Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-09-20
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church door and was Juggling at the
rough rope herself,
Back and forth she rang the iron
clapper, and II was no uncertain note
that changed across the storm,drlyen
cove that afternoon, II was not work
TO which Carolyn Mays "pretty lady"
was used Her shoulders soon Rched
and the palms Of her hands were raw
and bleeding. But she continued TO
toll the bell without a moments sur
cease-On and on, TIL her brain swan
and her breath came chokIngly from
her lungs.
zoe Joe !" she muttered each time
that she bore down on the bell rope.
and the iron tongue shouted the word
for her, far across the snow.blotted
cove.
Carolyn May was not the first Of the
trio caught out on the moving Ice to be-
frightened. Perhaps because she hud
such unbounded faith In the good IN
tentlOns Of everybody toward her, the
child could not Imagine anything real.
ly hurting her,
"Oh, Isn't this funl" she crowed,
bending her head before the heating Of
the storm. "Do hang on, Prncey."
But Prince could not hang on so
well, now that they faced the wind, He
slipped off the sled twice, and that de.
layed them. Under his skates Chef
could feel the Ice heave, while the
resonant cracks followed each other
like file.fre Of musketry.
Goodness mew gaspcd Carolyn
May, 1.-THE Ice seems to be going all to
pieces, Chet, hope 1t won't till we
get back to the shore"
"I'm hopln that, too" returned the
boy,
He had quickly realized that they
were In peril, but he would not let
Carolyn May see that he was fright
ened-no, indeed
The boy unStrappcd the skates swift
ly, He had very good reason for re-
moving them, If the ice was breaking
UP into foes, he might skate right off
into the water, being unable to halt
quickly enough, II on the steel runners,
He now plodded on, head down, drag
ging the sled and the child, with Prince
slipping and scratching along beside
them.
Suddenly he came to open water. 1t
was so broad a channel that he could
not hope to leap it; and, of course, he
could not get the sled and the little
girl across.
my cried Carolyn May, that
place wasn't here when we came out,
was it, Chet? 1t must have just come
here"
81 don't think 1t was here before"
admitted the boy.
Suddenly sound reached their ears
that startled both it even made Prince
prick up his ears and listen. Then the
dog sat up on his launches and began
to howl.
"Oh, don't Prince" gasped Carolyn
May, "Who ever told you you could
sing, just because you hear a church
bell rlnging?"
That's the chapel bell !" cried Chef
Gormley, "Now I'm sure I'm right.
But we must get around this open
patch in the water"
He set off along the edge of the open
water, which looked black and angry.
The ice groaned and cracked in
threatening way. He was not sure
whether the foe they were on had COM
pletely broken away from the great
mass of ice in the cove aud was al
ready drifting out into the lake or not.
Haste, however, he knew was Inn
perative. The tolllng of the chapel
bell coming family down the wind,
Chef drew the sled swiftly along the
edge of the opening, the dog trOtting
along beside them, whining. Prince
plainly did not approve of this.
Here 1t Is |" shouted the boy In sud-
den joy. "Now we'll be all right,
Carlyn May"
"Oh, I'm so glad, Chef" said the lit
tie girl. "For Pm getting real cold, and
this snow makes me all wet"
keep up your heart, Car'lyn May"
he begged. 81 guess we'll get through
all right now"
"Oh, I'm not really afraid" the little
girl answered. "Only I'd really like to
be on Shore"
Chef fastened on toward the sound
Of the tolllng bell, sharply on the
watch for other breaks In the ice.
Here was another-a wide-spreadlng
Crevasse filled with black water. Chef
had no idea to which direction he
should turn. And, indeed, 1t seemed to
him as though the opening was grow
ing wider each moment. The Ice on
which they stood must be completely
severed from that further up in the in
let!
The boy had become frightened.
Carolyn May had little idea of their
danger. Prince sat up and howled, 1t
seemed to the boy as though they were
In desperate straits, indeed.
you've got to be brave girl,
Car'lyn May" he said. I'm goin' to