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aiolynortie(omrs i tCWJSm9E&V. lr .DODD. ME AD iun COMPANY. CAROLYN LEARNS WHY HER DO NOT SPEAK Synopsis. Her fnthcr and molhcr reported lost ut bcu when the Dunrnven, on which they had Bulled for Europe, wns sunk, Carolyn Mny Cameron Hannah's Carolyn Js sent from Now York to her bach clor undo, Joseph Stags, nt tho CorncrM. The reception Riven her hy her nnclo Is not very enthusiastic. Cnrolyn Is also chilled hy the stern demeanor of Aunty Itosc, Uncle Joe's housekeeper. Stngg Is dismayed when ho lenrns from n lawyer friend of his brothcr-lh-Inw thnt Cnrolyn lias been left practically penniless and consigned to his cure us guardian. CHAPTER IV Continued. "Sot" said tho curpenter, pushing b1b big spectacles up to his forchend. "I rend about It. Too hnd too mighty bad' I remember Hannah Stngg," ho added, winking his eyes, Carolyn May thought, a good deal ns Prlnco did. "Sou look llko her." "Do IV Carolyn May returned, drawing nearer. "I'm glnd I do. And I'm glad I sleep in what used to be her bed, too. It doesn't seem go lone some." "So? I reckoned you'd bo loncsomo p there at Tho Corners," snid the carpenter. Mr. Porlow o tripped another shar ing from tho edgo of tho board ho was plumbing. Carolyn May's eager eyes followed that curling ribbon and her jUps parted. The carpenter paused before push ing tho piano a second tlmo the length of the board. "Don't yod want a drink tnf water, llttlo girl?" ho asked. "Oh, yes, sir I would. And I know Prlnco would llko a drink," alio told blin quickly. "Go right around to tho well in tho back yard," said Mr. Parlow. "You'll had a glass there and Mandy keeps a pan on tho well curb for tho dogs and cats." I "Thank you, I'll go," tho little girl aid. She hoped sho would see Miss Amanda Parlow, but sho'saw nobody. ' She went back to tho door of tho '.carpenter shop and found Mr. Parlow till busily at work. "Seems to me," ho Bald, in his dry VnlPA. nftor n Iltttn whlln "unit nrnn't such like other llttlo clrls." 1 "Aren't I?" responded Carolyn May wonderlngly, "No. Most llttlo girls that come ifeere want shavings to play with," said tho carpenter, quizzically eying her orer his work. "Ohl" cried Carolyn May, almost Jumping. "And' do you glvo 'cm to ml" "'Most always," admitted Mr. Par low. I "Ohl Can I havo somo?" eho gasped. "All you want," snid Mr. Parlow. When Tim's old hack crawled along tho road from town with Aunty Itoso I ittlng insldo, enthroned amidst a mul titude of bundles, Carolyn May was 1 edecked with a verltablo wig of long, crisp carls. "Well, ohlld, you certainly havo made 1m mess of yourself," said the house- Keeper. "lias she been annoying you, Jedidlah Parlow?" "She's the only Stage that ain't an noyed me since her mother went way," Bald tho carpenter gruffly. Aunty Roso looked at him levclly. UI wonder," Bho Bald. "But, you Bee, f he isn't whally a Stagg." This, of coarse, did not explain mat tors to Cnroiyn May in the least. Nor id what Aanty Roso said to her on the way homo in tho hot, study hack ) elp tho llttlo girl to understand the trouble between her undo and Mr. 1 arlow. "Better not let Joseph Stagg see you to friendly with Jedidlah Parlow. Let i looping dogs He," Mrs. Kennedy ob :orvot CHAPTER V. A Tragic Situation. Such was tho introduction of Caro yn May to Tho Corners. It was not i very exdting llfo she had entered jato, but the following two or threo weeks were very full. Aunty Itoso insisted upon her being properly fitted out with clothing for .ho summer and fall. Carolyn May Had to go to the dressmaker's house to bo fitted and that Is how she be came acquainted with Chet Gormlcy's mother. Mrs. Gormley wns helping the dress maker and they both made much of Carolyn May. Aunty Hose allowed her to go for her fitting alone of course with Prlnco n8 a companion so, with out doubt, Mrs. Gormlcy, who loved a "dish of gossip," tulked more freely with tho little girl than she would have lone in Mrs. Kennedy's presence. One afternoon tho llttlo girl nn- icared nt tho dressmaker's with Prince's collar decoruted with short, urly shnlngs. "I take it you'vo stopped nt Jed Par- ow's shop, child," said Mrs. Gormley -with a high. "Yc. uia'nm," returned Carolyn JOTH BELMOFE ENDICOTT UNCLE AND AMANDA PARLOW AS THEY PASS. May. "Do you know, he's very llb'rnl." "'Llb'rnl?' repeated Mrs. Oormley. "I never heard of old Jed Parlow belli' nccused of thnt before. Did you, Mrs. Malnu?" Mrs. Maine was tho drcssmnkcr; and she bit off her words when she spoke, much ns she bit off her threads. "No. I never heard Jed Parlow called thnt no I" declared Mrs. Maine emphatically. "Why, yes," llttlo Curolyn May Bald qulto eagerly, "he gives mo nil tho shavings I want. I I guess folks don't Just understand nbout Mr. Par low," sho added, v remembering whnt her undo had first said nbout the car penter. "He Is real llb'rnl." "It's a wonder to me," drawled Mrs. Gormlcy, "that ho has a thing to do with a certain party, Mrs. Maine, con slderln' how his daughter feels townrd that certain party's relation. What d'you think?" "I guess there's Bumpln to bo said on both sides o' that contro versy," responded tho dressmaker. "Mcanln' that mebbe n ccrtnln par ty's relative feels Just as cross as Mandy Parlow?" suggested Mrs. Gorm ley. "Yep," agreed the other woman. Carolyn May listened, much puzzled. Sho wondered Just who "a certain party" could be. Mrs. Mulno was called away upon somo household task and Mrs. Gorm- "I Reckoned You'd Be Lonesome Up There at the Corners," said the Car penter. Icy seemed to change tho subject of conversation. "Don't your uncle, Mr. Stagg, ever spenk to you about Mandy Parlow?" sho asked the little girl. Carolyn May had to think nbout this beforo answering. Then sho remem bered. "Oh, t," fche said brightly. "Ho docs? Do tell !" exclaimed Mrs. Gormlcy eagerly. "What docs ho say?" "Why, ho says her nnmo Is MI33 Amanda Parlow." Mrs. Gormley flushed rather oddly nnd glanced nt the child with suspi cion. But llttlo Carolyn May was per fectly frank nnd Ingenuous. "Humph I" ejaculated Chefs mother, "no never says nothing about bcln' in lovo with Mandy, does he? They was goln' with each other steady once." The llttlo girl looked puzzled. '"When folks lovo cncli other they look nt each other nnd talk to each other, don't they?" she asked. "Well yes generally," admitted Mrs. Gormley. "Then my Uncle Joo nnd Miss Aman da Parlow aren't in love," announced Carolyn Mny with confidence, "for they don't even look at each other." "They used to. Why, Joseph Stagg and Mandy Pnrlow was sweethearts years and yenrs ago! Long beforo your mother left these parts, child." "That was a long time 'fore I wns horned," said the llttlo girl wonder lngly. "Oh, yes. Everybody that went to Tho Corners' church thought they'd be married." "My Undo Joo und Miss Mandy?" "Yes." "Then, what would havo becomo of Aunty Hose?" queried Carolyn May. "Oh, Mrs. Kennedy hadn't gono to keep house for Mr. Stagg then," re-1 plied Mrs. Gormley. "lie tried Hov'ral 'if v&wl WmWMf fft APS tntun critter there at tho Utngx place before she took hold." Cnrolyn Mny looked at Mrs. Oorm ley encouragingly. She wiib very much Interested In Uncle Joe nnd Miss Amnndu Pni low's love affair. "Why didn't they get married llko my pnpa nnd mamma?" she asked. "Oh, goodness knows 1" exclaimed Mrs. Gormlcy. "Some says 'twas his fault nnd some says 'twas hern. And mebbee 'twas a third party's that I might mention nt that," added Mrs. Gormley, pursing up her lips In n very knowing wuy. "One day," bho snid, growing confi dential, "it was in cnmp-mectlng time one day somebody seen Joe Stage drlvln' out with another girl Char lotto Lenny, thnt was. Sho was mar ried to a man oVer in Springdnlc long ago. Mr. Stngg took Charlotte to Faith camp meeting. "Then, tho very next week, Mandy went with Kvnn Pcckhntn to a barn dance nt Crockett's, and nobody nln't over seen your uncle nnd Mandy Pur low speak since, much less ever walk together." One particularly muddy day Prlnc met the returning hardware merchant nt the gate with vociferous harklngt nnd n plain desire to implant u wel coming tongue on the man's cheek. Ho succeeded In muddying Mr. Stngg's suit with his front paws, and almost cast the angry man full length Into a mud irarfiBiu'. "Drat tho beast i" ejaculated Mr Stagg. "I'd rather have an epileptic fit loose around hero than him. Now, look nt these clo'esl I declnre, Car' lyn, you'vo jest got to tie thut mongrel up and keep him tied!" "All tho time, Uncle Joe?" whis pered tho little girl. "Yes, mn'nm, nil tho time! If I find him loose again, I'll tie n bag of rocks to his neck and drop him in the deep est holo in the brook." After this nwful threat Prlnco lived a precarious existence, nnd his mis tress was much worried for him. Aunty Itosc said nothing, but she saw that both tho little girl and hex canine friend were very unhappy. Mrs. Kennedy, however, had watch ed Mr. Joseph Stagg for yeara. In deed, sho hnd known him ns a boy, long beforo she hnd closed up her own little cottage nround on tho other road and como to the Stagg place to save the hnrdwuro merchant from the con tinued rdlgn of those "trifling crea tures" of whom Mrs. Gormlcy hnd spoken. As n bachelor Joseph Stagg had been preyed upon by certain fcmnle hnrplcs so prevalent in n country com munity. Some had families whom they partly supported out of Mr. Stngg's larder ; somo were widows who looked upon tho well-to-do merchant as a marrying proposition. Aunty Itoso Kennedy did not need tho position of Mr. Stugg's housekeep er nnd could not be nccused of assum ing it from mcrcennry motives. Over her hack fence sho had seen the havoc going on in the Stagg homestead nftcr Hannah Stngg went to the city and Joseph Stngg's final femnlo relative ' hnd llel and left him nlono In tho hi" house. One day tho old Qunkcr-llko woman could stand no more. Sho put on her sunhonnct, came around by tho road to tho front door cf tho Stagg house, which sho found open, nnd walked through to tho rear porch on which tho woman who then held the situation of housekeeper was wrapping up tho best feuthcr bed nnd pillows in n pnir of i the best homespun sheets, preparatory to their removal. Tie neighbors enjoyed what followed. Aunty Hose camo through tho ordeal ns dignified und unruffled as ever; tho retiring Incumbent went away wrath fully, shaking the dust of the premises from her garments ns n testimony against "any slch actions." When Mr. Stagg camo homo nt sup per tlmo ho found Aunty Itoso nt tho helm nnd already a different air about the plnce. "Goodness me. Aunty Hose," ho ' Bald, biting Into her biscuit ruvenous- i ly, "I was n-golng down to the mill- bunds' hotel to board. I couldn't stund it no longer. If you'd stay here and do for me, I'd feel llko a now mun." "You ought to he mndo over into a new man, Joseph Stagg," tho woman snid sternly. "A married man." "No, no! Never that!" gasped the hardware dealer. "If I came here, Joseph Stagg, It would cost you more money than you'vo been paying theso uo-accouat women." "I don't care," said Mr. Stngg reck lessly. "Go ahead. Do what you pleusc. Say what you want. I'm gnmo." Thereby ho had put himself Into Aunty Hose's power. She had reno vated the old kitchen and somo of tho other rooms. If Mr. Stngg at first trembled for his bank bulance, ho wns mndo so comfortable that ho bad not tho heart to murmur. Of course, Carolyn May let Prlnco run at largo when sho was sure Undo Joo was well out of Bight of tho house, but Bho was very careful to chain him up ngnln long beforo her undo wus ex pected to return. Princo hnd learned notto dinso anj thing that woro feathers; Aunty Hose herself had to admit that ho was n very intelligent dog nnd knew what punishment was for. Hut how did ha know that in trying to dig out a iimIo ho would bo doing more harm than good? Carolyn Is heartbroken and decides upon drastic action when Uncle Joe passes sentence on Prince. Mead about it In the next Installment (TO 13E COXTIKUUD.) WHAT RED CROSS DID LAST YEAR Report of War Council Surely Will Thrill tho Hearts of All Americans. WOMEN GIVEN HIGH TRIBUTE Contributions of Materials and Time Have Been Practically Unending1 Figures Tell of Vork Done by the Various Chapter, October 13 the .'I.S.'il chapters of the lied Cross hold their annual meetings to elect olllc'r and make reports. To be read nt all these meetings through out the United States, the lied Cross War Council t-ent the following an nual message covering the work of the Hod Cross lor the prist year: To the Chapters of the American Ited Cross: The War Council sends greetings to the chapters uf the American Itod Ciiis on' the occasion of their annual meetings for 1018. With these greetings go congratula tions on the gieat work of the chapters during the past car and, nbovu all things, on the wonderful spirit of .sac rltlce and patriotism which has per vaded that work. The strength of the Ited Cross restR upon ito chapters. "They are Its hone and sinew. They supply Its funds, they supply Its men and women, they supply Its euthu-liVHin. Let us, then, review together the ited Crash story of the past year. Some Idea of the size to which your Red Cross family has grown may be gathered from the following facts: On May 1, 1017, Just before the. ap pointment of the War Council, the American Ited Cross had -180,104 mem bcis working through f02 chapters. On July HI, 101S, the organization numbered 2O,(M8.103 annual members, besides 8,000,000 members of the Junior lied Cross a total enrollment of over one-fourth the population of '.he United States. Since the beginning of the war you of tho chapters have co-operated with the War Council In conducting two war fund (Irises and one membership drive, In addition to the campaign on behalf of the Junior Ited Cross. The total actual collections to date from the first war fund have amounted to more tJinn 5115.000,000. The sub scriptions to tho second war fund i.niounted to upwards of $170,000,000. From membership dues the collec tions have nmounted to approximately 524,500,000. Splendid Work Done by Women. To the fnreglng must be added that ,nw contribution of materials nnu ume given ny wie minions m om en throughout the country in surgical dressings, in knitted urtlcles, In hos pital and refugee garments, in canteen work, and the other activities the chap ters have been called upon to perform. It Is estimated that approximately 8,000,000 women are engaged In can teen work and the product Ion of relief supplies through the chapter.s. For the period up to July 1, 1918, American lied Cross chapters, through their workrooms, had produced : 400,120 refugee garments. 7,121.0:21 hospital supplies. 10,780.480 hospltnl garments. 10,i:S4.fl01 knitted articles. 192,748,107 surgical dressings. A total of 2J1,J8.S:J8 articles of on 1 estimated aggregate value of at least $44,000,000. j These article were largely the product of women's hands, and, by the 1 same token, Infinitely more precious t than could have been the output of 1 factories or machines. These articles going to the operating room of the hos pitals, to homeless or needy refugees, and carrying comfort to our own boys in the held, convey 11 message of love from the women of this country entire ly distinct from the gieat money value attaching to their handiwork. Money Spent in Work. 1 By the terms tinder which the first Red Cross war fund was raised, the chupters were entitled to retain 115 per cent of the amount collected, In order defray local expenses, to enrry on their 1 homo service work, to purchase ma terials to he utilized In chapter produc tion and otherwise to meet the nuincr- I ous calls made upon them. The chap- 1 ters were thus entitled to retain nearly 520,000,000. As a matter of fact, their ' actual retentions amounted to only about 522,000,000. Out of collections from annual mem berships, tho chapters have retained about $11,000,000. From this total sum, therefore, of $33, 000,000 ictalned by tho chapters, they have met nil the oftentimes very heavy local demands upon them, and In addi tion have provided for use by national hnnilmmrlprs tirOllllCtS VlllllCd. US stated nbove, at upwards of $41,000, 000. Tho chapters have In effect returned to the War Council, not alone the $33. 000,000 retained out of the war fund membership dues but, in value of actual product, nn additional contribu tion of nt least $11,000,000. It will thus been seen that during the eighteen months which havo elapsed since tho United Suites' en tered the war, the American pooplo will havo either paid in or pledged to tho American Rod Cross for its work of rollef throughout the world, In moiipj or In mntcrlnl values, a net t6tal of at least $825,000,000. Tills outpouring of generosity In ma terial things has been accompanied by n spontaneity in the giving, by an en thulusm and a devotion In the doing, which, after all, nre greater and bigger than could he unythln'g measured in terms of time or dollars. It has been because of this spirit which has pervaded all American Red Cross effort In this war that the aged governor of one of the stricken and battered provinces of France .stated not long since thnt, though France had long known of America's greatness, strength and enterprise, It remained for the American Red Cross In this war to reveal America's heart. In this country, nt this moment, the workeis of the Red Cross, through Its chapters, arc helping to add to the comfort and health of the millions of our soldiers In 102 camps nnd canton ments, us well as of those tiiivcllng on railroad trains or embarking nn ships for duty overseas. The home service of the Red Cross, with Its now more than 40,000 workers. Is extending Its ministration') of sym pathy and counsel each month to up wards of 100,000 families left behind hy soldiers nt the front a number ever growing with the Increase of our men under arms. But, of course, the heart of the Red Cross and Its money and attention al ways move toward und focus them selves In Europe where the Ainerluuii Red Cross, us truly "the greatest moth, 'er In the world," Is seeking to draw "a vast net of mercy through an ocean of unspeakable pain." Red Cross Worth Recognized. Nothing is withheld that can be given over there to supplement the efforts of our army and navy In caring for our own hoys. The Red Cross does not pretend to do the work of the medical corps of the nrmy or the navy; Its purpose U to help und to supple ment. Nor does the Red Cross seek to glorify whnt it docs or those who do It; our satisfaction Is in the result, which, we nre assured by Secretary Baker, General Pershing, General Ire lnnd nnd all our leaders, Is of Ines timable value and of indispensable im portance. By the first of January your Red Cross will have working In France up wards of 5,000 Americans a vivid contrast to the little group of eighteen men and women which, us the tlrst Red Cross commission to France, sailed about June 1, 1917, to initiate our ef forts In Europe. Under your commission to France tho work tins been carefully organized, facllltlos have been provided, und ef fective efforts made to so co-operate with the army as to carry out the de termination of the American people, and especiully of the members of tin Red Cross, that our boys "over there" shall lack for nothing which may add to their safety, comfort nnd happiness. Your Red Cross now has active, op erating commissions In France, in Eng land, In Italy, In Belgium, In Switzer land, In Palestine and In Greece. You have sent a shipload of relief supplies and a group of devoted workers to northern Russia; you have dispatched a commission to work behind our urm les in enstern Slberln; you have sent special representatives to Denmark, to Serbia and to the Island of Madeira. "" Carries Message of Hope. Your Red Cross Is thus extending re lief to the armies and navies of our allies ; nnd you are carrying a practical message of hope and relief to the friendly peoples of ninicted Europe and Asia. I Indeed, we are told by those best In formed In the countries of our allies thnt tho efforts of your Red Cross to aid tho soldiers nnd to sustain the morale of the civilian populations left at home, especially in France and Italy, have constituted a very real fuc- , tor In winning the wnr. j The veil has ulready begun to lift. The defection of Bulgaria, which by the tlmo this message can be rend may ' have been followed by events still more portentous, muy point the way to yet greater Red Cross opportunity and ob- f ligation. "The cry from' Macedonia" to come nnd help will probably prove ono of the most nppealing messages to which the world has ever listened. 1 Whnt tho Red Cross may be called upon to do In the further course of tho 1 war, or with the coming of victory, ' pence and reconstruction, It would be I Idle to attempt to prophesy. I But your great organization, in very truth "the mobilized henrt and spirit of the whole American people," hns shown itself equal to any call, rendy to respond to any emergency. Spirit of All Best and Highest. The American Red Cross has become not so much an organization as a great movement, seeking to embody In organ ized form the spirit of service, the spirit of sacrifice In short, all thnt Is best and highest In the ideals and as pirations of our country. Indeed we cannot but believe that this wonderful spirit which service in nnd for the Red Cross hns evoked In this war, Is destined to become in our national mo un element ui iicmiuuu-ui value. At Christmas time we shnll ask the whole American people to answer the Red Cross Christmas roll call. It will constitute a unique nppenl to every mnn, woman and child in this great lnnd of ours to become enrolled In our nrmy of mercy. It Is the hope of the War Council that this Christmas membership roll call shall constitute a reconsecrntlon of the whole American people, nn In spiring renssertlon to mankind that in this hour of world tragedy, not to con quer but to serve Is America's supreme aim. THE WAR COUNCIL OF THE AMER ICAN RED CROSS. Henry P. Duvlson, Chairman. Washington, D. 0 Oct 10, 1018. ; n vv to avoid BACKACHE AND NERVOUSNESS Told by Mrs. Lynch From Own Experience. Provldenre, R. I. "I was all rti down in health, was .nerve us, had head- acnes, my bock ached nil tnt tlmo. 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It would be cheaper for me to shoot 'em myself. You're at home, nnd" "Shoot them? Mercy, Brother John son! I said 'shod,' not 'shot' nnd" "Awl" Knnsus City Star. I I What She Was Doing, Young Mrs. Fusserly was going t learn to knit socks for soldiers as a part of her patriotic dutlca. And ' moreover, she was going to. surprint her husband by her accomplishment. Hubble caught her one day laborious ly struggling with whnt miulii havo made 11 nice lnprohe for n child's go. enrt, but was an nlleged sock MRteatf. "Whnt In the world are you making there?" he asked, manlike. "I'm doing my bit," wns her n-tdy-He returned In the evening Just la time to see her tenrfully unraveling the Inst htttches of the sock. "H-m-m-in," he remarken, heartless ly. "At noon I find you dmnj? your bit In the evening I find yon undoing It." 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