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'PRINCE BECOMES A HERO OF ANOTHER ADVENTURE WHICH
INCREASES HIS POPULARITY.
Oynoplt--Hcr father and mother reported lost at sea when the
Dunraven, en which they hnd sailed for Europe, wns sunk, Carolyn
May Cameron Henna's Car'lyn 1b m-nt from New York to her bach
elor aade, Joxoph Siagg. at the Corners. Tho reception Riven her by
her uncle la not Tory enthusiastic. Carolyn Is nlno chlllod by the Htem
demeanor of Aunty Hone, Undo Joe's housekeeper. Stngg Is dismayed
when he- learns from a lawyer friend of hla brother-in-law that Carolyn
ban boen ltf t practically penniless and consigned to his care as guardian.
Carolyn learns of the estrangement between her uncle and his one-tline
sweetheart, Amanda Parlow, and the causo of the bitterness between
tha two families. Prince, tho mongrel dog tlint Carolyn brought with
her, a4 tho boon companion of the lonesome girl, Is In disfavor with
Unci Joe, who threatens to dispone of him, but Prince becomes u hero
and wis tha approval of tho Corners by routing a tramp In tho act of
robbing tho schoolteacher.
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CHAPTER VII.
1 A tanaay Walk.
Bcally If Prlnca had been a Tain
Iflog hla ego would cartalnly have be
sonte unduly developed because of this
feaddeat Tha Corners, as a commu
wits, voted him an acquisition, whereas
pantofore he had been looked upon as
a. goad deal of a nuisance.
After aha recovered front her fright
IOm Mlaato walked home with Caro
Bya May and allowed Prince's delight
lad Utile mistress to encourage the
htaro to "ahahe hands with teacher."
I "Now, yon see, ha's acquainted with
grou, MLse Minnie," said Carolyn May.
'"He's an awful nice dog. Ton didn't
Jfcaow Just how nice he was before."
Almaat everybody went to church
)aad all the children to Snnday school,
(which was held first
( The Iter. Afton Driggs, though serf-teus-mtnded,
was a loving man. Ho
was fond of children and he and his
ahfliTlnin wife gave much of their at
Itaatloa to the Sunday achool. Mrs.
lIMtgs taught Carolyn May's class of
(tttflo girls. Mrs. Drlggs did her very
past too, to get the children to stay
Ma the preaching service, but Carolyn
way had to confess that the pastor's
idtseonxaes were usually hard to under-iataad.
"And he Is always reading about the
ita." she complained gently to
Jo as they went home together
this particular Sunday, "and I
ken laterested when he does
tt I spee the Begata were very
people, but Pm sure they weren't
Mated to as they've all got such
gaoay aamea,"
I Huaar ejaculated Uncle Joo,
smothering a desire to laugh. "Flow
pently, aweet Afton, doea select bis
passages of Scrlpturo mostly from tho
Sralley ef dry bones,' I allow. You've
got It about right there, Carolyn May."
"Uncle Joe," said the little girl, tnk-
tag her courage In both hands, "will
CH de something for me?" Then, as
i stared down at her from under his
bushy hrews, she added : "I don't mean
that yea araa't always doing some
thing for me letting me sleop here at
Ear house and eat with you and all
L But something special."
"What la the 'something special?'"
stead Mr. Stagg cautiously.
"Something I want you to do to-
- fay. Toa always go off to your store
after dinner and whan you coma nome
ttti toe dark."
"Toe dark for whatT
1 Tor as to take a walk," aald the
Mttle girl very earnestly. "Oh, Undo
See, you dont know how dreadful I
taLes taking Sunday walka with my
papa! Of course we took 'cm In the
saornlng, for he had to go to work
Ian the paper In the afternoon, but we
did Just about go everywhere. If you
.would go with me," the little girl
added wistfully, "just this afternoon,
seems to me I wouldn't feel so so
empty."
"Huaopal" aald Uncle Joe, dealing
his throat "If lfs going to do you
any particular good, Car'lyn May, I
aapposa X can take a walk with you."
It waa a crisp day one of those au
tama days whea tha tang of frost re
gattas In tha air, in spite of all the
aftorta of tha turn to warm It
Here and there they stopped to pick
the glossy brow chestnuts that
karat from their burrs. That Is,
lya May aad her undo did. Prince,
(after a atngle attempt to nose one of
jsha prickly barn, left them strictly
Uttlo girl and tho mnn, becoming really
good comrades on this walk, met with
an adventure. At least to Carolyn
May it was n real adventure and ono
she was not to forgot for a lone, long
time
Prince suddenly 'bounded nway,
barking, down a pleasant glade,
through tho bottom of which flowed a
brook. Carolyn Mny caught a glimpse
of something brown moving down
there and ahe called shrilly to the dog
to come back.
"But that's somebody, Uncle Joe,"
Carolyn May said with assurance, as
the dog slowly returned. "Prince
never barks like that unless It's a per
son. And I saw something move."
"Somebody taking a walk, like us.
Couldn't be a deer," said Mr. Stagg.
"Oh," cried Carolyn May later, ( "I
see It again. That's a skirt I see.
Why, It's a lady!"
Mr, Stagg suddenly grew very stern
looking, as woll as silent. All the
beauty of tho day and of the glade
they hnd entered seemed lost on him.
He went on stubbornly, yet as though
loath ato proceed.
"Why," murmured Carolyn May, "It's
MIbs Amanda Parlow I That's who It
Isl"
The carpenter's daughter was sit
ting on n bare brown log by tho brook.
She was dressed very prettily, all In
brown.
Carolyn May wanted awfully to
speak to Miss Amanda. The brown
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girl nor
saw It '
It was colled right nt Miss Amandn'n
back. She did not see it for she waa
quite as Intent upon keeping her fnco
turned from Mr. Stagg as he had been
determined to Ignore her presence.
Carolyn May was shaking and help
lens. Not so Prince. Ho repeated his
challenging growl and then sprang
nt the vibrating head. Miss Amanda
uttered a Btifled scream and Jumped
up from tho log, whirling to see what
was happening behind her.
Joseph Stagg dropped Carolyn May's
hand and leaped forward with his
walking stick raised to strike. But
tho mongrel dog was there first IIo
wisely caught tho blacksnnke behind
tho bend, his strong, sharp teeth sev
ering Its vertebrae.
"Good dogl" shouted Mr. Stagg ex
citedly. "Fluo dog I"
"Oh, Miss Amanda I" shrieked Caro
lyn May. "I I thought ho was going
to sting you I did l"
She ran to tho startled woronn and
clung to hor hand. Prince nosed tho
doad Bnake. Mr. Stagg looked exceed
ingly foolish. Miss Amauda recovered
her color and hervolco simultaneously. I
"What a brave dog yours Is, Uttlo
girl," she said to Carolyn May. "And
I do ao despise snakes 1" Then she
looked directly at Mr. Stagg and
bowed gravely. "I thank you," sho
said, but so coldly, so Carolyn Mny
thought, that her voice might havo
come "just off an Iceberg."
"Oh, I didn't do anything really I
didn't" stammered the man. "It was
tho dog."
Both looked very uncomfortable.
Joseph Stagg began to pick up tho
scattered chestnuts from tho over
turned basket The lady stooped and
whispered to Carolyn Mny:
"Come to see me, my dear. I want
to know you better."
Then she kissed Carolyn May and
slipped quietly away from the brook,
disappearing quickly In the under
growth. Joseph Stagg and tho little girl
went on across the stepping stones,
while Prince splashed through tho
water. Carolyn May was thinking
about Miss Amanda Parlow and sho
helloved her Uncle Joe was, too.
"Undo Joo," she said, "would that ,
bad old snake have stung Miss
Amanda?" I
"Huh? No ; I reckon not" admitted
Mr. Stagg absent-mindedly. "Black-1
snakes don't bite. A big one like that I
can squeeze some." J
"But you wore scared of It llko me ,
and Prince. And for Miss Amanda,"
snld Carolyn May very much In ear-1
nest. I
"I guess 'most everybody In scared I
by tho sight of a snake, Car'lyn Mny." I
"But you wero scared for Miss i
Amanda's sake Just the samo as 1 1
was," repeated tho little girl decidedly. I
"Well?" he growled, looking away, '
troubled by her lnststonce.
"Then you don't hate her, do you?"
the child pursued. Tm glad of that
Uncle Joe, for I like her rery much.
I think she's a beautiful lady."
To this Undo Joe said nothing,
"I guess," thought Carolyn May
wisely, "that when two folks love each
other and get angry the love's there
Just tho same. Getting mad doesn't
Women who live nenr tho ennton
aents havo found several ways of innk
ng themselves very helpill to the boys
itntioned In their vicinity. So tunny of
tlio boys havo loft homo for tho first
lime nml so runny of them miss tho
"ioiiioiiiihIc bivnil. p(.s, cookies mid
tilings that nml her used to make.
Women who eiuinnt give- tlmo nway
from hoiuu to ciuttcurwnrk arc tunic
lug themselves popular with the sol
dier lulls by lftKliitr Tor them They
make Mintlwlehcs of hninoiniiile In end
und boiled It it tn
nil snrt.s of pies Of com so It In nec
essary to charge enough for them to
rover the expense both of the mute
rlals and the fuel mid those who have
tried the experiment have sold the
Miiidwlcho.s for ten cents each mid a
generous piece of pie for the wsime
price. The hoys will epeud their
money for things to eat mid consider
good, Htibstmitlal homemade things a
special dispensation of Providence.
Women who have tried this have won
their way Into tho hearts of tunny n
boy who is a Uttlo hungry for hit
mother's cooking and a little homeslc)
without acknowledging It.
Somo of tho Bed Cross chnpters nn
making hospital slippers for con
valescent soldiery of scraps of llnoletitt
and wornout trousers of heavy wool
cloth. It Is remarkable the way In
which the war Is teaching people how
to utilize things that used to go to
wasto. The soles of the slippers ure
cut from tho bits of linoleum, the fig
ured .side to be the outside. Tho
linoleum may be somewhat the Worse
or oilier meats, atvl for wear and still be used for these
slipper soles. The uppers are cut
from the good parts of worn trousers.
Thy in o made In different sizes and
luipcs. Directions for cutting them
can he obtained through the Bed Cross
chapters. Soft insoles such ns nru
used for bedroom slippers or insoles
of warm fabrics male ilium more com
fortable. Our casualty lists are grow
Ing largo and EuglWh casualties are
much larger. Every woman will bi
glad to volunteer to do work of thli
kind for the comfort of tho wounded
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Sonny Father, one of the boys said
I look like you.
Father Why did you say?
Sonny Nothln'. lie's n lot blggvf
than me.
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In the mnrch of llfo non'c hce th
order of "rlht about" when you know
you tiro nhout rlht. Holmes,
Beautiful, clear wbtU clothe dellKtrtf
the laundress wha uss Red Cross Uau
Bluo. All grocer. Alv,
Leaped Forward With His Walklna
Stick to 8trlke.
Among the high-priced furs that may
)o regarded ns a really safe and good
Investment, Russlnn sable and mink
lave placed themselves tlrmly In tho
Minds of women, as unquestioned.
They nro about ns secure as a gov
ernment bond and must Inevitably ln-
klll It; It only makes 'em feel worse, i :reasu In price, since the Increase In
"Poor uncle Joe I Toor Miss Aman-I wealth and In demand for lino furs
dat Maybe If they'd Just try to look I
up and look for brighter things they'd '
get over being mad and bo happy
again." J
wnen uncio Joe and Carolyn May
Tm aright just as wall try to eat
riant? Rose's strawberry needle cush
tea, Prlncey." tha little girl said
Nrlaetjr. "loull have a sorer nose than
Asaos Bartlett had when he tried to
Jsto it dowa with a wood rasp."
"Hasar ejaculated Mr. Stagg,
whatever possessed that Bartlett
saOd U do such a fool trlckr
Why, you know his nose Is awfully
fttS,M said Carolyn Mny. "And his
saother la always worried about it She
aiuet have worried Amos, too, for ono
day last week he went over to Mr.
Fallow's shop, borrowed a wood rasp
a&d tried to file bis nose down to a
aroper sice. And now he has to go
with hla nose all greased and shiny
VI the new akin grows back on It"
"Bless mo, what these kids will do I"
Jaatterod Mr. Stagg.
It was Just at that moment that the
lady with the pretty roses In her
cheeks Bat on a log by the brook, her
faco turned from the path Joseph
Stagg and his little niece were coming
along.
And Undo Joe was quite stubborn.
Ho stared straight ahead down the
path without lotting the figure on the
log get into the focus of his vision.
Hanging to Uncle Joo's hand but
looking longingly at the silent figure
on the log, Carolyn May was going
down to the stepping stones by which
they were to cross the brook, when
suddenly Prince came to a halt right
at the upper end of the log and hla
body stiffened.
"What Is It, Prlncer whispered his
little mistress, "Come here."
But the dog did not move. He even
growjed not at Miss Amanda, of
course, but at somothlng on the log.
And It was Just then that Carolyn
May wanted to scream and she could
not I
For there on the log, raising Its flat,
wicked head out of an aperture, waa
a snake, a horrid, silent writhing
crcaturo, tho look of which held the
little girl horror-stricken and speech
less. Uncle Joo glnnced down impatiently,
to eco what mada her hold back so.
The child's fcot seemed glued to tho
earth. Sho could not tako another
step.
Writhing out of tho hole In the log
and colling, as It did so, Into an attl
tudo to strike, tho Bnake looked to be
dangerous Indeed. Tho fact that It
was only a largo blacksnako and non-
poisonous mnuo no umerenco at tnat
moment to tho dog or to the little
returned from this adventurous walk
Mr. Stagg went heavily Into his own
room, closed the door and even locked
It. He went over to tho old-fashioned
walnut bureau that stood against the
wall between the two windows and
stood beforo it for some moments In
an attitude of deep reflection. Finally,
ho drcTT his bunch of koys from his
pocket and opened one of tho two
small drawers In the heavy piece of
furniture the only locked drawer !
there was. He drew forth a tintype
picture, faded now, but clear enough
to show him the features of the two
Individuals printed on tha sensitized
plate.
His own eyes looked out of the pho
tograph proudly. They were much)
younger eyes than they were now.
And the girl beside him In the pic
ture t Sweet as a wild rose, Mandy
Parlow's lovely, calm countenance
promised all tha beauty and dignity
her matured womanhood had achieved.
"Mandy I Mandy I" ha murmured
over and over again. "Ob, Mandy t
Why? Whyr
He held the tintype for a long, long
time In his hand, gazing on it with
eyes that saw the vanished years
rather than the portraits themselves.
Finally he hid the picture away again,
closod and locked the drawer with a
algh and with slow steps left tha
room.
ment for nnyone.
' Some peopit, nr. spoiled
Others by compart- i wnnt nt po,j woriK,
for
the
Carolyn learrre from simple
Chet Gormley some thing about
her financial affairs that cause
her much worry. Read about It
In the next Installment
(TO Ml OOMTINUSD.)
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outstrips that In available pelts. Even
n theso times women do not regard
the finest furs as a luxury and do not
intlclpnte thnt their prloo will be low
ered after the war. Furriers sell
readily all the skins they havo bought
nd mndo up and wish there were
more of them.
In selecting gnnnents ninde of ex
pcnulve skins It Is best to pick out
tho most conservntlvo designs offered
by dealers so thnt tho stylo will be
good from year to year. Fine furs,
like Jewels, do not need to change with
the changing modes, If they do not
belong too palpably to ono season. Tho
long, graceful and very beautiful cape
shown In tho Illustration Is tho sort
of garment thnt mny bo worn year In
and year out. It hns n yoke In which
the skins run horieontnlly, Joined to a
bodv with skins In which tho dnrk.
markings run up and down. There are
slashes in each Bide through which the
arms slip when the cape is fastened
up the front This Is a mngnlflcent
cape made of sable or mink It Is a
trennure to outlast a lifetime and Is
to be cared for as befits Its character.
Small capes or scarfs, with muffs to
match, in the best furs, lend an air of
elegance to the costume thnt will al
ways bo a satisfaction to their wear
ers. A little neckpiece of ermine caBts
a luster of splendor about It. It Is the
power of suggestion more than their
warmth that raakw rich furs desirable
In the eyes of women to whom Tenny
son n satires us pplendor Is dear.
There are certain beautiful but
short-lived fnrs that are for those
whoso resources mako generous allow
ances for dress, without Interfering
with expenditures for evfn more es
sential things. Nearly all furs If well
enrod for will outlast many sensons
anil prove n good investment Some
of them wear for years; as marten
and mink, sable, Persian lamb, otter
and others; theso are a good Invest-
son nro Mioit lived or "Roft" furs.
Mole skin Is most beautlftd, but as
compared to mink or senlskln for In
stance, It Is fragile. Thnt does not
stand In tho way of Its pnpuUrlty, es
pecially In small gnnnents, with worn
oil of fashion, to whom durability Is a
secondary consideration. A vory love
ly and luxurious coat of molo skin Is
shown above. When one thinks of the
number of ny skins thnt must be
sowed together for this capacious gar
ment, the item of labor In making It
looms large. It Is a royal coat and a
wldo collar of ermine Ih not too splen
did to finish It at tho neck. The pock
ets nro generous in slzo nnd banded
nt the top with ermtno, "tho alcoves
roomy and flaring.
Egyptian In Effect
The Egyptian Is said to b the dom
inant lnflucnco in tho new tmterials i
for hangings. Fabrics with this typo
of ornamentation have their use In
certain plaeoB, but as In the case of
thodrap do guerro they require a
clever hand when the pattern Is of de
cided Egyptian origin. Unless guided
by an expert- the average woman
would do well to be satisfied with an
odd piece done in these extreme novel
ties. Frequently they are most effec
tive when employed as bands on a
natural-toned fabric or on a two-toned
stripe. Entire hangings or whole sets
covered with these designs nro likely
to prove too heavy, and ono soon tires
of them.
Suffered Terribly! i
"Every Step a Torture' Says
Mr. Whitenack But
Doha's Cured Her
Mrs. Flounce Whitenack, 81 Arm
strong Ace., Jersey City, N. J., says:
"I Buffered with rhcumntiBm for U or
seven yewrs. My limbs nnd joints were
so stiff und swollen, I could walk only
.with difficulty and tho pains n ray
bios Trcro so severe, I
could iardly bear them.
Icry step I took wan
torture. My feet and
limbs wero swollen and bo
sore, I could hardly bear
ray weight on them. Dur
ing the night I would lio
awnlio for hours and be
come so nervous, I would
have to Ret un. Diuiness
came over mo suddenly and my sight
blurred. I was never free from the
miserable backaches and rheumatic-
fains. I used different remedies, but
didn't get any better. Then I com
menced to use Doan't Kidney Pill.
The swellings began to leave right
away and I continued to use them.
Tho tains and aches left mv back ana
hips and I am cured of the rheumatism
ana au signs oi Ktaney irouDie.
Btoorn to beforo
ROBERT KINO BETDEL, I
2fttary PuMc
Get Dosia'a at Aar Star, 60a Um
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Plain Tallor-Madea.
The ultrn-smart suit for young wom
en this autumn Is severely plain and
quite distinctly mannish; a trim, un
belted cont without pockets and with
narrow notched collar no extra ma
terial anywhere, certainly not In tho
straight, narrow skirt that falls Just
over tho top of tho walking hoot
There Is a military trlgn'S about
theso plnln, beautiful tailored suits
that appeals to the busy girl about oa
war wot business most of tlw day.
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