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BY LAURA JEAN LIBBEY
• 9R4rTNR 1.
Six o'clock! .
The *lien steam whistles and fee
torybells throughout the raetropoll
proclaim the hour when work for th
day is over. ,
From the Drexel Silk Mills • throng
of young stria are hurrying out, laugh
lug and chatting as they mingle with
the surging mass of humanity tha
crowds the thoroughfare. •
' In the foremos.; 91 the group are two
young and pretty girls; one of perhap
genie twenty years, the Other not more
than seventeen.
The younger, Coralie Harding, fie
spite the ohtinuess of •. her - attiree-it
neat -lifting navy,blue dress, with jack
et and blue Velvet turban to inatch-
was so exceedingly beautiful that • She
would have attracted attention , any
where, • •• • . -
As pretty Coralie Harding -the lit
tle beauty of the silk:mills, as she was
,..callede-is destined to meet,the strang
est, ay, the most wonderful fate ever
*came to, the :life of 'a lovely working
;girl, beset, as that life is, with pitfalls
and- dangers, we .Will take, more than
-11; passing glance at her.
. Coralie is small and petite, -bright,
joyous, With an airiness that. is de-
cidedly bewitching.• Her tblue veil
was tossed carelessly back, revealing
lovely face, -trete which' hard 'work
in the Mill had not as yet chased the
wildrOne bloom and dimples, ,
A wealth of flaxen hair fell. to her
waist in heavy curls, and • the wind
blew solee -short rings of bright love -
locks back frem.a pair of intensely
blue, Sparkling- eyes, fringed With the
longest and. most .curling of &Weil
'lashes. • ; •. •
Her corepanion'redera Burnham, Is
ttatheaidada_batinettea...radquantra-pret
but not one half . so popular With the
lnjII from the•handsome young
Overseer, down to the: bobbin -boys, as
14180106mi, fun -loving Conlin was.
In every mill or workshop, or where
there are a number of young gifts,
there is always one Whose word is law
among the other girls, who •generally
takes the lead .Of her •companions. And
In • the Drexel -Silk-z1Vfills--Ceralie- Har-
ding was the moving spirit; • •
Coralie and Fedora, judging . from
their...talk and simultaneous bursts • of
laughter, are one in spirit and; feeling;
yet there is a vast • difference between
them; difference that will fill a•
;time,' though it.can be ford in a; single
word -a heart le. the •differenCes, and,
the girl with the yellovilair and baby-
rOses..irt her cheeks has it: •
."T say, Corktie,"-. cries 'Fedora, as
the two .girls beim for a • Moment. on•
the pavement, "do go on the moon-
' tight,exeursion tap the Hudson with us
girls •to•night. Oh, it will be 'granda-a
brass ',bead. and .dancing by moon;
light on'the. deck, and a miming sup-
per and all that sort of ,thing; and by
the wee, our new overseer will be sere.
to be there, arid if he follows In • the
footsteps of his. predecessor,. Coralie,
he Will fall deeply in love with. Vali at
'first sight." • - • .
A ecernfullatiali tipples from 'Cara,-
lipa, •
"I cannot .endure the sight of laim,"
she detlareda"I saw hint as he passed
through the weavlica-roota te-day-a,
'he's too much 'of dandy, and his eyes
locac toe .held, -D-sides, - rm. going to
asnireAligher," she went on With ' a,
sane)* Ifingli; "rm. going' to -set. my tap
Lor old Mr. Drexel's handseine,hephetv,
who, they say, is to * return from
Eurepe sciott- Why, :Fedora,' how
'firOtt C4itC11. My arm! What's the mat-
ter?", : " .• • •
"It.would be Vetter for you, 'Cordite
Harding, never to knew Mr. Drexel%
handsome nephew," she said, hoarse-
ly. •alle could Want nothing one of ,
Itis uncles milagirls, though she were
ae•beautifteas a hourh Remember you
• are only a working -girl,. Coralie, and
• he will, be heir' to three millions of '
money,,Bagles never Mete with spar -
..rows. Reef) out of the. young heir's
way, Cattalo." • • • , • :
a•Yoa • have sa•wakenecl . curiosity
about him. •What: sis he lacer cried
coralie. "Is he short or tall; wicked or
good, gay '01' quiet, clever or , stupid?"
sba went on breathlessly, With all a
young girl's curiosity: . •
"Do net think me rude If I change
the .staaleet" nada:Fedora Burhham,
neryonely. "*e :will talk of. the moon-
light eacursion; anything save hima!
And atgain a peal of laughter; sweet
-and Meat' as a silver bell, issued from
Coralie's •Ups. A:nd that. •merry laugh-
ter, and the gay, girlish vOiee attract-
ed the' attention of a handsome, elen-
der :oarang.. man .who was passitig,
hurriedly by, He 'paused abruptly and
glitneel back quite .unneticect by. the
two, girls. • • , • •
"I do hoPO you can .eonte to the;
Moonligbt excarsion tea:light," • said
Fedora, earnestly. "it, You can't, , will
you come down to the wharf and let
us knew?" ,
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"Perhaps' answered Coralle: "but
cannot promise, though. You know
hoW 'mamma is." •
thought, all the
died Out of the beautiful blue
eyes, and. the red mouth. ettiVered
grievousiy.
bis -friend, as he caught -14g *
Coralle. that for lovellneata
eh? Isn't she a stunner? and conbaa
tee, lin bet .my. life. lust
- wait here Mad see me pick up her eq.
s •qyaintance."
"Don't, Sinclair. Any. one can see
you've been taking a drop tee Mtielb
' and. 'when the wine's in the wit is out;
as ho uld baYing goes;" warned. his
companion, "and, besides, the street
t crowded."
Robert Sinelair shook himself free
from his friend's detaining grasp 4svith
a a rude laugh.,
• "Pshaw'I've only been celebriting.
MY atMeintment as the new overzfeer"
- of the Drexel 'Silk Mills, which gone
into effect toTmerrOwl" eried; e'en
- not under the weather; only teeline
devilishly like having a lark at seine-
. body's•expense. Stay here, I say, and
watch me?' • '
:In an instant he had darted to
Coralie's side.
"1.,ovely,afternoon, isn't It?' he said,
- in a low voice, wilting ,elose beside
her, an insolent mine on his mustach-
- ed lips, a leering light in his pale blue
eyes.
„ "Are you Speaking to me sir? ask-
ed Coralie, drawing back indignantly.
"I am indeed so brave,' he answer-
ed, with an hinPUdeet laugh.
Coralie velfeeled about, the angry
;blood mountingkt3r dimpled face, And"
• croseed the walk to•theeoppesitepave-
,ment., # •
'In a trice Robert Sinclair followed
her. -
"A wise .thought," •he 'hiccoughed,
attempting, to take her arm; "not half
SO " many people on this:. side IV_ the
'street."
, "Step back -and allow nie to pass!"
cried•Coralie, fairly , trembling with
Anger. •"I know you, sir. You are the
-tYr---lie"cr-overseertirtireDreYerSfir=lis.s.
But for all tbat 1 sha1jl report this In
sult to the proprietotetiniself to -mor-
' row, that he may 'Pee what' kind of a
fellow he. has installed in a geptle:
man's 1 ce "
,er.4•04.
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•Irettfelttraftala-te-reatOrative•-aad hem
aduflnistereshe opened 'her blue,
3 dazed eyes; they fell upon A hand.
d
1. sOraeo Manly fitee-a face such ail
Might have belonged to an Apollo, the
eyea were So 'dark anti mesmeric, the
brow se high and white, and the lips,
Which the 'dark, curling mustache did
not quite conceal, so smiling. •
.That face WAS to be photographed
on ,Coriate's heart and %Tairato the
last day of her life. •
She. struggled to her feet with a
. little cry; gazing .0.aprehensivela
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about her. . a ,
"You need not fear; you are safe,”
said Allan 'Drexel, reading her
thoughts: iatuitively, • "11 reacued you.
from the dastardly scoundrel; as will
not. trouble you again." • '
"Oh, sir, how • CAU I thank yen'?"
said Catania triunipbaratly, great, pear-
ly tears alliag her pretty blue eyes
as she looked up Into the young man's
handsome face, . . •
• "By not attempting it,"' he respond-
ed promptly. "Come, V you are sunk,
ciently recovered, I will see you-safelY
to your , home, You may safely trust
me," he added, noting how she shrunk
from his proffered escort because be
was a stranger, "I am the nephew of
'Mr; preset the mill (misfire' and as he
'spelce he -banded her his card with as
.rattch deferential Courtesy as though
she had been sbifile greatheiress in -
'stead of a pOorlittle working -girl in
tiiik uncle's employ, adding hastily, "I
judged you were one of the employes.
thfire, as I saw you leaving the mill a-
-feW minutes since.:'
Re did not wait for Moralie's reply;
lei quietly.' drew her arm Within his
:own with gentle authority; starting off
with her toward the nearest eahstand.
"Oh. Mr. Drexel, I -I should. 'much
piefer. walking," -stammered Coralie,
'confusedly. "I live only a few blocks',
from here On East *Thirteenth .Street.
No. ----!,." • , 4 .
"That is gulled long ellstanee,!!„ be
'.declared, smiling •gravely down • into
the beautiful face framed in the baby-
ish 'flaxen 4ur1e.."Icindly.oblige me by
getting into the pab, and yeti shall
find yourself t•t• your own door *iii -,a •
liziitY few minutes Miss -----"
.. eNty name Is gointie' Harding,", she
Said. simply... • ' • . . '...
• . "A pretty • name, but. not half nd*
.prettdy as the girlwho bears it," he
thought' to himself, as he *glanced at
the shy, sweet, averted' face; the dark
eyes: full•of •adtuiration. .
., . Coralie never;:eneve 'how It •hapPen.
•.ed,'-'hut,during that neyer-totbe-forgot-
1.ve-heortrowardr shealradataltrariatta
the simple story of her yeung • lefe.4,'•
how up to WO short years ago she and,
her widowed =titer, had .tived in ` n
knell interior village dependent upon
n, small pension that calian----ta., her •
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Be stepped beck as thou he had
4 ill mother regularly twice a Year..
been shot Sud-
deny It ceased, and they were Mown
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.1 • uponytheir own resources
girls," he gasped
"By Jove! one of the .urexel mill- ., "Mamma wrote to Master -workman
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Marshall, •and he secured ler, 4 place
• In an -Instant the insolent smile,bad in the Drexel Silk Mill," continued
died from his lace, and grew fkirly Coralie, "and that is how we happen -
livid as he glowered down 'into the ed to come to thew York. •
girl's brave youeg face
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"Repeat One Word of thisBut from tbehour we came here
at -your • inannna's healthc
--cirnmen:ced: to fail.
peril,- he threatened, "and in a twink-
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ling out of °the mill ;you go. . And pursued the girl, "and it
was hot long ' before she was -unable.
make it my business to see that ..You
rlto leave her bed. • • 4 ,r4s. • • •
on'e-get another place in New York warn a`I do not care' for rnyeelf,
: do not 'ear you,' retorted Coralie,: •.;
she moaned, 'but for yote, child; tor,
. Coralje
scornfullyI sha
. "ll all the girls. God help us; we .are beth
against you, be .sute • of that; besides
. reboiling this to Mr. Drexel bitnselfpenniless."
." : Allan'Drexel„rovaa greatly. . touched
ea.
"You shoeld have made e friend in -
:by this Pitifol.• touching aecital; bulbs •tead of an enemy of me,',he hissed.: , a. •
."I will make You see for pid erden to me • 4"apt interrupt her.
Do not fear. mamma; I can take
"Never!" cried Coralie.•
for that threat." . ,• . • 1:your maw e ailed;
• i am
Shall not starve.' I had
. m young and •
• - "Thee hear tite. revenge I 'will take , begot' toad° this frOm the very firgt,
upon you for this," he cried fiercely, and now the very vrorst that could ,
as Ire clutched her arm. "Come to the
' mill to -morrow if you dare! We wilt .IMPPen--:w11.1' happen to-morrow--that
Man' ,
see who conies out ahead, you or I. 111' niorrow-and he,. belea declares he will discharge me to-
es new over- ,
be on the lookout for you to -morrow seer of your oncle's mill, wiii have fell
morning, My gefiant little beauty, and
discharged you shall be, as sure 'its .power to do so," said Coralie, in a fat-
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fate. I Can find plenty :of excuses, r tering voice, Chokng dOwn her. sObs. _This was indeed news fothe..young
hever-fear.",. . • • . 4'. •
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He saw her n:1 man to hear
recoil :iro
and 4,
.neted With gloating glee the awful You heed have ter. ;
retnaine tohe seen Whether ou
• tor • that dilated the beautiful hia0-11 he said .sloWlY.
'will be diseharged to morrow or not;"It ' y
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*eyes,•and aim:wheal the lovely Ytitingno
face:* • .• ' • • hesitation in corning to •the mill to-,
Mortow :as usual, l'oanm
. proise that.
Only those' wile the horret, maaaao , • .
the blank, pitiful despair' compressed . ,,oh, I thank you so much, sir," re..
in that dread 'Woad adiseharged," . can sponded, Coralie, gratefully. `Tau have
realize the Ault chill that swept over taken such a. weight off my heart." .
the giras heart and seemed to.. turn- - Tae cab stopped before the tonely
the blOod in her veins to ice: tenement
-house that Coralie called
All in " an instant poor Coralie '"homer she bade Mr. Drexel good-
. thought. of the mother lying so very night, and 'fairly flew up the rickety
ilt In those dreary tenement' rooms,
whose only support she wasstairs to the two meagei rucans they
. occupied on the top floor.
Merciful Ileaven! what should site Should she tell her mother 'of her
do if she was thrown out of work now, -.-
thrilling adventure, and 'how a noble
• just at this season of the year,. when •-yOung mail had come to her srescue-
all work was ,soaslack in great, big, saving het fiotti a villain's toils, and
desolate New Yotael Her mother and p , .
she might starve beromising she should hot he dls-
.hare she secured
another place, and- charged on the morrow? .. •
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Her had best not'tell her," she
Her persecutor's 'voice broke in*
rua moment before the.
mused; patelug
dely uponher chaotic thoughts.
' "Tett know how' particular She ia
about allowing tee to go • out alone,"
,phe went on. "You must not expect
me; still, I'll conic AtIwifTelie•teyeti'O-If'•-•
if ea% It does look much like a
moonlight night, I'm W
afraid. hen the
sun sets in a lurid,,blood4red glow like
that, it means a storm."
At the corner of Canal Street the
two girls parted, Pedora to walk Slow-
ly on to her lodgings, and Coralie to
hurry rapidly on in the direction of
the lonely tenement rooms 'where her
sick wideaved mother, whose only sup-
port; she was, awaited her with more
than usual anxiety on this , eventful'
fatal night.
• The handsoine young matt who. had
Waited to. take a glance Ceralie's
pretty face, gazed admiringly. after
the slender, graceful, vanishing figure.
"What a loVelY young he
mused,. "She must be employed in MY
uncle's silk mill. Such blue eyes, such
art exquisite face; but, Ohm why
should / give the little fairy a thought?
I'm done for as far as the fair sex is
eoneerried, confound the. fate!"
On tim impulse. of. the -momentAllan Drexel Wheels about and re.
traces his steps, with no particular
object view; and very Seen he
rowel filniseif walking almost abreast
of the little beaky Who Ad:attracted
hit attention a few moments before.
It seemed that others in. that vast
throng that flowed to and fro were
net oblivious to the.girrs beauty.
• "Ay am. 1 • a. r „IPSO. 444
tell .yey how you. can regain my deer, "her nerves aie too•weak to.beaa.
good 'Will,
any shock of extitement. ' And. then,
MY -dear," he said, leaning. too, mamma.airto
toward
her, his voice dropping. to • amight bete gry'
. think I eenje home, with Mr. Drexel in
whisper,
a tab, despite the great servicehe ren
-
• Coralie Harding' never ' heard the dered me. Poor Mamma seems -to' be .
sehtence through -she recoiled fiom 'always seized. with frantic- horror..if ,1
him as though a serpent had stung. .
her. A gasp. fl from the 'White lips; avert spealc of a young man. I wish she.
the sunlit etreete, the tace,of her per 'tout& have seen how kind and agreeh
; setutor, the whole world Owned to 1 able and -and landsorne 'he ...was,".
grow dark and whirl madly around Corolla thought, w1th a blusiflike the
her, 'she thaew up het'. hands, and heart ,ot a' June, rose mantling aer.
•without a moan without a cry, fell in dimpled cheek. •
a deep swoon at Robert Sinclair's feet A low irtoan from the interior of the
• '"Great Scott!" heejaculated, glati 1 rboni startled her, ,andbet mother's
eirig nervously ainand. "What a pre.- Voice. wailed out sharply; •
dicament, to be itare. I: did not reekon "Oh, MY (4od, what keeps. Poralle?.--
en this; here's•a Pretty go.a ' will ,she never come?" s •
-Suddenlya daring thought aaecurred In an instant Cairene had ilimg ohen.
to him .as helooked down in disalaY the, door, crossed ...the .room , with .
into•the lovely, girlish tae, a thought bound, . and was kneeling by a hee
that, villain' though he ' was, almost mother's bedside. • • '
took his breath away. Then tt. horrible , "I am -here 'Mamma," she :cried;
laugh-broke-froamhis lihs. :1•-• "did you
"I'll see that Yota.don't get back to Ootinted the Minutes, Corallea
the mill to morrow, nor Ior many a to.. murmured her mother., faintly. "You
Morrcow, tity ketutty," he said. are over half 'an hour, late. aI-f---Was
In an instant be had raised Coralie afraid should die alone -ail- alone-
Coralle.",
te • hie aims and signaled a PassiaS coralle choked back the scream
cab
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that sprung to her lips; she had raised
her eyes to her mother's face ancl SAW
au awful pallor there -a palter • that
"Hold!"
terrified hcr, made the blood turn to .
'
The worA• WAS rung out in a voice iet round her heart':
of thunderr, a heavy hand fell upo.. '"Yoe are not going to die, mamma*,
nobert Sinclair's shotilder, and in a darling," she eried, witha forced, *
twiaklirog the girl's inanimate form cheery laugh. "Why, a .couldn't, pee
-
was snatched from his grasp. sibly spare you." a .
"It seetne-that I am just in time,t0 "The end is neat -o -I fee) that it is
foil a most daring ebduetcni " tried
a
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White'with terror, . Ceralle obeyed;
And 'itt.hilltin hour' i OM°, deepite-
the fierce storm that bad set in, Rich-
ard Marshall, the master -workman,
the cheery, genial „friend or the 'bread-
winners, stood beside Ws. liardiug's
()Ouehn'e. glance showed hini that in a
very few Moments all Would be. over
-with the poet lady,
, "Leave the morn, my child," mur-
mured Mrs. Harding, "you will not be
banished for long,' and, chalthig back
her bitter sobs, Coralle left the apart-
ment.
, my clear 11frs: llarding, tell
nEliecblVarlidatgais.shhattlin, dopittyotrnoyyr,;s. stabide
great, hallow eyes Met his with tench
a burning intensity in their.gaze.
"Are we quite' alone?" she whisper -
cd: "Matte sure that door is tightir
closed between Coralie and me, then
emus, nearer."
A passed. Oh, bow the
storm woofed and wailed outside! It
made Coralie shudder as she listened.
As she paced the narrow little room
back and forth, Was it only her fancy,
Or Over the fierce battling, of the
stormoutside, did she hear Richard
Marshall, the master-work/nen, cry
exatedly:
"Ask•anything else of me and I wlhl
nigleadilydadroe;int;(;tbudotthis thHat' you..0.," 0.,tt
The rest of the 'sentence --:that is, it
oliftue.:78.1e:rees;:rbnioct fancy,
'elrys,lwluacsindartoiewnn eoir .1.011 thie
'
wild howling of the warring elements
Ten, fifteen, twenty:minutes passed.
No one save. themselVes ,will ever .
know what persuasion, prayers, • 011 -
treaties the dying woman • used to
wring at last'the fateful promise she
desired from the master-worktnates
lips. We can but know that he did
promise.
"Swear it!" .cried- the dying woman.
"You .-ust take 'a sold= oath ' that
this thing Shall be done!an oath
ong • as lLe and your hopes or heuv,
en and a lierekter, and deep es eter-
nity." .
'Wath :a 'face white as death,his
hands" trembling hlkM aspen. leaves,
and gr'eat beads of perspiration stand-
ing'out.on his vein -knotted forehead,
Richard •IVaa,rshial, the master -work -
malt, took the -solemn oath that was
the price of a..soul, but le did V . ell
for the beet. •
"Poor Coralie!" he muttered. "Peer,
beautiful Coralie! how can 1 ever tell
her tliat which I inust say?)."
akaever-forgerretiradgthaaaahritlITnur-
ecdc:rMaties, •tkagarrirdeiu,',g„ huskily. al "IV call
;He did as he was requested, and in
another instant 'Coraliehad sprung
across the rourit• to her racither''a' aide,
"Are you no "better, 'mamma?"' she
eried,'1111Xiellely bending •dOWn'titi'-'itieti -
the white face lying back againstthe.
ph_eilmrloi7se...14.04ra'Sapde.eianaigk.n.,.stov9yio,qiir, 7liotutii:_rea•Thr:wliee,r.
-mamma."
The thin patient face .was, not turn -
ea toward'Coralie as it was wont tri
do. No gentle land was -laid caressing-
ly on the bowed, burly head,.
Coralie stoops and gazes for -one
breathless anierieht into the pallidface
--into the. glazed eYeethat flask hack
no took of recognition into her • Own
Thee a wild, piercing shriek rings
through the lonely tenement room"
"Oh, inY God! Mother: IS dead!"
She,was dead..leaving Coralie, .
her darling, 'her idol,' ,alone a to fight
out the bitter destiny, that fate liad
mapped out for her; Surely' the•crilell
est a 'yoting‘girl ever faced'.
l, ,---FP08thita-latin rtYWeer aWit:eltrh,AtI-Ce;
114 ' , . •
I expecting her to put in an appearance
•at the Mina and at last his anxiety
reached that point that he determined
to see for himself whY She did not.
The new overseer had been moat
earnest In his declaration that he had
not seen, the girl SIOCO that night.
Ali that w,eelt-in the midst of his
business, in crowded thoroughfares,
in his dreams, a sweet, girlish, dimp-
led face framed in a mass of ettrang •
foellae n Ali lai tart IR bat rhexe ell-. tehoenstatnelrutirhueir
pleading -row. of Coralie Hardlug.
eff there is such a thing as love at
first sight, the fever le upon me," lite
told himself, "I have seen a sweet; -
girlish ;face and as pair of blue eyeita
and they • haunt me 'as no Wainaleig .
"73-741rertrOr ItffUlAtffd me before?", - <
ere a young girl, who, was passing, .
He had harelY gained the vehement'
ran directly into his alexia in her eager
ettempt to hurry by.
"Why,
stp
herecloiliedaLewe,co
lthialowcrrate, mum..
Coralie!" he cried, with ,%treinulous
emotion.
Leeking up, Coralie found herself ,
face to face with Allan Drexel.
- . If she had not dropped tier blue
h"aevse Tostitleder -7theet!lik,feuernilell.5114 iTiciulg
' fa..27;r'ai
forgive ine,t if I have startled
You.° he Said, "I' saw you werat met
going to recognize me, and I could not
.let you pass without speaking. You
ed
duehad
ig
pot yotoltu,,,emill again. -'tear'
dw
"1 cotildn't come," ,replled Coralie,..
with .ti husky sob. "A terrible sorrow •
has fallen upon, trie since that night I'
met you -a sorrow. that has blighted; -:
cmryuellif
lri
eiroanod,deft me. all alone in the'-- - --
,. , 1
"All alonea' echoed Alla.h; *"intelha i '
your mother is not ----e"
"Yes; she is deed," sobbed Coralle;
her eyes, filling with tears,. and the '
lo•vely red thouth quivering plteeusly..
aI am sorry -so sorry for you," he;
answered, and his aympathetic *Voice ' -
,tottehed . her to taiecheart, ... "Get -into . •
my earalage and ride iritlisthethrough
Cenfral Park. I would like to talk to -
you," he said earnestly.
. And quietly leading her to the &niece..
he .aspisted her into the yehicle,and;
took a seat beide her. _
"We attracted toe much attention:
talking On the street," he, said quietly,:
as he „gazed tenderly onthe loirely,.::-
girlie-1e grief-stricken face, • "New
e-rIfelbirrarn-g-firrlfe., s'"--7-,!--"`"
strong, film Clasp, "eonsider-ene• your
Mead, and tell tne, if there is any way • .,
that I can help you. I would give my•
life to be of ' service to you," lie add-••
. ed, with all the impulsiveness .of • ria
Yoath of two -arid -twenty. ' ' ''
• • Alt how he longed tozaltiss awaythe..
tears from those lovely blue ejes and
comfort her. She was :50 beautiful,, se-
fri,eqvindyl
etntther., the' only relatiVe .1 had ••
In aIl the world,: was laid ba rest two- • '',
weeks ego," she sobbed. "I•thought•of-.--„::_.- _ ,_- • ...., -. •
centing to voti and -telling you about ita .
herlaidao. Ntai ats7tao&W.tthe. otuChg. she dt , iViofr.•_iriDree?x,,e_T.';u:),
. ,
.His eager voice broke :through 'al/
restraint'of will, and thrilled;in e fey:
vor op intense pneeien, on ,the girl's.
eare:" • , : • .
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"And I have doue nothing but thfak
Of you, Coralie, since .vve firel met Foe -
give.. inc put the positiori in which 1 find .
you givea 1-?-iieen-ura-ge-.to speak, makes
me long for_the right to prefect' you..
Ceralie,listen to me -a love yoti.". • • .
"Oh, Mr. Drexel,* she stammered,- "
shrieking back.in- affright, quite be--
•CHAlf.T'ER.111. . lieving she rmist he in- a dream. "Sire:-
, •
• ,. . . • , ,., ly 'you, could not •cate 'for ra.e; you
-Coralie Harding did not- Ino*- for must be very riclaaaed I are only • it
..days 'afterward what aapeenedafter poor 'little working -girt •and'you. lurve .•
tnat fatal our • ':.; , ., knOwn ma.only stick a little while."
tweafortnighdeatt she and hovertal be "I ain ' 'very rich,' 'as you, quaintlY
en life.,and• h,*when, •at
last, she . returned ' t� consciousness
...she 'found thather mcither had: alteadY
been lead at rest and she had . been .re-
s'moVed to the hotted Of a kindly neigh.'
• • "I aril all alone in the world, now,"
sobbed Corolla. 'wing her Curly head •
back upon the 'pillow.' "Oh, 'mamma,
'why' did yeti leave•me here to battle
alone with the pitileas world? .I ;with
that 1 had:died', too." .• •
aBoor Coralie, so young, so.loVely, so
utteali-frienalees, and.' with a beauty•
:vvhith was destined to prove_so....cruel
a 'etirse;. it would, indeed, shave been
better if she had hiedathen and there,
tbau lived te face' the fate that. was So
soon to ovettake her. -
.„ Mrsa alelville, the Mold' neighbor
Who had:taken • charge of Coralle, was
delighted Wbert she was ableto sit up
in the big„arrn-ehitir by the..winclow. •
. "Here is a letter that genie ter yciu, •
.my dear, the next day after you were
taken 111;". she said, placing an ;envel-
ope -in her hand; at hope it will bring .
you good news ' • '
* "It as •frcim Mr. Marshall," she raur-
Muted, as• she- glaneed eta -the -name--
• signed to it a . . a • • '
There were but a •tew• lines, which,
!read as follows: •
: "My. Oar' Miss alardiriga'-aBusiness
calls .rn� from the city to -day, and I
shall proliably.he absent a fortnight, •
teturninea on the 10fh inst. Can you
find it convenient to call at my tome
the following day, any tithe .after ten
in the forenoon?. I have something of
the gravest intportatte to say to yOU.
• • •;''Yburs ia haste,
, Richard Marshall?' .
"Why,' to -0 * is the twentieth,".
tried Coralie, .aust go at oxide, Mrs. •
Melville, and -.on there I will go to ,
the mill. Oh, I pray so earnestly that
they liavc aoL got any 911.0,:19 take my
—
, A cold chill crept through her.hea,rt
at the thought of meeting the insolent
overseer again, then the beautiful
pink tint lo. her 'dimpled cheshas deep-
ened tie she remembered how neblY
handsome Allan Drexel had rescued
her from his insult, and how kiad,and
considerate he had been during that
horacWard ride.
. Meanwhile, at that very _moment
Corrine was thinking of hint, Allan
Drexel emerged from hie carriage and
rear lightly up the steps of the Mamie
Where he aad lett Coralle }larding oe
the evening ha had taken her home,
and, after consulting it card to make
sure that he was at the tight number,
hastily touehed the bell.
"Cali I see Miss Coralie liarding?"
he asked, touching Mora -rat courteously
to the •woniall who answered the sum-
mons.
"No such personlives here now,"
she answered, wonderingly eyeing- the
handsome, stylish yourus,' Mtn, who
had driven up to that shabby tene-
merit-holise in such an elegant equip-
age, with, footman and driver; "a
family by that name had the two top
rooms, but they atioVed away before .1
came in."
"Could you tell .nie where they
Went?" he asked eagerly'.
"That 1 couldn't, sir," she answered,:
moans to close the door and get
back to her ening baby. "I think,
though, they left the idly for good."
Ms handsome fat) fell, tie eager
ook died out of Ida -bonny dark eyes.
He turned and walked slowly down
the steps.
..$4,.0
so," said Mrs, ilardlnni in a low, hush -
the young man, white ltrage. ed gasp. "And, oh, Co elle, my darling
"Such Scoundrels us you ought to be -listen-there is $ ething on My
shot dowit; the world would be, Well lteart-a horrible secret that your
rid of You. Take yourself off before T young este Meet not har 1 *Mad not
repent of my IenieneY and give you rest in ma grave With this secret .
the thraphing •
you so richly deperve by Welelf-Pg "I" iny soul -yet it ig
daring to ihsult an tutprOteeted,girl." more bitter than death to reveal- it.
A sudden eltattge had coThe over Oh, Coralie,
,Itobert Siftelair's sinister fate that "Marti/tie," sobbed the girl, flinging
neer, beautiful child:
was laughable to See. His face had her arrest around her, "tell morataint .
striinger'e hatue•---"Allan Droceta He . this dread secret...Is. You can trtiSt inc
gtoWn ghastly as he muttered the
needed no seeond biddlng to tate him-' -your-your own daughter." '
Mrs, Harding shrunk back with a
Self oft, but there was a look Oti bis I°Nv 'e":9%
white face terrible to behold. .
"Its all up •with me now," he *Mat- . lie," she muttered, •
"Nett. you -X cannot tell you, Cora.
,
"Then whom could you tell, malt-
tefed. "This,little affair will cost me
ll on account of t4t little prude, too. me?" sobbod Coralie, piteously.
a
my situation as sure as fate, arid it's
Illy Heaven! if I am discharged, I Will "There • SS but one • whom , I could
trust, and that is Richard .Marshall,
wthe end of her life; the nuteter-workrattn. Surely he will
ill follow her to
take ,such a revenge up
not fail thein this dread hour., Seed
and upon young Drexel, too, curse for bitn, untallt, tell him he must
, I
him!" 0 . tome. I Mat dying, my darling; my
IVIeativithile CeraIfe; had bhip) ri 11 LI
eeri taken Utbnients are ileotitig-Obi hea:(.1„ f°1*
tO'the nearest arms eibro owl
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phrase -it, any dear little girl, bit what •
has that to do with love?"•he in uired.
• loftily; "love levels.all barriers. you
were ft little queen I could nett nk
mole of en and as for, khowingij
Only a little while, don't you .
what the poets tell us;•. 'that. youn
hearts learn, th.e lesion" of • loyeaeasily,
and many a. time at •first sight'? Itis
quite true, Coralie.. IVly heart went out
to you the. first thee we meta': '
, He held out his arms' to her, pour -
sing out mit. passionate -word, • stick.
prayers and.pleadingsof hie love and
devotion, ,all mingled he one torrent of
eloquence, that simply alarmed her:
Poor Coralie, She was se young, • so,* •
friendless, so forlorn, ' • •
.Had Heaven sent this 'love to her ta•
shield her in this, the darkest.hOur of.
•fier life?.
. "Do noi turn froth me, Coralie; say .
you love me and will be my wife," hei
urged, "There .wilI be no need for you'
to go on syour errand to the master- ,
workman's house. No doubt he simply
wants to tell you he • has secured •
another' pakten for you; but you shall' :
;neverwork another day, Coralie. Be -
-my-wife,--and-these:little
be covered with shining jewels." a • • •
' She looked so pretty, se bewildered
.betWeen joy and sorrow, sp dazzledbY •
happiness, and yetaso piteously miter- .
tain that Allan. was more • charmed
than ever with, her. • , •
"Maa"darling Corallea" he said with
Bakery happy laugh, "you do lave me.
I can read it in Your•eyes, even if your
lips will not speak." • •
"Doyon, see that little church stand-
ing balethere among the trees?. Con-
sent to bemina and we will leaprar-a •
tied there at onaeaCbtalle. It Will take-
sotne little time to drive around.aY the •
• main toad, and While we .are iding
'slowly there, T•wiii tefl you. why.: Ton
niustaconsent to marry me at' once if
we are to be married' at all. Is it yes
eraator itea•CbraTieraite-aiatie Wed •
The ansWet was certainly a timid,.
faltering a"yes," sfor. the - impetuous:
young lever' caught her in his ,Arms *a.
and covered her pretty fate. with pas-
sionate kisses., declaring she had Made
him the happieet felloW in the wide
world, thd•that she -should never rue
her trust -never, Ad at that moment.
he believed what be .seid. .
e "They meantto make. a married
-man of me, darling, whether 1 would' .
or not," he went onlaughingly. "By
,the Word 'they' I naean my uncle mad
aunt. They are childless, arid it was •
their intention three . years ago to •
divide thelr fortune between niy bro- s'a
ther and me; but All, My brother, did •
that, which gained him my•unele's eh-
Mity for life. 1 May .as well tell yew ,
Whathe eel, He is wife Mid reckless, .
and ehded up a series of follies by
forking 183'. uncle's Wane, and fleeing
to' Europe to escape' the *consequences •
of it
"/ refused to turn my ha& ma Alf, a
end that so enraged my uncle that he
Vowed ,fteither of us .should inherit a
penny of hie; he would Make ttabonfiter ,
a it Mat. I followed Alfato latuleae, and'
after the lapse of nearby three yeare,
I received a letter from My uncle cala
ing, me here witlioitt delay,
'My bey,' he said, on the first night
of my returtn• '1 have reconsidered my
determination of disinheriting,- 'yew -
On one cenditimi. Yott can beeonte
heir -heir to the Drexel Mills and MY
on tbat one cotutitiOtt
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