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When O. Girl MurrieS

Daisy didn't get from you what
she was unconsciously demand.
ing from you. So. while you We're
making good. she went off and
made good. too. And she ideal
lied the man who helped her. In
her loneliness she turned to him.
In your loneliness you turned to
your big sister. who'd come to be
lonely again, too. and who made
romantic appeal to you because
she was so sadly in need of aid
and comforting and so at sea in
her forgotten business world"
Wait, Barbara Anne! see
you're goine-I see what you're
driving at" cried Carl.
And you wouldn't see II l
weren't saying what Is already
your own belief" insisted.
THAT sounds right enough. I
guess it's so. You're making It
possible for me TO go ON seeing
you and to be your friend. You're
telling me that I don't need to be
ashamed for--my worship OF you
nor yet for my seeming disloyalty
tony own feelings"
Read II that way II you like.
Brother Carl, was only saying
that when folks are lonely and
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haven't the right things in their
lives. they sometimes grab at sub
stitutes. Not because they're weak
or willing TO put up with second
best or anxious to steal what
isn't theirs by rights-not at all.
It's because they're so blinded by
their own desire to have some
thing OF romance in their lives
that they just idealize the best
that's around into being the real
best"
you've made a lot of things
clear to me that were very haZy
until you spoke. Barbara Anne"
cried Carl. getting to his feet with
some OF his old-time energy. II
feel all-spruced up. I'm going
back to the little girl with enough
pep for us both.
"She was pretty much all In
when I got down there. l mar.
ried her yesterday morning and
then hoped on a train to come UP
here and-announce 1t 10 the per
sons most concerned. Now I feel
that I can go back to her and get
a fresh start toward making a go
of things. This-is just between
us, old friend? isn't it,"
Just between u.s." I agreed,
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<<"HERE 10 only one way
out" he said softly.
THE man might be
bought off-at price"
Bought Off" said Joan DULY.
For a sum OF money, he will
surrender all the originals of these
documents and proofs have
shown you, and he will give an
undertaking that the matter shall
remain as secret as the grave, now
and for all time"
Who Ia the mani"
u may not give you the persons
name. scoundrel though he Is.
But IL you empower me to act for
you. ! can arrange the whole thing.
l do this out of consideration for
well wisher. That is, IL you agree
to the mans terms"
Joan looked at the speaker, and
her heart turned sick within her.
do you think l am child"'
she said bitterly, that I should be-
lieve this tale of a nameless man
this hypocrisy of your pity for
me? You are a blackmailer. using
that dreadful story about my
father as a weapon with which to
rob me-"
my lady, you wrong me-" he
said gravely. II seek only to help
you. But 1t is you who must
choose"
Joan stood up.
"My duty" she said, lis to sum-
mon the police. They will give
you your answer"
"If you do that" he replied
quietly, 'the history of William
Tallbois will none the less be given
to the world. The police cannot
touch me, nor the man who holds
the proofs. This Ia not blackmail
at all. II ID quite legal to publish
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THE STRANGER s 6ra Thrilling
A STORY OF MYSTERY LURE AND INTRIGUE
Goodman

showed an extraordinary knowl.
edge of the Tallbois finances. The
estate. at the moment, could at
ford just about that sum, in ready
cash. A larger amount, for tn,
time at any rate, would have been
impossible.
1T sounds a great deal,' said
Mr.. Smith, but the Knayth in.
come is 10000 pounds. On the
year, 1t would be trifle for you.
But II Is for you to say"
Joan walked TO the window.
The shock of IL had all but stun.
ned her; decision was hard. What
was she to do? The fear of evil
consequences to herself and her
future, IL this blow fell. was the
last thing that entered her mind.
The memory of her dead father was
all that mattered. 1t was hers
to protect or betray.
What demons of circumstances
had driven him thus into life OF
sin, she could not tell. A higher
power must Judge. But she was
his daughter. flesh of his flesh.
To her guests at Knayth, before
the truth was known, Joan had
declared her loyalty. That loyalty
was even now mistaken and un
shakable. All the worldly. goods
that she owned would have belong.
ed to William Tallbois had h.
lived.
They were his by right. II was
% 10 ItA
to protect his name Wealth,
position, title, perhaps even love
she owed to the fact that she was
William Tallbois' child.
How act for the best? Should
she ask Philips aid? II was not
to he thought of. Even he had no
right to know the dead mans sec.
ret. II was her affair, hers only.
She had to face Il.
Joan walked back and stood be.
fore the visitor.
"If consent" she said, what
safeguard have I that this soul
less bargain will be kept at ali?
Am I to trust to the honor of such
as you? How do I know that the
money will not be taken, and the
secret betrayed? Or discovered and
made public bv some other7'' .
You shall Judge by the proofs
that will be delivered into your
hands, and which you can os-
stroy." was the answer. "rhe ar
nuity II n guarantee. The price
IL final; no further demand will be
made. You must take nv worv,
for so much. No other can enter
the field. that shall be seen to.
Pay" said the visitor very earnest.
ly. land YOU are secure"
Joan paused. 1t might be folly
yet what other choice had she?
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Anecdotes

A STORY is told by Lady Tree
~ of her girlish admiration for
"a Henry Irving.
She used to walk as a school.
girl from her home near the
Brompton Oratory to the Queens
College In Harley street, through
Hyde Park and the squares. In.
side the school the lecturers were
her heroes; outside, her lido. was
Henry Irving, who could alone
lure her from her college work.
One day she learned that Trying
lived between Grafton street and
Bond street. Thenceforward her
route was changed, and every
day for two years she increased
her walk to school by three miles,
in the vain hope that she should
see his face at the window, his
"hansom" at the door, or even a
glimpse OF his beautiful hand
drawing up the blind. It never
happened.
Years after, when she was mar.
ried, she met her erstwhlle idol
face to face, and sat next him at
dinner at Lady Burdett. Coutts'.
Then she unfolded the story of
her daily detour of devotion"
He listened to her story, rather
moved, she thought, and then oh.
served: VERY nice, very pretty.
But there were not many win.
dows"
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Whose Present Serial Has Scored
a Big Popular Success.

big fOputar SUCCESS.
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dictate, 1nc)
IN the morning after Carl
ID Booths announcement of
~ his headlong marriage 10
Daisy Condor I came to my office
In a state that Miss May would
undoubtedly have described as
being "all Of a twitter."
Strangely enough-and for the
first time since I've known her
Miss May wasn't ahead Of me.
This was so astonishing that 1t
gave me a little uneasiness. But
before ] could stop to ponder
over an explanation for her un-
usual hardness the door opened
and In marched Carl Booth.
Good morning. Barbara Anne"
he said, apologetically. II drop.
? ped In on my way to the station.
I've got a taxi chugging away
outside. Can't afford more than
fifteen minutes worth Of chug.
SO I won't-try your patience
long"
Good morning. Carl!' cried,
with elaborate heartiness.
You're glad, Amer" demanded
Carl.
'I know you'll be banny"
said. a shade more positively than
l felt.
60 on" cried Carl, breath
lessly.
Shall I tell you something?
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Brandon Guesses the Truth.
An Interesting Story
OF. Early Welded
Life.

; And I know you'll do your best
to make Daisy happy. trust
you to help her grow to the
wonderful woman she's capable OF
being"
IF I fail 1t won't be because I
didn't try" said Carl in a voice
as reverent as a vow. And now
good-by. Barbara Anne. feel as
IL you'd given me back a sister
and sent me off TOWN a real
sweetheart"
We clasped hands on IL.
As Carl left the office I realized
that whatever had been said be.
tween us, there was one thing his
reserve would never permit him
to discuss-not even with Daisy.
surely not with Loren Haldane.
This Is his attitude toward Tom
Mason.
Miss May came In so promptly
after he went out that I felt al
most as IL she'd timed II.
Good morning" she said, with
the breezy strength Ralph Lacy
seems to have infused In her
hitherto elderly and dried-up man.
ner. II am late. But l simply
couldn't manage that Hoadley
man the way planned"
You're trying to manage
Max Hoadley?" ] gasped.
Miss May stared at me With a
puzzled expression in her eyes.
why not?" she asked calmly.
He's nothing but a big, ridicu-
lous middle.aged boy. But how
he does blunder! .ic
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THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
Too Near.
BY Aline Michaelis-

--xHEN Bill was living close
w at hand the neighbors
w laughed at him. He could
not learn to till his land like Jon.
athan or Jim. His crops were
only middling good, his fields
would plainly show Bill never
fully understood the way to make
things grow. In spite of all thcir
sage advice, each day he'd putter
round on some newfangled, fool
device for stirring up the ground.
Yes, he'd neglect to go to~meals
while working on the thing,
mass of pivots, bolts and wheels,
with steering gear and spring.
At last his oatfields petered out,
likewise his turnip beds, till
neighbors looked at him in doubt
and sadly shook their heads. Said
they: 1T must seem bad to see
the poor farm Just ahead; but
that is where Bill Smith will be
ere many months have sped. His
Pa and Ma were both o. X,
smart folks and workers, too.
We can't, see how Bill gets this
way, II makes his friends feel
blue" But one day Billy went
to town and patented his plow.
IL brought him money and re-
nown and he's a king.pin now.
lie has n Florida estate, noun.
tan bungalow and all his old
friends think he's great and say
I'VE told you so!'
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BY Charles Major.

~ EFORE the play was re-
sumed Wolsey stepped
~ softly around to the king
and asked: "Shall affix your
majesty's seal to Brandons par
don2"
YES, but keep him In the Tower
until Mary is off for France"
Wolsey had certainly been a
friend to Brandon in time Of need.
but. as usual, he had value re-
ceived for his friendliness. He was
an ardent advocate Of the French
marriage, Notwithstanding the fact
he had told Mary he was not;
having no doubt been bribed there
to by the French king.
The good bishop had, with the
help of deLongueville. secretly sent
Mary's miniature to the French
court in order that 1t might, as If
by accident. fall into the hands Of
Louis. and that worthy's little
old shriveled heart began to flut-
ter. just as If there could be kim
died in 1t a genuine flame.
Louis had sent to de Longueville.
who was then in England, for con-
firmation of Mary's beauty, and
De Longueville grew so eloquent
on the theme that his French
majesty at once authorized nego-
tiations.
As reports came In Louis grew
more and more impatient. This
did not, however, stand in the way
Of his driving a hard bargain Ill
the matter OF dover. for 1.-The
Father of the People" had the
characteristics Of his race, and was
intensely practical as we'll as in
flamnable. They never lose sight
of the dot-but I do not find fault.
Louis little knew what thorns
this lovely rose had underneath
her velvet leaves, and what a
veritable Tartar she would be,
linked to the man she. did not
love, or he would have given
Henry 400, 900 crowns to keep her
at home.
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Who Occupies a Unique Position
In the Writing World as an
Authority on the Problems
~ of Girls.

hooAShh"
AT of Girls.
FAMOUS athlete was dared
A to let a friend pour a pint
IA of water. drop by drop, on
q spot on his hand from height
of three feet. Smiling at the alb
surdity of the wager. he took it
up at once. But at the 42Oth
drop the athlete had to call a
halt. The steady drop. drop OF
water tortured him beyond en-
DURANGO.
we all know that constant
dripping wears a stone" That
principle was applied to one of
the most horrible forms of tor
ture known to the Spanish In
ouisition. They called this thing
of hideous suffering THE Ordeal
of Dropping Water"
Don't you often wonder why
you can. endure. the big trials and
tests. which come to you when
the little annoyances of life make
YOU raw and sensitive and put
YOU into the frame Of mind where
YOU are almost crazed?
You know that you can brace
yourself to face a big moment
however terrible. But the strain
Of incessant wear and tear on one
nerve Is beyond you. And yet
knowing this you proceed to nag
at someone you love and to sub
iect him to something very like
the ordeal Of dropping water.
But sometimes / wonder on
whom the constant trickle OF tor
ture Is working most harmon
the one who is criticized without
cessation or on the one who per-
noits events to irritate him con
stantly and to drive him into
the frame of mind where he can
not stop nagging and criticism.
The person who keeps at you,"
never stops telling you how you
ahould do things, may irritate YOU
almost beyond endurance. But
YOU have a way OF escape. You
can run away from his well.
meant" advice. And II the drop
ming Of criticism exceeds your
ouotient OF endurance you are
iikely 10 do tust that. -
The ult.finder has let himself
yet into the habi, OF being an.
moved by things a. they are. He
doesn't see the beauty hack or
events unless the program of
the day is what he considers an
ideal zone. He doesn't conform.
He IL like the private who as
sIres the reviewing officer that
the whole company was out Of
step With him.
Now fife does not get out Of
step with the Individual, az you
very well know. And so when the
march Of events doesn't swift your
step-why not change your step
instead of tuning at things and
finding fault with them and
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HEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER
A WOrld-FamOus Story of the ALL Con.
quering Power of Love Over the
Heart of the Willful and Beau.
tiful Sister of the Auto
cratic King Henry VIII.

ready for an outburst. when VOL
sey spoke up: with your males
tvs gracious permission. l would
subscribe TO the petition of the
princess. She has been good
enough to give her promise in the
matter of so much importance Ia
us, and In so small thing as this
l hope you may see your way clear
toward favoring her. The inter
view will be the last and may help
to make her dthy easier" Mary
gave the cardinal fleeing glance
from her lustrous eyes full of sur.
prise and gratitude, and as speak.
ing as a book.
Henry looked from one TO the
other Of us for a moment. and
broke into a bo.sterous laugh
Mary Filled With Rage.
"Oh. l don't care. so that you
keep 1t secret. The old king will
never know. We can hurry up
the marriage. He is getting too
much already: four hundred thou.
sand crowns and a girl like you: he
cannot complain if he have an heir.
1t would be a good joke on the
misery old dotard, but better on
'Ce eros Garcon.'"
Mary sprang from her chair
with a cry of rage. You brute,
Do you think I am as vile as you
because / have the misfortune to
be your sister. or that Charles
Brandon is like you simply because
he is a man." Henry laughed.
his health at that time being too
good for him to be ill-natured. He
had all he wanted out of his sister,
so her outbursts amused him.
Mary hurriedly left the king
and walked back to her
room. filled with shame and rage,
feelings actively stimulated by
Jane. who was equally indignant.
Henry had noticed James frown,
but had laughed at her, and had
tried to catch and kiss her as she
left; but she struggled away from
him and fled with a speed worthy
of the cause.
This insulting suggestion put n
stop to Mary's visit to the Tower
more effectually than any refusal
could have done. and she sat down
to pour forth her souls indigna-
ton in a letter.
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TO BE Continued Tomorrow
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|INJURING THE
HEART
BY Brice Belden, M. D.

A N association for the pre-
"a vention and relief Of heart
disease In New York de-
clares that one worker out of
every fifty has been found to
have a serious heart defect. One
out of every fifty applicants for
life insurance Is rejected because
Of serious heart defect.
About $4,000 persons die an.
nually in the United States from
heart disease, while the efficiency
or many of the survivors Is more
or less reduced.
The infectious diseases, particu-
larly rheumatism, play a consider
able part In the causatioD OF
heart disease. Systematic inquiry
into the cause reveal many and
varied factors. What are known
as the poison habits doubtless
have much to do with heart dam.
age.
The excessive use Of alcohol,
tobacco, tea and coffee has to
be reckoned with. That which
may be grateful and wholesome
when used In moderation may be.
come a baneful drug when used
immoderately.
II is perhaps significant that
there has been no increase in
disease of this character In Great
Britain in recent years, while In
this country there has been a
great increase-siRnifica when
one considers there has been no
increase In the consumption of
tobacco In Great Britain, where
the average annual consumption
remains at four pounds, while in
this country the average con-
sumption has risen to the enor.
nous figure Of seven and n half
potinde per CaDita NOR anntim
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Household Hints

To renovate leather that has
become dull and shabby. looking.
rub over with the white Of an
egg well beaten.
Never soak colored things -
soap, wash. rinse. pull into share
and hang out to dry as swiftly as
possible.
When fruit Juice Is spilled upon
a blouse or table linen, at once
sprinkle the stain with dry salt
Il prevents a permanent stain.
Never put custard over q cold
sweet before II Ia ready 10 lie
brought in to able, as the custsrd
will get a thick, stale appearance.
II rubber rollers Of a wringing
machine become sticky, as Is often
the case, after wringing flannels,
rub with a rag molstened with par
affin, wipe dry. and they will he
equal to new.
When brushing a mud-stained
garment, brush from top TO bottom.
not against the warp Of the ma.
terial. This is most important II
the clothes are to look as fresh az
they did originally
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CHAPTER NIX.
PrOsperina.


So the value received for VOL
sey's friendship to Brandon was
Mary's promise to marry Louis.
Mary wanted to send a message
at once to Brandon. telling him his
life would be spared. and that she
had made no delay this time-a
fact Of which she was very proud
but the Tower gates would not
open until morning SO she had to
wait. She compensated herself as
well rs she could by writing a let
ter. which l should like to give
here. but It is too long. She told
him of his pardon. but not one
word upon the theme he so wished
yet feared to hear Other promise
never to wed any other man.
Mary had not told him of her
final surrender In the matter Of
the French marriage. for the rea-
son that she dreaded to pain him,
and feared he might refuse the sac
rifice.
TT will almost kill him.
know" she said to Jane that
night. land fear it is a false
kindness 1 do him. He would.
probably. rather die than that I
should marry another; know
that I should rather die. or have
anything else terrible to happen.
than for another woman to pos
sess him. He promised me he
never would; but suppose he
should fall in his word. as I have
today failed in mine? The thought
Of it absolutely burns me-" And
she threw herself into James arms
and that little comforter tried to
soothe her by making light Of her
ieS<s.
'Ch. but suppose he should?"
"Well! there Is no need to bor-
row trouble. You said he prom
Used you. and you know he is one
who keeps his word"
But / promised, too, and think
of what / am about to do. Mary in
heaven, help me! But he Is made
of different stuff from me. I can
and do trust his word. and when
think Of all my troubles, and when
it seems that I cannot bear them,
the one comforting thought comes
that no other woman will ever
possess him-no other woman-no
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see. Do you know nothing OF 1T"
Nothing" replied. telling an
unnecessary lie.
."Caskoden. you are either q liar
or a blockhead."
Brandon Guesses the Truth.
Make 1t a liar. Brandon" said I.
laughingly. for was sure of my
place in his heart and knew that
he meant no offense.
never doubt a friend; one would
better be trustful of ninety-nine
friends who are false than doubt
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like every other lover since love
letters first began. He was quick
to note the absence OF the longed-
for. but not expected assurance.
and when ne did not see 1t went
straight to the point.
"She has promised to marry the
French King to purchase my life.
Is that not true?"
81 hope not" I answered. eva
sivly; II have seen very little of
her. and she has said nothing
about it,"
you are evading my question, I
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TO KEEP OUT
THE COLD
BY Rita Stuyvesant-
. HIS is the season when moth
ers are planning winter un.
AIaa q. AAa LILA o.. III. Z,

I" HIS Is the season when moth
ers are planning winter un.
dies for the kiddles. The
vogue for wooden socks worn dur
ing the winter months makes the
selection of suitable underwear
a little more difficult.
A union suit of silk and wool
Of knee length will be found light
and warm, and easily Numbered
in warm soap suds. This type
Of underwear Is suitable for the
child Of six to sixteen.
Boomers to match each frock
will avoid the necessity for pet.
ticoats, and will also save laun.
dry. Frocks Of wool jersey have
become popular during the late
fall months for young children,
and boomers to match form an
IDEAL arrangement.
The youngest child will want
smart panties to wear with her
very short frock, and these are
usually made with a band that
fits over the knee.
The little girl Of eight or ten
will perhaps need a dainty petit.
coat to wear under tina occasional
light frock. and for her there is
nothing more suitable than a
princess slip made without but.
tons to trouble her. These little
slips may be quickly cut out, sew.
eral Mt a time, and finished with
a narrow flounce Mt the button.
The armholes and neck will need
to he either bound with bias tape
or finished with narrow hem.
Your young son will be delight.
cd with two-piece pajamas. Soft
flannel. madras or cambric NAV
he used for those. and there are
r,anv stunrlc patterns
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LITTLE ANNOYANCES
II THEY MAKE US RAW AND SENSITIVE.
BY Beatrice Fairfax-

nagging at the individual who
seems to personify your distaste
with conditions?
The fault-finder binds himself
in a chair under constant pres
sure of the drop. drop, drop Of
trifles. He has invited and cul-
tivated a frame of mind where
everything that happens must tap
him gently, but persistently and
therefore agonizingly, on the
same spot in his nervous system.
And so, of course. in time the
rawness and soreness Of his
nerves must be thing almost
beyond endurance.
Whether you are the habitual
nagger or the victim Of the carp
ing critic, try to remember "the
ordeal of falling water" Pity
the one who subjects you to 1t.
Avoid being one who makes I'M
conscious use of It. And above
all recognize trifles in their rela-
ton to the great mass of life in
all it's potential beauty, harmony
and serenity.
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tent to be an humble balm and did
not aspire to the dignity OF an
elixir.
The girls then said their prayers
in concert and Mary gently wept
herself 10 sleep. She lay dream.
ing and tossing nervously until
sunrise, when she got up and added
more pages to her letter. until I
called to take It.
was on hand soon after the
Tower gates had opened and was
permitted to see Brandon at once.
He read Mary's letter and acted