Show QUEEN EEN OF HEART by THOMAS B ALDERSON A copyright 1911 1914 by W G chapman when once you had seen ethel london it was hard bard to forget her tabi thinking aking it over you would connect tier her with pictures sou had seen in olden books when art was select in the portrayal her eyes would make you recall some brilliant spanish beauty her form tier her poise reminded at 0 tha he queenly beauties of 0 ancient france franc e tier her face smile a lured you with its fresh sweetness and your mind would receive memories of golden mornings when some one you loved stepped into a dewy garden path among birds and fl flowers omers like some light fairy of the tenor ten or twelve available swains ot of Dee Deep tord fully halt of oe them were ready to die for her and abd the others in despair despa ir she was not only tho the belle of the district but the favorite of all the girls slie she did not seek to reign as queen of all hearts they made b her and did her homage but could not spoil her ethel was all soul kindly genuine the friend of everyone even ot of wheels poor wheels ile he had got his nickname and had met his fate at deep ford ile he was wise enough to realize it and placidly accepted the situation they called him wheels because he had bad them in his head at least they said eald so he had been always ot of an inquisitive turn of mind some one had told him he was a natural lorn born inventor since then adrian russell russe I 1 aj F it was hard to forget her villas alias wheels had dabbled in all rinde of experiments adrian had a small estate left him by his bis mother ethel depended on her aged and somewhat whimsical grandfather she was his favorite and the other heirs expectant hated her tor for it let em my dear old luke lyndon used to chuckle ive got all my fortune in cash and jewels I 1 intend to tell you where they are before I 1 die dont give those timeserving time serving cousins of yours a single cent time went pleasantly for ethel the home was roomy and even elegant her grandfather liberal in allowing her spending money he did not object in the least to her having a jolly crowd enjoy the evenings on the spacious lawn or upon the wide vine ered porch ive got it announced wheels in an assured and excited tone one afternoon joining the tennis party on the lyndon lawn what wheels interrogated a joker measles but adrian refused to be anything but serious no air he said bald ive got a new invention house trap eh eb smirked a second smart aleck just here ethel dropped her racquet and came up to the spot there was something earnest in the clear bright face ot of adrian even it he was a dreamer 1 I knew you were going to achieve something great some time mr air russell she said in her sweetest way what is it you are going to honor us with this time adrian flushed like a pleased school boy he fumbled in his pocket and drew out a belt its a life saver it if you please ho he explained shall I 1 show you fire in a hotel well say man elan hemmed in by tho the flames la in the top story he puts on this belt observe now I 1 attach this iron box with the hook attached I 1 secure the hook to a door knob or a bureau I 1 drop from the window the steel tapo tape inside the box unwinds slow or fast as I 1 choose by operating this little catch I 1 sail to the ground saved in a dovice play you mean eo scored ed an unbeliever no sir in real life im going to show you bliss lyndon it you will allow mo me to go up through the house to tuo the root roof I 1 will attempt a graceful grac elul descent but but might that not bo be dangerous ge rous questioned ethel a trl tri tremulously not at all insisted adrian giving IL a grateful look to the speaker as he be thrilled at the conjecture that she was really anxious tor for his welfare there was an old fashioned observatory on top of the building the crowd below curiously greeted the excite ment and fi novelty ovelty of watching the yen ven lux esome adrian as lie he climbed out of a window and appeared at the edge of the roof he secured the hook ot at his de descending device to a achl chimney ey rod let himself over the edge ot at the tiles slid five feet and checked himself and waved his hand band airily to the spectators it delighted and nerved him mightily to note that ethel was regarding him in a halt half piteous halt half distracted way it shoved her interest la in him sisterly or humanitarian perhaps but sufficient to m make ake him quite happy then some cog in the fire escape apparatus slipped and down he went hes falling oh he will nill be lulled killed but adrian was not harmed seriously the fall was trifling but his head struck a trellis and tor for the moment lie ha was mas stunned he raised up to find ethel bending solicitously over him oh bring some water quick she cried in frantic tones and then as adrian got up and insisted that lie ho was not harmed in the least she blushed like a peony mr lyndon died suddenly the next week he had lett left all his estate to ethel but to the surprise of all this comprised only the residence there was no money in bank none of the rich jewels the old man had prated of search was made but with no results and ethel finding she could not ma maintain n the establishment without an income n decided to leave the place and d make her home with a married cou cousin u a mrs oakes who evv with ith her little child ch id came to visit her it was disappointing to ethel but natural that many of her fair weather friends should desert her when they learned that she had not after all inherited a fortune adrian was fond and true he called at the home 0 of mourning daily ile he paid a hundred little unobtrusive attentions to lo 10 lonely abely deserted ethel ile he pretended to be perfecting his fire escape invention but in truth was thinking chinkin of 0 his la lady d y love most of the time one afternoon just as he entered the garden a vivid scream caused him to hasten to join ethel and mrs oakes who were rushing distractedly towards the loose board covering ot of an old well my child my child she went down there and tile the lady pointed to the yawning hole and fainted away in a fl flash ash adrian had affixed the hook of 0 his device to the well curb and was over its edge ten feet down startled but not even stunned he ha found the little child seated on a pile 0 of straw that had been thrown into the well at some time or other adrian re regained the garden level shouting out that the little one was safe he placed the child on oil the grass pretty pretty she lisped in one chubby hand holding several severa bright coins they revived mrs oakes then adrian wondering it if they had not discovered mr air lyndone Lyn dons missing wealth made another descent into the well and there the hidden hoard ot of the old miser was found and then as 1 if this was a veritable wishing well al adrian told his love to ethel and and was was accepted |