| Show x ll 11 ii ir the Fowl fowlers erss I 1 II 11 Sn anres reS ilk by 14 MAXWELL hab V Z I 1 I 1 1 I ir 1 2 1 I 1 1 at ilk CHAPTER I 1 the reer tear boyl it la to almost too food COW to b be true trust by thin this time ume tty they must be b married and temple dent Is I 1 lady jane templeton lit sit upping her feet restlessly rett lessly on the her dark blue eye eyes flashing and spar pr klinc as izatt and again she he read over a closely written letter spread out uron upon her lap good bows the best ot of ell all newt news had corn come that day to the old home at the templeton Temp Temple letona tom the loric ong weary year years of irrin p ding poverty ere at in n end more the utter ruin that threat ened tined temple dene WM alerted O 0 ante ad for til all little wonder then that thit lady janes eyre eyes danced and her mouth twitched with unac unaccustomed cust omea miles 1 I milt must tell some somebody bodyl she he went O 0 on n agitatedly and she he stretched out ber hand to the bell handle send MISS ul leila tu to me somers Se iners he looked round to any to the footman who answered anair the summons while ledy jane wilted waited a slightly anxious pucker came into he her r bro brow there theres bound to be a shadow behind each human joy however bright ani it would he to a difficult task for ber her to tell the food good new news to the somebody whom she he had summoned it was a cheerless cold arthe ARY fr the st t C of the tl s mouzli fruin from lb dytrt LU wit vt of the he I 1 emple dene den faint mat ram was w ran could the blue and the wann warm sun ever over hare have laughed down on A t world so 10 dun and sodden would chey beir again break through tb the gray pall of madness ad A urn slim figure of x tirl girl with hurt bewildered eye eyes and a aro trooping mouth was moving listlessly ll along the corridor in obedience to the do toot footman man I 1 message Bia ife and la in leila lella desmond a eye eyes the tray gray day seemed to tit in with ber her own orrow sorrow chov heart bh bho almost hoped it would hi be alway always like this now dull and dun lifeless and hovels 11 you seat for or me aun she parted the heary heavy tadad blue plush portiere port lere bet between iteen the sout adouth h and the mat drawling room rooms aud and looked straight atral cht at lady jano jan oh leila her iler ladyship started and ahe she apok spoke nervously how ilow lowly slowly you move childe come and oft it here by me she pata the blue concu ab n which ahe she sank everything about and aronni the ml etress of temple dent deno w waa blue blu pale pals bluefer blue for ledy lady jan jane bad had been a blonde b auty of the fairest order in ber her palmy youth time had faded the hinKin hangings xa and atla 1 the trilled cushions and ad the line of ber bar own once onto rich robe for lady jane Te templeton waa was miserably poor woman evil 11 day days had come upon ber and her belongings belo naino but they bad had nut not quenched the arold woman spirit as they had that of her husband hue band franci templeton it abo d dreary broken man who art all at I 1 hl his dars diy in the library a victim to a form of melancholy the masterful spirit of the woman had never arted roiled seeking a way out of the dark clone that shrouded abrou ded temple dene deno all her hopes of deliverance from sheer aln were placed in ger get tit 1 the heir and only child ahe she and templeton ever had i by day ani and night ahe she had bad pent spent her energies ner in rousing gervis to the rw cue of his family so 80 the worda words that tat had trembled on the lp lips wt t 01 templeton Temp letor day after a wre were unspoken after 01 JL from b school vl heart had been allied with fl that of the girl leila lelia der des lenad md his hi mother maher A elet alece ae e they were leila and sybil daughters dauch tere of ardy janea janes loved younger brother victa he died hla his bleter stater withered Ki the desolate children motherless mo therlee aa as well aa as fatherless father lewi into her home brining brin inc ZinC them up and educating them but the the mother lecog nixed that the girl leila had grown to be the one woman in the world for her son on the springs ot of lore love for her broth era ees orphan imse up she almost hated leila even after ahe she had gained her point and separated the two loren lovers jut but it was wa lady jane a hour of tri and ahe she could today at lat least afford to be tra clou lome come my deahr leila the she repeated 1 I have tew great treat new news from my mybon bey A hock shock of foar ran through the firl girl who hao ha crept lowly slowly up to tie tte faded blue coach couch ledy lady J jan ana busily engaged adjusting her tier ee pie glue 18 and spreading out the fonlin letter oa on her lap did not nt ob arre blanching blanc blanch hinc tnt cheeka and tram bling HP 1 1 I have bean beard from gervis A wonderful thing baa has happened leila ulla I 1 ou will le be astonished my boy he lie baa ban net met a tweet sweet tirl girl in to san gan francisco a ireat great heiress hel ress laband sud and w well ell I 1 suppose they are actually ait nally ma married r tor for the wedding aa as fixed for the lait last day la in november this li Is the first of the month mouth 0 so o if it all la is well they ure married cac can you belleve it left and child temple dene Is I 1 caved laved her money will redeem the deer dear eld old home oh how good god Is aa zada janea janes voice 1 ended in a chokae choking ing bound sound she was honestly hone etly from her ter very heart sending up a thanks giving for ahat hat the he thought a crown las ing mercy morcy the words nag through the brain ot et abo tb god was as Pois sibly good to tome some talk to aunty jane for instance and to the happy eirl girl heiress whose old told had up leila own heritage but god tied ter terlly ily cruel to her he aad stripped aad robbed her of all i that made life sweet and fair so 90 1 lolls cat sat dumb twisting her elm aln I 1 amba fingers together tether to on her lav and lady jane a jubilant voice rolce went wat oa on in lr ter eats 4 goeb badelt a letter my dear brimful of aad and details avery ul it wanted to know la Is set down aly DW wb boy what ft 0 bed da 4 7 baa tor for business busi nees the settlements are most gent ventrous rous ottra extraordinary ordinary it phe he dice dim without beirs everything ab b sol goes to gervis it be he diee dies first ora temple doe deno Is lers ther there in Is no belr heir be lr so 80 in any CAM ca temple dene to laved caved and my iko pray granted it seems mi to be a food good bargain for both leila lella poke spoke at lit last and her vole vote bounded harsh and bitter though th elder older lady did not notice it A splendid bargain ah h was re Pea prating ting la in all innocence and you set e gervis waa was able to arrange the settle settlements mints without delaying for I 1 suppose you know illa leila I lla that temple dene Is to already stio ady the deer dear boy boys J own by mortgage all tola bin uncle 8 money left to gervis was u wallowed I 1 ed up in it when he cam came of 0 axe age but that wai was after fter all a drop in the of debis debts and difficulties llo however wever all that misery is 1 now at an end this dear girls wealth will act set the old place on its it itt it t U my poor husbands life Is a frail trail the thread e ad now nigh spun out but bervis will see to it that my future Is I 1 an assured one and of course that in its lt turn bouchee yourself youre elf and little syb my home ball shall be your yours always a way so go leila lelia the abod bod new news travels in a widening circle sad and ulue and MU all 11 of ua us I 1 lady jane laid her hand band on the girl a shoulder ho but leila shrink away quickly I 1 hall shall be able now to take you a out Is I 1 my dear you chall shall lee see the world an and d marry well I 1 hall shall mannge that never doubt it oh bow life hu has changed all in its an hour bourl I 1 can scarce ly realize it that all the money wor ties are to be smoothed emoo thed out lut my poor franci francis it hd be could only have bay held out at as I 1 have done indeed he h will not even comprehend the glad new news w when hen I 1 wry it to him leila lelia they lay say there theres a black shadow to every joy what if what it my poor husban 13 bind mind roes altogether it woud would be better far if it took biml lady jan jane stood up shuddering with horror 1 I rout must go to him francala mut must be told A alth ith a rustle of her faded ilk skirts she be left the room but leila lelia mat at on clasping and unclasping Unclasp lag tier fingen fingers ceaselessly 11 gervis mar married rIedl t for thia this girl the end nd of the world baa has come then than to another belonged the right of loving her lorer lover yoe yon he hid had been her of that at leal lea L abe she could rould never be robbed letta left burt and orrow hot to the soul felt bitt r and eon sor for the lut last couple of yeara years ere eves ince since the cirl girl awoke to the knowledge that gervis loved lf had been it dream of bap into which no ray my of doubt had crept then came trash ot of all fair hopee hopes in the knowledge krowl dge that the love dream mut must end and now gervis wu was married with a moan leila would bare risen from the but a pair of boft sort arme arms held her down darling Dar lInK ais il 11 a quick voice ad said 1 I knowl I 1 have heard the new news aunty ha has just told me I 1 could kill him I 1 could I 1 hope all the borrow and grief in the world will come upon him and ber her too I 1 hope h ova they will be unhappy ever after the hot wo I 1 came raining calnin fiercely fler cely vely nd a yoi aa fi fare face working connul lively tu t u pressed against lelias ice cold cheek it wae was sybil the younger sister warped alike in mind and body fyr the girl wa was deformed A creless cr els nuree nurse bad drop dropped ed the te tender ll 11 der infant on the flagstones in the ha ball 11 injuring her spine irremediably neter never would babil emond desmond E mond walk this earth tr alight and till tall and ehe she hid had grown dp up with a wild distorted dictor ted of mind at emmly with all mankind all aavo savo the idolized stater who was til 1 I the world to poor miss aspen syb II 11 and you re going to tale take me m to england for christmas to your own home gervis Oer vl to our home roy my wife you must learn team to aay say our ours not conre glai ajr iy A newly made husband and wife ut hand in band hand in the handsome hande omo palace car tt of a train speeding eding over the canadian pacific railway oat out i a de wae was the white world of new fallen tallen enow now while in the car with its mi tore its inlaid furniture if its flow now tra ora and fruit its it silken hang banging ings and its scented the atmosphere was like midsummer they had been married bit a r fw rw w seeks these bellese hel he diess lese happy lovers and the honeymoon had not as et varied for the tb young pair the course of ottrue true love had bowed flowed with a is smooth liess altogether unprecedented there bad been the first meeting when the good looking tall young upon whom all ees ee were turned with admiration first encountered the slim round eyed heiress of allram fairweather the chicago roan man whose corner in to iron bad male him world famous bladdy a mourning for the dead father had bad only j blended into tender gray grays and whites and the girl liberally adorned otherwise with eiby bluew cunning dimples and hippy emiles smiles was isas entering ta the widely welcoming ei el arms arm of so ety gervie gervis templeton waa was the first englishman of good birth C gladdy had bad aj as yet known allram fairweather 9 boom boora of luck had not come in to timi time for him to take his il alree alq Is I 1 tta tj t not most circles of american docty ty it had bad arrived all al too late tur fur the patient meek help who aa ly 1 tag iu Is a had shad torner corner of a country with tired hard working hand folded restfully reet it bad come too late ta polish their only child into 4 lady by means of a european education gladys was wa young scarcely nineteen and ad rarely dainty of face and torm form 80 society willingly accepted Us th rose roze uncultured as it was and petted her dot but coilty ro bety could not keep ita its new idol for or long after the 00 jook look taj t brt arst few stammering word words glaur ha to longer a head to bod bt of at also h herself WM was lano innocently matly ignorant of uw ithe ficat for ihlia girl arre would never be b any other man than the Kni loath glish trailer woo whom tau fats ta 4 la traduced into her lit life no osbar lor love could ever tak take the of ehlt which filled her velas 1 with ite its so 0 o urr stavy her iter simple brt secret waa was so a pen pe Gladdy diw so guile cherew ith ti hid bids it 11 the stutt dam dome of lablab alon who for i certain handsome um sum allowed by the trustees cf of the wealthy heiress took gladdy luder hr her wp herck herself with shilling sm illing blaxall at ta pretty lov love scene olac sofas OB on or br her eyes happy a the wooing that I 1 dot not loci tons doing dol ni gervis templeton aid not let the green row grow under his hi feet un til be had cured secured the th matrimonial heo prize 0 I 1 the hour and to do this youn englishman justice Ju itice be fully meant to bays and to hold to lov love kad ind to chat lh ish this fair sweet komin omin horn whom he bad had won until drath death hould should part them hog 11 a got of what be cam over hr here for moodily hid said on of may many ill dis appointed that a so 0 o observed another I 1 its it alway a like that aho dandy english ec chap chips bar have only to throw the handkerchief and the richest of our heir helree essm if AS veil vell as a the mir of at our ummer summer girls trie are at their fet feet daht bahl if its Icke oh come broke la in a kindlier spirit surely if its not so 0 o barefaced banfi ced as all that though now I 1 think of it he doel does not seem in overhead over oyer head boad andar and sars ar in love with thai thal little fairweather crl girl T jbf pr a luok look in his hl aw r aj as if it be he had missed the chief aim la in life III aad and consequently much car care how things went perhaps the lat speaker was u not w wide ida of the dirk mark gervis templeton certainly had a past of at his own lock lack rd vare fulli ay away honorably away now for the young man meant the th vow vows he be took upon himself when to h and trembling hy shy gladdy stood together tog ethor at the altar sitar lit II 11 would love ani and servo sis well ai as he cot cou the sweet young helpmeet god waa was tr ustine to his hi care never shoud she be know it be could help it thit that she he had come see e ond and not first into bla bin heart to remain there ff so al pair set et out tor for w weal call or 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