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Show Married Life tn the Third W Year ferre reac Into an Jfcmpty Shop and Res-WcUes Res-WcUes a Starving Kitten IThekbert urner. jBIhVwed thai Ihe tenant had been n sniir,(1 over ' Et ,he -nnn,,!'!, a Hi these ''",',lls M"!n ,'1MJn0 Kl only i he head of , kitten ivlnr asamsl the R!a T S2le hr hurry down the tep bK! IfSaad? Helen topped oKlnt rtats "hut there ws r.o motion. S famed sira'n with the metal clasp l!lPmiF." This time Its eyes half K It tried to strussle to Its feet E bark weakly with a sound- Luuatlon wm Plain The kit-been kit-been shut up In this etnptv How Ion had it bean there? rtarvlTie con-in i - -n -.oid of many fcien snook the door, hut It was HaXof eoure. She went hack and El throne li the cUar rlace of the window into the emptv SiTherr were a few hoards, some LmWlvInc a hrol-:f-r. chair, and L mbhlsh In a corner nothlns Kiln the Urned on the window MTafs'r, I '". o k; lt ! It' 5 tookrd ai her Pl'-"u?'v hut this EL made i effort I - stand Rv could Fhe cet II out . Sh ran K the next door, a dinev lock-Hh lock-Hh shcr An old man was flltnsr KL. He could hardh' speak Enc-"ttid Enc-"ttid orlv v ntfz 1 l.'.tild.v-M Birr excited : Bf didn't know anything about the or the empty shop. Didn't re-Hhber re-Hhber how 'one it had barn va-Knt va-Knt And vlten Helen asked fran-Kyjy fran-Kyjy for the anl'or or cnretaker. answered sullenly that there Bff't an-. The erntlne s unci of thfl ( nr.d the man'.1- indifference was Ere titan she could stand. Policeman. fcn the other side w.-ic ;i '-heap samp. sa-mp. She couldn't co li: there She Hed around despair. It was n Sr ntlc'hr,. od. mostly Italians HJ had corce ovei in search of the Ere where Mrs Stevens bought her Vr nil. And II was In looking for HJ pt ee that Helen had chanced to E"thlr wiv. - I ! M!."- k'M.-n. that could she do' Th- kitten Hh be itottn out at once, or It Hd he to- Mi" i:-.li now It might lB onh' s'.e nl'l I ' l a poHcetnan! I Ht there i. iK'iic in sight She II E UD Jo the nM i -iiof-r ,i r,.1 t'lcn I fT tn llir n- : l ' v -') I Ear Mf" k Hn ! I h -i i .c '.w "no fur- I nn In tii-' i '-iIim- of the street pQj; W -r ' 1 : HHlIeS'',' hi nii- :HH0fO'. nia'iini. ran't leave .BE hent. I k iin't sl.irv- '''pE It'll ct rM lh rars It '.ints:' Eph hui It's kitten! H ton '.iHEVelv IndlKnar.i M-'-'i ; 10 the empty shop. On thf way Hr5f"! a driic -t.ir.. with a fa-Hjtr fa-Hjtr blue telephone slzn. For a , Hjnl 1 1 meet ulnlv he- HIBTthe door. , lo ll 'HB!'V' Phone was on a iErr In Hie rear. Qun-klv she Hf no Warren .i Ejr are ver she I1 wZht 'P '' - ' " t v. : : ISng my EIEp, EgB 8 wretched little kitten locked IB?1 ernptv .., weak It . IE Itand' I ' ,v to IB je get It out' rih, CAN'T you HBfve my some wild MfE,"' f"r H,rav What Bp- but t'srreri -uld onh- 'im Hif n I know . ., . ome! it's HJP'1 nrri "' trl'-s to HJH Itself tr, ;t? f,.ft ,,.1,n ,n:s BT E T'' Hl " pHeouFlv E H n " 'ir,h 'n voice, "think I.E!LrTr "U1,i lhinc l,f,in? shut PplHc'"' '' ';l food or f HL. Ani1 " 8 5r" I'lPloss' Oh, If " B11'1'1''". With .1 "f.h "I don't Hfe was a -nu.se .-,,,ri then he said Hw're 1wh - leitinc .- feel Hr .wav 'vit'n cm. p.i j t i sup- N Isthi1' ,oav" Bhrlv I T r !, . . h)m :r,. atJd that t!,,- ..Ua(l would Jhlm with n co mle of hjocks. w- .i wuuiq wait tnere until AfWH?' "h:" rr ",'l'n re vou doing El rll,-'r"1' K;. Q(,r, I ca nvr to look Pt P;ioi where frs Stevens HHr ve oil." priUEB ,..-r . h"r'' " a' the though: tt4K"n'-"'l ! htm "If that place tot HrV,,, . ."' et. wnv HLX ''I'h'i'Tio to the ngent? ja,riHfci- rar)'if : :g-.-' B'Elw "r,1 ftn:'' "'" It's a lit- f.Ul"Hi!! ""'1 Ihere : HHV kiDHfcrV"!,r'.M?-,'r- r,r in g. Oh." ifld "Eonie " arr"n- JSt SATD liOtflHF' ''"T'" - work-hlteHl:X?':t- ' '.'.d te:,rs " tBS !- , 1 "M I'd come. I ln tnlnntes." J to the Rescue. llHK!1 "'rr'5n ro,1'3 when itffrHH'"'- 'lohn ,Md not know, but ifrPHEViw tn:', somehow he would SjHHdu.i U'n '"K Sl"" wp," l'''"-k J UlHRI-' before tv.o Hhop. The i7jHE7'na bv h-r c.zod at :ooHHLriAt '",ne'h si caurht xiu-hi r261HEK 'riding nn the Ktreet lerP'Hlhwr, Ian f'"' meM ,;lni and ter K " m dov 10 the shon wln- IBiM ,S ;' w:tk "Hie heg-0tHEt'? heg-0tHEt'? ',one.1 .!.,wn nr,, p..,.rr.d niHT He f':Mr'r" W,'"re', tho '"LsHV tu t,,rn''"l and -hook It ire H&Ve u" ?"'lt;i n r,lr "Von gtHBKo'p Blrn1 l"to the lock-.... lock-.... KHVX!!?ontu' Ms Interview with e iK ' , " Helen's foj he jflttHf l nnythtng r,i:l of these tb 'iwHkl l i , h won t l"'ive his beat " jMJft to fo, around hShM the"!: t(; trt at kitten rt'ThK" ; "." '' wav to do 'e Khi01'" ' thrust his ,6(fl r' cammed his IS'Tk' ,, 'r"l'..l f- not going to l,ffeHFrl; C l this "be'Swon f,:;'r'-'t Jo own It-oh. I 1CCX f-. ' !to tro.,hler' Prlth a Bha, d rnor? thlul that." Kn "ai1 Wl'bch he had the EO help ' , ".' mad." ;,,1V ef- 1 ' in and pick up the kitten and bring It out. mrrving it very tenderly. "Now, where'a the neareBi place to get milk?" Warren asked briskly, i think i saw a delicatessen in the block above." The delicatessen was small and smelly but there was u stout, good-natured good-natured looking woman behind the counter. "Can we get a saucer of milk" demanded de-manded Warren. "This kitten's about starved wu found it down the street." The woman got out a bottle of milk and poured some In a wooden dish As Helen put the kitten on the floor to drink It, the woman gave a startled, "Why. that's that's Minnie's kitten, kit-ten, where'd yer find it?" Helen explulned aliout. the empty shop and then the woman told them the kitten had been missing for over two weeks and they thought It had been stolen. , "Minnie. Minnie' she called "Come arid see what's here!" A little girl of about 10. very pretty and very dlrtv. e.-imo running In from a room at the hark As soon as she saw tho kitten, which was weakly lapping the milk, she knelt down beside be-side It with a .loyous cry When a little- later Helen and Warren War-ren left the shop. Helen slipped her hand throueh his arm and pressed close against him. "Oh. didn't It all come out beautifully? beautiful-ly? To think we OOtlld cet that poor little kitten out of there and Into its own home! Oh. It was DEAR of you to corne! You re always so good to animals, and you " "Nonsense," Interrupted Warren, who always hated praise. "Here, youll have to hustle if we get this car." I |