Marble Hill press., 1919-01-30

hurts much g. te ifuwnd cdr
"ilufis muehl- Easprd the old sea
man.
Yes. rr. po people that set
dFpvni1 81 feel much pala1 Il II a suf'
fern vuy 90 disf want "a Know.
bsHjamln. cause my papa nri maEima
died that way" suuf.uu'l tie child.
che ling a little. 'it does serm as
thuIsh "a igst Eu' 60 know"
"Afr. a1r. mut'fFri the man. Il
s"c. An kln tsll So. ,af'lyn May, n
s'as'i us hnYtoly lin. I've been -
near dfoWula' my slf that they thought
was dead whsH was hauled lHhoHti.
'JowlB' back from dfuRtlns u a
aho'r iut wors" ,tHn l''H' drowned
1uu take Il from me"
'NriI." sighed Carolyn May, I'm
glad 60 know that Is hu'isr.i me
s.i deal n my mamma and papa
hat g. le dead. maybe that vas tie
uls,s' way for them e. So"
slarr Jos.lh S'ssE bad listened 10
ths rambling tale - the sailor regard
Tag tie shaking % the pgnfavsn. be
had horne -, fate - his sister aud
her husband much In mind
lie hai come 30 nearer % deciding
shat 60 Do wlth ihc spartacui la New
YORK sEi - Furnishings
Afrr listening 60 benjamin. Hariy's
story the hafdaaf, dealer felt less 10.
s'lHrI than before - close o. the NJ.
Ifaifs u: Caulya MAY small estate"
st that hs 'or moment believed that
Ifhfr. vas possibility - Hannah aud
her husband teils alive. live months
bad passed In these tays q wir,iess
/ telegraph aai fast sea tgaflc sueh a
lthaT gug'I goi D. possible The liHagi-
rafiun u tie practical hardware mer-
sAauf could not visualize Il
une day wAen Carolyn May was Wis.
ting Mr.. GofmIsy Chci hurst 10 quite
Unexpectedly. fof Il vas not yc; mid.
afternoon.
Mr.. Siagg has ie; the 90 TO take
Carolyn May slidlu'. The Ice Amt
go.a' 80 be safe In the cove 'or long
uo~. Sprags In the air orsady 10th
bEUoks are runaia' full"
Carolyn May vas delighted. Al
though the sky was overcast and \
storm Threatening when they eot down
on the Ice. neither the boy nor the llt.
tie girl gave the weather = second
thought. Nor had Mr.. StaEI eonsid-
erred the weather when he had allowed
Chst e. leave the store that afternoon.
Chst strapped on his skates. aud
then settled the little Eiri nrinly on her
sled. with Prince riding behind.
The boy hArneSSed himself With the
long towrope and skaied away from
the shore. dragging the sled after him
st . brisk pace.
-Oh. uy!' siuealed Carolyn May.
there isn't anybody else on the ice"
I'VE wont run into nobody. then"
laughed the boy.
II vas too misty outside the cove TO
see the open water. but IL was there.
aud Chet knew Il as well as anybody.
lie had no intention OF taking any
risks-espccially with Carolyn May In
hIs charge.
The wind blew out Of the cove. too.
AZ they drrw away from the shelter o.
the land they felt It's strength.
Naturally, neither the boy nor the
little grl-aud surely not the dog
looked back toward the land. Other
wise, they would have seen the snow
furry that swept down over the town
aud quirkly hid IL from the cove.
Chei was skating his very swiftcst.
Carolyn May was screaming with de-
light. Prince barked toyfuily And,
suddenly. In startling fashion. they
came TO a fissurs in the Ice
The boy darted to one side. hccled
on his right skate. and stopped. lie
had jerked the sled aside, too, yelling
TO Carolyn May to hold fast!" But
Prince was flung from 1t, and scram-
bled over the Ice. barking loudly.
"oh. dear mel' cried Carolyn May.
-You stopped too quick, Chet Corn.
ley. Goodness! There's hoae in the
icei"
And ! didn't see IT TIL we was al
most In IT," acknowledged Chet Its
more'n hole. Why there's great
field of Ice broke of and sallln' out
into the lake"
"Oh. my!" gasped the little girl.
The boy knew at once that he must
be careful In making his way home
with the little girl. Having seen one
great fissure In the Ice. he might come
upon another. 1t seemed to him as
though the Ice under his feet was In
motion, In the distance was the sound
OF reverherating crash that could
mean but one thing. The Ice In the
cove was breaking upl
The waters of the two brooks were
pouring down into the cove. Spring
had really come. and the annual freshet
was likely now TO force the ice entirely
out of the cove and open the way for
traffic In few hours.