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Both accepted tho invitation For
some moments after Mr Hawkins had
left no word was spoken between John
Burt and James Blake Each was
busy with his thoughts but John broke
the silence
When is Miss Carden expected to
return he asked quietly
Ill try to find out to night said
Blake looking his partner full in the
eyes My head has been so full of
stocks that Ive thought of nothing
else But Ill know all about it John
before I meet you and Hawkins at
dinner Perhaps Jessie or rather
Miss Carden Is back now Who
knows This Is your lucky day old
fellow and all kinds of things may
happen before midnight Wouldnt it
be great If I went up to the Bishpp
house and found her there Of course
I wouldnt say a word to spoil the sur
prise you have planned Well I must
be going Hope Ill have good news
for you when I see you later
Early In the evening Blake rang the
bell of the Bishop mansion and was
greeted by General Carden
It Is a pleasure General Carden
to tender you this check which rep
resents your share of tho profits
Dont say a word of thanks to me for
I do not deserve any credit Is Miss
Carden at home and may I see her
for a moment
She will be delighted to see you
I will call her
The general disappeared and James
Blake lay back in his chair with his
eyes fixed on tho portrait of Jessie
Carden
He heard the faint rustlo of a gar
ment and turned to see Jessie Carden
as she entered the room A tender
light glowed in her brown eyes but
there was something wistful in the
smile a blending of happiness re
straint and pity The eyes dropped
for a moment as they met his frank
gaze but her voice was clear and i
Like a flash it dawned upon him
hat he could not that he must not
oe disloyal to John Burt He did not
eason it out it was told to him in
hat voiceless wordless language
which has no name or key
You must not imagine he said
that your father Is under the slight
est obligations to me On the con
trary our firm Is indebted to him
The stock which he held was the key
to the situation Without it we could
nave done nothing We have simply
been able to verify the generals con
fidence in its value and he is the one
to be congratulated on tho outcome
I dont believe a word you say
replied Jessie Carden laughing Im
not so stupid about these Wall street
affairs as you imagine If it had not
been for you Mr Morris would have
defrauded pap out of all his propertv
Speaking of Morris reminds me of
something which has often puzzled
me said Blake changing the subject
Its about that portrait The first
time I ever met Arthur Morris I saw
your portrait in his library room It
has always puzzled me Some time
111 tell you why
My portrait in Mr Morris room
exclaimed Jessie the color mounting
to her cheeks Surely you are jest
ing Mr Blake
It was probably a copy though he
told me it was the original replied
Blake He said you had it painted
for him in Berlin and that you pre
sented it to him The first time I
came here I saw this one and thought
it a remarkable coincidence
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There is no mystery about it said
Jessie her eyes flashing with anger
Mr Morris saw fit to take advantage
of papas bankruptcy which gave him
possession of our Boston residence
This portrait hung on its walls and he
doubtless had a copy made from It
This Is consistent with other acts
from which we have suffered at his
hands I
The portieres parted and Edith
Hancock entered the room Her eyes
rested first on Blake and then on
Jessie
Pardon this intrusion she said
I am looking for a book and did not
know that any one was here You
are to be congratulated Mr Blake
doubly congratulated
There was a tremor In the voice
but a proud flash of the lovely eyes as
Edith bowed slightly and brushing
the portieres aside left the room
Dont go Edith cried Jessie
There was no response and Jessie
was too wise to follow her fair cous
in For some moments no words were
spoken
I am going to tell you the story of
that portrait said Jessie The crim
son touched her cheeks and a light
such as Blake had never seen was in
her eyes Do you remember what
you said last night You said that
it seemed as if we had been friends
for years and the same thought has
occurred to me Im going to pre
sume on that occult friendship and
tell you a secret That portrait be
longs to John Burt
John Burt Tho John Burt I knew
as a boy What do you mean Jes
sie
She opened an album and handed
it to him On one page was the
faded duplicate of the photograph
from which had been painted the por
trait ho had seen so often in John
Burts study room in San Francisco
Opposite it was a photograph of John
Burt The album opened naturally to
Mis - beort beat aa be szed into ber face
sweet as she offered her hand and
said
You have made this the happiest
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Not another word interrupted
James Blake You must not thank
me Please dont Jessie Its the
only favor I ask
Why not
The parted lips and questioning
yes were eloquent with surprise
Because I dont want you to he
said releasing the little hand
His heart beat fast as he gazed into
her face but in that moment he
ained the final victory and only the
numbing pain of wounded passion re
mained
Less than a day had passed since
ie had resolved to surrender all hope
for the love of Jessie Carden Why
ad he done so James Blake could
not answer that question He had
aot calmly weighed his chances of
St success against those of failure
these pages sure proof that certain
white fingers had sought them out
many many times
It was only a week before he went
away said Jessie softly that these
pictures were taken It was a glori
ous day in autumn and our horses
had gained miles and miles Near
the bay shore in Hingham we saw a
traveling photographer and I sug
gested that we have our pictures
taken We each gave the other one
and I have mine yet We
And he has his yet said Blake a
far off look in his eyes
He has How do you know Mr
Blake Have you
Of course he has it Ill wager
dear old John has never parted with
that Vttle gift Excuse my interrup
tion Jessie Im greatly interested
You spoke as if you knew said
Jessie her heart beating wildly The
last day I saw him he spoke of you
We sailed out to Black Reef and we
talked of many things John said
he was going to California and won
dered if you were there and if he
would see you That seams ages ago
but its only five years And then we
sailed back to the grove and he
quarreled with Arthur Morris You
have heard the story That night we
parted and a thousand times I have
heard the hoefs of his horse as he
galloped away in the darkness
She paused but Blake with his
eyes on the portrait said nothing
When you told me that you were
John Burts friend I liked you she
said in a voice which thrilled his
very being You have been all that
h5 said in your favor and many
times more I would that it were in
my power to repay you Mr Blake
You have at your command every
thing which money can furnish and I
and my prayer for your happiness
He took her hand and impulsiyely
pressed it to his lips
You have made me very very hap
py he said rising to his feet as she
tenderly withdrew her hand I
should like to tell you something
which which but I must not tell it
Some day you will know me better
Will you promise not to be angry
with me then Will you promise
Jessie
Angry with you I am sure I shall
never be angry with you
That is your promise
That is my promise
He laughed gaily as she repeated
the words but his lips quivered and
his eyes glistened suspiciously In
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a moment he was the careless happy
Blake chatting lightly on trivial sub
jects
I must keep an engagement he
said looking at his watch A friend
of mine is hero from California and
Im to take dinner with him Hes a
royal good fellow rich handsome
cultivated and and everything which
a good fellow should be Id like to
introduce him May I call with him
to morrow evening
Any friend of yours is welcome
especially a paragon with such be
wildering attractions laughed Jes
sie Good bye until to morrow even
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CHAPTER XXXII
Through the Heart
It lacked several minutes of the
hour fixed for dinner when Blake
strolled through the hotel safe and
thence into the lobby The babble of
voices the gesticulations and the
nervous energy which pervaded ths
atmosphere were not in harmony
with Blakes feelings
Jessie was afraid I was going tc
say something to night and so she
told me that she loved John he
mused throwing away a half smoked
cigar Dear old John Lucky old
John Hello whats the row That
sounds like Morris I suppose hes
drunk If he had a spark of decency
hed be with his father Here he
comes
Morris pushed his way through the
crowd and was followed by young
Kingsley Not until he was within
a few feet of Blake did he recognize
his rival Though anxious to avoid
a meeting Blake scorned to retreat
or to turn his back
Morris stopped squarely in front ol
him His lips parted with a sneer
and his fingers toyed with a small
walking stick Blake leaned careless
ly against a marble column his eyes
fixed on the man who confronted him
Had Blake been in a Western min
ing camp his fingers would have
reached for the feel of a gun but in a
metropolitan hotel he had no sense
of danger The incident was trivial
but disagreeable
Lend me a thousand Blake do
manded Morris
A whisper passed around the room
and many turned to watch these two
men whose names had filled the pub
lic prints of the day
Certainly said Blake a strange
smile lighting up his handsome face
Is a thousand enough Morris
Blake took a wallet from his inner
pocket and handed Morris a bill
And a match ordered Morris ad
vancing a step nearer
To be continued
Ice Made in Open Air
Dr Wells a London physician in
1618 in his published essay on dew
was the first to draw attention to the
curious artificial production of ice in
India Shallow pits are dug which
ara partially filled with perfectly dry
straw on the straw board flat pans
containing water are exposed to the
clear sky The water being a won
derful radiant sends off its heat abun
dantly into space
The heat thus lest cannot be re
placed from the earth for this source
is excluded by the straw Before sun
rise a cake of ice is formed in each
vessel To produce this ice in quan
tities clear nights are advantageous
and particularly those on which prac
tically no dew falls
Should the straw get wet it be
comes more matted and compact and
consequently a better conductor of
heat for the vapor acts as a screen
over the pans checks the cold and
retards freezing Pearsons Weekly
Indians of Jewish Strain
Sir Alexander Mackenzie had an
idea that the Indians of the far North
west were partly Jewish in origin
From Lake Athabasca in 1794 he set
out at the head of an expedition in
a birch bark canoe 25 feet long 4
feet beam and 26 inches hold with
3000 pounds of baggage and provi
sion and a crew of nine French Cana
dians He reached the Pacific coast
and returned The aborigines he met
were for the most part possessed of
strongly religious instincts said he
in his report With regard to their
origin all we are prepared to state
after a careful survey of their lan
guages manners and customs is that
they are undoubtedly of a mixed ori
gin come from the North northwest
and had commerce in their early his
tory perhaps through intermarriage
with people of Jewish persuasion or
origin
Had Fun With the Umpire
William Hayes acted as umpire at a
ball game near Washington Pa last
Sunday and his decisions did not
seem to give unmixed satisfaction
Toward the close of the game he gave
one decision which evidently gave
great pain to the players on both
sides Half a dozen of them seized
and carried him to a near by river und
tossed him in Umpire Hayes scram
bled out in a hurry whereupon the in
dignant athletes threw him back and
held him under water until he was
nearly drowned Then they rolled him
on a beer keg until he recovered
when they volunteered the informa
tion that he was not cut out for an
umpire On reflection Mr Hayes is
prepared to agree with this idea How
ever he means to sue a dozen of his
assailants
German Empress Studies Medicine
One of the most studious queens in
Europe is the German empress who
cares very little indeed for pomp and
ceremony Her majestys favorite
study is medicine and she has in
structed herself so well in the art of
healing that she is regarded as quite
an efficient adviser in cases of ordi
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The Needle Coin and Ring
deed it is possible to bare clear
through a soft coin in this way
Of course you should practice this
trick before you try it in public
Then if the ring is a brass one and
the coin your own you can give your
merry-go-round to the youngsters who
will have lots of fun with it
Blind Boys Football
Football and many other outdoor
games are played by the blind certain
changes being made so that in each
game the sense of hearing takes the
place of sight says the Baltimore Her
ald
In football for instance a tiny bell
is fastened to the ball and by the
bells tinkle the balls location is de
termined
The blind delight in races of all
sorts They do not run toward a
tape as the seeing do but toward a
belt that jangles briskly
It is odd to see the blind at their
games They play gravely and they
maintain a profound silence for if
they made a noise the voices of their
guiding bells could not be heard
A Peaceful Family
A parrot a dog and a cat share the
same quarters and eat from the same
plate at the headqquarters of the So
ciety for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals in Philadelphia Poll chatters
away all day while Don the dog
sleeps and watches visitors Poll
sometimes scolds him at meal time
for eating too much but Don takes it
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good naturedly If a peddler comes in
Poll raises a cry and Don drives out
tho intruder Don also meets the let
ter carrier at tho door and takes the
mail to the chief clerk
Joe the cat shows impatience occa
sionally when Poll screeches so loud
that he cannot sleep Joe is a light
eater and often gives up his dinner
voluntarily for the benefit of Don
As a rule this little family gets on
very Tell The three are quite ford cf
each rer Poll someilmes perches
en Dons head but the talkative bird
has to be careful to keep the claws
from scratching Don objects to that
Barrel Swing
This picture will show you how to
make a barrel swing They are novel
and comfortable and look very quaint
The Barrel Swing Complete
hanging from the porch of a country
house
All you have to do is to saw away a
part of tho barrel as the picture
shows and screw four stout screwcyes
into the four sides of the barrel To
these are fastened ropes which meet
above on an iron ring which comes
just above the head of the person sit
ting in the swing
The barrel head is fitted into the
bottom half as a seat and may be
covered with cushions or left bare
A Geographical Game
There must be a leader someone
who is pretty good in geography and
is capable of doing some quick think
ing himself Any number of players
may take part in the game When all
are seated the leader takes his place
in front of them and tells them that
he is going to give them the name of
a State and a letter of the alphabet
and is then going to count five slowly
While he is counting five all the
players must be trying to think of a
city or town in the State he called
whose name begins with the given let
ter For example Suppose he gives
Maine as the State and F as the let
ter Then the players must all try
to think of a city or town in Maine
the name of which begins with the let
ter F It is necessary for them all to
do the thinking for he has a right to
ask anyone of them for the answer
and they never know which one of
them it is going to be
When he has received a correct an
swer he may ask another player to
name some other town beginning with
the same letter or he may change the
letter two or three times Then he
names some other State and con
tinues the game as long as it inter
ests the players
Two Lively Contests
For a jolly contest a bottle partly
filled with water and a generous sup
ply of thin nails Have each guest
write down on a piece of paper or a
blackboard the number of nails he
thinks it will take to make the water
overflow Each guess should have the
name of the guesser written beside it
When all have guessed the hostess
begins dropping the nails one by one
into the water When the first water
runs over the edge she stops and the
various guesses are examined The
boy or girl whose prophecy hits or
comes closest to the real number of
nails wins a point or a prize
For another lively sport secure a
long necked vase or pitcher the open
ing of which is just large enough to
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By the Playground
Which of the summer sounds
Is sweetest to tired hearts
The low unwearying hum
Of tho beo In tho clover bed
The hymn of the thrush at dusk
Robins that call In tno rain
Cool waves slipping away
From the boat as she sails through the
sea
Whisper of wind In the wheat
Or from the fresh smelling field
When the heaven Is thick with her stars
The crickets comforting chirp
Telling of welcome and home
Hot winds bearing the noise
Of a citys traffic and cries
And from the little square
The voices of children In song
Hundreds of children at play
Circling and singing their glee
Glad In the gift of to day
The sunshine and warmth of the earth
The Joy of youth but begun
Chorus of mirth and good will
Childhoods treble of hope
This Is the summer sound
The sweetest the tired heart knows
Mary White Ovington in the Outlook
Wardrobe of Mr Dog
In Paris they have come to look up
on the dog as a member of the family
and to study his dress almost as care
fully as if he were one of the children
There are dressmakers who design
garments for dogs only and every sea
son brings its new canine fashions
The dogs wardrobe includes such ele
gant creations as a white hairy cloth
overcoat bordered with white mohair
galons with a red velvet collar and a
pocket for the handkerchief He also
has colored cambric nightshirts rub
ber shoes thick fluffy dressing gowns
to wear after a bath straw and felt
hats special wicker sofas cushioned
and bedecked with garlands and rib
bons nail files ear picks powder
boxes and vaporizers
A Neat Parlor Trick
This is a neat and effective trick
to perform before a company of men
women and children from whom you
can borrow the few materials you
need These are a silver half dollar
a large wire hairpin a heavy ring
and a long hatpin or stickpin
Bend the hairpin into the shape
shown in the picture Force the half
dollar into the narrow hook on one
end of the hairpin which hook you
have pinched well together so that it
will grip the coin tightly and hang
the ring on the other more open hook
Now balance the coin at a point near
its edge and in line with the two
hooks on the point of the hatpin
which you hold vertically in your left
hand
You can nearly always make it bal
ance on some point but to make the
trick effective the pin should be very
near the edge of the coin so if the
ring is not very heavy you may have
to borrow another one and slip it in
the hook beside the first Or you
can use a light ring and substitute a
quarter for the half dollar
Now if you blow against the ring
the whole affair will turn on its pivot
and by giving a good puff every time
the ring comes round you can make
it spin very fast and keep on spinning
a long time If the hatpin is very
sharp and of very hard steel it will
gradually bore a hole in the coin In-
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admit a peanut GIvo each player
three peanuts and have him or her
circle the room three times at a good
pace Each time in passing tho vase
tho player attempts to drop a peanut
into the vase Tho boy or girl land
ing most peanuts wins tho point
Home Made Traps
In Gibsons Camp Life In the
Woods and the Tricks of Trapping
Pbshed some years ago the follow
ing effective traps that can be easily
made are described
A mouse trap may be mado with a
bowl and a knife blade Put a piece
of cheese on the end of tho blade of a
table knife Lift one edge of the bowl
and put the knife standing on its
edge under it allowing tho bait to be
about an inch and a half beneath the
bowl The odor of cheese will attract
the mouse and ho will find his way
under the edge of the bowl and a very
slight nibble will tip the blade and tho
bowl will fall over on the prisoner
A thimble may be used in place of
the knife Force the cheese Into the
thimble and put the thimble under the
bowl with the open end inward al
lowing about half the length of the
thimble to project out of it The
mouse In trying to get tho cheese out
of the thimble will cause the bowl to
fall If the thimble be too small to
allow the mouse to pass under the
edge of the bowl put a bit of paste
board or a flat chip under the thimble
To make a fly trap take a tumbler
and half fill it with strong soapsuds
Cut a circle of stiff paper which will
exactly fit into the top of the glass
and in the center of the paper cut a
hole half an Inch in diameter A slice
of bread may be used in place of the
stiff paper Smear the under side of
the disc with molasses before insert
ing Flies will find their way down
ward through the hole and once be
low the paper their doom is sealed
In their efforts to escape they will fall
into the soapsuds and speedily perisu
By setting a number of such traps in
a room it will soon be rid of the pests
A Devoted Cat
One day a little dog a pet in the
home of a clergyman disappeared
says The Animals Defender After
a long search it was found in a med
ical laboratory in almost a dying con
dition It was carefully carried back
to its home and placed on a soft bed
near the fire All the family minis
tered to the sick dog but the most
constant care was given by another
household pet a cat ohe made the
suffering animal comfortable by
stretching out her soft body as a rest
and on one occasion when the dog
staggered to nis feet to drink from a
dish of milk the cat rose and went
over to the dish to serve as a sup
port for her feeble charge to lean
against while he drank Kitty was
thirsty too but not a drop of milk
did she touch until she had escorted
the patient back to his bed
Fishing Trick
There are plenty of patented hooks
and devices for catching fish but
when they are not available all sorts
of ingenious devices are rigged up by
those who tire of sitting in the sun
for hours wondering why the fish dont
hook themselves Here is one of
them It is not recommended when
there is a scarcity of bait but other
wise it can be used with success
It must be kept in mind even with
this device that all fish do not bite on
a hook and pull anxiously in the hope
of being caught The slightest pull of
How the Hooks Are Placed
a line should be responded to by the
fisherman who must pull hard enough
to jerk the barb of the hook through
the very tough fiber of the mouth
With this in mind a fisherman has
better chances with this device than
one with the plain hook
Each hook should carry a very small
piece of bait nicely covering the point
and barb The bottom hook can carry
the attractive bait but the others are
used to catch the fish
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To Make a Simple Combination Cut- Out Toy
Begin by cutting out the stand Fig
ure 1 cutting around the heavy out
side lines Then cut around the two
inside sections A and B leaving the
dotted lines uncut as these are intend
ed to hold the sections
Bend the loosened sections down
along the dotted lines in such a man
ner that they will turn toward each
other Then lap them and pin or
paste them together
Now cut out the rug the little girl
and the cat Bend the girls dress
down along the dotted line Also
bend the base under cat along dot
ted line Fasten both to the rug with
pin or paste so that they will be up
risnt