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culiar."
"Yes. indeed. 1t does SO much work."
enthusiastically replied Phyllis. who
adores physiology.
1T does do great deal OF work."
said Belinda. with emphasis.
And then 1t Is such a queer shape"
continued Phyllis still with enthusi.
asm. 1T is not the least bit like the
valentine hearts with the sharp poin.
and the dent Mt the top
1t was the Valentine heart l was
talking about" said Belinda. "and 1t
Is Just exactly the shape 1t ought to
be for the heart that you feel and
suffer with and that gives pain to your
friends"
You mean that you feel with nice
little pointed valentine heart and not
the funny round one that beats. that
you see In the physiology books?"
queried Phyllis. astonished.
Il am sure of It," said Belinda de-
edly.
You think We have two hearts?"
sasped Phyllis.
Il only know about one" responded
Belinda. gloomily. and that is the
valentine kind, and It would be much
better II We had none at ALL"
Belinda is In the midst OF Low.
ers' quarrel.
"Oh!" said Phyllis. nonplussed.
THE heart" continued Belinda. In
a lugubrious tone. "is the cause OF all
our troubles. II gives us indigestion
and dyspepsia. ruins our compilations
and makes our eyes dull. II makes
us stupid and dIsagrecabie and loses
us our friends. II II wasn't for our
hearts we should be good and beauti.
full. we'll and happy" Belinda heaved
n deep sigh.
Then We are unhappy and can't
eat. and We go to bed and cry our
eyes out and our brains get soggy. We
can't talk and We feel so badly that
when the people We love come and
try to be nice to us. wo don't know
what We are doing. that little sharp
pointed heart gives them n jab and
We don't care whether we are alive
or not. and perhaps they don't. either
Belinda gave vicious little dash Mt
her eyes with her lace handkerchief.
"lf We hadn't hearts we should al.
ways he nice and even tempered. do
just the right thing at the right time
and say pleasant things TO people. be.
cause We shouldn't really care. and
We should calmly think out what was
best TO do.
Now. with the valentine heart on
your sleeve-and I don't know but n
lot OF 'em scattered all over you TO
prick with and to get hurt-what do
you do? You answer back. make pco.
pie think you don't care. though you
do; have horrid time and they do.
too. Then when you have cried all
night you are sure TO have big red
spots on your nose In the morning and
your eyes look like little pink pigs
and no one will look ut you anyway
Belinda made another surreptitious
dash at her eyes.
I'm sure they are not all that kind
OF heart" said Phyllis affcctionately.
for know you never made me feel
bad in all your life. Belinda. and l
wouldn't make dent In your heart
for anything in the world"
You're a darling!" said Belinda.
giving Phyllis bears hug that rum.
pied her pompadour. "but you see I
don't think I was thinking OF hearts
in just that way" and she blushcd
rosily.
"Oh!" said Phyllis. rearranging
curl over her right ear.
"And think all girls have the same
kind OF valentine hearts that are al.
ways getting hurt and hurting people.
and making them do the very last
thing in the world they want to when
they would like to be very nice to