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i * ‘ e anew SERIAL 87 WHICH: icine T0- ORY. en, The Heart CHAPTER I. A Plot and a Rescue. COLD, snowy ‘Murch day, The Keen ‘wind blew the fine particies of, anow with pitiless fury in the faces Of the: tow pedeotrians who wero bhiged to-venture yut. , Mabel Vernon drew her thin shawl laser. around: her .slistt: form. as she hurried from the door of! the, equalld ' gepament toward tho largo ahirt factory _ with her bundic of work. It was but Dlodka away, but Ue biting wind fhed chilled her through long before she sepdiied the building. Hor deautitul taco looked blue and pinched when she laid the bundle on the oounter in the work room, She @bivered as with an ague chill as the ‘warm alr of the room penetrated to hee @hilied body; a crimson flusi mounted , to her cheeks; giving her wan face an * alenost utearthly beauty, and her dark plue eyes giittered like etnrs as she ‘watohieg feverishly the foreman’s in- epbotion of her work. * A: Gark-browed, » heavily-bullt, man passed by the counter as phe stood there; from the obsequious attention paid him by the assistants, coupled) th: with Mis alr of command, the propriutur was ¢asily recognizable. ‘We ‘stared at the porly dressed, yet) yy) Deautifal girl, until he drew her atten- tion, She oa@lored and turned away* in painfol confusion as she encountered] she bile bold, admiring gaze. WOIK fs exceedingly well done,| fait not, Smith?” he asked in @ sig- nificant tone of the foreman, man lopked up in surprise, but qatohing the meaning look on ‘hts em- Dloyer’s face, said hastily, “Oh, yes, ‘lr; very well done indeed,” "Ah, I thought Brandon carelessiy. “; whe brought that in be sent to my of- fice at 7 oelack this evening. I have @ome fine Custom work to give to a 6004. worker,” “Tt was this young person, ir,” wid fhe foreman, indicating Mabel with his name is Vernon,” interrupted ‘with qufet dignity, Gear Miss Vernon,” amended | 6 mie meant to be in- ie go very nicely you with the 4g you will come 4 work you must it. 1 will not have i Brandon Ja an off-hand manner. to lose the proftered work, abe would come for it at the ang hurried. away to i tf i PBs 2 I distrust toward Mr, Brandon, recalled his bold gaze of admin, Gon, easailea ‘ber; but she drove it itl, she dared not refuse 2 e offered. . "mother gaged wistfully at her as entered the Mbtle room. Alas! that Wasted form, hectlo flush and hollow ‘ough showed but too plainly that Mabel fwould @oon be motherless, Shé crossed faulckly to her mother’s bedside, “There is better luck in wtore for us, mother dear,” she said, cheerlly, ‘1 Dave the promise of better work, and will get it to-night.” And~ she told about the work Mr, Brandon had of+ fered her, Sho did not mention her own , iter aot feeling regarding the man, with fond 101 love tnitor , tal yet careworn face of 4 the teats began to tell Am wosted cheeks as ehe mur+ brokenly, "O, my darling, my 4 Ahead boar to hav aH xt c are 20 WU pees ‘my. Tolly might fave | fice t Ife, Even now,” Bhe ad ult en mae he ‘Nt may wa ¥y im At Ink; dent; 1 bats fust Aebiasa ar wana to my brother; for your salte I will ty mee, my foolish pride and howeech cht mottion/* pleaded Mahdi, "do Ouest fon my werount, you iY, walt uni), you “4 baiore you attompt to ust,’ insisted her mother a: wth evetian Ital, “TC may be eu to-mornmiw."' And, fearing to oe furthes, Mabel did ag she Mrs. Vernon! tor years sho’ had nM estranged from her ‘only brother ae, ot Unhappy marri upon hee own Tesources by Goath pH her husband when Mabel (was but a child, she struggled on alone, laining to, call npen her wealth ther for help, until, unable to work fonger, the wholy burden had fallen Mpoh ‘tho young girl, Tt was now nearly seven o'clock and Mabel waited for Mr, Brandan’g oftice, ly pa ig to step across the land- ing and nak the kind woman on the er wide of the hall to listen at tho loor of her room occasionally in case er mother should need assistance, On r-way to the factory she posted the Yetter to her unole. When nearly there © noticed a cab at the corner and +H ie oe, Bie tg urrled on, thinking Mr Brandon must |} waiting to leave for home, In her beste he ran against a gentleman who W104 hurrying from the opposite direc. “thon. It was stil] snowin und bitterly gold, amt he, with his high fur collur tumed up, hands thrust deep into Kis Pockets, striding on to escape the In- Clement weather as soon as possible, Hot sean Mabel until she was iil- Most thrown from her feet by the force Of the coliision. With a hasty "I beg mon’ he caught her in his in time to’ save her from Thos Hght trom a flaring gas jet fell full upon her face as he steadied her for an Instunt, and its pale, pathetic beauty arrested hie attention, ‘Thank- By Jessie Frank Boice, do the morning," an- ol ofa home ‘and ‘thus “Aacebtath ( Haw best*to aldher. Mark “Brandon stood ins the centre of the ottlen Ue O. ae ee it) ved te % Tt eare Sania ntly nd befor y wie Ba oF with inte henteyn, he. ai An ch ane about id caught her’ in a close embrace, Hhe screamed ‘in tetror, and fougitt bh all her strength, He attempied to press a kita upon lier dips, bus her mad. struggles tale fim With a mute ‘tered curse ne dr ‘Tom hig pocket a handkerchief aritated with ohluro- form, which he had prepared betore- hand, ‘wth the object vot frightening her Into aowing bim to kiss her, The pay | bey inode the room ring with her lp, In dome 0; bie Be yial.and part ofits con: iahod “against het face, Bae FSi In the villalh's arms, Hysteria te he ee. ag Guy wer alee’ hea reaghed him ag he li- ered near the door, and fearing—hoe now te pares had dashed ‘into the bull Bis oon ehicnded the bs qarts glance. ou villain,” he aithed, with tceth Je ria as he trae up Brandon, With ono well-wrice: blow ievalld hin \ ‘the floor, catch> Bt the senseless girl from ‘him ag he He bore her quick): a lounge and een oF chafing tr % ee * ‘and th fanning rw nH 8 cauant Bp nearby dom Twas f Bone betore the deathHke | st ft her: more an ones he-fancl “4 she was dedi. toned the beauticul face the As he watene 8 oe the conviction came to him it mot hts fate~that he was deeply in love with the unknown. gel who ‘uncon: scious i; fone hi His ' efforts to Featore a tr wore deep ‘ia iekaty Fewarded, Werle pened her e! swith tr true elegy, fer oe to the self, tat "aly LA ‘that Bran- ident} a veut i, a H mame ond “lon Somewhat surpl sa he had feos that the blow ven him woul ota, ere um for py hour or two, ed to. his re aun fooken 0. Stoney) Mook dt vi but found it wae securely oa ; from the Jounse, from the 4 of th e. rpeuhty a atay ie i Sey, erect ‘yin the a a Wesk te a orogyed again 10 pat alto and mid in's tone of anger and gtd dear young lady, that scoundrel ate en ih at le Wo \e en! " ms ‘eooundrel meant to Teave then locited in n and return. later with i eaees and deglare he had caught 1 robbing his till and 4 soars cap until he could get easel: ar Guy stopped in tte end pauset at her si Bown Into her fair’ fac pity, n eed with € 00 muoh stronger ¢ She post talotly, wl the luo eyes drvoned in some confusion; ber hanl- kerohiet fel her hand just then to regain it. hi at laughed, \: A ihus ool on, hed, and DY ead Heya BAY ih ent, they were yn chatting eas! He oon Feared’ her almple history, faa Mhen told her the story of hia own He Wan theo only ohild of wealthy par- ents, who hi en he was quite cn the Gira of kind 8 Goubaey clorarmnan, in whose qule home hi arene m up singulanly [reo from the vices and follies of most me men of fortune, thus two hours passed, At Inst she’ anid “Tam, 'so, sorry, Mr, Lae Lyn that you are obliged to remain fe turned and caught her hina Ina close clasp, answering eagerly: "My dear Miss Vernon—Mabel—these Inst uit ours have been the happlest of Py. Ife, for I have learned to lovo ius leeply and fervently in that short ray pe, as she aire back in b} Pushing Confusion, he drew her towar pleading eamestly: "Gary you not think of me kindly- ey you be my wife, Mabel, my dar- Les 3 Gq not resist him ns te folded her to his breast and when he raised the beautiful, blusling face and asked @gain in eager, passionate tonas, ‘will you be my ewn sweet wife, dearest?” he hid It again on his breast with a Ww Petar tng “yey.” She did not stop to analyse her feel- ings, to autestton PAW fhe had learned to love so quickly, he simply knew that her whole heart went gut to thls Knightly young stranger who had res- cued her from such awful peril, and she Qnswered his Ling et with true A tn Ralinota, 6a pose to the dictat ur heart er, he went tothe win- dow. yi mn lee of summoning help, The girl lay down on the couch and SA a 4 or what seomed an age im the weary man at te window ‘the Monto entered the building, Guy walked to the door and Iistened, hoping the man's autes would soon bring him to. the second story. The hope wea vain, howr ever, dor the man remained below, Beven o'clock came and the employe began to enter the factory, Grey beads of perspiration broke out on Guy's forehead as he realized the nos- albility of getting Mabel from the bulld- Ing without causing comment, — It dawned uoon Kim that Brandon » one had the key to the offtee and fiendishly meant to make he'r exposure ag hus milfating as possible, An dnyoluntary prayer rose from his heart for the de- fenscless ci A) Knew ‘how keenly sho would feel he. don when it should be roa hrs upon her, he moaned) MiheIn me to nee a iy eth of this." Nervous y he paced the room, pausing now at ths window to watch the people coming In, now at the door to listen for the foot- stent of Brindon, Mabel atill set, And as bho paused In hiv walk to look at her falr and neaceful face, he muttered, “Oh! that T could keep ther mercifully uncondclous. until tt was over, Almost with the words thare flashed across him the thought of the drug which the wretch had used dhe night) before fo render hor unconseiong, “Could he have lett it here?” ‘ques. toned Guy, with buted breath, and yeman a hurried search, He wre row warded by finding a vial of chloroform, half omptied, i of a pile of hooks ie breathed, with deen and utter thankfulness; t thimaolf ‘to await the o Very sherily he of footstens approaching the door Oviek as thoueht he emptied the cons tente of the vial om hia hondkerchlot and lnld It over the face of the sleening girl, She save one deep reepination, then her form reemed to grow rigid, A deadly foam emote his heart, Wa enatohed the handkerchtet away with a low groan of agony—she looked as If life had depirtet ing jim hurriedly, she sped on, He turned and followed her, forgetting his | desire to escape the storm, He had| Ho definite purpose in’ view, simply | obeyed an impulse, He had noted her| thin garments in that brief Instant, of | meeting, and the wish to render her some as: ance, if It were possible, | took vagio shane in Ms mind, G | Leighton possessed a warm and gympn:| ‘thetic heart; he was ever ready to help| & follow-crenturo; but the wistful beauty cf that far face had stirred bis ppent as it had never been stirred Tie watched her sappear into tho factory, and. rightly indging that sho had gone for work, in the shadow ot the building to walt for her Searnea tence, deolding, in dis impulaive way, (o follow. her Guy turn fneo’ toward the tered the room his employers, There was an Ihatant of alenes Talehten enrank towint Brandon and ar od him over to the lounge. you s9e wour work," he ttte hoareely, 1 do not. inetan send for a ph nT will brand aa_a murderer hefara thoke peorte,"’ Coward-lke Brandon was complete cowed at the wunexnected steht, Tt looked to him an though ahe had tain there ever since he had sneaked frm. the room the mght befare. Thoroughly. friehioned at Lalehton'athre at he dis, Ht 1 crowd, sont forma conch and sapatnet & mensenger for a physic’an, He thon loft the i ng, ne 44 ing Be Continued) i] almost entirely in ; Ne 0 you know tow to bend? The right way of bending leads to muscle education, to muscle evelopment, to pllablitty of bofly and iimb,and to an unconscious grace In all the-movements of the body, ‘Tho first thing is to pay attention to the breathing, to get the ohest broad- ened out and the shoulders with It, To that end He prone upon the floor, tho hard, bare boards of the flooring, Gtretoh the body out to Its full length and make it just as long as you can, Stretwh every muscle if it, Reach out with your arms just a3 far as you can, and make the body stretch itself at the same time, Now begins the bending. First lift each foot as high as you ean, keeping the knee bent, and bend that foot ug al down, Then the other foot; the each alternately, and then the two to- gether. All. the tlme remain prone on the floor, the .abdomen well flattenes aigaindt the ‘boards, and the head an chin Ufted high, eo that the muzles of the baok of the neck are went, but not | strained, And all the time take in as | full, long and deep breaths as you can, It’ {a aH well to keep up a counting white you do this, drawing the breath while you count five, holfiny it white You count-den and emitting it so slowly that you can count fifteen ere the tung? be entirely emptied, Next follows the arm - exercises, First the elbow 1s bent. and the fore- arm, and then ‘the apm’ ig .worked Straight out/ from g¢he shoulder, Bach arm js exercised alternately, then both together, anit finally eact one 19° made to revolys in the opposite direction from thg. other, The youthful-and expressive back, as @arah Bernhardt’ so cleverly terms it, may be obtalnél, The first sten is. to He flat on the floor upon the back. Lite #0 flat that projecting ghoulder blades | Will be flattened, and you can foel the floor with each node of the spine. Btreteh the body out to full Jength and throw the arms out wide. Let the) whole body relax for a few moments, Try to feel go big and so tired and 80} heavy that you would surely fall eS Women Blacksmiths) | In the district about Cridiey, Englaaa | twenty women work ag blacksmiths to] man following tho trade, For generations this work has been|" feminine hands, Is the Grocer genes At Your Door, find must Aye Out of W Mie bhi? What an Unnecessary State of Affairs when you ‘ou caaln’ tell him you vie dnd unable to pay h Taian Wa ndvariiand on Sanday rl 168 THe Wanie— 1687 en innnmmndinmamnnnnnnnnrny | BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. pha: th ba pa, iDieettory, : pestrennetonereneecanet MNO cA MpHNN pin ones nue 4 bila a ANEMONE OM HEOREIONNO 4 W. fiealth Cult. Is: Galled arqire not strong enough to ‘hold you up. When you have gained this you have |mastered tho secret of muscular re- laxation, Now begin to alap the arms across the chest, Just as you have seen teamsters and cabmen do upon a cold day, and all the time, Keep the shoulder bladed and the spine flat dgainst the floor, Do this lowly, and only increase the speed after several sittings, head up and down, but do not Moye any Part of the body except the heads Next move it from tide ‘to aide, and then try. Games for Tim-Tom-T HB schemo for a board, shown o id on this picture, should be Te- Produced at least five or six times larger than the original, and on cardboard, so ‘that ft, will be strong enough to afford many nights of laugh> Provoking amusement. If you will study the diagram, you will readily soe that tt ts simple as to detall and can be made with little or no trouble, ‘The board once made, two players take positions on elther sité of the table In the lower diagram, two pins are shown connested by a pléece of string} or thread, ‘his connecting Ink of D spin an egg? It is al- spinning @ ID you eve! most a9 good fun top. nuse the Hquid contents will not follow the motion of tho shell éxactly. Now there is something queer {n the an egg spins, It 1s easy enough to It spin on elther the small on the e ond by standing it on that end on (plate and twirllng Jt In, your fingets, Dut If you try to make {t spin on the sido {t refuses to-do so, but stunds up and na on the la end, It is not quite so easy, though not very difficult, to make an egg ‘spin without twirling i of even touching it with your fingers, Simply lay tt on a plate which projevis’a little over! tie GET iT TO-DAY. “Who plate without tipping it ‘Take It edge of the table so that,you can line For A Straight FlatBack, An Edible Top. As A raw or soft egg will not spin well, | ponell. | he ee nee + 4 if You Follow Its Rules You Will Eecome Supple and Gracefl REMNANT ON BM NB 2 BH RANA ERS BARING PHAR ATTA GDM ARPA i] Deep wast: ‘4% you can do without ‘discomfort, To have a full and graceful neck and throat, frea from line and wrinkle, this exercise must be! persisted in for some time, THe coming vogue of the collar- less bodfce will find the’ gir) well pre« pared who has taken this exercise dally in advance, i Now begin and’ raise the shoulders only off the floor, keeping the hips still and firm, This will require’ practice, With the arms outetretcted, lift the! put will: moon’ be mastered, Next false the body from the waist up, lifting tho waistline {teelf dink males ing the bédy. deserlbe a seotion. of an Children. anglefoot. sting should be bane twelve pone | long, Make two of the In the start, the first t to play, sticks | the two ping of his Tom-'Tangle in| either two white ‘triangles or two black tnlangles—this player myst move only; HR the shade he geleots in the begin- niy Both children attempt to cross the FF Hh AM through the floor if the boards were to turn it as far around to etter atde | ard) ta” ttre miliidie, Thle oust be re peated many timos, and taken slowly at first, Next raiso the whole of the body, being oareful to use oply the muscles of the back and fips, and wn- der no cifoumstances arg the arma to ‘nosttion. Roll around so that the chest and abdoitien are fiat wpon the floor, and re- peat all of these exercises for the back, bi heal sind’ neck movementa ate ,to Tepeated, the slapping of the arme eee Ma back istend of int in the Iltting of the shoulders, the arch= ing of the walatt! and finally) the ralaing of tha body the hina to on upright position, yo li upright, with tho feet plant. ed firmly upon the floor--the heelless’ shod ie heat, or else none wit all; a shde with a heel: does not give the fot sufficient purchise upon the foor—piace the hands upon the, hive and slowly revolve tho body, bending slightly to dither side as the body turns thas way. Let the hoad/and néok move in unisan with the body, but.keep the hands and arms rigid and immovable, | NC Ar 4 Home # Hints — The Housetorfe's Cy clopaedia Oyster Soup. Put ome quart of oyaters with thee Uquor in @ saucepan, with one pint of cold water, and get it on A good fre ‘Tnke from ‘the fire at the Mrst oll and remove the scum. Take the oysters from the pan with a skimmer. and put them in the soup dish. By keeping the soup dish in @ warm but not too hot place the oysters will not harden, Add to the juice in the saucepan a gill of white wine; give one boll and take from>the fire. Mix two ounces of but- ter/with two tablespoonfuls of flour in a bowl, Turn the juice and wine Into & bowl also, and mix the whole well. ‘VPut the mixture back Into the squce- pan ahd set it on tho fire, adding about half ‘a doxen mushrooms, two or Lires stalks of paroley and pepper to taste, Boll two minutes, Turn over the oys~ tors through q strainer and serve with the mushtooms in the soup. To, Renew Furs. ' Lay the fur on @ tebe, beat well with @ cane, and shake to remove all dust, Ful a-kettle with a Jong epout with water, let it boll, and as the steam gets out pass the fur to and fro slowly | about five or six incies from the epont for a few minutes, Bhake and hang up | the fur; it will be equad to new, havlig regained its brightness, board, moving o thelr own triangles, | one pin at a‘time, sticking it in the tri-| angles as they go in regular rotation, | The nlayer to get both ping and tho) froe thread on tho opposite side of He board wins the gang, i polut brings In. the element of! al sincere merriment. ing the manoeuvres across tha| board the strings will become mixed and the players tangled. They muss} _unraval to wh) up and moyo your hands rapidly in @ small horizontal clrele as if you wore The egg will hegin to spin Or you can keop ft jon {ts on spine \ AY, even If you have. to | to spin. an xe ga, Of CcOouTse, You must not Urow it-on ‘the floor, Wind the strings around the middle of the yg, pind It on one end and steady | tt y Wuching the other end light with ono ger, Then pull the sung | careful ith a| no rinalls, you ean spin an eae wi whip, like a whip top, if you 4 whip it too hard aad take care yi it with the ailck but a glass or a wood: mn dacning eae is rth . than @ real OBE. for this purpos Some. exgs apinbettor than others, | ‘The best spinners. are Be ‘3 iat are Quite regular in Have been holed in yp" ‘position Fort that the air bubble is tency ry the end, not a little to one side, am it fa, to | tj Squash Pies, One quart of squash after ft is al a t and elfted, ‘two'cups of sugar, one quart AMERICANEY n Ma, The Care of Veils. Vella are apt to become narrow when @ good deal worn, but if they are rolled up Instead of In the usual way when taken off they will be found gutte | jstratght and ike new when next wanted, Fruit Cookies. One and three-fourths cups brown sugur, three-fourths cup of shorteniig, one egg, three-fourths cup of sweet | milk, one-half teaspoon salt, clove, nut- meg, one teaspoon of cinnamon, one | rounding teaspoon soda, two rounding The egg must be hard botted, | tying to make a lot of “naughts’ with | of cream tartar, flour to ro}! tian, hot be called upon to. assist the upright | , Mr. ‘Jenlous’ artived at the denile! te) halt an hour late for dinner, threw tie overcoat carelessly down in a CORY [00TS)) ¢, her, and started with a kind of glut consclousness In search of his witg, | BI ‘|had “not pinddened ‘atm, with @ fond Grout! ne--thin ‘ine, Mra.) lous, with @ mnifle of real ton” that ‘looked omlnotis! strlick ‘the cozy corner Just ag her Dit) has band went upstairs. Ste picked wm uy ovetaoat, ‘and, absent-mindedly fish! in thé pockots, brought forth: a ia package bearing the name of Tiffany's, Before she could pry it open Mr, Jeal- ous blundered in and anid; AD nee 4 ‘ah, Indeed! I wonder what dould have kept you do late? Subway blooked with foe, I: suppose, or a ‘fuss burned out on the elevated railpoad?!) “No, I | "You couldn't have any ittte ¢émmbsy lon to attend to'— wot “My doar, 1" — “You are not buying any ohe any Netto ‘tokenm: of friendship, ‘Tmuppone, th the lne-of Jewelry?" “What put ‘that into your head, Me U7 Ah! that) box—you must not open STOVE: Bol SH oa Intended asa oy to, dor husinera,, vt } saphaten t fat ‘ ey sig" , ey pet ‘o oi ligs pel gi brian eae a" es" tisaah Wo Solebe 4 er little 90 fany'a that ‘yo. bah’? Y a time for dinngs, ‘expecially to “The ‘ateenth of Janu 83 t Mrs, Jealous, and your “Why, fo it Is, Deny don't exon you. 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