The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-31

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uecehi 10 MIN, when they saw his hsnIth
prehking down, TO offer him the chance az
| solhs 10 the Mediterranean ma correanond
en-. he was to furnish articles on "The
DenIls or World War"-storIes of the
nnpe for ,S ,sSee',,ons, OF Europe which have TO
tlonelds i'o'i 'ho JUL
rathcr cramped Mr.. Cameron's i'm
heuihte resources for your aIHter to go
WIN MN, and he drew ahead on his ex-
p,nse hnu salary account, know that
Mrs. Cameron feared TO ailow him N go
alone across the ocean. He was really In
y PUG way; but she proposed to come
puck immediately on tho Dunrnyen II he
improved on the voyage across.
tneir means really did not allow OF
tneir taxing the child; the steamship COM
k.nS YOU'D not hear OF a half-fare for
nor. one 10 nice little girl, and my wife
would nave been glad TO keep her longer
put IN the end she would have TO no 70
relatives. N "''0'
or course .he fiat IL here, and the fur
niture II you do not care TO come on 20
attenu 10 the matter yourself, / will do
the best can TO dispose OF either or both
Mr. cameron had paid a years rent IN
hdVance-rnther an unwise thing,
thought-and the term has still ten
months TO run. He did II no that his wife,
On ner return from abroad. might have
might be sublet, furnished, TO advantage,
this.
You will see, by the copy OF your broth
er-in-law'B VIII that / enclose, that you
have been left in full and sole possession
anu suarulanship or his property and af-
fairs. including Carolyn May.
And If somebody had shipped him
n crocodile from the Nile Joseph Stagg
would have felt little more at loss
as TO what disposal to make of the
creature than he felt now regarding
his little niece.
"Well-she1l be nuisance; an aw-
ful nuisance" was his final comment,
with n mountainous sigh.
Thus far. Aunty Rose Kennedy's at
tltude towards the little stranger had
been the single pleasant disappoint-
ment Mr.. Stagg had experienced.
Aunty Rose was an autocrat. Joseph
Stagg had never been so comfortable
In his life as since Mrs. Kennedy had
taken up the management of his home.
But he stood In great awe OF her.
He put the lawyers letter In the
safe. For once he was unable to re-
spond to written communication
promptly. Although he wore that
band of crepe on his arm he could not
actually realize the fact that his sister
Hannah was dead.
Any time these fifteen years he
might have run down to New York to
see her. First she had worked In
the newspaper Office as a stenogra-
pher. Then she had married John
Lewis Cameron and they had gone i'm
medIately to housekeeping.
Cameron was busy man; he held
desk job on the paper. Vacations
had been hard to get. And before long
Hannah had written about her buby-
"iannah's Car1yn."
After the little ones arrival there
seemed less chance thau before for
the city family TO get up to Sunrise
Cove. But at any time he might have
gone to them. If Joseph Stagg had
shut up his store for week and gone
to New York, II would not have
brought the world to an end.
Nor was II because he was stingy
that he had not done this. No, he was
no mlser. But he was fairly buried
In his business. And there was no
"look up" In that dim little Office In
the back Of the hardware store.
On this evening he closed the store
later than usual and set out for The
Corners slowly. To tell the truth, Mr..
Stagg rather shrank from arriving
home. The strangeness Of having a
child In the house disturbed his tran
quillity.
The kitchen only was lighted when
he approached; therefore he was re-
assured. He knew Hannah's Carlyn |
must have been put to bed long since.
II was dark under the trees and |
only long familiarity with the walk
enabled him to reach the back porch |
Then Il was that some
thing scrambled up In the dark and
the roar Of a dogs barking made J0- |
seph Stagg leap back in fright.
'Drat that mongreii" he calculated.
Prince.
The kitchen door opened, revealing |
Aunty Roses ample figure. Prince
whIned sheepishly and dropped his alb
tail. going to lie down again |
at the extreme end of his leash and
his eyes at Mr.. Stagg.
"The critters as savage ASA bear I"
grumbled the hardware merchant.
''He is a good watchdog; you must
allow that. Joseph Stage" Aunty Rose
said calmly.
The hardware dealer gasped again.
II would be hard TO say which had
startled him the most-the dog or
Aunty Roses manner.
ITO be continued)