mmmmmmmmmmmMmmmmmimmimmmmmmim ww?w fa,?;.nw?;- PB&AWAtmW AhWMmiWX'.J?V.'f UWSW;& M rvv mmv ira . yffl DANCING MASTER By RUBY AY RES Auther of "The Phantom Lew," "A Baehoter HtubmnJ," tivEMfa WmM bMmmillBhMikf rnxmiAS; ma ', 1022 1 ! . 1 .. . . .11 1 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.' C ..H.!,0,i.s.c.. !"' :M m "1 HiIbI. """, niriuusiy. Hen .,1,1 .,.;m ,""1 ,,('f,p' R." R SR. '(Sendij,,"'" "frai(1 th'S iS "ll uiKUDetti ... -.1 11 . "i i,n. T "." ""'cu, sue back." nt h we,,,,, be lf e.v my M: ihe" "" 'T1 : euld Im be u nth. At i"v. "V1 "snnmed mini) 7L"'. l't. '' 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 ' salt .""i en; 1 hniiv 1...1.,., l', t irm.Vfer Mr. belli ,-; "'..,,?s','u,."t''.v. "I ": s p ."". f...w l.'IOOin 'mil uilU Hi EfiZ"J burMlni with .i,.. witirmpKu . ..1 v.-- ..... VMHUIU " 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. 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