The Kendrick gazette., 1919-04-04
CHAPTER vIll.
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chet eormIey Tells Some News.

CHAPIEH VIII
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\ chet Gormley Tells Some News.
1t was when she came In sight Of
the Parlow place on Monday after
noon, she and Prince, that Carolyn
May bethought her Of the very best
person in the world with whom to ad-
wise upon the momentous question
which so troubled her. III
Who could be more interested in the
happiness Of Miss Amanda than Mr..
Parlow himself?
The little girl had been going to call
on Miss Amanda. Aunty Rose had
said she might and Miss Amanda had
invited her specially"
But the thought of taking the old
carpenter into her confidence and ad-
vising with him delayed that visit. Mr..
Parlow was busy on some piece Of
cabinet work, but he nodded briskly to
the little girl when she came to the
door Of the shop and looked in.
"Are you very busy, Mr.. Parlow p
she asked him after watchful min
ute or two.
"My hands be, Car'lyn May" said
the carpenter in his dry voice.
| "Ohr"
"But I kin listen to ye-and I kin
talk"
"Oh, that's nice! Did you hear
about what happened yesterday"
"EhY' he queried, eying her quizzi-
cally. ''Does anything ever happen on
Sunday?"
Something did on this Sunday
cried the little girl. "Didn't you hear
about the snakeY
"What dye mean-snake"
And then little Carolyn May ex.
planned. She told the story with such
earnestness that he stopped working
to listen.
.'Humphl' was his grunted com.
ment at the end. "Wellp
"Don't you think that was real ex
citing?" asked Carolyn May. sand
| Just see how it almost brought my
Uncle Joe and your Miss Amanda to
gether.' Don't you seer"
Mr.. Parlow actually jumped. "What's
that you say, child?" he rasped out
grimly. Bring Mandy and Joe Stags
together? Well, guess not!'
"Oh, Mr.. Parlow, don't you thinl
that would be just be-a-you-ti-ful7'
cried the little girl with lingering
emphasis upon the most importan
word. "Don't you see how happy the.
would BET"
I don't know as anybody's per
tic'lar anxious to see that daughter O
mine and Joe Stagg friendly again
No good would come Of it."
Carolyn May looked at him sorrow
fully. Mr.. Parlow had quite disap
pointed her. It was plain to be seel
that he was not the right one to ad
wise with about the matter. The lttl
girl sighed.
IT really did s'pose you'd want t
see Miss Amanda happy, Mr.. Parlow,
she whispered.
Happy? Bahr" snarled the oil
man, setting vigorously to work agar
He acted as If he wished to say n
more and let the little girl depaI
without another word.
Carolyn May really could not undel
stand it-at least she could not In
mediately.
That Mr.. Parlow might have sell
ish reason for desiring to keep hi
daughter and Joseph Stagg apart di
: not enter the little girls mind.
After that Sunday walk, howeve
Carolyn May was never SO muc
afraid of her uncle as before. VIII,
, he had even called Prince "good dog
Truly Mr.. Joseph Stagg was bein
Z transformed-if slowly.
) He could not deny to himself tina
{ to q certain extent, he was enjoyir
: the presence of his little niece at IT
: Corners. If he only could decide ju
what to do with the personal propert
| Of his sister Hannah and her husbar
!. down in the New York apartmen
!. Never in his life had he been so lor
/ deciding a question.
= He had really loved Hannah. E
= knew it now, did Joseph Stagg, evel
l time he looked at the lovely litt
child who had come to live with hi
o at The Corners. Why! just so hi
y Hannah looked when she was lit
s thing. The same deep. violet eyes al
q sunny hair and laughing lips