DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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Gay Party Frocks Return
Carolyn of fie Corners
BY RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT
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CoprrUbt, 1918, bj Dodd, Mead & Compinj, Inc.
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CHAPTER XVII Continued
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"No, I should Buy thcy'ro not," Aunty
Itosc bscrvcd with grlmncss. "Fur
from It It's n fnct I I wouldn't Iinvo
Mleved It If I lindn't scon It with my
own t-j'cs. Holding hnnds In there like
a pnlr of Well, do you know what
It menus, Cnrolyn Mny?"
"That tliey love each other," tho
child said boldly. "And I'm so glad for
tliem r
"So nm I," declared tho woman, still
In n whisper. "But It means changes
here. Things won't he tho same for
Ion: I know Joseph Stugg for what
ho Is."
"What Is he, Aunty Itosc?" naked
Carolyn May In Home trepidation, for
thf housekeeper seemed to bo much
moi ihL
"He's n very determined man. Onco
he gets set In a wny, ho carries every
thing beforu him. Mnudy l'arlow Is
coing to be made .Mrs. Joseph Stngg so
quirk that it'll nstonlsh her. Now, you
believe me, Carol u May."
"Oh I" was the little girl's comment.
"There'll be changes hero very sud
den. Two's company, three's n crowd,'
Carolyn Mny. Never was u truer Hay
ing. Those two will want Jubt cuch
other and nobody else.
"Welt, Carolyn Mny, If you'vo tin
Ished your supper, wu'd better go up to
bed. It's long pnst your bedtime."
"Yes, Aunty Itosc," said tho llttlo
Klrl In muftiod voice.
Aunty Hose did not notlco that Cnro
lyn May did' not venture to tho door of
the sitting room to bid either Undo
Joe or Miss Amanda good-night, Tho
child followed tho woman upstairs with
faltering steps, and In tho unllghted
bedroom that had been Ilunnah Stngg's
Bhe knelt at Aunty Rose's knee and
murmured her usual petitions.
"Do bless Undo Joo nnd Miss
Aninrda, now they're so happy," was
n phrase that might have thrilled
Aunty Itose at another time. But sho
was so deep In her own thoughts that
she heard what Carolyn May euld per
functorily. With her customary kiss, sho left
the little girl and went downstairs.
Carolyn May hnd seen so much excite
ment during the dny that she might
have been expected to sleep at onco,
und that soundly. But It was not so.
The llttlo girl luy with wide-open
eyes, her Imagination at work.
"Two's company, three's a crowd."
Bhe took thnt trite saying, In which
Aunty Itose had expressed her own
feelings, to herself. If Undo Joo nnd
Miss Amanda were going to bo mar
ried, they would not want anybody
else around 1 Of courso not I
"And what will becomo of mo?"
thought Carolyn Mny chokingly.
All the "emptiness" of tho last few
months swept over the soul of tho llt
tlo child in n wavo that her natural
cheerfulness could not withstand. Ilor
anchorage In tho lovo of Undo Joo
and Miss Amanda wns swept awny.
Tho heart of tho little child swellod.
Her eyes overflowed. Sho sobbed her
self to Bleep, Uio pillow niullliug
tho sounds, more forlorn than ever be
fore Blnco the hnd como to Tho Cor
ners, CHAPTER XVIII.
The Journey.
It Tina certnlnly a fact that Amanda
l'arlow Immedlntely usurped some
power In the household of tho Stagg
homestead. She ordered Joseph Stagg
oot to go down to his storo Unit next
dny. And he did notl
Nor could ho attend to business for
several days thereafter. lie was too
stiff und tome nnd his burns wero too
painful.
Chet Gormloy came up each dny for
Instructions und wns exceedingly full
of business. 4. mnn would hnvo to bo
very exacting indeed to find fuult with
the interest the boy displayed In run
ning the store just ns his employer de
sired It to bo run.
"I tell yon whnt It Is, Car'lyn," Chet
drawled, In confidence. "I'm mighty
sorry Mr. Stagg got hurt llko ho did.
Out Icmme tell you, It's Just glvln' mo
the chance of my life!
"Why, muw says that Mr. Stngg nnd
Miss Mandy I'nrlow'U git married for
sure now I"
"Oh, yes," sighed tho llttlo girt
"They'll be married."
"Well, when folks git married they
alius go off on n trip. Courso, they
will. And uii I'll be runnln' tho busi
ness nil by myself. It'll bo great 1 Mr.
Stagg will seo Jest how much value I
bo to him. Why, It'll bo tho makln' of
ma " cried tho optimistic youth.
Yen, Carolyn May heard it on nil
aides. Everybody was talking about
the nffulr of Uncle Joe und Miss
Amanda.
Every tlmo sho bow her undo nnd
her "pretty lady" together the observ
ant child could not but notice that they
wero utterly wrapped up In each other.
Miss Amanda could not go past tho
easy chair In which the hardware deal
er was enthroned without touching
him. He, ns bold as a boy, would
elr.e her hand und kiss It.
Love, n mighty, warm, throbbing
jptrlt, hnd caught them up nnd swept
them nway out of thomsulves out of
their old rt'lvea. at least. They hud
eyes only for each other thoughts
only for each other.
Even n child could see something of
this. The nbsorptlon of the two made
Aunty Hose's remarks very lmpres.slvo
to Cnrolyn Mny.
A week of this followed n week In
which the trouble In Carolyn May's
heart and brnln seethed until It be
came unbearable. She was convinced
thnt there would soon bo no room for
her In tho big house. She watched
Aunty Roso pack her own trunk, and
the old lady looked very glum, Indeed.
Sho heard whispers of an Immediate
marriage, here In tho house, with Mr.
Drlggs us the olllclntlng clergyman.
Carolyn May studied things out for
herself. Being u child, her conclu
sions were not always wise ones.
She felt thnt she might be a stum
bling block to the complete happiness
of Uncle Joo and Amanda l'arlow.
They might have to sot asldo their own
desires because of her. She felt vague
ly that this must not be.
"I can go home," she repeated over
and over to herself.
"Ucmo" wns still In the New York
city apartment house where sho had
lived so happily before that day when
her fnther und mother had gone nboard
tho Ill-fated Dunrnven.
Their complete loss out of tho little
girl's llfo hnd never becomo llxed In
her mind. It had never seemed a surety
not even after her talks with tho
sailor, Benjnmln Ilnrdy.
Friday afternoon tho little girl went
to tho churchynrd and mndo neat tho
thrco llttlo graves and the one long
one on tho plot which belonged to
Aunty Rose Kennedy. Sho nlmost
burst Into tenrs that evening, too,
when sho kissed Aunty Rose good
night nt bedtime. Uncle Joe was down
at tho Pnrlows'. Ho nnd Mr. Parlow
actually smoked their pipes together
In hnrmony on the cottage porch.
Aunty Rose wns usually an early
riser; but tho first person up nt The
Corners on that Saturday morning was
Carolyn Mny. She was dressed n full
hour hoforo the household wns usually
astir.
Sho camo downstairs very softly,
carrying tho henvy bag sho had
brought with her the day she had flrst
The- Brakeman Was Nice, Too, and
Brought Her Water In a Paper. Cup.
come to The Corners. Sho had her
purse In her pocket, with nil her money
In It nnd she hnd In tho bag most of
her necessary possessions.
Sho washed her fuco and hands. Her
hair was already combed anil neatly
braided. From the nnntrv sho secured
some brend and butter, nnd, with this
in her hand, unlocked tho porch door
and went out. Prince got up, ynwnlng,
and shook himself. She sat on tho
step- to eat tho brend and butter, di
viding It with Prince.
"This is such n beautiful place,
Prlncey," sho whispered to tho mon
grel. "Wo nro going to miss It dread
fully, I s'pose. Rut then Well,
we'll hnve tho purk. Only you can't
run ao frco thero."
Prlnco whined. Cnrolyn May got up
nnd shook the crumbs from her lap.
Then sho unchained tho dog nnd
picked up her bag. Prince prnnced
aoout ner, glad to got his morning run.
Tho llttlo girl nnd the dog went
out of tho gate and started along tho
road toward Sunrise Cove.
Tho houses hnd nil been asleep nt
Tho Corners. So wns tho Pnrlow cot
tage when she trudged by. Sho would
hnvo liked to seo Miss Amnnda, to
kiss her Just ouce. Rut sho must not
think of that I It brought such a
"gulpy" feeling Into her throat.
Nobody saw Carolyn May and T . co
until sho reached Main street. Alien
tho sun had risen nnd a few early per
sons were nstlr; but nobody nppenrcd
who knew the clilld or who cured any
thing about her.
At the railroad station nobody spoko
to hor, for sho bought no ticket. Sho
was not exactly clear In hor mind
about tickets, unyway. Sho had found
the conductor on the train coming up
from New jrk n kind nnd pleasant
man and sho decided tn do nil her
business with him. . ,
Had sho attempted to buy n ticket
of the stutlon ngent undoubtedly he
would have mndo omo Inquiry, a It
was, when the train camo nlong Caro
lyn Mny, nfter seeing Prlnco put Intt
the baggage car, climbed nbonrd wltfc
the help of a brnkemnn.
"Of course, if ho howls awfully," eh
told the baggagemnn, who gnv her
chock without question, "I shnll hnvt
to go In thnt cur nnd sit with him.
There were not tunny people In tb(
car. They steamed away from Sun
rise Cove nnd Cnrolyn May dabbled
her eyes with her handkerchief nnd
told herself to be brnve.
The stations were n long wny npnrt
and the conductor did not come
through for some time. When he did
open the door nnd como Into tho cur
Carolyn May started up with a glad
cry. It was the very conductor who
hnd been so kind to her on tho trip up
from New York.
Tho railroad man knew her nt once
nnd shook hnnds most henrtlly with
her.
"Where nro you going, Cnrolyn
Mny?" ho asked.
"All tho way with you, sir," sho re
plied. "To New York?"
"Yes, sir. I'm going home ngnln."
"Then I'll see you Inter," he said,
without asking for her ticket.
The conductor remembered the llttlo
girl very well, although ho did not
remember nil tho details of her story.
Ho was very kind to her nnd brought
her satisfying news about Prlnco In
tho baggage car. The brnkemnn wai
nice, too, and brought her water V
drink In n paper cup.
At last the long stretches of streets
nt right angles with the tracks ap
peared asphalt streets lined with tnll
apartment houses. This could be noth
ing but Now York city. Her papn hnd
told her long ago that thero was no
other city llko It In tho world.
Sho knew One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street and Its elevated station.
That was not where she had boarded
the train going north, when Mr. Price
hnd placed her In tho conductor's enre,
but It wns nearer her old home thnt
sho knew. So sho told tho brnkemnn
sho wanted to get out there nnd he
urrnnged to hnvo Prince released.
Tho little girl alighted and got her
dog without misadventure. Sho wns
down on the street level beforo tho
train continued on Its Journey down
town. At the Grand Central terminal tho
conductor wns met with a telegram
sent from Sunrlso Cove by a certain
frantic hardware dealer and thnt tele
gram told him something nbout Caro
lyn Mny of which he hnd not thought
to ask.
CHAPTER XIX.
The Horn of Carolyn May.
It wns some distance from the rnlh
rond station to the block on which
Cnrolyn May Cameron had lived nil
her llfo until sho hnd gone to stay
with Undo Joo Stagg. The child knew
she could not take the car, for tho con
ductor would not let Prlnco ride.
She stnrted with the dog on his
leash, for ho wns not muzzled. Tho
bug beenme heavy very soon, but sho
staggered nlong with It uncomplain
ingly. Her disheveled nppenrnuco,
with tho bag nnd tho dog, gave peoplo
who noticed her the Impression that
Carolyn May had been away, perhaps,
for u "fresh-air" vacation, nnd was
now coming home, brown and weary,
to her expectant family.
But Carolyn Mny know that sho wns
coming homo to un empty npartment
to rooms thnt echoed with Ivor moth
er's volco and In which lingered only
memories of her father's cheery spirit
Yet It was tho only home, sho felt,
that was left for her.
Sho could not blame Undo Joo nnd
Miss Amnndn for forgottlng her.
Aunty Roso had been qulto disturbed,
too, slnco tho forest fire. Sho hnd
given tho little girl no hint that pro
vision would bo made for her future.
Wearily, Carolyn May traveled
through tho Harlem streets, shifting
tho bag from hand to hand, Prlnco
pacing sedately by her side.
"We're getting near homo now, Prin
cey," sho told him sgaln and again.
Thus sho tried to keep her heart up.
Sho came to tho ?mer near which sho
had lived so loon and Prlnco suddenly
sniffed nt the tcreencd door of a shop.
"Of course, poor fellow 1 That's tha
butcher's," Cnrolyn May said.
She bought n penny afternoon pa
per on n news stund and then went
Into the shop and got n nickel's worth
of bones nnd scraps for Uio dog. Tho
clerk did not know her, for ho was
u new man.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
That Strict Confidence.
Wo wero listening (and who
wouldn't?) to two women talking at
each other on u Fifth avenuo bus in
tho moro or less busy city of Gothnra,
und In so doing wo hcurd one of tho
muster paradoxes. One womun said to
tho other: "Why, she told mo tn
strictest confidence only tno other
day "New York Sun.
Will It Return to Its Owner7
Flexlblo tips fenturo now umbrella
ribs, which their Inventor claims will
prevent un umbrella from belug blown
ituldo out
Gay troops of party frocks are fair
ly dancing in, no longer fearing
frowns of disapproval. They are to
play a part in our welcome home to
our conquering heroes. As these
heroes have sung the praises of Amer
ican girls and have made comparisons
odious to the maids of other lauds,
while sojourning "over there," our
own girls are determined to look their
best now that the bojs are coming
home.
"Let no maid think she is not fair
er In new clothes than old" or words
to that' effect said the great poet
laureate. Here, in the picture above,
Is portrayed a dance frock which Is
pretty enough to Inspire appreciative
people like poets and returning heroes.
It Is of Nile green tulle over a batln
petticoat with an underbodico of
cloth of silver. Iridescent bands,
mndo of sequins that do much gleam
ing and twinkling, hae occasional
white daisies, in narrow ribbon em
broidery, placed upon them'. These
nlways suggest youth. The bands are
used In n border at the bottom of the
For Devotees of
Due to arrive just now are the more
or less pretentious outfits for the dev
otees of midwinter sports. Plensure
seekers nre divided Into two factions;
one of them lured by sunshine and
soft ulr. gay compaulonshlp nnd new
ndventure, to the South, nnd the other,
strong for the North with Its Ice nnd
snow and lusty sports. In the South
fashions udd their Interest to every
occupntlon, nnd tills element of inter
est is not lacking where the back
ground of nil apparel Is a world cov
ered with snow nnd Ice-bound. Since
lunch n background cnlls for tho sparkle
of brilliant color, we await the entry
of a lot of fasdnntlng and snappy togs
for Northern sportsmen, just as we
would thnt of n henrt-stlrrlng military
band.
In the vanguard, having nlrendy ar
rived for Christmas, there are new
bkntlng sets in two or three pieces.
They nro mndo of soft felts, bnsket
weave cloths or developed In nny of
the heavy, soft weaves among winter
coatings. Some of these sets add a
small muff to the senrf nnd cap.
There nro hand-knitted and hand-cro-chetted
sets, of yarns; those of nn
gora htivlng mndo their entry curliest.
In the picture nbove two sets mndo of
cloths nro shown, ono of felt nnd one
of n bnsket-wenve.
At tho left, n snmrt set Is made of
wine-colored felt. Tho scurf Is very
wide, worn with a shnwl effect, and
finished with a knotted fringe of ynrn.
The enp Is an Inspiration of the
"overseas" cap, and a metallic orna
ft &$iL llflB
tulle skirt and In two spiral lines
above. There Is n short overdress,
without a hem, joined to a yoke devel
oped of the Iridescent bands extend
ed Into n corselet. The tulle bodice
is puffed nnd the sleeves are puffs
confined by bands with pointed
flounces falling from them.
Some one should whisper In the enrs
of auburn-haired and red-haired girls,
thnt here Is a frock thnt will make
them look their loveliest. But this
green 'is not n difficult color for al
most nny girl whatever her com
plexion. A radiant skin nnd bright
hnlr nro wonderfully set off by it.
Somber Hues.
Beige crepe de chine and dnrk blue
sntin, tete de negre velvet nnd black
satin, blue serge and black satin, and
black georgette and black satin nre
favorite combinations. A certain soft
shade of terra cotta Is also used ef
fectively with black. The scarcity of
fabrics and the necessity for conserv
ing wool nre responsible for this folblo
of fashion.
Midwinter Sports
ment makes a dashing finish for It.
The sel at the right Is developed In
n rose-colored basket cloth. Fringed
bands of tho mnterlnl nre used for n
decoration on both the senrf nnd cop,
but a crocheted rose of chenille blooms
on the lntter while the senrf, with
brlnr-stltched edges, Is cleverly folded
up at ono end to form n muff.
The Separate Vest
The sepnrate vest Is the most Impor
tant nnd populur dress nccessory of
tho season. It has made Its appear
ance In Innumerable fabrics, colors and
general styles. Primarily the separato
vest Is Intended for wear with tho two
pleeo suit, but It Is possible to wear It
with n tailored or semltnllored street
frock, transforming a plain dress Into
one that Is elaborate enough for aftcri
noon wear. Theso vests may be made
with or without collars, and the choice
of fubrlcs covers the entire range from
filmy tiets nnd laces to heavy, warm
angora. Separate vests of fur and Iml
tatlon fur are also often made to ac
company plain tailored biilts, and they
may bo worn either underneath or out
side tho suit coat.
Judging Materials.
When buying woollen materials hold
them up to the light and look through
them ; the best qualities are free from
uneven and broken threads.
In 1848 Sir Arthur GnrroJ proved
that in gout f also truo in rheumatism)
there is deficient elimination on the
part of tbc kidneys nnd tho poioone
within are not thrown off.
Prof. II. Stranss attributes a gouty
attack to the heaping up of poisons
where tiicrc is an abundance of urio
acid which is precipitated in tho jointo
nnd sheaths, setting up inflammation.
Before the attack of gout or rheu
matism thero is sometimes headache,
or what is thought to bo neuralgia, or
rheumatic conditions, such as lumbago,
pain in tho bnck of tho neck, or sciatica.
As Prot. Strauss says, " The excretion
of uric acid wo aro able to effect by
exciting diuresis." Drink copiously of
water, six or eight glasses per day, hot
water beforo meals, and obtain Anurio
tablets, double strength, for CO cts., at
tho nearest drug storo nnd take them
three times a day. If you want a trial
pnekngo send 10 cents to Dr. Pjerce'o
Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
"Anuric" (anti-uric) is a recent dis
covery of Dr. Pierce and much moro
potent than lithin, for it will dissolve
urio acid as hot tea dissolves eugar.
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AlldrugiliU: SopZS, Ointment 28 A M, Tatasn S6.
Bunpltebro( "Cutlnrk, Stpt I, Btom."
His Bluff Called.
"These $0 shoes suit me nil right"
said the young man who hnd enongb
in to feel n bit gay. "I'll tnke two
pairs, size No. 0."
When they were wrapped up tho
young man tendered him three $2 bills.
"Thnt will be $12, sir. if you please."
"Say, you're n poker player, aren't
you? Well, three of n kind bent tw
pair."
"Yes, but they don't bent four
nines," said the salesman. "Twelve
dollnrs, please." Boston Transcript
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Pape's Dlapepsln tnblcts cost littls
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She "I hnvo n perfectly kitting ao
tomobllo costume." He "Then please
do not wear It on this trip."
No mnn Is ever great from hie
neighbor's point of view.
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