DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. f i; arolyncff)ie(onier5 JW9GKk rik!f& P,mJi pa i - CAROLYN AND PRINCE HAVE BRINGS THEM Synopsis. Her father and mother reported lost nt Ben when tho Dunravcn, on which they had sailed for Europe, was sunk, Carolyn May Cameron Ilanna's Car'lyn Is sent from Now York to her bach elor uncle, Joseph Stngg, at tho Corners. Tho reception given her by her uncle Is not very enthusiastic. Carolyn Is also chilled by the stern demeanor of Aunty Hose, Undo .Toe's housekeeper. Stagg Is dismayed when ho learns from a lawyer friend of his brother-in-law that Carolyn has been left practically penniless and consigned to his care as guardian. Carolyn lenrns of the estrangement between her uncle and his one-time sweetheart, Amunda l'nrlow, and tho cnuso of tho bitterness between the two families. Prince, the mongrel dog that Carolyn brought with her, and tho boon companion of the lonesome girl, Is in disfavor with Uncle Joe, who threntens to dispose of him, but Prince becomes n hero and wins tho approval of tho Corners by routing n tramp In tho act of robbing the schoolteacher. Tho following Sunday, while Carolyn nnd her uncle, accompanied by Prince, are taking a walk In the woods they encounter Amanda Parlow. Prince kills n snake about to strike Amanda, nnd Stngg nnd Amnndn speak to each other for the' first time in years. Carolyn Is dismayed when she learns from Chct Gormlcy, her uncle's clerk, thut she was loft practically penniless nnd Is n "charity" orphan. CHAPTER VIII Continued. 10 "So, you sec," ndded tho child, "I am tharity. I'm not like other girls that's got papns nnd mnmmas. 'Course I knowed that before, but It didn't seem seem sq hnrd ns It docs now," )hc confessed with a sob. "My denrl my dear!" cried Miss Amanda, dropping on her knees besldo tho little girl, "don't talk sol I know your undo must lovo you." "Oil, Miss Mnndyl" gasped Carolyn Mny, "don't you s'poso ho loves other folks, too? You know folks ho'd be gun to lovo ever so long ago?" Tho woman's smooth cheeks burned suddenly nnd slio stood up. "I'm "most sure he'd never stop lov ing n person If ho'd onco begun to lovo 'tsm," snld Carolyn May, with a high opinion of tho faithfulness of ' Undo Joe's chnractcr. "Do you want to know If your Undo Joo loves you?" eho asked Carolyn Mny nt last "Do you?" "Oil, I do l" cried tho llttlo girl. "Then nsk him," advised Miss Amnndn. "That's tho only way to do with Joo Stagg, If you want to got at tho truth. Out with It, square, nnd ask him." "I wiU do It," Carolyn Mny said ee rlously. After tho child had gone tho woman went hack into tho llttlo cottago nnd her countenance did not wear tho fare well smllo that Carolyn May had looked back to see. Gripping nt her heart was tho old pain sho had suffered years beforo and tho conlllct that had scared her mind so long ngo was roused again. "Oh, Joo I Oh, Jool How could you?" sho moaned, rocking herself to nnd fro. "IIow could you?" That very night tho first snow flurry of tho senson drovo ngulnst tho west window pnncs of the big kitchen nt tho Stagg homestead. It was at supper time. "I dcclnro for't," snld Mr. Stagg, "I guess winter's onto us, Aunty Rose." This enow did not nmount to much ; It was llttlo moro than a hour frost, ns Mr. Stngg said. This might bo, how over, tho last chauco for u Sunday walk in tho woods for eorao tlmo "and Carolyn Mny did not proposo to miss It On this day sho earnestly desired to get him off by himself, for her heart was filled with a great purpose. Bho felt that they must corao to an understanding. On this particular occasion Undo Joo sat down upon tho log by tho brock whero Miss Amanda had onco tux. Carolyn Mny stood beforo lilm. "Am I Just a charity orphan? Didn't my papn leave any money n-tnll for mo? Did you tako mo Just out or charityr "Bless mo I" gasped tho bardwnro dealer. "I I wish you'd answer mo, Undo Joe," went on Carolyn May with a bravo effort to keep from crying. Joseph Stngg was too blunt n per son to sea his way to dodging tho question. "Hum I Well, I'll tell you, Car'lyn May. Thero Isn't mudi left, nnd tint's M fact It isn't your father's fault Ho thought thero was plenty. But a bnsl ness ho Invested In got into bad hands and tho llttlo nest egg ho'd laid up for Bis family was lost" "Then then I nm just dmrity. And o'a Prince," whispered Carolyn May. "h1 s'poso wo could go to tho poor- nouse, Princo and mo ; but they mayn't like dogs there. You're real nico to me, Undo Joo; but Princo nnd mo w really aro a nuisance to you." The man stared at her for a moment In silence, but tho flush that dyed bis cneeits was a flush of shamo. "Don't you llko It any moro hero with Aonty Itoso and and mo?" ho demanded. "Oh, yesi Only only, Undo Joo, I aon't want to hUit, If wo'ro a nuisance. Britux and mo. 1 don't want to stay, If jrvo cm't lovo me." OTH BELMOEE ENDIOOTT corvnionT -1 o 1 o - irr XODD, MEAD and COMPANY. ANOTHER ADVENTURE WHICH NEW LAURELS. Joseph Stagg had become quite ex cited. "Bless mel" ho finally cried once more. "How do you know I don't love you, Carolyn Muy?" "Why why But, Uncle Joe I how do I know you do lovo mo?" demanded tho little girl. "You never told mo so 1" Tho startled man sank upon tho log again. "Well, mnybo that's so," ho mur mured. "I s'poso It isn't my wny to bo very very softlike. But listen here, Car'lyn May." "Yes, sir." "I ain't likely to tell you very fre quently how much I I think of you. Ahem 1 But you'd better stop worrying about such things ns money nnd tho like. What I've got comes pretty near belonging to you. Anywny, unless I have to go to tho poorhouse myself, I reckon you needn't worry about going," nnd ho coughed ngnln dryly. "As fnr ns loving you Well, Til admit, under cross-examination, that I lovo you." "Dear Undo Joel" sho sighed ecs tatically. "I don't mind if I nm charity. If you lovo mo, it takes nil tho sting out And I'll help to mnko you happy, tool" CHAPTER IX. A Find In tho Drifts. Beforo tho week was over, winter had come to Suurlso Covo and Tho Corners in earnest Snow fell nnd drifted, until thero was scarcely any thing to bo seen ono morning when Carolyn May awoke nnd looked out of her bedroom windows but n white, fleecy mantle. This wns moro snow than tho llttlo girl had over seen in New York. Sho camo down to breakfast very much ex cited. Undo Joo had shoveled off tho porch and steps, and Princo had beaten his own doorynrd In tho snow In front of his house. For ho had n liouso of his own, now a roomy, warm one built by Mr. Parlow. It must bo confessed that, although Undo Joo paid for tho building of his doghouse, It never would havo been built by Jedldlnh Parlow had it not been for Carolyn Mny. At noon Undo Joo enmo homo, drag ging n sled n big roomy one, glisten ing with red paint Just tho nicest sled Cnrolyn May had over seen, and one of tho best tho hnrdwuro dealer carried In stock. "Oh, my, thnt's lovely!" brenthod tho llttlo girl in awed delight "That's over so much better than any sled I over hnd beforo. And Princo could draw mo ou it, If I only hnd u harness for him. Ho used to drng mo in tho park. Of course, if ho saw n cat, I had to get off and hold him." Mr. Stngg, onco sturtcd upon tho pnth of good deeds, seemed to llko it At night ho brought homo certain etrnps and rivets, nnd In tho kitchen, much to Aunty Rose's nmnzement, ho fitted Princo to n harness which tho next day Carolyn May used on tho dog, nnd Princo drew her very nicely nlnng tho beaten paths. By Saturday tlio roads were In splen did condition for sleighing. So Carolyn Mny went sledding. Out of Bight of tho houses grouped nt Tho Corners tho rood to town seemed as lonely ns, though it were n vcrltnblo wilderness. Elcro and thero tho drifts hnd piled six feet deep, for tho wind hnd n freo sweep ncross tho barrens. "Now, there's somebody coming," said Carolyn May, seeing a moving ob ject ahead between tho clouds of drift ing snow spray. "Is It a sleigh, Princoy, or Just a man?" - Sho lost sight of tho object then sighted It again. "It must bo a man. It can't bo a bear, Prlncey." Tho strango object hnd disappeared again. It wus Just nt tho placo whero tho spring spoutod out of tho rocky hillside (nnd trickled across the road. Thero mis a sort of nnturnl watering trough hero in the rock where tho horses stopped to drink Tho dog drow tho little girl closer to the spot "Whero hns that man gono to?, If it wns a man." Princo stopped suddenly and whined nnd then looked nround nt his mistress, ns though to say: "Seo thero 1" Carolyn May tumbled off tho sled in n hurry. When she did so sho slipped on n patch of snow-coyercd Ico and fell. But sho wns not hurt "Thero 1 that's whero tho water runs across tho road. It's nil slippery Oh I" It wns the Bleevo of a man's rough cont thrust out of tho snowbnnk that brought this last cry to tho child's lips. "Oh, oh I It's a man I" burst from Cnrolyn May's trembling lips. "IIow cold he must bo I" Sho plumped down on her knees and begHii brushing the snow nwny. Sho uncovered his shoulder. Sho took hold of this with her mlttcned hands and tried to shako the prone figure. "Oh, do wake up 1 Please wake up I" sho cried, digging away tho snow as fast ns possible. A shaggy head was revealed, with no old cop pulled down tightly over tho enrs. The mnn moved ngnln and grunt ed something. lie half turned over, nnd there was blood upon tho snow, and n great frosted cake of It on tho side of his fnce. Carolyn May was dreadfully fright ened. The mans' head was cut nnd tho blood was smeared over tho front of his Jncket Now she could see n pud dle of it, right whero he hnd fallen on the ice Just as sho hnd fallen herself. Only, he hnd struck his hend on a nek and cut himself. "You poor thing l" murmured Caro lyn May. "Oh, you mustn't Ho here! You must get upi You'll you'll bo frozen I" "Easy, mate," muttered tho man. "I nln't Jest right In my top-hamper, I reckon. Hold hard, matey." lie tried to get up. Ilo rose to his , knees, but pitched forward again. ' Carolyn May wns not nfrnld of bins now only troubled. "I'll take you to Miss Amanda's," cried the little girl, pulling nt his coat ngnln. "She's n nurse, nnd she'll know Just whnt to do for you. Come, Princo nnd I will tnko you." Then she guided tho hnlf-bllnded man to tho sled, on which ho mnnaged to drop himself. Prince pulled, nnd Cnrolyn May pull ed, and together they got tho sled, with Af "If You Love Me It Takes All the Sting Out." tho old sailor upon It, to the Parlow: enrpenter shop. Mr. Parlow slid back tho front door of his shop to stare In wonder at tho group. "For the grcnt land of Jehoshnphat 1" ho croaked. "Cnr'lyn May! what you got there?" "Oh. Mr. Parlow. do come nnd lieln us quick 1" gasped the llttlo girl. "My; menu nas una n dreadful bad fall." "'Your friend?" repeated the carpen ter. "I declare, It's that tramp that went by here Just now I" Mr. Parlow mndo a clucking nolso la his throat when he saw tho blood. "Guess you'ro right, Car'lyn May," ho ndmlttd. "Call Mandy. Sho must seo this." Miss Amnndn's nttcntlon had already been attracted to tho strango arrival. Sho ran out nnd helped her fnther rnlso the Injured man from tho sled. To gether they led him Into tho cottage. Ho was not nt all n bad-looking man, nlthough his clothing was rough nnd conrso. Miss Amanda brought warm water and bathed tho wound, removing tho congealed blood from his face and neck. When tho last bnndago was adjusted and the Injured man's eyes were closed. Mr. Parlow offered him a wine-glnss of a homo-mado cordial. Tho sailor gulped It down, nnd tho color began to return to his checks. "Whero was you goln', anywny?" de manded tho carpenter. "Lookln' for n Job, mate," Bald tho sailor. "There's them in town that tells mo I'd find work nt Adams' cnmp.M "Ila! didn't tell you 'twns ten mil9 nwny from here, did thoy?" Miss Amanda gets some sur prising Information from tho old sailor and she, In turn, gives Joseph Stagg a shock. Read about how It happened In tho next Installment (TO BE CONTINUED.) Steel that will resist corrosion Is be ing mndo; it contains 12 per ecnt of chromium. VS lit -J--- LAlfBr - w PLAUSIBLE PLAN TO PLANT TREES Selection of Cheap Stock Is Poor Economy for It Often Re sults in Failure. PLANTS SHOULD BE WATERED Cuttings May Be Successfully Used for Willows and Cottonwoods Bury In Cool, Moist, Well-Drained Sand Until Spring. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) A tree plnntntlon established with poor stock always is handienppeJ. The purchase of cheap stock, simply because It Is cheap, Is poor economy, for often It results In failure. Fortunately, most of the hardwoods may ho grown easily from seed, und the possibility of buying stock which is not true to name or of hnvlng t injured In transit uvolded. If the farm maintains n garden plot, the hardwood seedlings may bo grown there nnd planted out In the field when one year old. The seed of the desired fcpoeles may be purchased or collected locally, sown In rows, nnd handled much the same as vegetable seed. The plants should be wntercd nnd cultivat ed, so that they will become us lnrgo ns possible during the season. After the first of September water should be applied 4only to keep tho ground from drying out completely. This Is necessary In order to harden the ten der wood to withstand frost. Cuttings may be used successfully for growing the planting stock for such trees as willows nnd cottonwoods. These cuttings, which arc best made in tho fall or early winter after tho lenves have fallen, should be about ten inches In length nnd tnken from one-year-old or two-year-old twigs of vigorous, healthy trees. Cuttings should be made always with slanting strokes of a very sharp knife, so ns to avoid bruising the bark. If trees free from seed, or "bloom," as it is sometimes called, are desired, cuttings should be taken from trees which ob servation hns shown do not produce seed. As soon as the cuttings are made they should be tied In bundles of alout 50 nnd burled In cool, moist, well-drained sand until spring. As soon as possible In the spring, and always before the soil dries out, the cuttings should bo set out, with the buds pointing upward, leaving two or three Inches nbove ground. The soil should be pressed firmly nbout the steins, nnd If It Is not soft it is bet ter to make holes for the cuttings with n round bnr or dibble. Growing From Nuts. Trees grown from lnrgo nuts, such as walnut and oak, are best propa gated by planting the nut whero tho "5o ''jt&&&'&mszpi Well-Planted and Cared for Wind-' break. mnturo tree is desired. Unless this Is done, the long, heavy taproot, even nt the end of the first year, makes trans plnnting difficult nnd the loss heavy. Black walnut Is- best planted In tho fall. Conifers nro much more difficult to rnlso than hardwoods, nnd unless u huge project Is undertaken It Is In advisable to attempt to raise them. Thrifty stock may be purchased from reliable nurserymen nnd In some cases nt cost from nurseries maintained by tho state. Stock grown us neur as possible tpthu region of planting Is always preferable. If hardwoods aro used, one-yenr seedlings give best results under nor mal conditions. Large stock should be uvolded. It Is more expensive and re quires more tlmo nnd attention to plant If conifers nro used, nothing smnller than three-year-old transplants should bo tried. Transplants nro pref erable to seedlings because of tho larger mass of fibrous roots. Methods of Planting. Planting methods nro dependent largely upon the size of tho stock nnd the condition of tho site. When stock Is received for planting, the first pre cnutlon Is to see that It has not dried out. Tho roots never should be ex posed to the sun or drying air. Tho roots of stock that is packed in crates should bo moistened thoroughly beforo tho trees nro removed. If tho trees nro extra-large conifers nnd tho roots of each tree nro protected with cnrtli bound with n cloth covering, tho whole should bo planted without removing the wrapper. In nny case, nil Bmnll stock, if It cannot bo planted nt once, should be heeled In In a cool, moist situation. Tho tops should not bo cov i ered. All grnssy, weedy, or henvy Innd should, If It Is practicable, bo plowed nnd harrowed at least 12 months bo- WOOD BURNING WILL AID FUEL SHORTAGE Country Districts and Small Vil lages Can Help Greatly. Government Officials Urge All Farmer! to Ugo Wood During War or Emer gency Periods Save Coal and Transportation. (Prepared by tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture).) Tho conl shortngo for next winter, cstlmnted by the fuel ndmlnlstrntlon nt nbout 14,000,000 tons, makes it nec essary that wood should bo used to envo both conl nnd transportation. Country districts nnd smnll villages aro In position to greutly help coal conser vntlon by burning wood. Fnrmers now use on their farms 83, 000,000 cords of fuel wood annually. All farms should use it during the wnr or emergency periods, officials urge. Any kind of coal stove or furnnco can be used for burning wood In n pinch. With n careful nttentlon to drafts nnd grntes the change cun be made with little trouble. On the uverage, a cord of wood is nbout equal to seven-tenths of n ton of conl. Two cords of soft wood nre required to equal a ton of coal, but a cord of wood from n number of well known kinds of trees will equnl a ton of coal in heating value, and for three vnrictles osage orange, canyon, live oak and blnck locust a cord has a higher heating value than a ton of conl. Most of the oaks and hickories as well as western yew, honey locust, blue gum, sweet birch nnd n number of others nre the equivalent of nine tenths of one ton of coal. The following have n low-heating value but nre npproxlmately equal to rer. '- ? y-lcl .fcSA,VCY?' Z. !.'? ' S:.. ,, I.AJAy.. 2.fv "!TX-,N',U-st&S'5ivl Lay In a Supply of Wood for Fuel and Help Meet Coal Shortage. one-hnlf ton of coal : Yellow buckeye, black cottonwood, basswood, western ted cedar, Alpine fir nnd Englemann spruce, black willow, balsam fir, Sitka Bpruco, aspen nnd white spruce. ANNUAL INVENTORY OF FARM It Is Absolutely Essential, as Upon It Is Based Division of One Year's Business. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) At the close of the business year on tho farm, or beforo a new season be gins, every farmer should make an In ventory of his belongings. In n system of accounting the Inventory Is abso lutely essential, ns upon It Is based the division of one year's business with another. A farm Inventory is simply a statement showing what tho land, buildings, equipment, live stock, supplies and produce on hand are worth at the time the Inventory is made, together with nmount of cash on hand nnd money owing to and owed by tho farmer. It is n list of farm property nnd farm debts. It corre sponds to tho "stock taking" which every merchant does periodically. The uses of tho Inventory nre Im portant and varied. As previously stated, It Is the basis upon which Is built tho superstructure of nccount ing systems. Tak'en nlono it will show a farmer exactly what ho is worth nnd will bo a guarantee of solvency and an aid in securing credits and loans from tho bnnk In time of need. The Inventories for two dates a year apart show whether progress or retro gression hns coiurrcd during the year, nnd definitely measure tho degreo of tho change. Tnken in conjunction with a cash account for tho year, the inventory shows how much bus been mado by farming and to what extent the per Bonal and household expenses havo offset profits. 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