The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-07
CHAPTER xv-cOntInued.

had said about his daughter and 10
| leph Stagg was quite true. In his self
shness he had been glad all thes'
fears that the hardware merchant wa
baked Of happiness.
The carpenter had always been I
)elf-centered individual. DESTROYS O
his own comfort, and rather misery
He had not approved, in the first place
Of the intimacy between Joseph Stagi
and his daughter Amanda.
mo good1l come O. that" he hat
told himself.
That Is, no good to Jedidiah Parlow
He foresaw at the start the loss of the
girls help about the house. for hi:
wife was then a helpless invalid.
I Then Mrs. Parlow died. This dealt
made palmer still to the carpenter
that Mandy's marriage was bound t.
bring inconvenience to him. Especial
ly II she married a close-fisted young
business man like Joe Stage would
this be true. For, at the reading of his
wife's will Mr.. Parlow discovered that
the property they occupied, even the
shop In which he worked, which had
been given to Mrs. Parlow by her par.
ents. was to be the sole property OF
her daughter. Mandy was the heir.
Mr.. Parlow did not possess even life
Interest in the estate.
1t was blow to the carpenter. He
made a good income and had money
In bank, but he loved money too well
to wish to spend 1t after he had made
It. He did not want to give up the
place. If Mandy remained unmarried
there would never be any question be-
tween them of rent or the like.
Therefore, If he was not actually the
cause of the difference that arose be-
tween the two young people, he seized
and enlarged upon II and did all In
bis power to make mere misunder-
standing grow into a quarrel that nell
Their Of the proud. high-spirited lovers
would bridge.
Jedidfah Parlow knew Uhy Joe
Htagg had taken that other girl to
Faith camp meeting. The young man
bad stopped at the Parlow place when
Amanda was absent and explained TO
The girls father. But the latter had
never mentioned this fact to his daugh-
ter.
Instead he had made Joe's supposed
3ffense the greater by suggestion and
hnuendo. And 1t was he, too. who
bad urged the hurt Mandy to retaliate
by going to the dance with another
young man. Meeting Joe Stage later,
lhe carpenter had said bitter things
10 him, purporting to come from
Mandy. II was all mean and vile; the
pld man knew 1t now-as he had
known II then.
All these years he had tried to add
fuel to the fire of his daughters anger
against Joe Stage. And he believed
he had benefited thereby. But, some
how, during the past few months. he
had begun to wonder II, after all, ''the
game was worth the candle"
Suddenly he had gained a vision of
what Amanda Parlow's empty life
meant to her.
Carolyn May, interested only in see
Ing her friends made happy. had no
idea Of the turmoil she had created In
Mr.. Parlow's mind.
During the time that the nurse was
at the abandoned lumber camp caring
for Judy Mason, Carolyn May hoped
that something might take Uncle Joe
there.
The next Friday, after school was
out, Miss Amanda appeared at the
Stage home andSuggested taking Caro-
Ign May into the woods with her, 'for
the weekend" as she laughingly said.
Tim, the hackman, had brought the
Nurse home for a few hours and would
take her hack to Judy's cabin.
"Poor old Judy Ii much better, but
she is still suffering and cannot be left
alone for long," Miss Amanda said.
Carolyn May win cheer her up"
Mr.. Parlow would drive over on Sun
day afternoon and bring the little girl
home. OF course. Prince had to 90
along.
That Friday evening at supper mat
ters In the big kitchen of the Stage
house were really at a serious pass, Jo-
,cph Stage sat down to the table wis.,
by without appetite. Aunty Rose
frank one cup Of tea after another
without putting q crumb between her
Ups.
SAY. Auny Rose demanded Mr..
Stage. ~what under the sun did we do
before Hannah's Carlyn came here.
Seems to me we didn't really
i've, did wer'
: Aunty Rose had no answer to make
10 these questions.
In the morning there was q smoky
'og over everything-a fog that the
,un did not dissipate, and behind
which II looked like an enormous SAT-
ron bah.
Mr.. Stage went down to the store as
usual. News came over the long-dis-
,ance wires that thousands OF acres
Il woodland were burning. that the for
st reserves were out. and that the farm
RS OF an entire township On the far
'ide Of the mountain were engaged In |
rying to make barrier over which |