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' His passionate kisses seemed to burn her face even now; she had been so blind, she had loved him so well, had trusted and believed him, never knowing there was such a thing th the world as deceit or fickleness in love. For long hours poor Coralie lay face downward in the long grass, her burn- ing tears scorching the pitying wild- flowers,' fighting. the •bitterest battle slith outraged love, hunililation, ,and trampled pride that Was ever fought in a youdg girl's loving hesont. "I will learn to forget him," she cried bitterly, "or teach myself to think of him„with burning hatred, that will far outweigh my -love. Let me east hiln OUt of lity Poor, shattered • heart as he has east me out of lis - without one regret. 011, --the madness, the folly Of trusting too •blindly to love!' , Was it only fancy, Or did some one call her name in a: •low, cautious whis- . Per? • • Cpralie raised her head from the long, rain -soaked grass and listened,. A man's raPid footsteps were surely approaching, anti a voice that .sounded farather called eagerly in the eame low, cautious voice: • • "Coralie, Coralie, where ere yeti?" t d • ,.h.,.t1., It t the wind slephing among tee branches; some one was surely calling her name. . What could any one want with her? . Nearer and nearer drew the -footsteps. ' "I a here," answered Coralie Muth- itig the damp,„ golden hair back trete her white, lovely face. "What do you Want?" - , The. dark flgiire evert:1160d' With lbng, swinging strides, arid iti another moment he had reached geralle' tide. Flinging back his dark rubber cloak, the` rays of a lantern which h had carefully concealed up to the exent moment were flashed into her wonder- ing, •tear-stainee face, and it lit up the Wicked, leering*, triumphant face of the young man bending over her: With' a low cry Coralie recognized him at a• glance as the new overseer • of the silk mills, who had insulted here. • so cruelly on. afternoon as she was returning home from work. • °I see you 'recognize me, my dear," he said, with a low, taunting laugh., "I said to myself 'we shorild meet • U'* wetere. • fele ,t tot uts..-setseit let mem • "That is My "name," returned ABM "YoU are to come this way, sir, t� etateroore No, 21, and wait Or a gen - Oman there." Allan followed the lad all unmindful of foul play. It seemed rather unlike 'Alf. to ask him to, wait in the otter oggrodin In ,stead of the cabin or On: Vee*, OUR '• Allan did net mind. A toUquet of rare exotics in a glass • 011 the marble washstand attracted hit attention alonce, as well as the numerous satchels and bundles. . "Probably *eat imp QUO Qf Airs, admirers:" he thought taking up the bouquet, and inhaling its Sabtle fre.gt ranee. nratttn dna d Anteeseff Orr that the /MeAla" or umr Anan-the bouquet gels up in heaven must have heard contained something far different and wept over: He wan taunting her to from the innOcent- perfume Of the • the verge ot raadneafil, °I did not know -I believed I- was his wife," she added. incoherently. "I did not know that men's lips could utter falsehoods that were more cruel than death to the one who believed and trusted in their truth. I would have died sooner than go wrong, and perhaps in the years to oonte I mar atone for that one action of going with Allan -I lovedkim so -oh, I loved him so well -and, God help me -I have tried to hate him but cannot -I love •o3. him still "t- • • .• ' _ VII Never did g(lifid and evil light suck a terrible battle itir A %tart, as the momentary struggle that went on In Robert Sinclair's breast, Be. was tempted to turn away and leave her, notwithstanding. the passionate love .for Coralie which had seized him. Her very refusal of him had fanned the mad name a thousand -fold. " • "Marry me and you will learn to lome," he ufged, eagerly. •• She shook her golden, curly head, murmuring: - •!It could never be." •• • "Remeinber I have offered to make you. my wife -you scornfully refuse me, he cried, in exasperation; "you who have one of tne darkeet of blots on your fair name„ and which, in the • eyes of the world, can never be for- given you; yet, despite all this, I swear that -t -love „you -you shall be thine by fair •means -or foul. It might • htiVe been better .had you temporized , 'with the, and taken tip my offer of marriage. A -worse fate than that may .beieny,:tere. „for yOu. Remember;" he • added, tauntingly, "you are at " rner „ , . •. "Thatga false!" replied Coralie. •"1 am at•Ged mei--not yours." , •-"I • shall Waste no more useless words 'upon you, My pretty. Coraiie," retorted Sinclair. "You shall be mine ' -it is your fate. Yea might as well try to beat back the waves of the • mighty ocean with your frail ` white hands as to resist your fate." • She turned to fly from him, but in a • twinkling he had caught her in a firm grasp, and despite her struggler; and frantic cries for help, he succeeded in • throwing a long dark cloak about her • 411 in vath Coralie struggled te free • ,again, oil that day that Drexel' Putkr witted_meand-took it seems to me I haveput in an .ap: pearaaceat a very opportune moment. • I saw , all .that happened up at . the heuse .and I followed you, Coralle, to Offer you ;ray protection. Cenie, 'now, • what do yen say.!?".. - . ' • ' •• • No cry broke from. the...ern pallld. lips as She gazedtrp in terror into -the face of hef relentless foe. He seer her cast -furtive glances ,'"ebput her and knew that she was xneasuring her Chances of darting away from him and escaping in the inipenetratie darkness beyond. . • His grasp upon her slender, white 'arm, tightened. , •• "You , cannot .escape me this tizne„, my fair Coralie," be said, with a taunt.. • ting laugh. 'Toward wholly- in my power; you must ciinie viithnie." • "Leave 4110," cried Coralib "hely' dare you speak to the So?" ' "DO . yousee those rooks beside yee?"-'he'rinswered; well you: Might' as well plead to, them -as to • waste Words uPop.. me. I have vowed: that you shall be 'mine, 'fair Coralie You are a fool to take ,Drexel's desertion of you to heart like this. .When one. • lover throws' you over -find another; • you Will find plenty of lovers, • 'with features like yours. 'Why, themoment ney eyes first fellupon your Pretty • face I was. madly in love -with you - "Stop! cried •COralie, bitterly. •"Do not add insult to injury. I wonder that Heaven does not strike you down dead at „my , feet „for your cruelty, to, a .help less orphan gill who has never wrong- ed you." ; • •• "Heaven strike,. fa- dead!" he re - Pealed tauntingiy.• "What a Most her- rible idea!' . . The course affaira were.-.takilig an, • gered him; He bad -assured himself, 'as• , he oaw.•Coralie tura from the house - and dash rnadlY out hit° the 'storm, grat she would be only too glee to ac - met. his protection. now. ' Ovalle forgot all her 'terrible ..sor- row -forgot the drizzling rain falling sibtiut her -the isolation Of the • place • --,the lateness of the hour, . She re- membered .only, the cutting,: sarcastic insult conveyed in every Wort the man was \ uttering:, How dared he speak to her • Solt was monstrous. Her eyes flashed ' fire, and. the . hot calor surged -across her 'face hi a burning :wave as 'she' filo ckti facing heir ,pitiless persecutor with all the dignity of an angered, queen. • '"Go away and leave, me .to myself," She panted, struggling to free herself . from his strong hold, "or Heaven's vengeance will surely fall upon you. If you had Wilbert that could he 'touch- ed by my wee I Weald fall on my knees at your feet, and beg you to go away." , Her eyes filled with tears and her sweet voice quivered piteously.: - • For ait instant the • hard, mocking • light„died Mit of Robert Sinclair's 'wicked eyes; it was-not:in human nat- ure to look. Upon that beautiful. face -.unmoved. • A sudden impulse he could never *holly acconnt for, stole bite his sin - hardened. *heart and changed his pur- pose. •' •;"Coralle," he Said hoarsely, attempt- ing to draw her into a close embrace, - "it r were to ask You to Marry me this • very 'hour, Would you. do it and 'come away with me? 1 never offered mar - Tinge to any girl•before, but you have made me Ivey,* little Coralle, with - such a' love as I have never ,experien- ced before. I cm in 'earnest; will you ordarry me at once and return to the - city with me?" • _ l• • "No," she answered faintly; "X would die before I would Marry you!!! • "Why?" he asked .7angrily, Itta hearse, sneering voice: • Alton aro net an honorable gentle- man," she gasped, recoiling front him shudderingly, "and X 4,0 not love yen- . -14 loathe you." Coralie was net wise to make a mercileas foe of the villain. "Honor!" he cried, with a feud • laugh; 'that is rather rich, sweet Coralie. "How dare you prate to nie if Going 'Nerth 10,15 a. in. honor -you whose prettY face DrOXel • herself. Useless -useless -the-• clasp' of the strong arms tightened around' her, an she el erse f la se from, !her feet Mid carried down.a Steep,'pre• - cipitous. path, and With • an. :agoniling • fear, „too. great to he ' portrayed. by words, Coralie cried 'out to herself that • God had indeed forsaken ,her,. • A sweet, Subtle odor. eeemed to rise. . up.from the fedes of the. cloak end in. -fold hero herminhing ter. *settees and locking:them in a rigid.einibrace. She ceased to Struggle; it seemed almost impossible to _move hand :foot. It • : seemed to Coralie as though she were iloating.thrOugh space.'- • , • • • •• The narcotic hes :done its. *ork bauttered. triurciphanb ly, as he hurried te, a coach in vhilting.1 • -It may -as well be stated here that the separation or Allan Drexel and his bride had beefi Robert Sinelairls eas- tardlt work from beginning to end. From his hand had colne the , decoy Messiage. that had taken the .•young husband frPm the :'side of, his bride- so hurriedly on their wedding day.,• '. After theltipse of long ,hours -long enough so that Coralle should grow frightened'and.neryous •over the con - Untied absence of Allan -he had sent• ' a•friend to cellOn Conine, and tell her that she was never to see Allan again; that she was not his wife, and that on . :themorrow's eye he•Was to wed anoth•;- „ • • By a strange fate he had learned of *Alf. Drexel's intended -Marriage, and the dastardly seheitie had occurred to • him to , give Coralie the -:Impression • that Alt was Allan; He knely well thet the fatal resemblance between them• Woeld mislead any One. • • He had believed Coralie , would go there -7-10e' into the gronnds, and. watbh the bridegroom through the 'Window, and believing it to be Allan, turn and fly from theplace with a bit- ter cry, or fall down by the window in. a 'deep swoon, • • • He had followed; intending.to be on hand at this, particular moment. _ He had come breathlessly up the path just Ie.time to see Coralie hwy. ing sobbingly. away, Piteously .estlling On Heaven to let her die. • Then he knew that his scheme had been successful. • • • Coralie and Allan Drexel would be parted as corepletely as though the • whale world lay between them, and Coralie, believing herself' wronged, vvoeid hate Allan a thousand fold more than she had loved him, and her heart. -•in the rebound, might turn to Sinclair, Then indeed Would the latter be • doubly 'avenged Upon 'Allan Drexel for being the means of •having him slis- charged from the Drexel Silk • ay, it would be a glorious revenge. •But in order to explain the terrible event which followed, We 'must leave Coralle for a short space and' return to Allan Drexel and the cause which tore him from his lovely young bride% arras, . It was a very ordinary' message ap- parently whick he received, Ilut it cauSed. him no end of anxiety, and read as folles:• • , "Allan, -.Conte as !loon as yin* re- ceive this to the stealing!' 'Alitekit, I Must see you. She sails in just two hours' tinie. I am In a little trouble - you, and you alone can help me.” There • was no name signed to it, but of course Allan Drexel believed it to- be from • hie twitebrothee Alt As- to hearing that Alf. was in trouble, he was not ratioh' surprised„ -his. hand. some, dissolute, realties brother was eliVaite getting into Serapee of a More Or less serious nature. Ile was always dreading to hear of sorhe fearful paleMity in WhicleAlf-figUrSil AS principal, Mid Mere than (Mee Mien had ,missed narrowly -some very trying encountere in being mistaken for handsome, die.' Ideated Alt ' For thie reason Allen had not read aloud the contents of the telegram to Coral ie. Bidding Coralie an affeetionate good,, bye, and promising to rettrin shortly, Allan. hurried away in the direetiott of the Alaska. Boarding the eteamer, he Teit find Alt on deek or in tthe cabin, nnd flff,t down to wait for him, tefllng hiniself!Alf. would probably be along soon -.the eteateer did het sail for two hours yet. lt IV.APAI,54 .f.0..02141.0,44,114111Ded -Yon-hurt my arm, Oh, Richard, What is coming over you? "Why don't tell me what was said? YOU torture Me, Martha!" he cried. (`Doret you see you do?" "It was not very anicit, Richard," she faltered; "only thise many a time since that night you. have .muttered again and again in.your sleep. 'She must never go back' to the Drexel Mill! Some de, she might meet Itinal'" maariseutaldt attfltlerI eaa Id;r; raoi6kedd, Rprinarrudt,, e . "Yes, alt'reilifeifille--wife; "but flint was enough for me to sueeeet that there was some great secret on your mint and that it concerns the Woman's daughtert the Orl whom you expect here to -day, and whom You are waiting for even now with such, Ili, concealed impatience." ' • _"Fergst that YOU heard that, Mar!. roses. One deep breath,. then he knevf. • %ha, and leave me by myself to ra- no more. cover my coMpesure. Before ahe An hour passed. Then' in the noise, comes. I will cOhfesd much -it con ueion, and bustle, amid the ring- ing of bells, the huge vessel moved from her moorings -ailed majesti- cally down the bay and out to sea, and soon, New York with its smoke and towering steeples, • and the great Statue of Liberty that seemed to rise from the very midst of the white -cap - Ped waves, were lost to sight in the dietetic% . • . Yes, the steamer was sailingateitd4' ily out to sea, bearing with her the p, s young husband, torn thus 'rudely from. the arms ' Of his •pretty' child -bride, who was dearer • to him thanlifeitself. ' It was some time after the steamer had been under headway that the gen- . tleman to whom No. 31 had been as- signed left the deck to go to,his state- room. - ••He had' scarcely opened the door of No. 21 ere he started back with a cry of amazement. There, lying face down- ward upon the floor,•was a young and handsome mah,' and near him lay the flowers that had fallen from his grasp, MI cannot understand it, sir," -.said the •captain, who had been summoned, "The man is evidently unconscious. He Is not one of our', passengers, though -17-remembee I did -see •him on, deck before we started; I Cannot think him a stowaway, he has every indica- tion ors gentleman of wealth; yet we often get taken in pretty •badly by . these fine appearing fellows!' • • Allen was removed at once from • •21, • • • .. • His condition slightly puzzled -the • doctor .on • board, who was called to • attend him;. but by the aid of strong "restortitiviee he • soon regained:. con- sciousness. The, Overwhelming .sorrow and des- pair that seized PoOr Allan when the truth of his surroundings •blirst Ution him can better be imagined than de- • 1, He was like one mad. Ile leaped to the deck like a Man distracted, and would have flung himself into the ••cruel, pitiless waves that • every MOM - 'lent were separating him further. and further from Coralie, .who must even at that moment be waiting in an agony. of puspensefor his -return, had • not strong hands held him back. • EVen the captain stern . sea -faring man though •he was, as Well as the sympathetic passengers, was • moved , tears when the agonizing' story of • the young. husband fell •from his lips, sts• he turned 'his handsome, Pale 'face -toward them, 'begging them' .not to hold him back.• • . •• •. • "If I give myself up to the waves, smile returning vessel will pick me up!" he declared, pushing the dark, clinging eurls back from damp brow. • •• • • • The captain would not listen to it. Of course the vetsel could net return, ,even though it were a matter of fife• ' or, dedth; but he did' promide to stop• . the vessel' arid send the distracted • Young husband baCk on the first steam- • er bound for New York that they tame across,• and. a . steamer was liable to • come within hailing •distatiee at artY moment.. -- • . . • With a bitter groan,' such stS 'is wrung froni the heart by the 'deepest anguish, Allan flung himself down up- on a seat on the •deck, refusing to ,be comforted. •• . Ladies gathered around him • and: • wept for the handsome, boyish, young felloir torn so cruelly from his bride through the agency of such . a cruel- prattical joke, as they all deekeed • the decoy lettee• and chloroforraed 'flowers to be, and gentlemen pressed his hand'in tokens of:sympathy, Which • men understand so well; a sympathy too heart -felt and eloquent to be ex-. pressed by words. •• • ' There was no help -for-it but to. watch and wait for. the next incoming steamer; and with a heart as heavy as lead Allan Drexel welted and watched, with a white, eat, despairing -face as the sue sank low behind the waste of water, and the gloaming crept -over those dashing *ayes that heralded the approach of night • , • •'"Mie God! will no steamer come in sight!" he Cried, as hour after hour' dragged their slow lengths by; and he bowed his dark Curls on his hands, murmuring' brokenly: "Oh, •Coralie, my precious love, my poor darling." • ti . 6.25 P. in, was rather taken with, and, who threw A. 0. PATT/SON", Station Agent. Yott over in it day's time. You were R. nonGnisis. frown Ticket Agt, . eager enough to go to that up,-towri District passeit,,1 boardinghouse with him, yet yeti /. D. MA01,0gAt/D, were not his wife." ger Agent, Toronto, / * .Coralie held up her liAle white CHAPTER. VIII , , And, while .these thrilling • events were transpiring, another equally as Strange was taking place in the li- brary of Richard Marshall, the Mas- • ter -workman. . •.. On the morning -he -was 'expecting- Coralle, for long hours beforehand he had paced the iipor in a •state of great nervousness.'• .• , The long-coatinted sound '..of the Steady tramping up and down attract- ed his 'wife's attention at last. "Richard," she said, coming softly •into the room, and laying her hand on hie arm, "what is the niattee?-you look so pale! You are laboring under some great excitement. I am sure of itt Come, confide in me; whatever goncerns You must concern me, Itich- ' ard; tell me what this secret is." • He turned from her keen, searching eyes with a forted smile. •" "It is all your fancy, XVIartha," he declared. "There Is no secret r am concealing from you." "There is a secret, Richard," she ilowered. "You have been a changed an ever since that terrible night hen you went in all the storm to the 'bedside of that dying wmnan . who worked in' the 'Drexel Silk Mill.'t ' She paw him turn ghastly white, but het recovered himself with a • Violent effort. •. • "All your fancy, Martha," he repeat - "ed huskily. •.. 'It• is no fancy," She replied firrdly, "nor 10 thie •fandy,, Richard. This sec- ret has .troubled you so much, it has haunted even your dreatne. YoU have atarted many a time out of a deep sleep crying londly: • . 'So yoUng-eli, so young and love- ly! God help r!'» ' In an instaM, Riehard Marshall, the master -workman, Waa standitig before hid wife with a face pale as death.„, I say any more, Martha?" he asked, "'Tell me, fs that all I gale" "No, net quite all.' she answered, a little hesitettivtly, shrinking back in affright front the husband's Wild, hag- gard fate. "Don't hold my wrist so tight, and I will toll YOU the rest. You will not be betraying my truSt-elhave. soillething weighing on my mind which would give my life to be free from. Do not allude te this again; for isthaisre.a, secret whieh even yoU cannot •:He kisse• d her, and she left Die mem with a white, rid ring face, "He will not. tell 10*-mbilt I Udll set MY woman's wits at Wink 50 fled out what it IS. Surely, #1, „Wife ehetild try to .find but, by any .ineane, that Which • Seems to• concern her own husband so Vitally..No husband shoitld keep a sec - •ret. from his wife. No matter what it Is, a wife should know it." 1, Meanwhile, the master -workman tpearciendg: ilfs and doWn his library, mut- . "Poor Coralle.-poor; beautiful dora- I,A3!" . , • , • • • Avery few minutes he glanced. at . his Watch, '• " ' "I told her to cents) any thne after ten in the forenoon; it is almost elev- en, still she is not here." • Five, ten, fifteen •minutes passed;, the hands of his watch dragged slow- ly around. to quarter -to We've, still there was no Coralie.• ' • • "Why does she .not corner he ask- • ed himself. wonderingly. "What could have detained her? Surely she must ' haVeleaceived My letter, In all Proba- bility she will come to -morrow." .• Two days passed, Ile could restrain . his impatience no longer. • Sitting •, dOwn at iiis desk he Wrote a hitrried • note to Coralie, requesting •• that she •• Should come to hire with as little de- • igyarpossibler or, in case .she could not tome, to answer to .that effect by bearer, and he .wOuld come to her. . .This Jae dig etched by a messenger - boy, and again .paced the floor .•Itirith slow„ meastned strides, awaiting ,Cora•;. • lie's appearance. ' • • •• • • It was quite half an hourbefore the messenger -boy' returned. He brought e letter' for 111r. Marshall. • ' , . • • Withaltrange foreboding' of impen- • ding evil, the •maeter-workman, • tore open the envelope. • . •• • • • • He saw at a glance it was net Cora; lie's eignature at the .bottom the page but Mrs Melirille's the kind neighbor' Who took Corelie in on the night her mother died. • .. •. • • There were but a 'few short lines, and read as follows: ' • • . "Mr. Marshall:. , • • '. "Respected Sir,•I have duty to 'perform; therefore, the sooner It isgotten through with .the better, se will briefly come to the 'point at since.. ' The gitl,. Coralie Harding,. is hot 'with me now; she • rernalned here up .to a short while ago, .my house for the ,ostensibIe purpose of calling Amon you she Said; ..bet, looking from •my „window; I Saw her meet a' young and handsome ,man, •A coach was in wait- ing, and they. both .entered the' vehicle 'and were driven away like the Wind. She never returned..I havesiece learn; ed from others who saw them who the ..young man was who lured beautiful ,Ceralie away -he .was'yoling.Mr.Drex- e1,-the handsome nephews of the owner of the Drexel, Silk Mille; ' • "Yours very truly, • . . . .-• ."Mrs. Melville. • • , • A . terrible to • 'hear .broke frem, the master workman's lips •• • ' ."She ' •hase gone -gone -;.and • with him!" he mill "GO •help mel I must keep y oath, ay, even at the cost Of akro en heart. She has taken fate into her own hands; only Hee,- enei•mercy can save her now. I -must ilneker,_luit_wherer-how? This hap- pened two days ago." , - • •.Like one 'wild with awful excite- ment, he fied from the house and. into the street. • • ' • . "r must. And Coralie" he niuttered; • "and :Heaven help her 'wheif she hears *hat have to tell her. But must keep my oath, come -what may. Poor Coralie-poor child, whoni I anipower- less now to save, It would have • been better for You- had you •died than lived to face the horrible doom ,Whiclek-so near!"• • • •.„ • CHAPTERA. • The hours that followed Allan Drex- el's strange adventure dragged .sloWly by. • • . • •• It was ,paidnight before a returning vessel Was sighted, and the sun was • an hour high' in. the heavens ere it reached the New 'Yorlt. dock, He hurried *down the ging-plank atid hailed the nearest cab. It 'almost • seemed to, the impatieht husband that the vehicle crept along.. Twice he .called Out, to the cabman - that he must chive faster; • and he groaned Weed • when it carde to a sitandstgl ere half a dozen blocks had been traversed. , •• • "I rim Sorry, Sir," Said the matt; "we are blockaded in a crUsh.of cOachea I will Move on as soon tie can. You will be at No. -West Thirty -Sixth Street in, less than half an hour's •time" There -was nothing for .it litit to con- trol his Impatience as best hecould. In half an hour Coralie .would be . folded in his arma. He would kiseher face, her lovely blue eyes, her sweet, dimpled lips. In half an hour, Ali, every moment of that time Seemed an l'IgAetthlaslitvethtehrouagchh*sto. peed. "Here ydu are sir," said the driver. Allan bounded up the brown -stone stoop three steps at a time... A maid admitted him; in an instant he had gained the corridor above, HOW his heart throbbed .as he open-, ed the door of Coralle's room.. No slender form sprting„ to meet ihiehtn,.„; no lotely fate' Was turned to - °Ovalle!" he Milled • sOftlY-"Cora- ward him with a glad cry of welcome. • . • . There was no answer. • "Coralie, my darling!" he .called again, louder and more eagerly. Still there was no ansWer, and rie Walked hurriedly into an inner apart- ment. As he swept. back the crimsoa ,vel. • vet portieres, eaught sight of a fair head resting against tile velvet cue. Wits of a largo erin-ehair Wheee Wit Was 'toward him. • "Ceralie, iny love, tny darling!" br cried, springing acrosa the room, "have vett no welcome for Me?" • The you 'in the arum -chair gave little, Atartled cry and • sprung from her seat, and Allan saw that it %vita Ilot COvella butt Ali $.1." .• 4, imammavgantimmarmaiwinpommummos " ,-.4A,1-41.'444;04(Itil144.-44-V,brozt , ol?" she cried,,in a tone of relief. "My xniseue will he No glad; she has been so awfully perplexed what to do about the rooms with all you belongings still in them." 1)1d you think 1 had run away?" said, Allan, with a balmy laugh. "Well, I suppose affairs did .look a little, that way. Where is Cor -my wife?" he ask- ed. glancing hurriedly about. "Oh, don't you know, air," replied. the maid, "she, your young bride, has gone?" , . . words hen she flaw • how white and "Pone-Corall ' gone -where?" ' He gasped out the words as thellffil they were the last he should. ever , speak, and a cry that Vffili bardir hqr manill Ito 011§111414 K from,1110 ligq. WI -I 04 net believe you!"• he pried abruptly; and the girl pardoned the tdrthred was the Ilandeeree ,ttkOe look. Ing down into her own. ' _ . ....... "It is quite true, efri" she answeret... ' "We did not miss either of you until.' 0 this MOVAittg, When, a.E1 you did, not . wino Own to breakfast, I came in to note on the table addrefised iii you. L see what WO tile matter, 4 found a admit frankly we read it, and dis- from you, sir, •with another.' Ncovered your ytiling bride had fled thought yod must have received the note, flung it down On the table, and. started Out in seterch.of her."'• ' Allah Drexel turned on the girl wit* • the ,rapidity Of lightning, ' . "My wife gone and with another,.. yett•efty? It is faise! If an angel cried It out trumpet -tongued Mini yonder heavens, I should not believe .it. The note, quick; where is the note!" . . The girl crossed to the mantel, pick- ed it un, and handed it to . him-, and knowing he would be best alone vrheii he read it, silently quitted the roe= Allan Drexel unfolded the note with . • . heads tremblang like aspen leaves, •'. • strong than though he was; and these were the words he read, words that burned themselves into his brain like brands of Are while his life lasted:' • "Allen, -Your absence has brought inc to a realization that we were never • intended for each other. I bitterly re- •• gret having listened to your pleadings.. Gone to another;. but these words . must not break sr human heart. No, no; ., do not follow me, and 'search for Me, for you cannot find me.Ail' love for you is dead in My heart."' • ' . . . . • ' "Coralie." . • . It was a strangely diaconnected, ' note, evidently written by one - labor- . In under intense exeltement, and was, .. . scarcely kgible, it was so .1):10.tted by tears. . . . ,. • The 'young bridegroom, . pallid as death itself, crushed the note for one- half Second in. his nerveless' Augers, • then turned like one mad, and rushed . " frantically from the item. Where ' he ' - had. Ireceived the cruelest blow that ' ever shattered "love's young dreatil," •The note had indeed. been written by Coralie ere she. fled ' from. the. house. *- . ' • • • • ' ... •• She had an idea • that some, . day Allan .might .come back there toin- quire how she hadreceived the fatal intelligenee that he had gone to wed • another; then' they , would- -put- that • note in his hands. . •:. • ., Alas, ter. the strange • complications of Ceuel fate, lmeWing nothing of the thrilling scene. through 'which Coralie • had passed in that Very room in which' she had left the note, the terrible . word, "Gone to another," held -but one- ' meaning to him.. . ,• ' ' • ' it was all too horribly true;* .she , whom he had trustedso • blindly, on' whose loyalty and love he would have staked his life, hal fled withoome fer- nier lover. , ' • ' • "I should have taken time' to woo and 'Win her," muttered, Allan, push-,.. • ing his 'dark, damn curls back from his pallidbrove, "I was mad to per- suade heel' Into. marrying me on the our Of the moment, before the child knew her own mind, for she was but a child,oely...sixteen-but I thought such a love as mine must Surely win.' . • . . • love..in. return." ,. : '. ... , . ' - i . •• . ' The 'mad. idea Or searching for her, . claiming her, and forcing her to re- turn with him surged through his heart and brain; but the next histant, all his pride rose fiercely to his relief. ., 'Force her to return!. Ale never, never! the MarriageclIgin should be, golden 'links. that jeanstwo hearts and soles together; not letters. that gall, • heavy chains that are an Irksome her - den.. • ' . .. . • "No, I will not search for her,"' he muttered, setting his white teeth hard together. "I will bear this bravely as a man should." . Ile , went back to his rooms at the. Astor House, and the next day a news- • paper with a Marked paragraph. was Mailed to 'him.. 'Thinking it might. possibly be .frora Conine, containing • a personal, he opehed, it. hurriedly." The curved, lines ihdicating the , paragraph -the sender intended him to read, attracted his .attention at once. • One glance, and then his face grew pale as death. It was to the effecethat Coralie Drexel, through her. attorneys, Messrs. Lane & Richards„ had filed a • petition for a legal separation from her husband, Allan Drexel, which she prayed would be granted her. The paper fell from Allan's nerve- less fingers, and thegroan that he ut- ., 'tered died away on his white, set lips. "Site shall have the separation she craves," he said bitterly, bowing his dark, handsome head; "I will not op- pose it, though it tears my heart out. by the t e, rreInconstancytsof Woman!" h Oe ...groaned; "There is nothing 'Udder- the light of heaven so alluringly beautiful as Coralie, yet so cruelly false -e -yes, as false of heart as she is fair of face. . "From this hdur I will have but one aim in life," he muttered, :striding fiercely up and down the room, . . "1 will show her that other women ' will appreciate the man she has. so wantonly east aside. I will meet her face to face, but I shall not reproa0,1 • her--ivIhokauitlindg:; nsyb tilyepaaushet' by as a stran- ger stt had been of litti, consequence to him until now; ' bte, now he would make it his strong weapon to win favor, and to show her that others oared for him. . Although he admitted, to himself he would love her madly, recklessly, tinder all this mask of gayety he wotild assume, WW1 the day ' that he died, every golden hair of that curly golden head would be precious to him beyond pike, yet she should never, never know it. He would hitild 0.- wallof pride be- t reeye nb ohtht e. ml i vtehda, t dhoti.' d, stand while He would school himself to gaze into her eyes if they mete or hear her voice crushing back the mad torrent of love that, would thrill his heart, and resist the impulse that would urge him to clasp her rnadiy to his heart, praying her to crime back to him -to love him, that life was unendurable without her. A mad desire surged through his ihueraoac rt toorol af k upon hi the rival wile had " will hunt, himdown!" he' tried, be answerable for *hat happens after ant,„,,, hen our paths cross, I shall" net , CONC/TIMED IN' NEXT ISSUE