Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-09-28

uoWn her BACK. 1t was hard TO get
all those buttons buttoned straight.
Il don't know" she said, perturbed.
Does it show?'
"Huh?' grunted Tim. 'Does what
show?"
What you said said Carolyn Moy
accusingly. 81 don't believe it does"
Hey" chuckled the hack driver
suddenly. 81 meant, do you low Mrs.
Kennedy knows you're playing in her
front yard?"
"Aunty Rose? Why, of courseF
Carolyn May declared Don't you
know live here?"
Live here? Get out. exclaimed
the surprised hackman.
Eyes, sir. And Prince too. With nv
Uncle Joe and Aunty Rose"
pitcher of George Washington
calculated Tim. you don't mean Joe
Stages taken young-'un to board?"
Hes my guardian" said the little
girl primly.
Aunty Rose appeared. She wore
close bonnet, trimmed very plainly,
and carried a parasol of drab silk.
Aunty Rose climbed into the creaky
old vehicle.
Are You going to be gone long?"
asked Carolyn May politely
Not more than two hours. child"
said the housekeeper. Nobody will
bother you here"
mot while that dogs with her, l
reckon" put in Tim. the backman.
May come down the road to meet
you, Aunty R0se?" asked the little
girl. Il know the way to Uncle Joe's
store"
Il don't know any reason why you
cant come to meet me- replied Mrs
Kennedy. Anyway, you can come
along the road as far as the first
house. You know that one?'
Yes, maam. Mr. Parlow's," said
Carolyn May.
Carolyn May went back into the
yard and sat on the front-pOrch steps
and Prince, yawning unhappily. curled
down at her feet. There did not
seem to be much to do ut this place.
She had time now, had Carolyn May,
to compare The Corners with the busy
Harlem streets with which she had
been familiar all her life.
Goodness me-" thought Carolyn
May, startled by her own Imagination
suppose all the folks in all these
houses around here were deadn
They might have been for all the
human noises she heard
Goodness mer' she said again and
this time she jumped up, startling
Prince from his nap. Maybe there
is a spell cast over all this place she
went on. Lets 90 and see If We can
find somebody that's alive"
They went out of the yard together
and took the dusty road toward the
town.
They soon came in sight of the Par
low house and carpenter shop.
I'VE can't go beyond that" said
Carolyn May. "Aunty Rose told us
not to. And Uncle Joe says tie car
penter-man isn't a pleasant man"
She looked wistfully at the prem
ises. The cottage seemed quite as
much under the spell as had been
those dwellings at The Corners But
from the shop came the sound of q
plane shrieking over a long board.
"0h, Princey" gaSped Carolyn May
Il blieye he's making long, curly
shayingsr
If there was one thing Carolyn May
adored it was curls.
Suddenly Mr.. Jedidiah Parl0w looked
mp and saw the wistful. dust-streaked
face under the bac; hat bria and
above the black frock. He stared at
her for fully a f1Inute, posing the
plane over his WORK. Then he put It
dowa ard came TO the door If the
shop.
You're Hannah Sfasg's little girl,
aren't you/ he asked
Yes sir" she said. and sighed.
Dear Inc. lac knew who size wa. l1lt
away There would nor be- amy ehuuc.
Of her getting -ul, % long cris.
you've come hDa. 20 live. have
yout' aid Alr Par.oa- slowly.
"Ies, sir You see. my papa ana
mamma were lo.t ~ sra-u D. the
Buurayen. II was q mistake, guess.
SIGHED the little girl. "for they weren't
1-a4Hg anybody Ha. The Daaarcu
~. .A The way ~ -9lae ships th. were
fighting. in . place Called III. MedI-
tara1ean ocean. and the IH4rl,a
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