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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA.
THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMRfp ,
arolynAe(ornas
UTH BELMOPE ENDIOOTT
COPYRIGHT -191 a - BV
DODD, MEAD ams COMPANY,
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—Her father and mother
reported lost when the Dunraven was
destroyed by u submarine, Carolyn May
goes to live with her bachelor uncle, Jo
seph Staffg, at The Corners. The recep
tion of herself and her mongrel cur by
her uncle and Ills housekeeper, Aunty
Rose Kennedy, Is not very enthusiastic.
CHAPTER II—Aunty Rose rules the
home with an Iron hand, but Is not un
kind to the child.
CHAPTER III—St a rk learns from a
letter from a New York lawyer that the
_ _ disposition begins to
make an impression on tile stern house-
kei
Carolyn's sunny
make i
keeper.
CHAPTER IV—Carolyn makes the ac
quaintance of Jedidlah Parlow, with
whom her uncle has not been on speak
ing teims for years.
CHAPTER V—She learns of the es
trangement between her uncle and his
one-time sweetheart, Amanda l’arlow,
and the cause of the bitterness between
the two families.
CHAPTER VI—The mongrel wins the
approval of the entire population by rout
ing a tramp In the act of robbing the
school teacher.
CHAPTER VII—While Carolyn and her !
uncle are taking a Sunday walk In the ;
woods they encounter Amanda Parlow.
The dog kills a snake about to strike
Amanda and Stagg and Amanda speak
to each other for the first time In years. '
CHAPTER VIII—Carolyn Is told by
Chet Gormley, her uncle's clerk, of the
destitute condition In which she was left ,
by her parents. She learns that she Is j guess,” slid said, more t.0 liersclf than
really loved by her uncle and Aunty Rose. , t(> her j mle confldant . « Who . d have
CHAPTER IX—Carolyn finds an old thought It I”
sailor In a snow drift He had been bad- , , . . . ........
ly Injured In a fall and 1b token In and i Who d hate thought what, Aunty
cared for by Amanda. ) Rose?” inquired Carolyn May.
1 “Your uncle and Mandy Parlow have
made It up,” breathed the woman, evi
dently much impressed by the wonder
horse was in. Poor Cherry would
never be the same unblemished animal
again.
"Well, I turn 1” he said to Joseph
Stngg, “you done It! Better’n I could,
too, I reckon. I’ll take the hoss home.
You coinin’ with me, Mandy?” Then
he satv the burns on the younger man’s
shoulders and arms. “The good land
of Jehoshaphat 1 here’s work for you to
do, Mandy. If you air any sort of a
nurse, I reckon you got your hands
full right here with .Toe Stagg,’’ he
added, with some pride In his daugh
ter’s ability. “Phew I them’s bad-
lookin’ burns 1”
“They are indeed,” agreed Aunty
Rose.
It was n fact that Mr. Stagg was In
a bad state. Carolyn May had suggest
ed that Aunty Rose would dress his
burns, but Miss Amanda would allow
nobody to do that but herself.
When the curious and sympathetic
neighbors had gone and Miss Amanda
was still busy making Joseph Stngg
comfortable In the silting room, Aunty
Rose came out into tlie»kitchen, where
she had already bathed and helped
Carolyn May to undress, and where
the little girl was now sleepily eating
her supper of bread and milk.
“Well, wonders don’t ever cease, I
CHA PTER X—It turns out that the sail
or was on board the Dunraven when It
was sunk.
CHAPTER XT—Amanda rails Stagg In
to her house to hear the suitor's story. It
leaves little hope for his sister and her
husband.
CHAPTER XII—Chet Gormley takes
Carolyn out skating. The spring freshet
romes and breaks up the Ice, putting theta
In great peril.
lety. is comforted by Amanda who rings
the chapel hell while rescuing parties eet
out in search of the lost ones.
CHAPTER XIV-Thsy are Amity ns-
cued. Chet Gormley pteves HuoH &
CHAPTER XV—Carolyn nml Amend*
nre naught In a forest are while vlgV’.in#
a sick woman at the lumber camp. StsSf
sets out to rescue them.
CHAPTER XVT—Tie succeeds after go
ing through terrible experiences. Stag*
nnd Amanda renew their vows of lovo.
CHAPTER XVII—Carolyn fenrs that
the marriage of her uncle will leave her
no place in his home.
CHAPTER XVIII — Unobserved eho
leaves the house and starts for her old
home in New York.
CHAPTER XTX—Tier frantic uncle and
Amanda follow her to New York. The
happy ending llnds Carolyn reunited with
her parents, who wore miraculously saved
from the wreck of the Dunraven.
Of It.
“Yes, Indeed!” cried the child. “Isn’t
it nice? They aren’t mad at each other
any more.'
“No, I should soy they’re not,” Aunty
Rose observed with grimuess. “Far
from It. It’s a fact! I wouldn’t have
believed It If I hadn’t seen It with my
own eyes. Holding hands In there like
a pair of— Well, do you know what
It means, Carolyn May?”
“That they love each other,” the
child said boldly. “And I’m so glad for
them 1”
"So am I,” declared the woman, still
hi a whisper. “IJut It means changes
here. Things won’t be the same for
long. I know Joseph Stagg for what
he is.”
"What Is he, Aunty Rose?” asked
Carolyn May in some trepidation, for
the housekeeper seemed to be muck
moved.
“He's n very determined man. Ones
gets set in n way, he carries every-
~ “Two's company, three's' a crowd.”
She tatik that trite saying. In which
Aunty Rose had expressed her own
feelings, to herself. If Uncle Joe and
Miss Amanda were going to be mar
ried, they would not want anybody
else around 1 Of course not I
"And what will become of me?"
thought Carolyn May chokingly.
All the “emptiness” of the Inst few
months swept over the soul of the lit
tle child In a wave that her natural
cheerfulness could not withstand. Her
nnchoruge In the love of Uncle Joe
und Miss Amanda wns swept away.
The heart of the little child swelled.
Her eyes overflowed. She sobbed her
self to sleep, the pillow muffling
the sounds, more forlorn than ever be
fore since she had come to The Cor
ners. '
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CHAPTER XVIII.
The Journey.
It was certainly a fact that Amanda
Pavlow Immediately usurped some
power In the household of the Stagg
homestead. She ordered Joseph Stngg
not to go down to his store that next
day. And he did not I
Nor could he uttend to business for
several days thereafter. He was too
stiff and lume and his burns were too
painful.
Chet Gormley came up each day for
Instructions and was exceedingly full
of business. A man would have to be
very exuctlng Indeed to find fault wit t
the interest the boy displayed In run
ning the store Just as his employer de
sired it to be run.
“I toll you wbat It Is, Car’lyn,” Chet
drawled, In confldence. “I’m mighty
sorry Mr. Stugg got hurt like he did.
But lemrne tell you, it’s Just glvln’ me
the chance of my life I
“Wliy, muw says that Mr. Stagg and
Miss Mandy Parlow’U git married for
sure now 1”
“Oh, yes,” sighed the little girl.
“They’ll be married.”
“Well, when folks git married they
alius go off on a trip. Course, they
will. And me—l’U be runnln’ the busi
ness nil by myself. It’ll be great 1 Mr.
Stagg will see jest how much value I
be to him. Why, It’ll be the makln’ of
me 1” cried the optimistic youth.
Yes, Carolyn May heard it on all
sides. Everybody was talking about
the affair of Uncle Joe nnd Miss
Amanda.
Every time she saw her uncle nnd
her “pretty lady” together the observ
ant child could not but notice that they
were utterly wrapped up in eneh other.
Miss Amanda could not go past the
easy chair in wlkch the hardware deal
er was enthroned without touching
1dm. He, ns bold ns a boy, would
seize her hand and kiss it.
Love, a mighty, warm, throbbing
spirit, bnd caught them up and swept
them away out of themselves—out of
their old selves, at least. They had
eyes *on'y for each other—thoughts
on'y for each other. •
Even a child could see something of
this. The absorption of the two made
Aunty Rose’s remarks very Impressive
to Carolyn May.
A week of this followed—a week in
which the trouble in Carolyn Mdy’z
heart and brain seethed until It ho-
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thing before hhn. Mandy Parlow is came unbearable. She was convinced
CHAPTER XVII.
“Two’o Company."
Toward the east the forest tract was
completely burned to the banks of Cod-
ler’s creek. As the wind which had
sprung up had driven the fire west
ward, there was little danger of the
flames pressing nearer than the creek
to Sunrise Cove and The Corners.
Joseph Stagg led the horse out of
the water and advised Miss Amanda
nnd Carolyn May to get Into the seat
of the buckboard again. Then he set
forth, leading the horse along the nar
row beach, while Prince followed
wearily in the rear.
It was a rough route they followed,
but the blackened forest was still too
hot for them to pass through, had they
been able to find a path. This was a
lonely strip of shore and they saw no
living soul but themselves.
It was n long tramp, and the horse,
the dog, and the man were alike
wearied. Carolyn May went fast asleep
with her head pillowed In Miss Aman
da’s lap.
The latter and Joseph Stagg talked
much. Indeed, there was much for
them to say after all these years of
silence.
The woman, worn and scorched of
face, looked down on the smutted and
sweating man with an expression In
her eyes that'warmed him to the mar
row. Shi> wns proud of him. And the
gin:-' of love and longing that,the hard
ware merchant turned upon Amanda
l’:n low would have amazed those peo-
ph tb t believed he had consideration
ami thought only for business.
In these few hours of alarm nnd
• lose iutiim cy th< i.inn and th<» woman
going to he made Mrs. Joseph Stagg so
quick that it’ll astonish her. Now, you
believe me, Carolyn May.”
“Oh!” was the little girl’s comment.
“There’ll be changes here very sud
den. ‘Two’s company, three's a crowd,’
Carolyn May. Never wns a truer say
ing. Those two will want Just each
other—nnd nobody else.
“Well, Carolyn May, If you’ve fin
ished your supper, we’d bettor go up to
bed. It’s long past your bedtime.”
“Yes, Aunty Rose,” said the little
girl In muffled voice
that there would soon be no room for
her in the big house. She watched
Aunty Rose pack her own trunk, anil
the old lady looked very glum, indeed.
She heard whispers of an Immediate
marriage, here in the house, with Mr.
Dripgs as the officiating clergyman.
Carolyn May studied things out for
herself. Being a child, her conclu
sions were not ahvnys wise ones.
She felt that she might be n stum
bling block to the complete happiness
of Uncle Joe and Amanda Parlow.
They might have to set aside their own
Aunty Rose did not notice that Caro- ! d ' ,sires because of her. She felt vague-
lyn May did not venture to the door of j ^ ^nt this must not be.
the sitting room tv) bid either Uncle 1 ** can repeated over
.Toe or Miss Amanda good-night. The 11 nd °' or to herself,
child followed the woman upstairs with | “Heme” was still in the New York
faltering steps, and in the unliglited 1 olt y apartment house where she had
bedroom that had been Hannah Stngg’s ! Iivc ' d so happily before that day when
she knelt at Aunty Rose's knee and hor father anil mother had gone aboard
murmured hor usual jietltions.
“Do bless Uncle Joe nnd Miss
Amanda, now they’re so lmppy,” was
a phrase that might have thrilled
ul.l ko< p
And
1 all the barriers time nnd
• Noth m: further
g and Amanda
they never for
« ie In r ill suvsed the original
<M: e of their estrangement. Taut was
a dead issue.
The refugees reached The Corners
id iiit nine o’clock. Jedidlah Parlow
had hobbled up to the store and wns
just then organizing a parly of search
ers to go to the rescue of the hard
ware dealer nnil those of whom he lu;d
eet forth in search.
Xhe village turned out on masse to
welcome the trio who had so mirac
ulously escaped the lire. Aunty Rom' s
relict knew no bounds. Mr. l’arlow
was undeniably glad to see his duugh-
'or safe; otherwise, he would never.
lin\e overlooked the pitiable state ids j
the ill-fateil Dunraven.
Their complete loss out of the little
girl's .life hnd never become fixed In
her mind. It had never seemed a surety
—not.even after her talks with the
sailor, Benjamin Hardy.
Friday afternoon the little girl went
to the churchyard and made neat the
throe little graves and the one long
one on the plot which belonged to
Aunty Rose Kennedy. She almost
I burst into tears that evening, too,
when she kissed Aunty Rose good
night at bedtime. Uncle Joe was down
at the Barlows’. He and Mr. I’nrlow
actually smoked their pipes together
lu harmony on the cottage porch.
Aunty Rose was usually an early
riser; hut the firsf person up at The
Corners on that Saturday morning was
Carolyn May. She was dressed a full
hour before the household was usually
astir.
She came downstnirs very softly,
carrying the heavy hag she hnd
brought with her the day she had first
come to The Corners. She had her
purse in her pocket, with all her money
in it and she had in the bag most of
her necessary possessions.
She washed her face nnd hands. Tier
“Yes, Isn’t It Nice They Aren’t Mad J !lnir ' vns “''ently coinhod nnd neatly
at Each Other.” i braided. From the pantry she secured
. some bread nnd butter, and, with this
Aunty IP -e at another time. But she , in her hand, unlocked the porch door
we- - e deep hi her own thoughts that and went out. I’rlnce got up. yawning,
►'he h : rd v lint Carolyn May said per- ; and shook himself. She sat on tin
steps to eat the bread and butter, dl-
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anil shook the crumbs from TieF Tap.
Then she unchained the dog and
picked up her bag. Prince prnneed
about her, glud to get his morning ruu.
The little girl and the dog went
out of the gnte nnd started along the
road toward Sunrise Cove.
The houses had nil been nsleep at
The Corners. So wns the Pnrlow cot
tage when she trudged by. She would
have liked to see Miss Amanda, to
kiss her just once. But she must not
think of that! It brought such a
“gulpy” feeling Into her throat.
Nobody saw Carolyn Muy and Prince
until she reached Main street. Then
the sun had risen and o few early per
sons were astir; but nobody appeared
who knew the child or who cared any
thing about her.
At the railroad station nobody spoke
to her, for she bought no ticket. She
wns not exactly clear in her mind
about tickets, anyway. She hnd found
the conductor on the trnln coming up
from New York a kind und pleasant
man nnd she decided to do all her
business with him.
Hnd she attempted to buy a ticket
of the station agent undoubtedly he
would have mode some Inquiry. As It
was, when the train came along Caro
lyn May, after seeing Prince put Into
the baggage car, climbed aboard with
the help of a brukeinan.
“Of cojjrse, If he howls awfully.” she
told the baggageman, who gave her a
check without question, “I shall have
to go In that car and sit with him.”
There were not many people In the
car. They steamed away from Sun
rise Cove nnd Carolyn May dabbled
her eyes with her handkerchief und
told herself to be brave.
The stations were a long way apnrt
nnd (he conductor did not come
through for some time. When he did
open the door and come into the car
Carolyn Muy started up with a glad
cry. It was the very conductor who
had been so kind to her on the trip up
from New York.
The railroad man knew her at once
nnd shook bunds most heartily with
her.
“Where are you going, Carolyn
May?” he asked.
“All tlie way with you, sir,” she re
plied.
“To New York?”
“Yes, sir. I'm going home agnin.”
“Then I’ll see you later,” he said,
Without asking for her ticket.
The conductor remembered the little
girl very well, although he did not
A i
l nm
Willi her customary kiss, she left
the little girl and went downstairs.
'May lmd seen so i inch excite
ment during the day that she might
have been expected to sleep at once,
i 1 that soundly. But It was not so.
The little girl lay with widq-open
<■; her 1- mMie-.tlon at work.
vidlng It with Prince.
“This Is such a beautiful plnce
Prinrey,” she whispered to the mon
grid. “We are going to miss It dread
fully, I s’pose. But then— Well,
we’ll have the park. Only you can’t
run so free there.”
Prince whined. Carolyn May get np
remember all the details of her story.
He was very kind to her and brought
her satisfying news about Prince In
the baggage car. The hrakeman was
nice, too, nnd brought her water to
drink In a paper cup.
At Inst the long stretches of streets
at right angles with the tracks ap
peared—asphalt streets lined with tnll
apartment houses. This could be noth
ing but New York city. Her papa had
told her long ago that there was no
other city like It In the world.
She knew One Hundred nnd Twen
ty-fifth street and Us elevated statloD.
That was not Where she had boarded
the tmlu going north, when Mr. Price
had placed her In the conductor's care,
but It was nearer her old home—thnt
she knew. So she told the brukemgn
she wonted to get out there nnd ho
arranged to hnve Prince released.
The little girl alighted nnd got her
dog without misndventure. She was
down on the street level before' the
train continued on Its journey down
town.
At the Grand flentral termtnnl the
conductor wns met with a telegram
sent from Sunrise Cove by a certuln
frantic hardware dealer and that tele-
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The Brakeman Was Nice, Too, and
Brought Her Water in a Paper Cup.
Pram told him something about Caro
lyn May of ifrliich he had not thought
to ask.
(Continued on next page.)
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