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

hnOWltuBe OF lnt IhcL lnht carolyn
May and Prince were upstairs In the
apartment that had been so long
empty,
"And the Prices are away" said
Uncle Joe In a troubled voice, "What
do you think Of that Mandy2"
"oh Joe whore could the dear child
have gomez"
~ haven't seen her" declared the
jOnItor, "But ! can let you into the
fiat, There's been lots Of kilograms
10 Mr., Price IN the highland they
weren't all yours, You're Carolyn
Mays uncle, amt your" he asked Mr..
Stagg.
Uncle Joe acknowledged the rela.
tlonshlp, Lets go upstairs" he said
to Amanda, "Now that I'm here"
"Oh, dear Joe" almost wept Aman.
da, "could anything have happened TO
her In this big city2"
"Most anything, / s'pose" growled
Joseph Stagg, following close on the
Janltor's heels.
The janltOr's passkey grating In
the lock Of the private hall door start
ed something that none of them ex.
pected. A startling bark echoed In the
rooms which were supposed to be
empty.
whatever is that2" gasped the jan
ltor.
TITS Prlncel It's her dogw shouted
Uncle Joe.
"The child Is herel" cried Amanda
Parlow, and she was the first to enter
the apartment
Prince bounded wildly to meet her
He leaped and bNrked. A cry sounded
from n room beyond. Miss Amanda
and Uncle Joe rushed In,
SleepIly, her face flushed, rubbing
her blue eyes wide open, Carolyn May
sat up in bed,
"0h, Uncle Joe Oh, Miss Amanda I"
she said, IL was just dreaming my
own papa and mamma had come home
and found me here"
"My dear! Ny dear" sobbed Aman.
da Parlow, dropping to her knees be-
side the bed.
You're II great young one" growled
Uncle joe blowing his nose suspl-
ciousy, "You've nigh about scared
cv'ybody to death. Your Aunty Rose
is almost crazy"
"Oh-l'm sorry" stammered Caro-
Ign May, "But-you-see- Uncle
Joe! You and Miss Amanda are go.
ing to be happy now Aunty Rose says
two is compny,' So you wouldn't
have room for me-"
"Bless mew gaSped the hardware
dealer. "What do you know about
this chlld's feeling that way, Mandy?"
II am afraid we have been selfish,
joe" the woman said, signing "And
that is something that Carolyn May
has never been in her life"
81 dunno dunno" said Uncle Joe
ruefully and looking at the little,
fowerlike face of the child. "How
about Aunty Rose? How d'you s'poSe
she feels about Hannah's Car'lyn run
ming away?"
"Oh!" calculated the little girl.
at may be that 'two's company and
three's crowd but you and Aunty
Rose would be two likewise, wouldn't
you, Car'lyn Mayo
IL never thought of that, Uncle
joe" the child whispered.
"Why your running away from The
Corners this way is like to make both
Mandy and me unhappy, as well as
Aunty Rose. II don't b'lleve Mandy
could get married at all If she didn't
have little girl like you to carry
flowers and hold up her train. How
about it, Mandy?"
THAT is quite true, Carolyn May"
declared Miss Amanda, huggng the
soft little body Of the child tightly
again.
"Why, IL"
Carolyn May was for once beyond
verbal expression. Besides there was
a noise In the outer hall and on the
stairway. The door had been left
open by the surprised janitor.
A burst of voices came into the
apartment. Uncle Joe turned wonder
ingly. Miss Amanda stood up. Car
Olyn May flew out of bed with a shrek
that startled them both.
"My papa! My mamma! I hear
theml They're not drownd-ed! God
didn't let 'em be lost In the sea-
She was out of the room in her
nightgown, pattering in bare feet over
the floor. A brown man, with beard