The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17

"Hurts much8" gasped the old sea-
man.
"Yes, sir. Do people that get
drownd-ed feel much pain2 Is 1t sur
ferln way to die? want to know,
Benjamin, cause my papa and mamma
died that way" continued the child,
choking a little. "It does seem as
though I'd just got to know"
"Aye, aye" muttered the man. Il
see. An kin tell ye, Carlyn May, as
clos't as anybody kin. I've been so
near drownin' myself that they thought
I was dead when / was hauled inboard.
"Comin' back from drowning Is a
whole lot worse than bein' drowned.
You take 1t from me-"
SWELL" sighed Carolyn May, I'm
glad to know that. It's bothered me
good deal. II my mamma and papa
had to be dead, maybe that was the
incest way for them to CO."
Since Joseph Stage had listened to
the rambling tale Of the sailor regard
ing the sinking Of the Dunraven, ne
had borne the fate of his sister and
her husband much In mind.
He had come no nearer to deciding
what to do with the apartment In New
York and Its furnishings.
After listening to Benjamin Hardy's
story. the hardware dealer felt less In
clined than before to close up the at
fairs of Carolyn Mays small estate"
Not that he for moment believed that
there was possibility of Hannah and
her husband being alive. Five months
had passed. In these days Of wireless
telegraph and fast sea traffic such a
thing could not be possible. The imagi-
nation of the practical hardware mer-
chant could not visualize it.
One day when Carolyn May was Wis
lifting Mrs. Gormley Chef burst in quite
Unexpectedly, for 1t was not yet mid
afternoon.
mfr. Stage has let me of to take
Carolyn May slidin'. The Ice ain'i
goln' to be safe In the cove for Ions
, now. Springs In the air o'ready. Botf
brooks are runnin' full"
II Carolyn May was delighted. AL
Though the sky was overcast and
! storm threatening when they got dow
) on the Ice, neither the boy nor the Lit
' tie girl gave the weather a secon'
|. thought. Nor had Mr.. Stage consid
q cred the weather when he had allowe'
Chef to leave the store that afternoon
I Chef strapped on his skates. an
Y then settled the little girl firmly on ne
sled, with Prince riding behind.
4 The boy harnessed himself with tn
}, long towrope and skated away fror
g the shore, dragging the sled after hill
at a brisk pace.
o "Oh, myp squealed Carolyn Ma!
It "there isn't anybody else on the Ice
a "We won't run into nobody, then
n laughed the boy.
n II was too misty outside the cove
d see the open water; but 1t was ther
70 and Chef knew 1t as well as anybod
He had no intention Of taking al
=. risks-especially with Carolyn May
NJ his charge.
The wind blew out Of the cove, to
10 AS they drew away from the shelter
40 the land they felt Its strength.
"a Naturally, neither the boy nor q
70 little girl-and surely not the dog
looked back toward the land. Othe
n. wise, they would have seen the sno
furry that swept down over the tov
ba and quickly hid 1t from the cove.
!. Chef was skating his very swifte'
Carolyn May was screaming with Q
light. Prince barked joyfully. AT
suddenly, in a startling fashion, tn
came to a assure In the icei
The boy darted to one side, heel
on his right skate. and stopped.
had jerked the sled aside. too, Yell
to Carolyn May to "hold fastT L
:. Prince was flung from 1t, and scra
"a bled over the ice. barking loudly.
" "Oh, dear mer' cried Carolyn MI
b you stopped too quick, Chef Cor
n ley. Goodnessi There's hole In
~ icer
N aAnd / didn't see 1t till we was
n most in It." acknowledged Chef. y
7 more'n a hole. Whyl there's a gr
field of ice broke of and sailin'
into the lake"
aoh, my" gasped the little girl.
The boy knew at once that he m
be careful In making his way no
with the little girl. Having seen
- great assure In the ice, he might CO
upon another. It seemed to him
v though the ice under his feet was
motion. In the distance was the sol
Of q reverberating crash that CO
mean but one thing. The Ice In
cove was breaking upl
The waters OF the two brooks "
~. pouring down into the cove. Spi
' had really come. and the annual fires
was likely now to force the Ice entii
emit out Of the cove and open the way
rYm TRAFFIC IN a few hours.