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CHAPTER II.
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t:set the tinkle of _;,,y,
,.... 'lit: ar 1.1 p cer.mrt' moves
abate. 'eerier final tratelt• g to lig,
arra»«ill: t"
Awl a fry.. 1 ntt'la atin t1 a:t-• i
bentie bad been emery save fer a ,
few servants and a win tttl et-•, t
woman mourning the son who pre-
ferred the element- of distant tinea
to the peace and beauty of his
lovely home.
As Jack Darner had ranfesed, hr
had been a mere boy when he had
hfs first bitter experience of .1
shallow little gold -digger's unfaith-
fulness.
She bad amused herself with hist
until a wealthier suitor bad conte
along --one yith a foreign title, and,
having wearied of her boy lover,
had dismissed him without a wore
of warning. When, bitterly hurt
be had tried to protest, be bad
pointed out with callous Indilter- E than two and twenty, there was
ence that she had never taken him something in her face besides its
ri 1 el h d b en me taining undeniable beauty which had
lir f t,. .. f_> -w Idle v:t•i•,:_ at le
At, ri t - man v:•onld have tnitr 1
Ler at her own valuation, but not so
1.,m=:. Young, possessed of a
v-: ry chivalrous t:; -tale. and having
1 , n tyribly hard bit, he bad
1>•,une el rocelesely itttu weld tlissi
potion, carrying in bis yang e
a haw .c1 of all .womi:.ltt:n+i, beeanae
of the unworthiness of one.
The chance friends be had made
t.. 1. 'l, ev, freat
,,i• r'• to glare n' a by 00 meat,.:
i rot' him, a:id the women 1t
met were not the kind to alter the
,::.rt ler had formed.
wIlen owmg to a snl-
drn xir'nl at er several yeol:0 0f et-
i?tt wondering: he bad decided to
make a flying visit to England, he
',Are. !.o tbe land of his birth nn
3nnrer the lad who had left it so
hastily, but a world-weary man,
erbietercl by the life he had le&
And thee cbanue brought ei.av:.0
Arundel into his' life. In his pres-
ent mood. country life bored him,
at:cl ..v' for an occasional week -ens
spent at Darner for his mother's
sake, she lived in town.
He was tired of hotels, and in
00na quence he took a eat in a fae•-
ly quire! neighborhood, and installed'
himself with a manservant in at-
tendance,
After he had been there several
days he found Mavis. Arindel 000u -
pied one of the flats directly era
posite his own, and from the first
moment he said he had bean at-
tracted.
Though she was a girl of more
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talking tc a child or feeding a stray well liked. And then ,too, tlo arse
dog, Owl always 111 the .beautir„ti wttutd have susflectee Marine Pre-
et
ins
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Nlaa
its 0 11 Itlrl ha attraction.
111.•+.tri :'1 for line'
1 tee tinder mouth earn eta:ng wile,'
fat oral weary lay fu tbe depths r,i
the soft eiws, ,I. 1 titer one or 'we
n e.a:nes in the hall or on tin^
eelte, Dieter ;,ad he,. :e •irrtab1
ave•rc tot 101 fate wase persue! t
rr.+.t.1fai. •
On ore .n'.t whr'Ip I. ;at,
t.ty 01 (errs» of h,:, ff7.ttr':-.
he had p:' ed hr.' h,• had caught
r!.e •, .i,t.-e llirE '.c -'.t towat't1r' hol'. the ether men, and then for a
inee.. t watt hurl met her clear eyes
1,rldinr a leek of wondering ear -
prise and a ball pity, which ilea
very considerably startled him.
1
It annoyed hint a littl' 1111, n =o
110 told elmse:f, but 1,10 utast donli-
rant. feeling had been a sense of
sante. And when, on anottor
ee•t
ion some ue
-ts who llddb
»teas m g
supping with hint became uproar^
Ica;, he had fancied be had heard
the girl moving in her flat, and had
silenced. the men with an abrupt-
ness which had amazed them. After
their going he bad pulled open the
windows wide and sat far into the
night, conscious of a new, strange
feeling of weary dislike of all that
made ue his present life.
And then one (lay rte had been
able to do the girl some trifling ser-
vice, and thus their real acquaint-
ance had begun. From that time
onward.,'his first interest in her lied
deepened and grown stronger, and
with it sprang a desire to know her
better.
He had met her sometimes in the
street coming home, and once Oi'
twice he had, joined her.
Sometimes he had came upon her
fat's had been eohtpassion eros venue of being that sort of women,
(aieetitese. nue by degreeh I must say I don't thine It wasp lova
hardly knowing it Danser hats vowelvowelmoue on 'her elle, though Treven-
t'1 mot»poteem her 136 some creature ea 'w01'8'1lflppt<ed ,114 groundshe
0, infinite seedness and beauty, wanted . on, but everyone . imaglue•i
apart franc and above other women, then to be happy, Maris() was al -
Golf, Tennis, Fishing, Riding, Yachting
Victoria Sports During Winter Months
Golf, tennis, lawn bowling,
l� riding, hunting and fishing
may be unusual winter sports for
most of Canada but not for Vic-
toria, beautiful Island capital of
British Columbia, where snow is a
novelty, flowers bloom throughout
the year, and overcoats are exeess
baggage.
Winter golf is the sport that
attracts widest notice to ViC-
toria's wonderful year=round cls
mate, but tbe West Coast has its
Pilgrims who are drawn there
each winter by the splendid wea-
ther and the series of unusual
sports and social attractions made
possible by the fine weather,
Winter fishing le a major sport
` In i3rardefeei BtY where sizeable
grilse and spring salmon are
caught by trolling: Ely fishing
for steelhead salmon up to 20
pounds ' is found in east -slope
rivers such as the Oyster, Cow-
icban, Englishman's, Nanaimo,
and Big and rattle 4salicum,
13est known of the winter at-
tractions le the Mid -Winter Golf
Tournament which will be held
this year on the Royal COlwood
course, March 249, Hsieh cora
petition, a sporty course and good
golfing 'weather, added to the
matey prizes of which the most
important is the trophy presented
by Sir Edward Beatty, make the
tourney one, of the 'most Polestar
in Canada,
Aiding, hiking, lawn howling,
boating are but a few more sports
that aro as popular in Victoria in
winter as in summer, 'Fiestas are
arranged from time to'time,
named after flowers then in
bloom. Probably the most pictu-
resque celebration 10 the Christ-
mas festival in Old English style,
complete with boar's head, ydlo
loge, weasel'. bowl and carols,
Victoria and the Empress Hotel
have enjoyed a growing lioptllarity
in recent years. A real impetus
has been given this season be the
fact that foreign excbange under
war pressure makes a Canadian
dollar worth Considerably more in
Canada than its the united Statott.
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Istat site was lonely he hail guess- resat as popular as ', revenue ants 1
ed Whenever the had beers alone; believe elle Was eatr oat dinar sly
no one ever visited her, and he he,: beautiful, I never sa' her—hardly
culne to feel a real pity ler her 11. any of , .Dering'a' English friends
consequence, and acquainlanees del—and you
At the satue tithe he batt realised 1 rebutphotographsare 'rhea:
that he, too, was lonely, very lonely,
'111e light abutter et men arit.
w tattten that pesse(1 t for wit
tueatree--•^ha<l;;e patties -- suppers
and night clubs n0 longer suffice i.
11.0 bad 0.001t dttueted with etc
life he gad beau leadail, for ,-u Ia
:ilwuy< !anise i:t. batt hc:eu li:�.teni:y;
to the talk and the e,uriaoling
▪ I:pa of s:::.nual Alla-ed ltctu ,ir"
to ., 140! lac:1 11.IIt ti1011 bene
be r e:., and be lied learned to
a st'n,at:on of relief ;n getttag
b t0 the quiet of his roods,
• t„ti1, "e hut, hi bad take:,
eau .rise in ;ruck hunch and iia!
ir' seat he t-. let h:ta taste her oat
t a tit-tf: tea or dinner Sa1nr-
had tact lee ativauros
;',rah a trait stand. air that 0.11
i;urtaz,z sops, but at 1,.:., !tall un-
willingly yet wisttnilc, nl.e lead
eey sit,
A.<ri\yards sbe pew W knurl tea
better; she head thawed and hail Le.
cuute 1itilshly tal;t:r fpr the
Iden ll:*te he cud oft., ed. alta seals
preeed to be uelta'etd, (salty -ea, a
prY v.Oy chichi:,tui txtittpanien, 400'
by glees 1 e tele her about ltiinstrf
of her c,rt:i,..ity and e»ger to-.„
it.
She had Clever spoken ole hetsot+,
sate to admit (tree that she .tad
known 1111.0 01 happiness, and t;.t0
tertibiy- Irately. But she had actin -
ed to realise the held some 1uf;0-
encs for good over him, and thee,- interest, and again Mavis's finger
tee►! el'
Th. port,! ienn In which
tot es. set tie .melted'"
nottoed llleir intimacy and spoke
to bits wife about it, It was through
Goldett,ing that the •end cause,
Goldetrfng by aro means : 'liked hit
(now ry lu .
wile's sister; ho "etas Perfectly wail
I .saw made her look a very ordinal, aware that site respired 1!1111;, and,
human heln'g, But, as I say, l'ye being the mean little brute he 14
hear dshe was lovely. She was the rte eluted her in consequence More•
0ter,-Treve1lna only tolerated ItOn.
niece}' of Nano). Goldeuleg, Virago
Dotdening tbe millionaire's wife.. because he was' Nancy's husband,
1t was pretty hard on her, too, 1 Goldelting knew it and resented 11
Ih nritt as, she was awfully found 01 bitterly; tons0queetiy - he liked
Marlse, She, Nancy was. younger, itevcltna even less titan he liked
I believe, but she marrfeti' sir t. Trevenua''s- wife, It is not very
tt'he^.1 site tvtrs only seventeen, anti surprising—when one remembers
it was at the Ootdenings' th't tite 111311 Goldeatng ie—that he was
Marisa met Doing 'l'revenna, Yon ttntdy 10 411 ,tis 1.4011 slues!, Us 11
know Nancy Galdeniag, 131 course. • w000. It chanced one 1110111 when
'1'11310 00100 a little lnur.h, h0 had been dining extrtsll1')' well,
and the Behind woman s.Poke I1(010 that he, hairilned to Pass the
distinctly Chit time, building In :which Julian Forrest'S
Me- \011ssituated, and Silty a woman
enter who, he vvas quite certain,
was Mrs. TreveUna. Like the
abonlinaele little cud lie is, ha
went to Dering with the laterata-
tion. The iatt.'r toed sats he vete
a lar; and ft was a miracle how he
Iter 1 aped having tyres,: bone In
h1. hely breis». Sot he replied he
wa perfectly willing to Prole) the
truth of his statement if Travent/a
would come then and there to P It•
rest's flat With hint, and Trevertna.
went:
Of enu"sel Ancl Getee ting 1e
th 'biggest bounder unhung. ho
anet would endure him but for
N :,L y s 'Kake. Ilut go eon. 1 eel -
:et t t:a111 site had a si star. 1've
bend of DeringTravenna, but I've
never met him, and I did not even
know be, bel been married. We11,
what happened?"
"There was another num. Ira
was quite young, a little older than
efarise, and it seems he had known
hath the si:stars before they were
married. His name was Julian
Forrest, and he was an awfully
good looking boy, wile a charm
TO BE CUXTINUED.
about hint that few women could •'0-
sielt, And—well, Mrs, 1Preveena w ,1
proved to be no aceelltlen," a *Nr ,S}Eit'4;
"obi" �Aq ,
The exclamation held a deepened •„sll p + �”
!mgrs, ,ea 3 H,, E
.01itlia n St ,eat,
Brunsols, Ontario
quite suddenly haduotne to them
both the realisutiou that they level
The rest had been a question of
time.
' At :first Mavis's manner had been
suillcieutly bewildering. She had
refused to listen when Deaner had
tried to tell her of 'his love, she had
done her best to avoid him. but he
wanted her as he. never wanted
anything 10 hie 'life before, She
meant everything to him, but once
he had forced her to tell him tha-
0he, cared, he had refused to listen
to anything else.
tightened on the banister as she
listened.
"Dering Trevenna liked mem
Forrest, who was always in and out
of the house, He and Marise Tre-
venna were everlastingly meeting
somewhere, either at her house or
at the Goldeoings' and people began
PERSONAL ATTENDANCE.
'Phone tie
Day or Night Calla
MOTOR HEARSE
B Q WALKER
to talk. Trevenue did not take ' Embalmer and Funeral
much notice at first, but it came out Director,
afterwards that presently, 1>e, too, ismajeamaziaimimat
And' in the end she had ceased to
struggle, The strength to deny
bine had gone from her, and she
had, yielded.
Since she was without Mends,
Domle2• ,had taken her to his mother
wl10 after one long look into the
beautiful face, had taken her to iter
heart.
And in the warmth and affection
that surrounded her now, in the
knowledge of Damer's love, the szd-
nem faded from Mavis's face, the
wistfulness went completely from
her eyes, sere sometimes when J
she wile alone.
She was like some caged bird set
free suddenly, in the full sunshine,
brimming over with jopousness and
content,
Now, in a few days, she would be
J ack Damer's wife.
I101' eyes' grew misty at the won-
der of the thought; she paused in
her singing, and a tremulous 0»143
danvned en her lips, ,She coned
scarcely realise it even yet, Could
scarcely imagine teat in a few days
the past would be thrust behind ho
utterly; and the path stretching
aheadwould, be straight and clear,
leading to a golden future, loved
and infinitely happy.
The little, god of dove had stretch,
ea his, hands forth to her, the little
god of love wbose, toudh she heti
never known till now,
And in her heart was a cry of
thanksgiving, of almoejt overwhelm.
ing joy.
She had xea,ebed the last stair
when a woman's voice, slightly rais-
ed, came floating from one of tett
alcoves in the ball 'below and broke
upon her musdngs.
"It's a 'sad story—yes. • Dering
Provenne wee quite one of the nie-
eet men I've •ever known and the
happiest, before it happened,"
Mevts .paused, her handy tightening
on the banister, her oyer widening,
Another voice murmured sometbing
questioningly, which she could net
saheb, and the first woman went
-
•
"You don't mettle it? I thought
everyone knew . the story. Tett them
tt happened itt A.merlca, audit was
years ago—nearly six; t think.. 1
expect you were in India at the
.time, Of course, one reader of the
same thing in. the papers neat'!'
every. day, And 1 don't suppose it
would have aroused much notice it e
Dering
Treeetulla had soy been se
Remove bones and flake one small
con of salmon, MIX with 2 table-
spoons horseradish, 1 teaspoon
lemon juice, 4 tablespoons mayon-
naise seasonings, Spread gener-
ously between broad sucest spread
outside of each sandwich with
melted butter toast on both side.
under low broiler hent until brown.
Sour over the sandwich a sauce
merle of melted cheese. -
POTATO AND FISH CASSEROLE
clake oneooked fishpound and place inncabse-
role. Slowly melt % ib. cheese
in double boner; stir •hi is cup
milk, Pour this over the fish.
Cover the mixture with mashed
cooked potato, and lino the rim
of the t0asarolo with unbokod
blecuito. Bake in hot (421°)
oven until blscuits are done.
Department of Piiheris, Ottawa.
Please send me your Is -page
liookiet, "100 Tempting Disk Recipes"
Alamo
(pulmo mixt LETTea9 I,LAMLY)
Address
There are so many delicious
varieties of Canadian FISH
available all the year round, no
matter where you live, that you
can add pleasing new dishes to
the family menus.
And remember, Fish is nourishing, and
is easily digested. Ask your dealer
about the different kinds of Fish he
can get for you, and arrange to serve
Fish to your family often.
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES;
OTTAWA„
t>RRLLrCCd,• •WR/PE
,OR PRI, BOonor
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