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LOVELESS MARRIAGE
By RUBY M. AYRES
'iatlur of "A Ma WW "The One Unwanted? "A Bacheler
B Husband," etc.
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TttlS BBOINB THB STORY
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(' Jft': 'JtAtZt. and htv father wan he
Utki ttM ten that henteUctid, both
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MeMHri? actueManea tulth (cliarj
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AKOHBBK It CONTINUES
. jm! 4tiA 'at fit! fin m
KfflL'S.S try te leek cheerful. ,
M te your father after a sep-
il n- vanril."
V)L. n the Up of my tongue te
'iA whose fault it
V.iT0Vfault .itNvas, that jvc ha.l
l 11U UUL unini
..dmy eVe's obeeleuUy and stuffed
'. AtwVV.j . many boxes he in-
r -5 1 that he had once been te
-faca for six months with no lug
:??.,? a nertmanteau; ha asked
what the devil I hnd get in th&m au.
l"f tad never heard any one swear be-
iiimr father had never used bad
JEnwfln "the old days, and I was
'SShMned and aisgusvcu.
tfflSSEsi von think you're going te
X vis -
I Sim else. Londen neuses
V'u, lumber I"
("V wked at him. in amazement.
I' "Bdt-aren't we going nemm x
M"!eATaBl!;,.. fc echoed testily.
Wltt de you mean by 'home'? Nascet
'Rrait bss been let for years, if that
'Whit you mean. nere no ju ,.,.
!"... f i, nmnnv from te keep
.Tat school all this time-hew de you
t'&Awsa I've managed" te exist myself?
t."t'i. , . lfi, .mnzement.
', I bad se often told the girls at Miss
flush's about my levely old home; I
U nsvsr forgotten It-the high, oak-
rl rooms, the winding patus in
Vttl garden; the old box hedges and
'It seemed incrcdlble that it was let
ind te a stranger. ...
"?. "i ...l. ...I.. lli.n1 1irre HOW.
and If we should never go back nny
Bere but l was we mrum.
CHAPTER V
When we reached Londen we took
Mether cab, all the, luggage was piled
en top, and we drove for what teemed
te me miles and miles! I could net rc
i member ever bavins been In Londen
before, though I knew that my mother
hid sometimes taken me with her when
v. -nt ulinnnlntr: and I thought It
wry ugly and depressing and stuffy.
' I could net imagine new the driver
found his way through se many streets
that all looked alike ; I stared out of the
window with wlde eyes.
Gradually the streets grew narrower
ind the houses less imposing. Prescnt-
J the cab stepped outside one with a
Itht of steps that wanted cleaning,
and an Iren gate that wanted painting.
My father opened the deer.
"Yeu can get out," he nald..
I obeyed hurriedly, clutching m.v
umbrella and an armful of parcels. I
' iteid waiting en the het pavement for
further instructions, whlle he wraugled
lth the cabman ever the fare.
I glanced up nt the house timidly ; it
looked very tell and gloomy; it had
hdtd Venetian blinds drawn half-way
down at "all the windows .that looked
. llk significant lids drooping ever know knew
laieyes. The front deer steed open, and I
etught a glimpse of a narrow hall, an
nmbrtlla stand, and a long rack laden
With hats and coats.
My father turned te me sharply and
iked why I was standing there gaping
he had get the 'worst of It with the
cabman, and was shorter-tempered than
Uiuil lu consequence.
He preceded me up the dirty steps
ind Inte the hall. A woman came out
l a deer beneath the stairs.
She stared at me with impudent eyes.
"This Is my daughter,'' said my
father shortly. "I dare say sbe would
ilk some tea."
"You'd better come upstairs," said
tilt woman. She still stared, but her
voice was kindly.
She took the umbrella and parcels
from my arms, and led the way up the
lineleuined stairs.
She opened a deer en the left and
nodded te me te go in.
"This Is Tour room." she said, and
put the umbrella in u corner and the
parcels en a table.
I steed looking round helplessly. The
room was clean, but stuffy as If the
Windows wanted opening ; the lace cur
ttlns were starched till they looked like
paper; the quilt ou the small iron bed
was starched, tee, and stuck out all
nund like a petticoat; there was a
clock en the mantel ulielf with a loud,
ehean tick, and a candle In a stick ou
the dressing table had toppled ever with
the heat.
The woman was watching me curl
ualy. "Se you're Marjerle Dnlrymple, are
you?" she said Interestedly. "Hew old
are you, pray?'
. I told her fifteen ; she raised her
brews. '
"Is that all? Why, you leek seven
taen, every bit. I dare say your father
Will raske yeti put your hair up."
My lips quivered. I was proud of
y hair, which I were in two long
Plaits tied with black bows.
"I don't want te put It up," I said
attentively.
She laughed.
a'i'W w?.n'1 be w,lBt y" wat. I'm
thinking," t,he said. "Take off your
Bit and, come and get n cup of tea."
She walked te the deer,
i,. V.?T '"J" are we KO'"K te stay
Ll . "'''l aK s,, turned the handle.
one looked buck ut me.
Hew long? It'H your home, my
fltar; your father's lived here for six
months. He's get all the house, but
ui. i v . ""' 1UU'B "n nils iioer.
5ili be(lroen opposite yours, and the
.deep, cozy armchairs, and a hand
some ense filled with books; n high oak
sideboard, and a dinner wagon with
cut-g ass decanters and glasses en the
top shelf.
Ten was served en a tray for enst
My father helped himself te a whisky,
and-soda, saying that he was net nl
lowed te drink tea; It was bad for hta
digestion.
I drank my tea thirstily: it cheered
my droeplnjt spirits. Presently I plucked
up courage te ask him who the woman
was who had shown me my room.
"She's my housekeeper, ha informed
me, and does the cooking, and cleans
the rooms. Hhe's a geed woman, really.
lu ed net be afraid of her."
.. in ( net nfrald of any one," I told
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friT. , uura ? ,n U,B Irent the Heuse,
jjeey heep the ether room at the back
?u,,Vi'b we"' I dare say you'll
etar all about that Inter en."
U..A TWent nwny Quickly, as if she
2!Ii ,: mt'ant asking iiuuKtieiis, mid I
aa left nlene.
CHAPTER VI
rfoLteok ?.ff m hat n"l cat and sat
Gewn en the side of the bed.
.. l81,v.fl,H t0 be '"y hfme ! I thought
SrlfMi-Ket U0""- lts w''le 'awns nnd
windinj paths, aud tears welled into
i1L?,I,11i years tlnce I hnd 6cen
feit ti ! bml l,evc' forgotten it. and T
tier. .St.i.Mlne Iuy l hI,u,ll,l bcl
MJ the h';e,,t'H el 1V childhood.
Heme one tapped en the deer.
ifc. .'.tvi8,Ja m,y ether's irritable
1 L "'i1 a tlmft '0 are!"
thBtHi'1 up Htilckly. Ilcfore I lft
but i ' epe,,e,11 a windows wide,
ilen j wiii no uir nt an in i.on i.en i.on
sna'cenn. ! .B,g,,e1' ,for tl10 ercen ilelds
Onk"X0yi W ich burre,lnie'1 T,,e
Undfng?thc WnB wnlti"8 r " en the
flea,lLH e'J'-clll .me with nsatln.
a frUnlii., i" lVc"'1 l meugiit. J.ny ug
we ff iX 'i"1"1 W, y "heuldcr, he led
well furnished; there were several
1
him. with a spurt of courage.
He laughed at that.
"Geed for you," he eaid.
thQ SDlrlt we wnnt hri."
He watched me interestedly while X
finished my tea.
"I think you'd better nut teh fcnlr
up, he said presenUr. "and wear your
skirts longer. Hew old are you?"
I told him. He half alghcd.
. .12 di fer0ttcn," he admitted. "It
seems longer than that since you were
born." There was a llttle pause. "De
jeu remember your mother?" be asked
p&s?" I .aid.
mX.didi ?et llke t0 tdl hlm th wy
most vivid memory of her was when
;i,ni hier lyIn fcad en the table in
,.ifc.. "i,ntf r001"' .,,cp beautiful hnlrr
unbound and nearly reaching te the
"You're very llke what she was when
we were married," he said presently.
?.ut T?u,1hven t get her spirit. Sha
was all life and laughter. Yeu"
there was something contemptuous in
t v,0'ce you're a dreamer."
I did net really understand. I went
en 'nu'lehing a piece of cake.
"" ll.enjey yourself here' if you're
a geed girl," my father said presently.
I knew lets of people. There's al
w.?,y8 !eme ene 1" and out. Tomorrow
I H take you down the West End and
buy you some decent clothes."
ihat pleased me, ns I suppose It
would have pleased any one.
I was left te myself for the rest of
the evcnlng.V I spent it unpacking my
boxes, nnd arranging the things in the
0,10 chest f drawers my room boasted.
JUlss I.innlc, the housekeeper, camu in
once or twice. She looked at my clothes
critically.
"YeuMl want something smarter
than these," she said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Oh, we're very smart here!" she
answered. "Didn't your father tell
you?"
"He said he knew a let of people,
that there was always seme one in and
out." .
She laughed.
"Oh, yes, you won't be dull!" she
admitted.
She brought my supper te my bed
room. '
"Your father's get soma gentlemen
coming, se you'd best keep out of the
way till you get your uew clothes," she
said casually.
I was nothing loath. I was afraid
of strangers. I ate my supper en the
slde of the bed, and then found a book
which kept me amused.
I suppese It must hnve been get
ting en te 10 o'clock when I heurd
whnt seemed te be quarreling going
en in the next room loud voices talk
ing and arguing; once the sound of
a blew. I listened wonderingly, then
with alarm. After a moment I went
softly te the deer and opened it.
The noise came from the room at the
back of the house, into which I had
net been shown.
CHAPTER VII
I could distinguish my father's voice
raised In fenr or anger. My heart be
gan te pound lu my threat. With sud
den impulse, I weut forward and opened
the deer.
In a moment there was utter si
lence. I steed In the doorway, my eyes
blinded by the glara of light that filled
the room. Then gradually I get used
te it. and bcKan te dtetlticulsh ob
jects.
The whole room seemed te be filled
with men, most, of them In evening
aress. tue atmospnere was smoky
and smelt of spirits. In the center
of the room was a long table covered
with green baize.
All this I took in during the sllence
that greeted my appearance. Then my
father came forward. lie loehcd furi
ously ansr.v. 1 thought he was geins
te strlke me.
"Hew darn you come hern?" h b
gun. He laid a rough hand en my
shoulder. "Haw dare you "
He btepped. Seme ene else bad come
forward and intervened.
"Who is the youngster, Dalrymple?"
I turned ray frightened eyes te the
speaker. He was a big. burly man with
a geed-natured red fuce, nnd he were
a huge diamond stud in the besom at
his shirt lrent.
That diamond fascinated inc. I stared
at It all the time he uas speaking.
The ether men had gathered round.
I seemed te be the center of attrac
tion. I steed there, miserable nnd fright
ened. I was wearing a plain serge frock
with a white Ince cellar, and my hnlr
hung lu its heavy plaits en cither shoul
der. "It's my daughter." I heard my
father bay angrily. "She did net knew.
She only came home from school to
day. I'll see she Is punished "
The red-faced man Interrupted.
"Nonsense !, She hasn't doue any
harm. She leeks scared te death as It
Is. What's your name, youngster?"
"Marjerle." I faltered.
"Well" lie dived in a pocket and
fished up half a crown "here'n some
thing for ou te buy sweets with. New
cut oft te bed."
1 clutched the coin In my trembling
linud and cbcnpcd thankfully. The deer
shut Imi'il en my hcels. Out en the
landing Miss 1,1 tin I e seined me.
"(iracleus heavens!" she cried.
"Where heve you been?"
I explained ns well as I could.
"I thought they were quarreling," I
said helplessly. "What were they doing
in there en thnt green tableV"
She looked nt me tmsplcieusly.
"They were playing cards, child,"
she mi id nt length.
"Oh!" I said disappointedly. "I
thought It was something much mere
exciting."
Hut it was exciting enough, a I
learned te my cost before I was many
weeks elder.
My father took me down the West
Knd the following morning, as he had
premised, and bought me mere clothes
thiin I hud ever hud in my life. Clet hen
quite unsuitable for my age, had I but
Known it, uuc cieiiich which deiighted
me silk frocks aud bilk stockings, nnd
high-heeled shoes, T was dazed and
bewildered by the quantities el thing
which he ordered.
Aftcrwurd we went te a hair
dresser's, and, despite my objection my
hnlr was "done up,'
I very nearly wept during the opera
tion, but afterward, when the dresser
a ery wiuart French woman JtuI me
te ii mirror and told me te leek at my
belt, I could only he pleased.
I had grown into a young lady, and
I wna only fifteen !
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