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WORKERS' DORMITORIES ON WASHINGTON'S PLAZA
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Carolyn of fie Corners
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CAROLYN'S SUNNY DISPOSITION BEGINS TO HAVE itS
EFFECT UPON AUNTY ROSE.
Synopsis. Ilor father and mother cportcd lost nt sou when the
Dunraven, oa which they ltntl suited rur IJuropo, was r.unl:, Carolyn
May Cnmerou Hannah's Carolyn Is pent from Now York to her bach
elor uncle, Joseph Stagg, at the Corners. The reception given her by
her undo lfl not very enthusiastic. Carolyn Is also chilled by the stern
demeanor of Aunty ltoso, Undo Joe's housekeeper. Stagg Is dismayed
when ho lenrna from n lawyer friend of his brother-in-law Hint Carolyn
has hqtvn left practically penniless und consigned to his caro as
guardian.
CHAPTER IV Continued.
Thcrcforo General Bolivar clinrgcd
with outspread wings and quivering
fan. II lfl eyesight was not good, how
ever. Ho charged the little girl In
stead of the roistering dog.
Carolyn May frankly screamed. Ilad
tho angry turkey reached the little
girl ho woul havo beaten her down
and perhaps seriously Injured her.
IIo missed her tho first time, but
turned to chargo again. Prlnco barked
loudly, clrdlng nround the bristling
turkey ceek, undecided just how to get
Into tho battle. But Aunty Rose knew
no fear of anything wearing feathers.
"Scat, yon brute 1" sho cried, and
made a grab for the turkey, gripping
him with her left hand behind his
head, bearing his long neck downward.
In her other hand she seized a piece
of lath and with It chastised tho big
turkey across the haunches with
vigor.
"Oh, don't spank him any more,
Aunty Itoscl" gasped Carolyn May at
last "IIo must bo sorry."
With a final stroke Aunty Rose al
lowed tho big fowl to go and he ran
away fast enough.
"Your dog, child, docs not know
his manners. If he Is going to stay
hero with you bo must learn that fowl
aro not to be chased nor startled."
"Oh, Aunty ltoso I" begged tho little
girl, "dou't punish Prince 1 Not not
that way. Please don't I Why, he's
Borer been spanked In his life I He
wouldn't koew what It meant. Dear
Aunty Hose"
"I shall not boat him, Car'lyn May,"
Interrupted Aunty Rose. "Rut be must
learn his lesson. IIo must learn that
liberty Is not license. Bring him here,
Car'lyn May."
Sho led tho way to an open coop of
laths In the middle of the back yard.
This was a hutch In which sho put
broody hens when she wished to break
tap their desire to set. She opened
tho gate of It and motioned Prince. to
enter.
The dog looked pleadingly at his
llttlo mistress' face, then Into the worn
'en's stern countenance. Seeing no
rcprlcvo In either, with drooping tall
ho slunk Into the cage.
I With ono hand clutching her frock
over her heart, Carolyn May's big blue
eyes overflowed.
"It's just as If he was arrested," she
aid. "Poor Prlnco 1 Das ho got to
tay there always, Aunty Hobo?"
"Ho'll stay till ho learn3 his lesson,"
aid Mrs. Kennedy grimly, und went
jon into tho garden.
I Carolyn May sat down closo to the
,ddo of the cage, thrust one hand be
tween the slats and held one of the
dog's front paws. Sho had hoped to
go Into tho garden to help Aunty Roso
pick poos, but oho could not bear to
leavo Prince alone.
By and by Mrs. Kennedy carao up
Jfrom tho gardes, her pan heaped with
jkhIs. She looked neither In tho di
rection of tho prisoner nor at his little
jxnlstrcss.
! Prlnco whined and Iny down. IIo
Uiad bogun to reullzo now that this was
no play at all, but punishment. IIo
(blinked his eyes at Carolyn May and
llooked as .sorry as ever u dog with
.cropped cars and an abbreviated tall
could look.
Tho peas and potatoes wero cook
ing for dinner when Aunty Rose ap
peared again. Thero was tho little
girl, nil of a dewy sleep, lying on the
grass by tho prison pen. Aunty Roso
would havo released Prince, but,
though ho wagged his stump of a tall
at her and yawned and blinked, sho
"Taking a nap," Bald Aunty Roso
composedly.
"Hum I can't tho child get up to her
victuals?" demanded Mr. Stngg. "You
begin serving that young ono sepa
rately and you'll make yourself work,
Aunty Rose."
"Never troub'o about that which
doesn't concern you, Joseph Stags,"
responded his housekeeper rather
tartly. "Tho Lord bus pluced tho care
of Hannah's Car'lyn on you and mo
and Til do my share and do It proper."
Mr. Stir 'look his head nnd lost
Interest In ,-j wedge of berry pie.
"There are Institutions " he began
weakly; but Aunty Rose said quickly:
"Joseph Stagg! I know you for what
you arc other people don't. If the
neighbors heard you say that they'd
think you wero a heathen. Your own
sister's child 1"
"Now, you send Tim, tho hackman,
up after me this afternoon. I've got
to go shopping. Tho child hasn't a
thing to wear but that fancy llttlo
blnck frock, nnd she'll ruin that play
ing around. She's got to have frocks
and shoes and another hat all sorts
of things. Seems a shame to dress a
child like her In black It's punish
ment. Makes her affliction double, I
do eay."
"Well, I suppose we've got to flat
ter Custom or Custom will weep,"
growled Mr. Stngg. "Rut where tho
money's coming from "
"Didn't Cnr'lyn's pa leave her nono?"
asked Aunty Rose promptly.
"Well not what you'd call n for
tune," admitted Mr. Stugg slowly.
"Thanks bo you've got plenty, then.
And If you haven't I have," said the
woman In a tone that Quite closed the
question of finances.
"Which shows me just where I get
off at," muttered Joseph Stagg as he
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He Charged the Little Girl Instead of
the Roistering Dog.
.had still her doubts regarding a mon-
grel'o good nature.
Sho could not allow tho child to
,Bloop thero, however; so, stooping,
picked up Carolyn May and carried
thcr comfortably Into tho house, laying
Jior down on tho sitting-room couch to
linvo her nap out as sho supposed,
without awakening her.
Aunty Roso came away softly and
doBcd tho door nnd while sho finished
getting dinner she tried to make no
nolso which would awaken tho child,
Mr. Stngg came homo at noon, qulto
as full of business ns usual. To tell
tho truth, Mr. Stagg always felt bash
ful in Aunty Rosa's presence ; and he
tried to hldo hia affliction by conversa
tion. So ho talked steadily through
tho meal.
But somewnerc about at tho plo
course, It waa ho stopped and looked
round curiously.
"Bless mol" ho exclaimed, "whero's
Hannah' Car'lyn r
started down Uie walk for the store.
"I know that young ono would bo a
nuisance."
Carolyn May, who was qulto used to
taking n nap on the days that sho did
not go to school, woko up, as bright
as a nowly minted dollar, ory soon
after her Uncle Joe left for the store.
"I'm niifiiltt. LAMn T .l I l.l... ii
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sho confided to Aunty ltoso when sho
danced Into tho kitchen. "You see,
I want to get acquainted with Undo
Joo just ns fast as possible. And ho's
ut homo so llttlo I guess that It's going
to bo hard to do It."
"Oh, Is that so? And Is It going to
be hard to get acquainted with me?"
asked tho housekeeper curiously.
"Oh, no I" cried Carolyn May, snug
gling up to tho good woman and pat
ting her plump huro arm. "Why, I'm
getting 'qualntcd with you fast. Aunty
Rosol You henrd mo bay my prayers
nnu wiien you laid mo down on the
couch Just now you kissed mo."
Aunty Rose actually blushed. "There,
there, child I" she exclaimed. "You're
too noticing. Kat your dinner, that
I've saved warm for you."
"Isn't Prince to havo any dinner,
Aunty Roso?" asked tho little girl.
"You may let him out, if yon wish,
after yoa have had your dinner. You
can feed him under tho tree."
Carolyn May was very much excited
about an hour hiter when a rusty
closed hack drew up to tho front gate
of tho Stagg place and stopped.
, An old man with u square-cut chin
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whisker nnd clothing nnd hut as rusty
as tho hack Itself held the telns over
the bony hack of the horse that drew
tho ancient equipage.
"I say, young'un, nln't you out o' yer
bailiwick?" queried Tim, the hucknuin,
staring at the little girl In the Stugg
yard.
Carolyn May stood up quickly nnd
tried to look over her shoulder nnd i
down her back. It wus hard to get
all those buttons buttoned straight, i
"I don't know," sho said, perturbed.
"Does It show?"
"Huh?" grunted Tim. "Does what
show?"
"Whnt you said," said Carolyn May
accusingly. "I don't believe It does."
"Heyl" chuckled the hack driver
suddenly. "I meant, do you 'low Mrs.
Kennedy knows you're playing In her '
iront ynra?"
"Aunty Ro8e7 Why, of course 1"
Carolyn May declared. "Don't you
know I live here?"
"Live here? Got out!" exclaimed
tho surprised hackman.
"Yes, sir. And Prlnco too. With my
Uncle Joo nnd Aunty Rose."
"Pitcher of Georgo Washington!"
ejaculated Tim. "You don't mean Joe
Stngg's taken a young-'un to board?"
"He's my guardian," said the little
girl primly.
Aunty Rose nppeared. She wore a ,
closo bonnet, trimmed very plainly,
nnd carried a parasol of drab silk. I
Aunty Rose climbed Into the creaky
old vehicle.
"Aro you going t bo gone long?"
nsked Carolyn May politely.
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"i iiiwiu muu mu iiuurs, mini,
said tho housekeeper. "Nobody will
bother you here "
"Not while that dog's with her, I
reckon," put In Tim, tho bnckmna.
"May I come down tho road to meet
you, Aunty Rose?" aHkcd the llttlo
girl. "I know the way to Uncle Joe's
store."
"I don't know any reason why you
can't corao to meet me," replied Mrs.
Kennedy. "Anyway, you can come
along tho road ns far as the first '
house. You know that one?"
"Yes, ma'am. Mr. Parlow's," said
Carolyn May.
Carolyn May went back Into tho
yard and sat on tho front-norch steps
nnd Prince, yawning unhappily, curled '
down nt her feet. There did not
seem to be much to do at this place.
Sho hud time now, had Carolyn May,
to compare The Corners with tho busy
Harlem streets with which sho had
been familiar all her life.
"Goodness mel" thought Carolyn
May, startled by hor own Imagination,
"suppose nil the folks la all theso
houses around here were dead I"
They might havo been for all tho
human noises sho heard.
"Goodness me!" Bho said again, and
this time she Jumped up, startling
Prince from his nap. "Maybo thero
Is n spell cast over all this place," sho
went on. "Let's go nnd see If we can
find somebodv thnt'n nltvn"
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They soon came In sight of tho Par-
low house and carpenter shop.
"Wo cau't go beyond that," said
Carolyn May. "Aunty Rose told us
not to. And Undo Joo says tho carpenter-man
Isn't a pleasant man."
Sho looked wistfully at the nrem-
Ises. Tho cottage seemed qulto as
much under tho "spell" as had beon
thoso dwellings nt Tho Cornera. But
from the shop camo tho sound of a
piano shrieking over a long board.
"Oh, Prlncey 1" gasped Carolyn May.
"I b'lleve he's making long, curly
shavings !"
If there was ono thing Carolyn May
adored It was curls.
Suddenly Mr. Jcdldlnh Pnrlow looked
up nnd mw tho wistful, du,t-streakod
face under the black hat brim and
above tho black frock. II.. stared at
her for fully a ffllnute, posing tho
piano over his work. Then he put It
down and camo to tho duor of tho
shop.
"You'ro Hannah Stagg's little girl,
aren't you?" he asked.
"Yes, sir," sho said, and sighed.
Dear me, ho knew who she was right
away! Thero would not hi uny cbnuco
of her getting a suit of lou.; curls.
"You've como hero to live, havo
you?" said Mr. Parlow slowly.
"Yes, sir. You see, m papa and
mamma wero lost nt souwith tho
Dunraven. It was a mlstal.o, I guess,"
sighed the little girl, "for th.-y weren't
limning nnyuoiiy. Hut tho Dunraven
got In tho way of somo ships that wero
fighting, In a phico callen jthft Medi
terranean ocean, and tht Dunraven
was sunk, and only u few folks wero
saved from It. My papa uad mamma
weren't saved."
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Wiiillnic iieeissltlis In Wichliigimi huvo halted the pin ::i dcxelopmeni by whleh the hpacc between the Union sta
tion and Hie eapltol was to liae been converted into a beau lful park. Dormitories for government workers are being
built on the tilth u space. It Ih one of many housing piojeets under way to relieve an almost unbelievable congestion.
THIS IS WHAT THE GERMANS LEFT OF "PERONNE
When the allies recaptured 1'eronno they found the Huns had reduced it to a muss or ruins. A scene in the wrecked
city Is here shown.
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TheM' Aineiiian i(iators are consulting map- Just prior to btartlng upon
a bombing e.pcilItlou on Met., thu Alsatian capital.
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TURKS CAPTURED IN PALESTINE
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Here nro tpes of the Turkish prisoners taken by the thousands In Pales
tlno by the victorious troops of General Alleuby's expedition.
Carolyn learns why hep uncle
and Amanda Parlow aro now
so "mad" that they do not speak
at. they pass each other by.
Read all about It In tho next
installment
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(TO lit: CONTINUl U.)
When Dame Fortune goes calling sho ' September 13 and wus culled Fructldor
utterly disregards "at homo" daya. I ' UM
French Revolutionary Calendar.
Tho convention of tho French revo
lution ubollsheil thu ordinary calendar
and established a new one, beginning
....nl.t tin. miiiimniil eoulnnx. with do-
srrlntlve names for tho months. Tho aro envied as wealthy, aro In reality
nrrfientx time of year was under that ' poor Hturved souls to whom the Joy of
arrniigenient tno iasi iimiiin " "
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Real Riches.
Do you know what real riches nre?
Souio people never know, but others do.
Ileal riches consist not In having, hut
In giving. Somo of tho peoplo who
snerlflco Is an unknown luxury. Not
until you master the art of giving up
for others nre you really rich. Exchange.
Surprise to Mother.
The little girl worked herself un into
, Hint form of bad temper which Is gen
erally Known to parents under tho
name of "a tantrum."
r.nt her mother did not mnko tho
common mistake of chastising her
while she was in that mood. Sho
called the little pM to her sldo and
argued with her.
"Dear child," raid tho mother, "don't
you know that when you get yourself
'.ntn such a state nohxly loves you?"
"Dear mother," answered tho ohiiii
controlling herself wl'h difficulty and
speaking through her clenched teeth
"when I nm In such u statu I don't
care a darn whether anybody loves m
or not 1" Cleveland Plain Denier.
Belnlum After the War.
Attention Is called by tho nelginn
Bulletin to tho fact that In tho dls
trlct of Llego after tho wnr tho coal
mines of thu basin of Llego will ro
organic in still greater proportions
tho food service which they bad cro
nted for tho miners, hut which tho
food shortage forced them to suspend
Tho syndicated coal mines In question
will open establishments to furnish to
tho woikers food, clothing, shoes, etc,
at cost.
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