The Red Cloud chief., 1918-10-17

suy, young un, AIN you out o yer
bailiwlck?" queried Tim, the hacl;man.
staring at the little girl In the Stagg
yard.
Carolyn May stood up quickly and
tried to look over her shoulder and
down her back. 1t was hard TO get
all those buttons buttoned straight.
II don't know" she said, perturbed.
"Does 1t shown"
"Huh2" grunted Tim. "Does what
shown"
what you said" said Carolyn May
accusingly. 81 don't believe 1t does"
"HeyW chuckled the hack driver
suddenly. II meant. do you low Mrs.
Kennedy knows you're playing in her
front yard?"
"Aunty Rose? Why, of course ~
Carolyn May declared. "Don't you
know live hereT
| Live here? Get out I" exclaimed
the surprised hackman.
"Yes. sir. And Prince too. With my
Uncle Joe and Aunty Rose"
| pitcher OF George Washington I"
calculated Tim. "You don't mean Joe
Stages taken a young-'un to boardf"
Hes my guardian" said the little
girl prmly.
Aunty Rose appeared. She wore a
close bonnet, trimmed very plainly,
and carried a parasol Of drab silk.
Aunty Rose climbed into the creaky
old vehicle.
"Are you going +" be gone long?"
asked Carolyn May politely.
mot more than two hours, child"
said the housekeeper. "Nobody Will
bother you here"
"Not while that dogs with her, I
reckon" put in Tim, the backman.
MAY come down the road to meet
you, Aunty Rose" asked the little
girl. II know the way to Uncle Joe's
store"
II don't know any reason why you
can't 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, ma'am. Mr.. Parlow's," said
Carolyn May.
Carolyn May went back into the
yard and sat on the front.porch steps
and Prince, yawning unhappiy. curled
down at her feet. There did not
seem to be much to do at 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 mel" thought Carolyn
May, startled by her own Imagination,
suppose all the folks in all these
houses around here were deadl"
They might have been for all the
human noises she heard.
Goodness mel" she said again, and
this time she jumped up, startling
Prince from his nap. Maybe there
Is spell cast over all this place." she
went on. Lets go and see II 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.
4 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 the car
penter-man isn't pleasant man."
She looked wistfully at the prem
: ises. The cottage seemed quite al
much under the spell" as had beer
those dwellings at The Corners. But
from the shop came the sound Of 8
plane shrleking over long board.
"Oh, Princey!" gasped Carolyn May
Il blieve he's making long, curl!
shavings! !"
Z If there was one thing Carolyn Ma!
adored 1t was curls.
Suddenly Mr.. Jedidiah Parlow looked
: up and saw the wistful, dust-streaket
- face under the black hat brim anC
above the black frock. He stared a
y her for fully a Minute, posing tn,
!. plane over his work. Then he put 1
- down and came to the door Of tn,
II shop.
!, You're Hannah Staggs little girl
aren't you?" he asked.
Eyes, sir" she said, and sighed
= Dear me, he knew who She was RICH
= away! There would not b. any chanc
. OF her getting a suit of long curls.
3 You've come here to live, hav
your said Mr.. Parlow slowly.
!" Yes, sir. You see, my papa an,
mamma were lost at sea-with tn
Dunraven. 1t was mistake, 1 guess.
& sighed the little girl, "for they weren'
T. lighting anybody. But the Dunrave
m got In the way of some ships that wer
" nghting, In a place called the Med
rs terranean ocean, and the Dunrave
ie was sunk, and only few folks wer
saved from 1t. My papa and MANN
e, weren't saved"