than ono good dinner, 1
guess, for killing that snake. Como In
and wo will seo."
Carolyn May (bought that Miss
Amanda, In her houso dress and milled
apron, with sleeves turned hack nhovn
her iMmplcd, brown elbows, was pro
tier than over. Her cheerful ohsiirva
Hons qui to ciil I veiled Carolyn May
iiiiuln,
"I think you nro lovely, Miss Anmn
dn," shu said an she helped wlpo the
dishes after tho carpenter had gone
back to tho shop, ."I shall always love
you. I guess that anybody who over
did lovfl you would keep right on doing
so till they died I They Just couldn't
help III"
"Indeed?" said the woman, laughing.
"And how about you, Chicken Little?
Aren't you universally beloved too?"
"Oh, I don't expect so, Miss Aman
da." said tho child. "I wish I was."
"Why aren't you?"
"I I Well, I guesi It's Just be
cause I'm not," Carolyn May said des
perately. "You see, after all, Miss
Amanda, I'm only n dimity child."
"Oh. my child!" exclaimed Miss
Amanda. "Who told you that?"
"I I Just hoard about It," confessed
tho llttlo visitor.
"Not from Aunty Itose Kennedy?"
"Oh, no, ma'am."
"Old that Did your undo tell you
such a thing?"
"Oh, no! He's Just as good as he
can be. But of course be doesn't like
children. You know he doesn't. And
ho Just 'bomlnates dogsl
Carolyn and Prince have an
other adventure, In which they
play the part of good Samari
tans. Watch for the next In
stallment. (TO Hi: rONTt.NUKIX)
FIREARMS ARE NOT FRAGILE
Shotgun Properly Cared For Is Said to
Oe Good for a Hundred
Thousand Shots.
A question frequently asked Is, "How
long will my shotgun last?" or "How
tunny shots can I lire from my rlllo or
revolver before It wears out?"
It Is Impossible for anyone to say
Just how long a llrearin will Inst, be
cause It Is Impossible to tell before
hand what kind of care It Is going to
get, and the care It receives makes all
tho difference between a few hundred
shots and a lifetime of faithful service.
Assuming Hint they are cleaned care
fully and consistently u good shotgun
will show practically no falling on In
pattern or penetration for probably
well over 100.000 shots. A 'H'-ciillhcr
rifle and a revolver are both good for
ItO.OOO or -10,000 shots. A high-power
rlllo Is good for about .'1.000 to f.,000
shots, usually the higher the velocity
the shorter (ho life of tho barrel.
Judging from these facts It would
appear that (ho higher the pressure
developed by the explosion tho morn
wear on the barrel, for the shotgun de
velops the least pressure and the high
power rlllo tho most.
A rather Interesting sidelight on this
question of barrel Ufa Is a determina
tion of the actual length of tlmo to
which u good shotgun barrel is sub
jected to the force and burning effect
of tho powder charge during Its life
time. If 100.000 shots nre fired from a
shotgun the Inside of the barrel Is ac
tually exposed to (he flame of the
powder charge for about four minutes.
Zuni Runners.
A short time ago (ho trlbo of tho
Ziinls held their great annua! ceremo
nial feasts and dances at their pueblo
In western New Mexico. For almost
Hie tlrst time a number of tourists
penetrated the -10 miles that lie be
tween the pueblo and the railroad to
witness tin; ceremonies, and as a re
sult the .mils are beginning to ho
known to fame. Long familiar to stu
dents of ethnology, their peculiar tal
ents aro quite unknown to tho general
public.
Tho mil Indians aro probably tho
greatest runners tho world ever has
seen. Their feats In this direction aro
such that any mail who waiihl try to
recount them nil would Inevitably lose
his reputation for veracity. But In
looking at the lean brown boy who will
run down a wild horso or a deer and
baldly lose Ids breath over It, ono
must remember that tho lad has not
only been trained to run from tho
tlmo ho could first stand on his llttlo
feet without tumbling down, but Ids
training really began a thousand years
ago. Ho comes of n tribe that has
specialized In running since long heforo
Columbus wns born. Chicago News.
Anlnals Held Sacred.
Animal worship Is prevalent among
nil prlmltlvo people, tho nnlmnls chos
en for devotion being usually those
which distinguished themselves accord
ing to tho lights of tho slmplo minds
of our remote forbears. Frequently
they retained their sacred preroga
tives until qulto n Into period aiming
civilized peoples. The cat was sacred
In Kgypt until well past tho glory dnys
of Homo and was coiillned to Kgyptlnn
society until well Into tho Homiin do
cadence, Tim pig, uninspiring as ho
seems, was n fuvorllo among tho sacred
animals of (he Syrian peoples. But It
must bo remembered Hint ho was not
the obese pinker of today; ho was (ho
Syrian wild hour, u gentleman of no
t'outuiiiptlhlo abilities.
JaiiiuM Imparling his knowledge to
his youmjfir sister: "lloiiio wns found,
ed by ItomiMJ and Juliet,"
BUILDING
GOOD ROADS 1919 PROGRAM
Mlchloan Qtartlno on Greatest Era of
Highway Construction In His
tory of Stale.
Michigan Is going to start on tho
greatest' era of road building In tho
slate's hlslory, dechues ICdward N.
lllnes, first vice president of the Do
trolt Automobile dub. Mr. Illmw
that Michigan highway constructors
havo seen tho folly of their ways In
building roads too narrow and of types
not permanent. They will correct this
In the future.
livery cltlxen, Including tho farmer,
business man, laboring man and (he
resident of tho small town, sees tho
need of permanent highways, tho case
being proven to them by wartime con
ditions, according to Mr. lllnes. This
was brought about by the Inadequate
freight and express service, (ho food
situation and tho general need to con
servo labor wherever feasible.
"Hud tho war continued," Mr. lllnes
stated, "I had records of projects for
building of concrete roads In tho state
that likely would havo been put
through by tho proper authorities In
Washington hecauso of their war ne
cessity, thero being some 050.000
square yards. Other projects for con
crete roads in Michigan financed by
tho Covert net whoiio issues were sold
and tho money not expended during tho
past season, nnd direct tax levies
amounted to l.HIT.OOO square yards, a
total for tho state of close to II.OOO.OOO
square yards. All of thla will bo built
In 1010 nnd In nil probability this yard
ago will bo doubled by tho tlmo thu
road construction work begins In tho
spring.
"Wnyno county's concreto roads
have stood tho test since tho United
States entered tho world conflict. Thu
normal trnlllc, plus tho enormous war
hnulago by army trucks over concroto
ronds seven, eight, nlno and ten years
old, was handled satisfactorily and
tho highways held up In perfect con
dition, liycs of tho road builders
throughout tho country havo been fo
cused on Wayne county's ronds nnd
tho practical demonstration of tho
valuo of permanent roads litis been
proven hero In tho vicinity of Detroit.
"Wayne, leader among tho countlon
of Michigan In mileage of Improved
roads, asked for no county road tax
this year and will havo to rely on thu
money received from nutomobllo li
censes. Consequently 1010 will not np
prnxlmntu previous years' programs
hecauso of lack of funds to push thu
work to tho limit. Wo expect to get
more for u dollar In 1010, though, as
Neglect of Maintaining Roads Is Not
Only Tying Up Transportation and
Handicapping Industry, but la Cost
ing United Stateo Many Millions of
Unnecessary Expense.
tho labor turnover will not ho as great
and material prices will havo n ten
dency not to Incline towards higher
levels.
"Among tho projecta which will bo
carried out next year nro tho follow
ing: Ono-half mllo section In tho vil
lage of Wayne, from Michigan nvcnuo
on tho Wayne road south, connecting
with the Huron Itlver drive. This rond
will bo of concrete, 1:0 feet wide. Belle-vlllc-Itomulus
branch of tho Huron
Hlvcr drive and Outer Belt drlvo Is to
bo finished. Delivery of stock on this
Job has already boon started and will
ho kept up as long us good weather
continues. Warren road, which will
bo concreted to tho Washtenaw coun
ty lino In tlmo, Is to bo taken euro of
by another road crow, TIiIh work will
go on until tho 1010 funds nro exhaust
ed. Tho Lnhser road, from Bedford
north to thu Oakland lino, connecting
with tho good road In Oakland county,
will also ho completed.
"Wo will pay considerable attention
In widening somo of tho main routes
and will maintain all tho previously
built roads In it first-class condition."