The Arvada enterprise., 1919-05-08
RUTH BELMoRE ENDIcOTT

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~Oan the dog. Just The same" ~.
peated Amanda Pariow. ~Prines win
hear you and bark"
"God bless youi 30 he will," cried
NJ. 6tagg. You've got moro sense
than any Of us. Mandy"
"And III have the chapel bell rung." "
she said.
"Huhl what's that forr'
The wind will carry the sound out
across the cove. The boy, Chet, win
recognise the sound Of the bell and II
viii give him an idea Of where homs
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You do beat AMI" exclaimed Joseph
etagg, starting to leave the house.
Find . cap Of Chefs, Mrs. CORN.
ley" she commanded. Don't you see
Ar. stasg has no hatf Hen catch his
death Of cold"
why. never thoughtr" He turned
70 speak directly to Miss Amanda, but
she had gone back into the room and
was putting On her outer wraps. Mrs..
Gormley. red-eyed and weeping.
brought the cap.
Mr.. stagg plunged down the steps
and kept on down the hill to the water
front There was an eating-place here
where the waterside characters congre-
gated. and Mr.. Stagg put his head in
ut the door.
"some Of you fellers come out with
ne on the ice and look for . little girl
and boy and dog" said Mr.. Stagg.
Like enough. they're lost in this storm.
And the ice 10 going out"
They all rushed out Of the eating
house and down to the nearest dock.
Even the cook went, for hs chanced to
know Carolyn Nay.
.And let me tell you. shes one rare
little KID" hs declared, out Of Mr..
stagIs hearing. "How she come to bs
related to that hard-as-nails Joe Staeg
. pusslef."
The hardware dealer might deserve
this title in ordinary times. but this
Was one occasion when he plainly dis
played emotion.
Hannah's Car1yn. the little child he
had learned to love. was somewhere on
the ice in The driving storm. He
would have rushed blindly out on the
rotten Ice, barehanded and alone. had
he oEhera not halted him.
Joseph Stagg stood on the dock and
shouted at the top Of his voice:
"Prinesi Prineei Prineei"
The wind must have carried his
voles . long way out across the cove.
but there was no reply.
Then. suddenly. the clear silver tone
Of bell rang out Its pitch carried
through the storm startllngly clear.
There was q movement out In the
cove. Ons field Of Ice crashed against
another. Mr.. stagg stihed q moan
and was one Of the first to climb dqkn
to tie level OF the ice.
"Have q care, jos" somebody
warned him. This snow on the ics
will mask the holes and assures some
thing scandalous."
But Joe stasg was reckless Of his
own safety. he started out into the
snow. shouting again:
"Prines! Princsi Here. boyi Here.
boyw
There was no answering bark.
The Changing Of the chapel bell was
. comforting sound. Joseph stagg did
not know that. unable to nnd the sex
ton. Amanda Pariow had forced the
church door and was tugging at the
rough rope herself.
Back and forth shs rang the iron
clappss. and It was no uncertain note
that changed across the stoem-driveu
cove that Afternoon. Il was not work
to which Carolyn Mays pretty LADY"
was used. Her shoulders soon achs6
and the palms Of her hands were raw
and bleeding. But she continued to
toll the bell without Q moments sur.
cease-on and ON. I'LL her brain swan
and her breath came chokinGiy from
her lungs.
"Josi Josi" shs muttsred each tdms
that shs bore down On the bell rope,
e0o tno Iron tongue o00ut00 the WORD
Tor her. far across he snow.blottsd
cove.
Carolyn May was not the arst Of the
tf9o caught oat on the moving iee to b
fr1ghtsnsd. Perhaps because she had
such unbounded faith In the good in.
tsotioos Of svssbody toward her. the
child could not imagine anything real.
y hurting hse.
~Oh. isn't this funi" she crowsd.
beading her head before the beating Of
the storm. do hang o.. Prinesy."
But Prince could not hang on %
Well, now that they faced the wind. Hs
clipped OF the sled twice. and that a.
iayed them. Undef his skates. Chst
could feel The ies hsavs. while ths
resonant cracks followed saeh otAse
Ike Q ajs.Afe q 0uskstry.
s0oodnsss mel" easpsd Carolyn
Aay. ''ths Ice Seems b b going al 70
pieces, CAst. hops Il won't til W
ct back to the shoee."