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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.
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"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."
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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
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"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.)
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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
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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.
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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. It also gives a much
better insight Into the incomo pro
duced by each farm department, as a
lecreaso In Inventory value of hogs,
or instance, may offset to some ex
lent what, from tho cash account,
ooks llko n very large Income from
hat source, or vice versa.
WAYS OF INCREASING HUMUS
Sarnyard Manure and Turning Under
Green Crops Will Be Found
Quite Efficient
Close, clammy noils will never yield
is they should till tho per cent of
minus is Increased. Barnyard ma
turo nnd turning under green crops
tro common wnys of increasing tho
lumus. By breaking onrly enough
'or stalks and weeds to tJccny mora
luruus may bo added.
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The Tonic Needed is Pemna.
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Always use Red Cross Ball Bhie. Delighte
the laundress. At all good grocers. Adv.
On Departure,
"lie pays as he goes, I lUMkuatand."
"Yes, he nlways patronizes these one
arm cafes."
Retort Courteous.
"There are some ugly features about
this place of yours."
"I know it. If you look In the glass
yonder, you will see some of Bmm."
Little Mistake.
"I saw your husband passing tho
growler the other day."
"My husband never goes near a saloon,-
I'd have you know."
"I didn't say lie did. AM I saw him
do was to walk by the buRtfog mext
door."
Streaked.
Mr?. Gadabout And Hint tkeadful
Mrs. Schmltzelhnuser has deserted our
patriotic relief society.
Mrs. Gabbalot I'm not snapriscd
the pro-German thing! I nhrays did;
&ny she was yellow to the eorjfe.
Spreading the Nws.
There was no heat on, nl Jnck;
listened to his mother nnd father, tall
about it. Sho said "I was so cold
today there were 'goose kumpiT a my
arms."
It was tho next day when the five-year-old
very excitedly told a Mttlo
friend: "My mother wne so cold yes
terday that thero were dctck eggs on
her arms."
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