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By RUBY AY RES
Auther of "The Phantom Lew," "A Baehoter HtubmnJ,"
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u,a nEOINS THE STORY
Klitabtlh Cenytri, a demure eewt-
F&hWv drcssinp, is thrown
Myftf 7rfX hospitality 0 her
fW,A couth in fashionable Lon Len
'AZjnh he death of a nefe,
(' .1 , MiflAt e fnc IV hand-
V urniM RWilen, a former service
I C Walter Sncath, a solid but net
. . i.iiniii country iui "ufm
SUm .'n fter plf. . SA?. rcurn
ftsc'i?.
L" .. manne0un.
fiSKV-.i tin 7icr aiarmcnr.
ffirVJie mttnltntten, tche tells
In he must go hack te her aunt. He
titrs te teach her professional done dene
"f and takes her te dinner en the
fQtd hetne.
AND HERB IT CONTINUES
kimend plans te earn her llvine by
.,m:r" ' ttuniiMO for a viae te
Zdlnclne lessens, she meets Enid
SHE was net sure if she ought te pay
.- ik. dinner she lind Imd. She
; JJjjtjd with her purse, but could net
"'And about the lessens?" Roysten
"aiktd as thev drove nway irem me
Et.nMnf. "Would you like mc te
'Jifrandtfe your nunt?
7, uicrin nviiuim.
I ulieuhl like you te, she mid at
1 1... ninfnt1v. "If she was different
"j,t, eh, she thinks I'm an Impos Impes
ifM little feel te want te learn." She
Ii'mIxiI her troubled eye.i te his face.
"What no jii iiiini. mil- e.i-uiv...
"I flout TIllllK you win imu 11 ex-
nU a pathway paved with geltl," he
Mid rently.
"Ne. I suppose net, and yet you said
I' I was a born dancer, sne rcminucu
I Km
i Hirl. nil 1 meant it : but it means
:Urd work and Ien hours,"
I "I am net afraid of that."
"I am sure you are net. wen,
hulk it eer and let me knew. Yeu
bow 'new where I am te be found?"
"Yes."
She wanted te ask when she would
I M Mm, again, but she did net like te,
tnd ntlliier ui iiiciii fium- lur kuiiic
Unites; then l'lizabcth said abruptly:
"I hope jour wife will net be nngry
With me."
Renten tiusncu te tne roots of his
lair.
"I will explain te her," he said in a
lard voice.
"She was very kind that day I met
In." Elizabeth went en.
He made no answer.
"Have jeu-rharc you been married
long?" she asked, hesitatingly.
He laughed mirthlessly .
"It seems a long time." he said.
ihertly.
He opened the deer- "Here we
Irt,"
Elizabeth stifled a sigh ; she hated
the thought of returning te her nunt.
lid yet she knew that Roysten was
right when he said that it was the
eajy pewlble thing for her te de.
Bhe held out her bund te him.
"Geed-by and thank veu verv
wh."
nI think It Is I who should thank
jeu for being se kind," he said.
He was turning away "when a car
tarried the corner of the street and
drew up close te the curb.
tiilzabeth Hushed scarlet; she knew
It Was the r.'ir whlrll hr mint lilrml
from a ncicliberlne garage, and she
wlibed that the earth would open and
urallew her up when its deer opened
lad Mrs. Masen stepped out.
She steed motionless when she saw
Elisabeth. She looked from the girl te
Fit RoVHteil flnd her vn'wn tvnu IIIia
then she (-poke.
".80 this is the way you spend veur
time when I am away." She took a
Ufa toward Elizabeth. "Hew' dare
yen! Hew dare you no out with thin
sun after what I have said te you?"
Elizabeth had been tee scared te snenW
woeve. but new, at this direct in-
10 Moysien took a quick step fer-wird.-
"Aunt Emma. Oh! hew can you?"
Mrs. Mnf-en &ilinppil imi i(i.'n -.
tare... " BVO
"Don't ftnrn In n... ...ill. nil
V... --.. . auc imiii 111c, nuzif
1 nave hail mv iiniiiiieinnu ..
tnwllllng suspieiens about veu ever
"ice you first came te us. and new
Btyare only tee finally confirmed. Hew
eng have jeu been in the rempnny of
tali-gentleman, may I ask?"
I nlPt him Kt nnn:.l..... ..a
Wends house." Elizabeth hardly knew
Wit Bhe was fcavinsr. Hpp vnP ...
wineis made her appear guiltv. "He
lout and" ' " hc dreve ,ue
n!! if l lla'1 nnt appeared upon
Ul sene rmi t. rt..i.i .. i....i. .
tiV. Vi i'V "" "' iiuuut. nave
f vnnP 1. f,,r""V'- 'lI "m nbbnmed
taSl'.""(,,,lllllt uu hll0ld be
?."" i1 m,ht h known"
stepped, as for the firht time Rev.
"i imcricred.
His
ejes werp like fire, but his voice
""quite steady.
le Mr, ',msl,C(1 '"su't'ne your
llrt' . S,B,S0". Perhaps you will
en te what I ,uve te say. I met
CrhC.n,KrsU" b-v nccldent, and I
St. 'r.i"""0' Us " M Ucr of
ilindhr.ni 11 "" uuc ' cannot
Mrs i al ew .J0" ,0 inM'lt her."
firs .MnM.11 laughed cynically.
"Ah! X,io,,Stttvlb'v!Mhh,,ccl'ew1'
SfiTl"?n, of ll( weaker sex. EII?n.
she
Her
tried te
"".'. 0 into t IP ImiiLe at -...
Wizabeth looked at Rovsten.
mil,, ",l '"eiign
"I tfllll run T .. . .
m ... ;"' wus 1101
cimeback.'
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"1 HiIbI. """, niriuusiy.
Hen .,1,1 .,.;m ,""1 ,,('f,p' R." R
SR. '(Sendij,,"'" "frai(1 th'S iS "ll
uiKUDetti
... -.1 11 .
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back." nt h we,,,,, be lf
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my
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euld Im be
u
nth. At i"v. "V1 "snnmed
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Masen follewp.1
i.ir.A Vlmt ''""'d hc be thinkiiiB?
M Mherscf- straatcdly.
.rs. Masen felliiiY i. ''... .L
melding alllhe "way: ,!" '
il !' ui U'Olnnn .K . . . .
I " everheanl i,t i ' , r mln"
. therS.. 1 "' B''e said ence Bhe
'Mtli Inte th. lUnf V : ",lc "rove El
uslg Ttr S rm n,Ml wcnt
liYMhX.i'e.ll'?, llk0 n -IirIty
i : la nih?t ".m" ,H '"arried, and,
k wife or' 1,p: U Vv,in "J"1" '""
"""iis nueui inein
oil
both
tin ,
lwp
ktaeV: "i! cnH.i the sands of
lwP you In i. Y'"nK ' going te
)w int..i " PJ' he,,?p r one day if
? D ir,u,f, "?,w'h people of that
2JJ e would think of Si , ' M.
ft! e?k0ni S wl" ""
"lihn, 1 "l.tKs. were crimson.
gl'iHeieinc
(nuid net he !,.. .."." '
I 1 nun i
f Ulll'K
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l', t irm.Vfer Mr.
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" 11UDO1
tied from
iad ever
spoken te her in such a manner before.
Rebert Conyers had shown' lir no
great nffertlen, but nt lcrfst he bad
never Insulted her.
She felt that she could never forgive
her nunt; and the taunt about Delly
had hurt her mere than anything.
Delly, a lady te her fingertips, when
she had deliberately stolen half of all
Elizabeth had In the world !
"I will net itey; I will net," she
told herself, frantically.
She was tee upset te cry. She
paced up and down her room for
hours, unable te think ceberentlv.
Finally she fell asleep, dressed aa
she was, lying huddled up en the bed.
She awoke with ft splitting headache
anu n sense of dreary depression, te
find that she had overslept and that
it was half-past 0.
In a panic she tidied her hair,
changed her frock and hurried down dewn
stalra. Breakfast was cleared away "by
Mrs. Masen's orders," se the maid told
her In n scared whisper.
Elizabeth flushed.
"Is my nunt down then, already?"
ahe nsked. As a rule Mrs. Mftsen sel
dom' put in an nppcarauce until lunch
time.
"She wa down very early for her,
half-pnst 8,' se the maid answered,
wiiii a nttie giggle.
Elizabeth went back te her room
and began te pack her clothes.
"I will net stay; I will net," she
told herself again and again.
She had almost finished when she
heard her nunt'H voice en the stairs.
Elizabeth dosed her half-filled trunk
and hurriedly restored the room te
order; then she steed waiting, her
.heart beating fast.
Mrs. Masen came te the deer.
"Oh, se you are up!" she said, with
sarcasm.
Elizabeth made no reply, and her
nunt centinued: "That is as well, tee
ing that I have made arrangements for
n lady te call here nt half-past 12 te
Interview you. I saw the advertise
ment in this morning's paper nnd went
personally, te answer it ; I have told the
lady all about you, and she seems will
ing te give you n trial. She will take
you immediately today, if necessary."
Elizabeth moistened her dry lips.
"As as what?" she asked.
"As mother's help," Mrs. Masen an
swered firmly, "and you are most for
tunate te have secured a comfortable
home se cnslly. There are "four children
dear mitts," she added, with swift
remembrance of the auarrcllii" nnd
crying she had heard proceeding from
the nursery when she called at the
house. "Yeu will receive twenty-five
pounds n year net a larse Hilary, I
admit, fdr the present day, but you
must remember that you are quite
untrained. Well, what de you sav?'
"I have nothing te say," sald'EUza
beth, quietly.
"Xou were always ungrateful," Mrs.
Masen said, bitterly. "Yeu will be here
at half-past 12 te interview this lady
her name is Mrs. I.ewin." She paused.
"Did you hear what I said?" she de
manded. "Yes." said Elizabeth. "I heard what
you snid."
Mrs. Masen sailed triumphantly
away, nnd presently Elizabeth saw he,
leave the house with Delly.
She finished packing at fever speed;
fhe put en her hat and coat and went
downstairs and out into the read.
She walked about till she found a
disengaged taxi; then she took it back
te the house.
"Please wnit for me," she said.
She went up te her room again, and
unassisted dragged her one trunk
down the three flights of stairs.
One of the maids hearing the noise,
came te see wbat was the matter.
Elizabeth looked at her defiantly.
"I am going away," ehe said. "Yeu
can ten my aunt I shall never come
back njnin. Ne, you need net help
mc; I can manage.
Hut the girl insisted unen hclnine
her.
"I don't blame you for net staying,
miss. Many's the time we've said down
stairs that it wafl disgraceful the way
you've been treated," she said, sym
pathetically. Elizabeth laughed; she felt utterly
reckless.
"It doesn't matter new,"' she said.
"It's all ever."
She get into the taxi and the driver
shut the deer.
"Where te. miss?" he asked.
Elizabeth' hesitated. Fer the first
time she realized her utter loneliness.
Where could she go? She lind nep a
friend in the world. Then suddenly she
thought of Roysten. Hc had said that
she must always count en him as a
friend. The color flewed back te her
pale face.
She would go te him. Even if he sent
her away, it could net hurt her much
mere than she hud been hurt already,
and there seemed nothing else te de:
"Where te, miss?" the driver asked
again, thinking she lind net heard.
Elizabeth gave the address of the
I'rimus Dancing Scheel.
A great deal of Elizabeth's courage
had goue by the time she reached the
big perciied deer, but with the desper
ate feeling that one blew mere or less
could net matter, she asked the taxi
man te wnit and went upstairs.
There whs a gramophone placing in
the big room and at first nobody heard
her knock; then the dark-haired girl
whom she had seen before came out.
Elizabeth asked for Roysten.
"I will net keep him long," she said,
and then with a wnvcrliig mnile she
added : "And I won't run away this
time."
The girl left her and almost immedl
ately Roysten came from the big room.
He shut the communicating deer be
hind him and looked at Elizabeth with
distressed eyes,
"Your aunt has turned nu out?"
Elizabeth shook her head; tears swam
Inte her eyes, though she did her best
te check them.
"Ne," she snid; "I ran nway."
There was a moment of silence, tuen
she went en breathlessly.' "She luul get
me some dreadful job as a mother's
help te leek after four children and
I couldn't eh ! I couldn't de it : but I
pretended it was all right. Then, as
seen as she went out, I packed my
things nnd came here. My trunk is
downstairs in a taxicab " She broke
off, only te rush en painfully, "Yeu
said you were my friend. 1 knew it's
dreadful te trouble you like this, hut
I hae nowhere elBc te go nowhere
in the world."
"1 am glad you came te me," Roys Roys
eon said. "Please don't worry every
thing will be quite all right. Just let
mc think for a moment."
Elizabeth wiped her tears away fur
tively; she felt vaguely comforted.
Roysten went back te the Inner room.
Lte return almost at once with the dark-
haired girl.
"Miss Cenycrs, this Is Miss Stacey,"
he said. "I have told her that you are
coining te me te he trained. Fortun
ately there in a vacant room lu the
house where she lives, und if you will
allow her te take ,ou there ,ieu can
leave jour liiEgage und have' some
lunch together."
The two girls looked at one another
curiously, then Miss Stacey smiled.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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