The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-04-25

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| you know, for you've been to sea SO
much want to know II It
hurts much to be drownd-edY
"Hurts much3" gasped the old sea-
man.
EYES,, sir. Do people that get
drownd-ed feel much paint Is It suf-
ferin' way to die? want to know,
Benjamin, cause my papa and mamma
died that way" continued the child,
choking little. 1T does seem as
though I'd just got to know"
AYE, aye" muttered the man. II
see. An I kin tell ye. Car'lyn May, as
clos't as anybody kin. I've been 90
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 it from me-"
SWELL" sighed Carolyn May, I'm
glad to know that. It's bothered me q
good deal. II my mamma and papa
had to be dead, maybe that was the
incest way for them to 60"
Since Joseph Stage had listened to
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 at
fairs Of Carolyn Mays small ''estate."
Not that he for a 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 iner-
chant could not visualize 1t.
One day when Carolyn May was Wis
iting Mrs. Gormley Chef burst in quite
unexpectedly, for 1t was not yet mid.
afternoon.
"Mr. Stage has let me OF to take
Carolyn May slidin'. The ice amt
goin' to be safe in the cove for long
now. Springs in the air o'ready. Both
brooks are runnin' full"
Carolyn May was delighted. Al.
though the sky was overcast and q
storm threatening when they got down
ION the ice, neither the boy nor the lit.
tie girl gave the weather second
thought. Nor had Mr.. Stage consid.
cred the weather when he had allowed
Chef to leave the store that afternoon
Chef strapped on his skates. and
then settled the little girl firmly on hel
sled. with Prince riding behind.
The boy harnessed himself with the
long towrope and skated away from
the shore. dragging the sled after hin
at q brisk pace.
"Oh, my" sQuealed Carolyn May
"there isn't anybody else on the Ice
1 I'VE won't run into nobody, then,
laughed the boy.
It was too misty outside the cove t
see the open water; but 1t was there
and Chef knew 1t as well as anybody
He had no intention Of taking AM
risks-especially with Carolyn May II
his charge.
The wind blew out Of the cove, too
As they drew away from the shelter O
the land they felt its strength.
Il Naturally, neither the boy nor tn
little girl-and surely not the dog
looked back toward the land. Other
. wise, they would have seen the snow
furry that swept down over the tow
, and quickly hid it from the cove.
Chef was skating his very swiftest
Carolyn May was screaming with de
light. Prince barked joyfully. And
suddenly, in a startling fashion, the,
came to flssure in the icel
The boy darted to one side, heele'
on his right skate, and stopped. II
had jerked the sled aside, too. yellin
to Carolyn May to ''hold fastl" Blu
Prince was flung from 1t, and scram
bled over the ice. barking loudly.
s'Oh, dear me II cried Carolyn MAJ
"You stopped too quick, Chef Corn
ley. GOOdnessl There's hole In til
ice!"
anu 4 uAuh SCC ~ liza VIC was q
most in It," acknowledged Chef. 1T
more'n a hole. Whyl there's a gres
field Of ice broke of and sailin' OF
into the lake."
"Oh, my" gasped the little girl.
The boy knew at once that he mu!
be careful In making his way hon
with the little girl. Having seen or
great assure In the ice. he might CON
upon another. It seemed to him {
though the ice under his feet was
motion. In the distance was the sour
of reverberating crash that coul
mean but one thing. The ice In Il
cove was breaking up!
! The waters Of the two brooks wei
i pouring down into the cove. Sprir
had really come, and the annual fresh
was likely now to force the ice entire
t out Of the cove and open the way Il
n traffic In few hours.
CHAPTER XIII.