The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-01-02

you know, for you've been to sea SO
I want to know II II
hurts much to be drownd-edf"
Hurts muchT gasped the old sea-
man.
"Yes. sir. DO people that get
drownd-ed feel much pain2 Is 1t suf-
ferin' way to die? ! want to know,
Benjamin, cause my papa and mamma
died that way" continued the child,
choking a little. ut does seem as
though I'd just got to know"
"Aye. aye" muttered the man. II
see. An kin tell ye. Car1yn May. as
clos't as anybody kin. I've been 80
near drownln' myself that they thought
/ was dead when was hauled inboard.
"Comin' back from drowning Is d
whole lot worse than beln' drowned.
You take II from me-"
"Well," sighed Carolyn May, am
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."
ohhSc SOScph StukB uuu ibtCucu u
the rambling tale Of the sailor regard.
Ing the sinking of the Dunraven, he
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 af-
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
thing could not be possible. The imagi-
nation Of the practical hardware mer-
chant could not visualize II.
One day when Carolyn May was WIS.,
iting Mrs. Gormley Chet burst In quite
unexpectedly. for II was not yet mid
afternoon.
'Mr. Stagg has let me OF to take
Carolyn May slidin'. The Ice amt
g0ln' to be safe In the cove for long
now. Springs In the air oready. Both
brooks are runnrn' full"
Carolyn May was delighted. Al
though the sky wao overcast and
storm threatening when they got down
on the Ice, neither the boy nor the Mt
tie girl gave the weather second
thought Nor had Mr.. Stagg consid-
cred the weather when he had allowed
Chet to leave the store that afternoon.
Chet strapped on his skates, and
then settled the little girl firmly on her
sled. with Prince riding behind.
The boy harnessed himself with the
long towrope and skated away from
the shore, dragging the sled after him
ut brisk pace.
"Oh, my!" squealed Carolyn May.
"therc isn't anybody else on the ice."
1--WE won't run into nobody. them"
the boy.
II was too misty outside the cove to
see the open water; but It was there.
and Chet knew II us well AZ anybody.
He had no Intention Of taking any
with Carolyn May In
his charge.
The wind blew out Of the cove. too.
As they drew away from the shelter Of
the land they felt its strength.
Naturally, neither the boy nor the
little glrl-and surely not the dog
looked back toward the land. Other
wise, they would have seen the snow
furry that swept down over the town
and quickly hid II from the cove.
Chet was skating his very swiftest.
Carolyn May was screaming with de-
light. Prince barked joyfully. And.
suddenly, In startling fashion. they
came to fissure In the icel
The boy darted to one side. heeled
on his right skate. and stopped. He
had jerked the sled aside. too. yelling
to Carolyn May to "hold fast!" But
Prince was flung from II. and scram-
bled over the Ice. barking loudly.
"Oh, dear me T. cried Carolyn May.
"You stopped too quick, Chet Corn
ley. Goodness! There's hole In the
icew
sand l didn't see II till we was al
most In IT," acknowledged Chet. ITS
more'n a hole. Why! there's a great
field OF Ice broke on and sailin' out
Into the lake."
"Oh, myi" gasped the little girl.
The boy knew ut once that he must
be careful In making his way home
with the little girl. Having seen one
great flssure 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 a reverberating crash that could
mean but one thing. The Ice In the
cove YVES breaking up!
The waters Of the two brooks were
pouring down into the cove. Spring
had really come, and the annual freshet
SNs likely now to force the Ice entirely
ou OF the cove and open the way for
traffic II a'sw hours.
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