Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-10-18

| Drlggs aS the ollclnllng Clergyman
Carolyn May studied things out for
herself, Being a child, her conclu
slons were not always wise ones,
She felt that she might be n Stun
bling block to the complete happiness
Of Uncle Joe and Amanda Parlow
They might have to set aside their own
desires because Of her, She felt vague
ly that this must not be,
81 can go home" she repeated over
and over 10 herself
"HCme" was still in the New York
city apartment house whore she had
lived so happily before that day when
her father and mother had gone aboard
the Inflated Dunrayen,
Their complete loss out Of the little
girls life had never become fixed In
her mind. II had never seemed surety
not even after her talks with the
sailor, Benjamin Hardy,
Friday afternoon the little girl went
to the churchyard and made neat the
three little graves and the one long
one on the plot which belonged to
Aunty Rose Kennedy. She almost
burst into tears that evening, too,
when she kissed Aunty Rose good
night at bedtime, Uncle Joe was down
at the Parlows'. He and Mr., P0rlow
actually smoked their pipes together
in harmony on the cottage porch,
Aunty Rose was usually IN early
riser; but the first person up at The
Corners on that Saturday morning was
Carolyn May, She was dressed n full
hour before the household was usually
astlr.
She came downstairs very softly,
carrying the heavy bag she h9d
brought with her the day she had first
come to The Corners, She had her
purse in her pocket with all her money
in 1t and she had in the bag most Of
her necessary possessions,
She washed her face and hands Her
hair was already combed and neatly
braided. From the pantry she secured
some bread and butter, and with this
in her hand, unlocked the porch door
and went out. Prince got up, yawning,
and shook himself She sat on the
steps to eat the bread and butter d.
vldlng 1t with Prince.
"Ths is such beautiful place,
Prlncey" she whispered to the mon
grel, ave are going to miss it dread
fully, s'pose. But then Well
Wen have the park. Only you can't
run so free there"
Prince whincd Carolyn May got up
and shook the crumbs from her lap
Then she unclaimed the dog and
picked up her bag. Prince pranced
about her. glad to get his morning run,
The little girl and the dog went
out of the gate and started along the
road toward Sunrise Cove.
The houses had all been asleep at
The Corners. SO was the Parlow 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! 1t brought such n
"gulpy" feeling into her throat.
Nobody saw Carolyn May and Prince
until she reached Main street. Then
the sun had risen and a few early per-
sons We're 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
was not exactly clear In her mind
about tickets, anyway, She had found
the conductor on the train coming up
from New York kind and pleasant
man and she decided to do all her
business with him.
Had she attempted to buy ticket
Of the station agent undoubtedly he
would have made some inquiry. AS 1t
was, when the train came along Caro-
Ign May, after seeing Prince put into
the baggage car, climbed aboard with
the help Of a brakeman.