The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-02-28

the bOny back of the horse that drew
the ancient equipage.
II say, young un, amt you out o. yer
bailiwick?" queried Tim, the hackman,
staring at the little girl in the Stage
yard.
Carolyn May stood up quickly and
tried to look over her shoulder and
down her back. It was hard to get
all those buttons buttoned straight.
II don't know" she said, perturbed.
"Does it show?"
"Huh?" grunted Tim. '.Does what
shown"
"What you said," said Carolyn May
accusingly. II don't believe it does"
"Hey" chuckled the hack driver
suddenly. II meant, do you low Mrs.
Kennedy knows you're playing in her
front yard?" .ss.s..
"Aunty Rose? Why, of course"
Carolyn May declared. "Don't you
know live here?"
"Live here? Get out! exclaimed
the surprised hackman.
"Yes, sir. And Prince too. With my
Uncle Joe and Aunty Rose"
"Pitcher Of George Washington r.,
calculated Tim. "You don't mean Joe
Stages taken young-'un to board?"
4 "He's my guardian" said the little
Igirl primly. t Z
| Aunty Rose appeared. She wore
close bonnet, trimmed very plainly,
and carried parasol Of drab silk.
Aunty Rose climbed into the creaky
old vehicle.
"Are you going to be gone long7"
4 asked Carolyn May politely.
''NOt 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?"
Eyes. 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 unhappily, 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.
Il Goodness met" thought Carolyn
May, startled by her own imagination
suppose all the folks in all these
houses around here were deadp
) They might have been for all the
. human noises she heard. Mt
|. Goodness mer' 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 If we can
find somebody that's alive"
They went out Of the yard togethei
and took the dusty road toward the
town.
low house and carpenter shop.
I'VE can't go beyond that" sait
Carolyn May. "Aunty Rose told us
: not to. And Uncle Joe says the car
penter-man isn't a pleasant man."
Fl She looked wistfully at the prem
3 ises. The cottage seemed quite al
much under the "spell' as had beer
those dwellings at The Corners. Blu
from the shop came the sound of 6
plane shrieking over a long board.
"Oh, Princey!" gasped Carolyn May
Il b1ieve he's making long, curl!
! shavingsi T.
4 If there was one thing Carolyn Ma,
adored 1t was curls.
Suddenly Mr.. Jedidiah Parlow locke,
up and saw the wistful, dust-streaket
face under the black hat brim ant
above the black frOck. He stared a
Q her for fully Minute, posing tn,
= plane over his work. Then he put 1
y down and came to the door Of tn,
shop.
:. you're Hannah Stages little girl
aren't your" he asked.
. Eyes, sir" she said, and sighed
. Dear me, he knew who she was RICH
9 away! There would not be any chanc
OF her getting a suit Of long curls.
q you've come here to live, hav,
: your" said Mr.. Parlow slowly.
o Eyes, sir. You see, my papa an,
" mamma were lost at sea-with tn
Dunraven. 1t was a mistake, guess,
: sighed the little girl, "for they weren'
t. fighting anybody. But the Dunravel
n got in the way of some ships that wer
y fighting, in place called the Medi
s terranean ocean, and the Dunravel
e was sunk, and only few folks wer
saved from 1t. My papa and MANN,
e, weren't saved"
1t
CAROLYN learns vvlhv her uncle