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Carolyn of the Corners BY RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT OopjrtuM, mi, by Do4J, W.d A OomT. tat CHAPTER XII. 12 Something Carolyn May Withes to Know. Cnrol.vn May's heart was flllcU with trouble. This was the result of her first talk with the old sailor. Not from him, nor from anybody else, did Carolyn May get any direct, Information that tho sailor had been aboard tho Dunraven on her fntnl voynge. But his story awoke In the child's breast doubts and longings, uncertainties nnd desires that had lain dormant for many weeks. Uncle Joe and Aunty Roso loved her and were kind to her. But that feel ing of "emptiness" that had at first so troubled Carolyn May. was returning. She began to droop. Keen-eyed Aunty Hose discovered this physical change very quickly. "She's Just like a droopy chicken," declared the good woman, "and, good ness knows, I have seen enough of them." So, as n stimulant and a preventive of "drooplness," Aunty Rose prescribed boneset ten, "plenty of it." Three times a day Carolyn May was dosed with boneset tea. How long the child's stomach would have endured under this treatment will never bo known. Carolyn May got no better, that was sure; but ono day something happened. Winter had moved on In Its usual frosty and suowy way. Cnrolyn May had kept up all her Interests after u fashion. Benjamin Ilardy had gone to Adams' camp to work. It seemed he could use a peevy, or canthook, pretty well, hav ing done something besides sailing in his day. Tim, the hnckmnn, worked at logging In the winter months, too. Ho usually went past the Stagg place with a team four times each day. There was something Carolyn May wished to ask' Benjamin Hardy, but she did not want nnybody else to know what .It was not even Uncle Joe or Aunty Rose. Once In the fall and be fore the snpw camp she had ridden as far as Adam's' camp with Mr. Pnrlow. He had gone there for some hickory wood. But, now, to ride on tho empty sled going In and on top of the load of logs coming out of the forest, Cnrolyn Mny felt sure, would be much more exciting. She mentioned her desire to Uncle Joo on a Friday evening. "Well, now. If It's pleasant, I don't see anything to forbid. Do you, Aunty Rose?" Mr. Stngg returned. . "I presume Tim will take the best of care of her," the woman said. "Maybe, getting out more In the air will make her look less peaked, Joseph Stagg." The excitement of preparing to go to the camp the next morning brought the roses Into Carolyn May's cheeks "I've Been 80 Near Drown In' Myself, That They Thought I Was Dead When I Was Hauled Inboard. nnd made her eyes sparkle. When Tim, the hackrnan, went Into town with his first load ho was forowarned ly Aunty Roso that ho would huvo company going back, "I'lteher of Georgo Washington J" cr clnlmed Tim. "Tho boys will near 'bout tuko n holiday." There was hut ono woman In (ho cwnp. Judy MuMoti, Hho lived In ono of the log huts with her husband, JIo wiih 11 siiwyer, mid Judy did (ho men's wii tilling. Heiijuiiiln Hardy wiih plwisod, In dued, to neo hlw little friend ugiilii, "Vein couio wild mil, pleuso," Alio wfilljiWMl I" Uio koiiiiuiii nflnr dill' i.wiv "Von tun fciiioku. Vow Imvitn't got to go back to work yet, nnd Tim Is only Just loading his sled. So wo can talk." "Aye, aye. little miss. Whnt'll wo talk "about 7" queried Benjamin cau tiously, for ho remembered that ho wns to bo very circumspect In his con versation with her. "I want you to tell mo something, Benjamin," she said. "Still ahead, matey," ho responded with apparent heartiness, tilling his pipe meanwhile. "Why. Benjamin you must know, you know, for you'vo been to sen so much Benjamin, I want to know If It hurts much to be drownd-edV "Hurts much?" gasped tho old sea man. "l'es, sir. Do people that get drownd-ed fool much pain? Is It n suf ferln' way to die? 1 want to know, Benjamin, 'cause my pnpn and mamma died that way," continued the child, choking n little. "It does seem us though I'd Just got to know." "Aye, nye," muttered tho man. "I see. An' I kin tell ye, Cnr'lyn May, as clo6't as anybody kin. I'vo been so near drownln' myself that they thought I was dead when I wns hauled Inboard. "Comln back from drowning Is a whole lot worso thnn Ijeln' drowned. You take It from me." "Well." sighed Cnrolyn Mny. "I'm glad to know that. It's bothered me a good deal. If my mni'jT'ii nnd papa had to be dead, maybe that was tho nicest way for them to go." Since Joseph Stngg had listened to the rumbling tale of the sailor regard ing the sinking ol the Dunraven, he had borne the fato of his sister and her husband much In mind. Ho had come no nearer to deciding whnt to do with the apartment In New York and Its furnishings. After listening to Benjamin Hardy's story, the hardware dealer felt less In clined thnn before to close up tho af fairs of Carolyn May's small "estnte." Not that he for a moment believed that there was ft possibility of Hnnnah and her husband being nllve. Five months had passed. In these days of wireless telegrnph and fast sea tratllc such n thing could not bo possible. The Imagi nation of the practical hardware mer chant could not visualize It One day when Carolyn May was vis iting Mrs. Oormley diet burst In quite unexpectedly, for It wits not yet mid afternoon. "Mr. Stngg has let me oft to tako Cnrolyn May slldln. The Ice ain't goln to be safe In the cove for long now. Spring's In the nlr o'ready. Both brooks are runnln' full." Cnrolyn Mny wns delighted. Al though tho sky was overcust nnd n storm threatening when they got down on the Ice, neither the boy nor the lit tle girl gave the weather n second thought. Nor had Mr. Stagg consid ered the weather when he hnd allowed Chet to leave the store that afternoon. Chet strapped on his skates, and then settled the little girl (Irmly on her sled, with I'rlnce riding behind. The boy harnessed himself with tho long towropc and skated away from the shore, dragging the sled after him at a brisk pace. "Oh, my!" squealed Carolyn Mny, "there Isn't anybody else on tho Ice." "Wo won't run Into nobody, then," laughed tho boy. It wus too misty outside the cove to see the open water; but It was there, and Chet knew It as well as anybody. He hnd no Intention of taking any risks especially with Carolyn May In his charge. Tho wind blew out of tho cove, too. As they drew nwuy from the shelter of tho land they felt Its strength. Naturally, neither tho boy nor the little girl and surely not the dog looked back toward tho land. Other wise, they would hnvo seen the snow flurry that swept down over the town nnd quickly hid It from tho cove. Chet was skating his very swiftest. Carolyn May wus screaming with de light. Prince barked Joyfully. And, suddenly, In n startling fashion, they cumo to a fissure In tho lcel Tho boy durtcd to ono side, heeled on his right skate, and stopped. Ho had Jerked tho sled asldo, too, yelling to Carolyn May to "hold fasti" But I'rlnco was (lung from it, nnd scram bled over tho Ice, barking loudly. "Oh, deur mo!" cried Cnrolyn Mny, "You slopped too quick, Chet Oorm ley, Goodness I There's u holo In tho Ice I" "And I didn't sen It (III wo was al most In It," acknowledged Chet. "It's moro'ti 11 holo, Why I (hero's n great Held of loo broke olf und wiilllii' out Into (ho Inlfu." "Oh, inyl" tfiwpwl Die Mil" girl. 'J'hu boy knew 11 1 mm Unit liu must itviiimiinmiiinminii bo careful In making his way homo with tho little girl. Having seen one great (Insure In the Ice, ho might como upon nnothcr. It seemed to him as though tho Ico iiml or his feet wits In motion. In tho distance wns tho sound of n reverberating crash that could mean but ono thing. The Ico In tho cove was breaking up I Tho wnters of tho two brooks wero pouring down Into tho cove. Spring hnd really come, and the annual freshot was likely now to forco the Ico entirely out of tho cove and open the way for traffic In n few hours. CHAPTER XIII. The Chapel Dell. If Joseph Stngg had obeyed tho pre cept of his little nleco on this particu lar nftcrnoou nnd had been "looking Sip if "But It wasn't imowln' when thoy went," said Mrs, Uormloy, plucking up ftomo little sptrlt. "I'm sure It wasn't Chetwood's fault. Oh, dear I" "Womnn," groaned Joseph Htngg, "It doesn't matter whoso fault It Is or II It's nnyhody's fault. Tho mlschlof's done, Tho Ico Is breaking up. It's drifting out of tho Inlet." Just nt this moment nn unexpected voice broko Into tho discussion, "Aro you positive they wont out on tho covo to slide, Mrs. Oormley?" "Oh, yes, I he, Mandy," answered tho nenmstress. "Chet said ho was goln' there, and what Chet says he'll do, ho always does." "Then tho Ico has broken nwny nnd they huvo been carried out Into the lake," groaned Mr. Stagg. Mandy Pnrlow camo quickly to tho llttlo hall. "Perhaps not, Joseph." sho said, speaking directly to the hardware deal, or. "It may ho tho storm. It snows so fast they would easily get tinned around bo uunblo to ..ml tho shore." Another reverberating crash echoed from tho cove. Mrs. Oormley wrung her hands. "Oh, my Chet I Oh. my Chet!" she waited. "He'll be drowned!" "Ho won't he, If he's got nny sense," snapped Mr. Stagg. "I'll get some men and we'll go after them." "Call the dog, Joseph Stngg. Call the dog," advised Miss Aiimmhi, "Hch? Didn't Prince go wllh 'em?" "Oh, yes, ho did," wnlled Mrs. Oorm ley. (TO II K COST IN UUD.) HOW THEY HELP TO WIN WAR "Where's That Planued Boyr up," Instead of having his nose In tho big ledger, making out monthly stnte meats, he might hnve discovered tho coming storm Iti season to withdraw his permission to Chet to take Caro lyn May out on the tee. It was always dark enough In tho little buck olllco In winter for tho hard ware dealer to hnve a lamp burning. So ho did not notice tho snow Hurry that had taken Sunrise Covo In Its arms until ho chanced to walk out to tho front of tho store for needed exercise. "I declnro to man, It's snowing I" muttered Joseph Stngg. "Thought we'd got through with thnt for this season." He opened the store door. There was n chill, clammy wind, nnd the snow wns damp und packed quickly under foot. "Hum! If thnt Chet Oormley wero here now, he might ho of some uso for once," thought Mr. Stagg. Suddenly ho bethought him of the errand that hnd taken the boy away from the store. "Hey, Stngg 1" shouted a shopkeeper from over tho way, who had likewise come to the door, "did you hear that?" "Hear what?" asked Joseph Stagg, puzzled, "Thero sho goes again I That's Ice, old man. She's breaking up. We'll have spring with us in no time now." The reverberating crash that had startled Chet Oormley had startled Jo seph Stagg ns well. "My goodness 1" gasped tho hard ware dealer, and ho started Instantly away from tho store, bareheaded us he was, without locking tho door behind him something he hnd never done be fore, slnco ho hnd established himself In business on the mnln street of Sun rise Cove, Just why ho ran lie could scarcely huvo explained. Of course, the chil dren had not gone out In this snow storm I Mrs. Oormley llttlo sense us ho believed tho seamstress possessed would not huvo allowed them to ven ture. Yet, why hnd Chet not returned? Ho quickened his pace. Ho wiih run ningslipping and sliding over tho wet nnow when ho turned Into tho street on which Ids storo boy und his wid owed mother lived. Mm, Oormley saw him coming from tho windows of tho tiny front room, Mr. Htngg plunged Into the llttlo house, head down, and belligerent "Where's (hut plnguod hoy?" ho do mnnded, "Don't (ell 1110 he's taken Jliitimih'H Cnr'lyn out 011 tho covo In this storm!" "Hut you told I'1'" ,10 could I" wiilloil (ho widow, "Whut If J ill'l? ' '",,H 1 hmw iwuH going to mww Wo Hit". '"'J M" Country's Youngsters More Than "Do Ing Their Oil" for the Country We All Love. Moro (hnu 2.100.000 hoys and girls wero reached through club work last vear. according to n compilation re- I cently made by tho United States do pnrtment of agriculture, which super- , vises this work In cooperation with 1 tho Stnto Agricultural colleges. 0( tills number approximately II50.000 made complete report 1. which show thnt thoy produced nnd conserved ' products amounting to 510.000.000. In the 33 Northern niul Western states SlO.GOd boys and girls wero enrolled. Of this number ItJO.li'J.'i hnd reported products valued at $.'1,700,000. In the South there were 1 in.7-1. hoys enrolled In tho regular work, who produced products valued at $1,500,000, and 71,. 80(1 girls who produced and conserved products valued at $1,500,000. In the emergency club work In tho South the club lenders reached over -100.000 boys and approximately 1,000,000 girls who produced nnd conserved products val ued at moro than 5I.000.000. Meals and Marriage. The length of time that a womnn hns been married can bo told approxi mately by tho manner In which she eats her refreshments nt an afternoon party. If sho excuses herself, Just be fore the refreshments nro served, and flounces out In n righteous, you neglect your-husband-shnmefully look at the other guests, sho Is a bride of not more than two mouths. When n womnn sits nervously on the very edgo of her chair and enU absent-mindedly with her eyes on the clock, sho hns been married at least six months, but hiiH not yet become calloused to suffer because her hus band Is kept waiting for his evening meal. After .vomen hnvo been married from ono to thirty years they settle down to n thorough enjoyment ol what tho hostess' best efforts huvo pro duced In tho eating line, which no vision of cross, Impatient nnd starving husbands can dim. Atchison Globe. Inherited Talents. Tho DumiiH, father nnd son, form a splendid example of Inherited talonts. Alexandro DumnH. called Dumas pore, tho great French romnntlc novelist, was a strango embodiment of the men tal nnd physlcnl chnrncterlstlcs of his grandpurents. Ho wns a grandson of tho Marquis Alexandro Davy do la Pallleterlo nnd n negress, both of Hnltl; his father, Alexandro Davy de In Pulllcterlc Dumas, was for n tlmo a general under Napoleon. The son, Alexundro Dumas, was one of the most distinguished of modern French dramatists. Born In Pnrls In 1821, ho was a prolific wrller of roman tic and chlvnlrlu passion. Ills "I,n Damo mix Ciimellas," which was dra matized In 1887, was ono of tho plnys In which tho dlvlno Surah scored her greatest success. Must De a Branch of Hades. Men do llvo nnd work nnd accom plish things In Mesopotamia between May und October, says 11 returned traveler, but tho requisites nro sun helmets, splno pads, deep dugouts or thick wnlls, and 11 larger measuro of puro grit Ihmi Is necessary In nny other country on enrdi (hat I know of. And In spltu of nil (ho precautions that nro (liken, moro men nro killed each year by heatstroke thnn by nny other natural agency, If n liiiin over becomes truly grout It Is tlNiliilly Ih" help of 11 ilovoled wife (lull In roKpoiislhlo for ll-C'lilwiuo Dally Nuwm. DRINK HOT WATER BEFORE BREAKFAST Says you really feel clean, swoot and fresh Insldo, and aro seldom III. If you nro ncciiHtomed to wnko up with n contcd tongue, foul breath or 11 dull, dlzxy headache; or, If your meals sour nnd turn Into gun and acids, you huvo 11 real siirprlau await ing you. To-morrow morning, Immediately upon arising, drink n glads of licit water with n (enspoonful of Ilmcstono phosphntu In It. This Is Intended to first neutralize nnd then wash out of your stomach, liver, kidneys and thirty feet of IntoHtlnea nil tho ludl gcstlblo wnnte, poisons, sour bllo uud toxins, thus clemming, mveetonlng nnd purifying tho entire nllmontnry canal. Tholio subject to sick headaches, backache, bilious attacks, constipation or nny form of stomach trouble, nro urged to get n quarter pound of llmo stonu phosphate from tho drug atom and begin enjoying this morning In-Hide-bath. It Is said that men nnd women who try this become enthu siastic and keep It up dally. Just ns hot water and nonp cleanse, purify and freshen tho skin, no hot water and n tcaspoouful of limestone phosphate act on tho stomnch, liver, kidneys nnd bowels, Limestone phos phato Is an Inexpensive whltu powder nnd nl most tasteless. Adv. Dally Thought. Plow dcop wjillo sluggards sleep. Ilenjnmlu Franklin. HA I USE OF K N TROUBLE Take Soils to flush Kidneys if Hack hurts or Bladder bothers. If you must havo your moat ovory day, oat It, hut flush your kidneys with salts occasionally, says n noted au thority who tolls us that ment forms urlo acid which almost paralyzes tho kidneys In their efforts to expel It from tho blood. Thoy become sluggish nnd weaken, then you nuffor with n dull mlsory In tho kidney region, sharp pains In tho back or sick hcadacho, dizziness, your stomach sours, tonguo Is c.qatod and whon tho weather Is bad you hnvo rlfoumntlo twinges. Tho irrlno goto cloudy, full of sediment, tho channels often got soro nnd Irri tated, obliging you to Book rollof two or three times during tho night To neutrnllzo these irritating nclds, to clennso tho kldnoyo and fliiHh off tho body's urinous waste got four ounces of Jnd Salts from nny phar macy hero; take 11 tabluspoonful In a glass of wator before brenkfaut for u few dayH and your kldnoyn will then net flue. This famous salts Is mado from tho acid of grapes nnd lemon Julco, combined with llthln, nnd has been used for gonoratlons to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neutrnllzo tho nclds in urine, so It no longor Irritates, thus ending bladder weakness. Jnd Salts is Inoxponslvo; cannot In jure, and makes a delightful efferves cent llthhvwnlor drink. Dally Thought Ho makes no friend who novor mndo 11 foe. Tennyson. MOTHERS TO BE Should Read Mrs. Monyhon's Letter Published by Her Permission. Mltcholl, Ind. "LydluE. Pinkhnm's Vegetable Compound helped mo ao much during tho tlmo 1 was looklngforwnrd to tho coming of my llttlo ono that I am recommending it to othcroxpoctant mothors. Itoforo taking It, Bomoilaya 1 a uttered with nuu ralgla so badly that I thought 1 could not live, but nftor taking tnreo bottles of LydlnE. IMnk hnm a Vogotnblo Compound I wns en tirely rollovod of nournlgln, 1 hnd gained In strength und was nblo to go around nnd do nil my housework. My baby whon soven months old weighed 19 pounds nnd 1 feel better thun I Imvo for n long tlmo. I never had uny medicine do 1110 so much good."- Mrs. I'EAltl MoHVHAN, Mitchell. Ind. flood health during maternity Is ft inoiil Important factor to Ixilli mother und clilli, and many loiters Imvo beer received Jiy tlio I.ydln K. rirwliuiii Ueillolm l5'i Kynn, Muss,, telling of miillliritftoriHliliirlngllljn trying period iy (lie iio of ,ydJn It. I'liiJdiuiii'u Vug, tnblo Coiiijhhjih),