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Detuous, willful Gaynell of old. This was ‘the lull before the terrible s'torm broke over her headt “You are quite spoiling me, you dear old darling!” she exclaimed one day, throwing two soft arms around the'grand old lady's neck. and giving her a decided .hu that; almost ruined her dainty lace ool arette‘ “I-thank you and papa. so thich forgiving me my choice of any Eony in the stable for my very own. I ave chosen thenew one that was bought yesterday. I must run away and put on my riding-habit, the groom will have him eaddledyand at the door directly. I'm going to «take a canter in the park." “Take care of yourself, dear," replied Mm. Remington. “You ought to have per- mitted the groom* to accompany you." Gay laughed and shook her golden head. A few moments later Gay put her head in at the door to say “Good-bye." How dainty and sprightly she looked in the navy-blue cloth riding-habit that 115 ted her’ slender.zirliah figure to a charm. the blue cloth cap with, a. bright, crimson bird‘s wing ooquett‘lahly at one side, the tan-colored gloves reaching almost up to the elbow, and the thick, silver veil cov- ering'the pretty face all save the dimpled ohm end rosy. laughing mouth like a homegrenete bud. » ehi ped at Gay's shrine were legion. B e gave each and all a bright smile, a coquettish glance, and a. pleasant word. “dim not‘ one 'of them succeeded in. cap- turing her .heart. Poor Gay! she had no *heart to give them; her heart was with him whom she believed so cruelly false to her; she lov_ed him with a. passionate yearning still. in~spite of all. . "Nonsense. I zuess Satan and I will get Along pretty well together," laughed Gay, springing into the saddle. "Forewarned is forearmed, you know. I shall keep a. nh‘firp lookout fo_r big pranks." "I'miso, sorry you have ordered this horse to'be saddled for you, (Miss Gay," he began anxiously. "He's not.. safe for a. man to handle, let alone. a. yqung lady. You can depend on it, his old mast/er knew Sim pretty well when he named him atan.” How little Gay dreamed what was to biz-fall her ere she returned! With flying feet she gained the portico. The groom was awaiting her there, hold- ing a sleek, prancing black horse by the . Gay had given her new-found friends a. faithful description of her life up to the time Hazel died, but there was one page in that dark past that she could not bring herself to reveal to them; and that was the story of that, hasty, romantic marriage, .that seemed almost like a dream now. . ~Gay had been long months amid her new surroundings; she was the very light; and life of the grand old house, each day she was growing more like the saucy, im- Detuous, willful Gaynell of old. “This _wa_s (the lull before the terrible Then lone Leighton knew that she stood no chance of ever being friends with the gig}- whpm_ she_ ha}! 59 bitterly wronged._ “Take care.” warned Grace; "depend up- on it, as sure as fate such a, scheme will recoil upon your own family in time, it not upon your own head. Take care! Be- ware! Remember well the significant lmea: V "No doubt. the little upstart beggar is name as proud as :1 peacock now.” flash- ed out lone, tearing the note into minute ghreds and flinging them in the fire. “0h, If I could but pull down her pride. trample her in the dust of humiliation for this! I. think I could do it. too. if I were to search her past. history. I am sure there is some terrible, disgraceful secret in that girl's past life, and if I live I will ferret. 1t out." : Nor wbnder Gay’s heart went out to this grand 911 couble. Proud old Mrs. Cheeleigh read them too, with bitter anger at. her own folly for not keeping Gay under her roof while she had her at Roseclifl. She would have been delighted to have had her handsome son woo and win the heiress, who would at some future day inherit the banker's three millions gr Ix;oney._ “God bless you, my child." returned the old millionaire ‘banker warmly, "your heart is in the right. place. I honor you for those brave words. My wife was a. Working-girl when I married her, and she ~filwaye belle me she ,don’t‘ {gel one whit Imore of a. lady in her gilks and satins {han she did in her neat print dress and spotless apron. Wealth has not spoiled fier. by any means. and she will like‘ you (31111 thé better for your principles, my ear." i There came a. dark, bitter day when Ione Leizhton remembered those lines but, two well. She read of Miss Remington's great beauty and her success in the fashionable wgrld gvitp_ a__reve_qgefyl_, _enviot_xa gleam. The handsomevyb’urhg" féiles who wor- shipped at Gay's shying we_re>193‘ion.__ “Gay had frankly -wld the good: old banker that she was never intended for a grand lady when he had made known his intention of adopting her and making he): his heiress. Ski: réaiizeTiifirlam {hat "she had en- telgainpd {m angel.una.wages.” "I am onlsr/ié working-girl,” elm went on simply. “I shall never feel above tgem; my heart. will be always with t em.” { 81:6 déffif‘géfifiefifi {$1133 rain. but “‘The mills of the gods grind slowly, But. they grind exceedingly flne.”’ For Wcal or for W06; CHAPTER XXIII.7(Cont’d) CHAPTER XXIV; Or, A Dark amid her very light . each day saucy, im- “Goodness!” he exclaimed under his breath, “the mischief is in that horse to- day. I’m afraid there will be mischief done before she returns. I'll saddle up Akbar and follow her." Meanwhile Gay had reached the park; and it was on this particular morning that. Percy Granville had asked Evelyn St. Clair to become his bride, when he had hidden adieu to his fiancee. forget- ting, in his eagerness to catch the train. to give her even a. farewell kiss as they before she could give- him the slightgat tap with her gold-mounted riding-WIND. Satan was dashing down the paved road wi_t}1 the velocity_o( thg wind. Meanwhile and it was that. Percy St. Clair to had hidden ting, in his to give her Dated: Temptation The groom Vlo'oked fifterfl 361' with a troubled face. - _ He rémhed the city in a. strangely per- turbed state of mind, quite unusual to big chgery ‘natiure. J GENERAL OBSTETRICAL MASSAGE ELECTRO 0R SCHOOL NURSING Qualifiel you for [he best positions. Study at home or attend the School. Gradu- ates cam $15.00 to $40.00 per wqek. gcnd gr Flee Book on Nurgigé Hell Gross School of Nursing Was it fafe that caused him to give the It's the CLEANEST. SIMPLEST. Ind BEST HOME DYE, one can buya-Why you don't even have to know whu KIND of Cloth yéur Goods-Ire made of.--So Mls'tukes In Impossible. Send {or Free Colo; Curd. Story Booklet. and Booklet glvlng result: of Dyelng over other colon. The JOHNSON-RICHARDSON C0., Limited. Monuenl. Clnldl. OUR COURSE IN ordfr to the cab-driver as he took hll Ian : “To the park?" At the gate he dismissed the cab. pre- ferring to stroll through the grounds on foot, 'tempted by the beauty of the spring mprngng: _ _ _ He had scarcer reached the first curve of the serpentine road. ere he heard a sound that made his very heart almost ce_ase beating, _ _ ’ vhww ukunnna. I}, was a piercing cry in a clear, girlish vomewa. voice that. reminded him strange. lyfiof Litth Gay’s._ ’ The next instant, he beheld a black horse T-upon whose back a young girl sat. away- mg to and fro in the saddle like a. slender leaf in a galeâ€"plunging and daahing mad- 1y_giopr phg Iqud _at 33. headlong pace._ 'Tfié'iid’iar'iai; liéd" 7355351363 asunder, and the lovely rider had lost all control of_ the snirjped animal. Percy could see that it. was only a ques- tion of a. few brief instants ere the ter- rified girl would be dashed from the sad- dleâ€"meeting certain death by [striking one of the trees that lined either side of the road; His face paled as he saw her danger. In an instant he had made up his mind wllat cou_r_se to pgrsue. On, with the speed of the wind, came the coal-black horse, and again a. wild. piteous cry floated on to Percy’s ears, and that cry nerved him for the terrible_ or- deal that followed. He wdulti isarvrertrirlei girl’s life or he wguld dig in_ the at_tem_pt._ He saw that. the maddened animal must pass within a, yard from the point where he stood, fairly rooted to the spot, and. if it should swerve a. single hair's breadth in his direction, the plunging iron hoofs wgglq crush him. With a white. determined face, he wound his left arm firmly around the trunk of a tree. and stood calme waiting to grasp the bridle of the infuriated steed with his et'g‘gng‘ _right arm 318 it_ plunged pgst hipL ' Neal’rei'; nearer: dashed Satan, with his terrified burdenâ€"«one brief instant later, he. Wits. abyegst__of_f._he noble young hero. And in miniming _I;x3};;e;1Eâ€";Bs£§3h§ hand grasped one of the mugs attached tofithe bit. . -- 'Thef‘e "Kr-as a powerful; lungs forward that. nearly tore Percy Granville’s strong rigpt: _arz_n from igs ’socket. If his left arm had not been wound so firmly around the trunk of the tree. we should have had to record a. tra edy; as it wasvthe powerful hand that eld the ring of the bit; brought Satan back upon his haunchee; he had recognized a mas- terly hand, and the next instant. he stood panting and quivering, but docile enough. by the roadside.. But. in that backward plunge Gay had lost. her balance, and would have fallen headlong from the saddle had not Percy loosened his grip from the horse, and held out his arms_just in time to catch her. The" few?" séconda’ 'ih‘aii“3££s8€'h§'ié awaited the terrible instant seemed the leggth of_ etgrpity. HE realized bu'twtoo well that upon his agility and strength hung this lovely ngng creature’s life. What words she etammered out as she mica there. she could never afterward re- ca . Percy lifted his straw hat. with a low, deferential bow.. It. was little wonder he did not recog- nize the strained. faltering voice, it was so unnatural; even Gay herself was start.- leqhby itg quivering‘hollowngss. -- ve- . “.5. He handed her his card as he spoke, hoping she would give him her own in exchange. It never occurred to him to be untrue to Evelyn, his fiancee, even in thought, but, in the presence of this be- witching creature before him, be quite forgo; her. What. was there about that, slim figure that rested for one brief instant a dead weight against. his heart, that made the blood course like fire through every fibre agd vgin offihis. yvhole being] v V7iivdfiifitii‘fl?'hiéfiafingwfighteued close- ly about her. Alas! why did not his heart. wa-rn him this was Little Gayâ€"hi3 lost bride? She struggled out of his arms with a little low cry, and he was dimly aware that. two dark terrified eyes were staring at him, burning their way down to his very soul from behind the thick folds of thg silvery vgil: “pray ’ Ho ‘n'éfi ‘liiifnlrfiiéf‘fifem said. “I should like to know, though, whom it is that hraye‘hz‘xd th_e. pleaelgre of. serving." Thé woras Vorffithanka died on her lips as 15.1}; saw who it. was L9 whom she owed her 1 e. p I , “He would never haw saved me had he known it. was I," able though}; bitterly._ "VLAA kw", . “I have no card with me." said yGay, confusedly, drawing the thick veil'”still further down over her face, much to Percy’s regret. "Iâ€"Iâ€"am Mr. Reming- ton’s adopted daughter, of No. â€" Gramercy Park.” Before Percy could utter the ejaculation of astonishment that rose to his lips, the groom, who had fortunately followed Gay, dashed up, taking in the situation of af- fairs at a single glance as he beheld the broken reins; he had picked up Gay’s riding-whip fully half a mile back. Percy had just. time to say: “I will call some day this week at your home if I may be permitted to do 50. Your father and my uncle were staunch old friends for long years, Miss Reming- ton. Surely you do not intend to ride that. animal home!” he cried in alarm as Gay made a movement to remount her horse. “I implore you not to do soâ€"let me send you a coach} Gay 7 neverr saw the green ark, the shgubs and leafy trees on that omeward n e. her depart, the. frightened groom follow- ing close at her heels. “He beg-s his own invitation to call upon the great banker's heiress,” she thought. with bitter pride, “while he acorns the poor little bride he wooed and won on the impulse of the moment. When he calls at the house I will confront him and charge him with the cruelty of break- ing my heart. Oh, why should I love him 0.” she sobbed, tears flilling her eyes so thickly that she could .not gee where her horse was going; "566an hlm again adds new fuel to the old love; .why can I not learn to forggt him or: d1e?_" “It, would be just like him to fall in love with that, girl,” she muttered, “and I should have just such a. time in sep- arating them-ms I had with that miserable Gay Eeterbrook, with her pretty gypsy- lshgiaceA and _baby _wa_1ys. That afternoon Percy wrote a long let- ter to Evelyn, and unconsoiously it was filled up with the subject he had so much at. heartâ€"the lovely young girl whom he had aided in the park. . “E‘Tlemgaifi’s-Qoiaé' Hififiied him like'some half-fprgotgen yelody. _ “Eeéfifiygtvf CTerG'heart was on fire with jealousy as she read it and she grogmd he}: geetl; with impqtenp rage. “What’s a betrothal to me, now-a-days â€"â€"or.marriage, either, as for that mat- ter?” she went“ on, pacing her boudoir ex- citedly. “Why, I have read of men leav- ing their brides at the very altar! Yes, one must. marry them quick to be even half ‘sure of them,” Suddenly a brilliant idea. occurred to Evelyn St. Claire. She had known the old banker and his wife well, when they used to visit years before at Redstoneiliall. Why not 0 to the city and pay them a short vislt. with the clever object in view of seeing this pretty it] for her- self. and giving her to un erstand she was not to fall in love with the fair- haired, handsome hero of the park adven- ture, for he was already betrothed to herself? 7 u The next, afternoon a ooéwh stop (1 be- fore Banker Remington’s palatial ome. a tall, elegant blonde. robed in violet, silk and in the very height of fashion, emer - ed from it and ran lightly up the marb e stgps, find‘ tgqched the‘silyer bell. Ti Sofiefii 13517 there was a swift, hur- rying footstep in the corridor without. that stopped before the door. ‘ “I will see this girl before Percy does," she concluded triumphantly, "and pre- vent, anything like an attachment, from spjjuging up‘ between thqmj’ She handed her card to the Servant who answered the summons, requested to see Mrs. Remington, and was shown into the ap_a.cig>us graying-roogn. Evelyn turned around; then the smile on her blonde face changed mm an ex- pression of the grew/est terror, She sprung to her feet with a hoarse cry. “Gaynell Esterbrook !" she gasped “What in the world are you doing here?" Gay raised her dark eyes to Evelyn’s per_turbe¢1 ifacg. "£68133; éi.“ bii‘i’réj'fii it was she, had not 10m: to ,wait. A - CHAPTER XXV. The footsteps ceased abruptly as tl'hey reached the drawing-room door; a httle white hand drew aside the amber lush hangings. and a slender girlish gure stagod‘ in the dqorway. “I am Mr. Remingtan's adopted daugh- ter now,” she said simply. “May I ask what you are doing here, Miss St. Claire?" The answer had almost taken the haugh- ty heirese’ breath away; but quick as a The Meaning of a Name means everything that is choicest in fine tea. “SALADA” means the world’s best tea -- “hilL grown Ceylon”-- with all the exquisite freshness and flavor retained by the sealed lead packages. 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She held out her white, jeweled hands with a. dazling smile. - “I never meant what I said to you that night in the heat. of anger, Little Gay," she answered artfully. "Please forgive me, won’t. you? I did not mean any harm in locking you in my boudoir;'1 wanted to keep you with me; I was distressed beyond all measure when I found yon: had fled from me, gone none knew whi- ther. You might. have had such a. splen-- did home with me.” Alasâ€"fer the éitleisneas and lmPIich co_nfl_dencg of itgegtperienged girllloqd ;_ Before beautiful, treacherous Evelyn St. Claire had been in Gay’s presence half an hour she had succeeded completely in in- gratiating herself in Gay’s confidence, and convincing her against her better judg» met?) that she had misjudged her in the pas . - With the skill of a. fiend, or the deadly serpent that charms a. fluttering dove, she had persuaded Gay into an exchange of confidence, and our poor, unsuspecting little heroine had give the heiress a faith- ful account of her movements from the time she left her roof that night. up to- the present momentâ€"of her meeting with Harold Tremaine that night. and her ab- duction; of her imprisonment in the lone brick house on the river roadâ€"her subse- quent escape-how she fell, weak and ex- hausted. by the roadside, and‘awoke to! consciousness finding that she had been ill for long weeks, and had been taken care of in the elegant home of the Leigh- tons. ' Gay finished her recital by telling Eve. Iyn that only yesmrday she had met Percy Granville. for the second time, and he had saved her life in the park~yet he had not recognized_hex‘ on accounm of the thick veil she were at the time, and the difference in the color of her hair. Evelyn St. Clair could have cried out in- trigmph as she listenefl 1111 that. "It was during that illness that I lost all my dark hair,” continued Gay. "and. this fair hair that changed my appear-- mg? 50, grew instgad. _ When Gay- mentioned the cause of he: being turned away from Leigth Hallâ€"- because she had gone to the grand mask- ball as‘the fairy queen uninvitedâ€"Evelyn- St. Claire’s excitement knew no bounds;- ae she remembered she had disturbed a tete-a-tete with this same fairy queen and' Percy Granville in the conservatory that. night- 'Vfié‘elyn St. Claire scarcely breathed as she listened. “You saw Mr. Granville there, that. night," said Evelyn, searching Gay’s face keenly-“ you spoke to himâ€"tell me. did ballot; knoyy yog?" '7‘fi3f’ reblieii 'Gay, faintly, "there were- reasons why I did not make myself known towhimâ€"«we met“an partegfiagfi strangerg.” VThe‘entranne of Mrs. Remington at this juncture precluded all further exchange of confidence. Not even to Evelyn would Gay tell the story of that romantic marriage in the old stone church; that must remain a. dead secret between herself and Percy" until he chose to reveal 71g. (To be continued.)