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FIRST INSTALMENT
Even before she opened her eyes,
Joyce was aware of being in a strange
place. For the moment, however, she
was still too drowsy to make any
effort to move. A. dull ache throbb-
ed in her head. Her whole body felt
heavy, weighed down by an insistent
lassitude.
Then other sensations asserted
themselves. Her fingers, moving
languidly, sent to her drowsy brain
the message of some sort of cool
silken material under their sensitive
tips.
She kept her eyes shut while she
tried to think things out, She remem-
bered perfectly now She was in
a taxi going to the Hotel Blackstone
in Chicago. It was sleeting, and in
the traffic another machine skidded
suddenly and crashed into them.
And then they had brought her --
where?
where?
It didn't smell in the least like a
hospital. And the bed was softer than
any cot she had ever felt.
Suddenly she was afraid to open
her eyes. Completely awake now, she
lay tingling with curiosity, filled at
the same time with a foreboding of
some strange, frightening revelation
to come.
Where ,could she be?
At last she could ,stand the 'uncer-
tainty no longer. Without moving
she opened her eyes and stared
straight ahead of her. Her first look.
showed a cluster of large oranges
hanging like golden balls in the sun-
shine against a background of cloud-
less blue sky.
thing bumps into the taxi 'andI
wake up' the next morning and :find
that it's summertime, and that . I'm
I'm married! Plow could it
have happened? How—?"
The whistle seemed to come a lit-
tle nearer. Joyce clutched at the bed-
clothes in' a suddenly renewed panic
of terror. If it were not a . dream
now, this instant, then what had hap-
pened while she was unconscious?
Suddenly a telephone bell rang.
The whistling stopped abruptly. She
heard the click of the receiver being
lifted . , then "Yes?" in a deep,
pleasant voice. She listened tensely:
"Oh, Laurine? Hello! .. She's still
asleep, I think. No. Doc says it's
nothing serious, but it sure was lucky
it wasn't worse . . . Yes, you're ab-
solutely right—What? . . . Well, , I
asked her last month not to ride that
brute, but you know how she is .
I'ni leaving in a few minutes . . Yes.
Got to get to Chicago for a confer-
ence ... Come over sometime today
and see how she is, will you? I hate
to go off like this but I'm just 'go-
ing to have time to make the date.•
It's something I can't sidestep .
Yeah! Well,' tell Paul to be a good
boy while I'm away. So long, Laur-
ine. See you all in about two -three
weeks.
Click. Steps across the floor.
The sound of steps approaching
the bed sent her pulses hammering.
Curiosity and fear mingled in her
feelings as she, looked up. She was.
so frightened. that it did not occur to
her to pretend to be asleep.
She saw a man of medium height
w. as
%e:• What did it mean?
Gradually her sense of dizzy panic
gave way to puzzled curiosity. Lying
there in the sweet scented sunshine
her mind grew clearerand she tried
to fathom the situation unemotional-
ly. But it was no use; the pieces
didn't fit; she had nothing to go on.
Swinging her feet over the side of
the bed, she found a pair of high -
heeled satin bedroom slippers which
she put on, and then stood up and
stretched cautiously. Sho some-
what
felt som
what stiff and lame, especially all
down the side, shoulder, .elbow and
knee.
"Ouch! That must be the side I fell
on. To think that I. always wanted
to learn to ride horseback and now
I've` done it and had a badfall be-
sides—and I don't know a thing about
it!"
She went over to the big window
of the sleeping porch and stood. for
a few moments in the warm sunshine
gazing out eagerly. Beneath her lay
a terraced garden, full of a blaze of
flowers. A High hedge surrounded.
the garden, down one side of which,
grew a row of slender Italian cyp-
resses, stiff and dark and theatrical
looking. Beyond the hedge stretched
a huge orchard of fruit trees,' Joyce
to recover from the shock and de-
cide 'what to do. She must be left
alone. She would have to speak; ev-
erything depended on her making
this effort.
..Oh, I'm . • . I'ni all right," she
stanunered hardly above a whisper.
A. look of relief came into the face
above her. "Whew, but you gave me
a scare. Frills," he exclaimed. "Sure
you're all right? Doc's corning over
today to take another look at you.
Better stay in bed and get a rest. If
you're really all right, I've got to.
dash to the city to get nay train for
Chicago, But I won't go if you're
not. You don't seem just right."
"Oh, no, really, I'm all right," she
said hastily. "I just have a headache.
It'll be all right."
"Yount sure? . Good! . Well,
good-bye, honey. Take care of your-
self. You can always reach me at the
Blackstone, you know. I'll expect to
hear from you." •
He leaned over, took her face be-
tween his large firm hands and kiss-
ed
issed her.' After he had kissed her
twice, while Joyce tried furiously to
recall the blush she felt burning her
face, he added, hesitatingly, "Look
here, Frills, I wish you'd . . , go a
little easy while I'm away, will you.
I'll be worried about you all the time
if 'I think you're . . pulling any .more
reckless stunts, you know. And—"
"Oh, no, don't worry about me!"
interrputed Joyce, wishing he would
stop kissing her and go away, "I
won't do a thing, I ... I know I'm
going to feel like being very quiet
for .. for a while."
This sort of answer was evidently
unexpected, Joyce decided, when she
saw the surprise in his face mingled
with relief. In speaking before, his
voice had revealed a note of appre-
hension, as if he were afraid of the
way his words would be received.
"What sort of disposition can I have
had?" she wondered.
"Well, good-bye, honey," he said
once more; and kissing her again, he
stood up, "I've got to hop off, I'll
wire today from somewwhere along
the line."
Joyce lay and listened to his steps
receding inside the house. Then she
drew a long breath and sat up sud-
denly. "So that's my ... my husband.
He has a very nice voice ,and I.don't
feel eactly afraid of him., I think
he's got a—a 'kind, pleasant look on
his face. ,
Her thoughts paused in confusion,
Oranges! She had never seen or-
anges actually growing. Still without
moving she rolled her eyes fromone
side to the other. They travelled up
the bed to her hands, lying inert on
the satin cover. Suddenly she became
aware of three separate facts so start-
ling in their significance that they
set her heart to pumping and para-
lyzed her muscles.
She could never tell which shock
was the first to register; the circle
of tiny diamonds on the third finger
of her left hand; the rumpled condi-
tion of the other side of the bed; or
the cheerful masculine whistle corn-
ing from somewhere in the house
close behind her!
A hot wave flooded her face and
neck. But gradually her heart quiet-
ed down. She relaxed a trifle, breath-
ed deeply, and tried to bring her
whirling brain back to normal.
"It's the most incredible thing I.
ever . . ever heard!" she thought
desperately, fiighting against a feel-
ing of faintness. "It must be a
dream! . , I land in Chicago in Nov-
vember on a dark, cold, snowy af-
ternoon; get in a taxi and . . some-
thirtyish ... ruddy . blue eyes
and brie tie ... tan face and tan suit
. light brown hair, combed back
smoothly . face rather wide across
the jaw . short nose . ;mouth
cut in clean curves like a girl's... .
Nothing villainous in the man's ap-
pearance.
"Hello, honey! How do ' you , feel
this morning?" ?" He was smilingdown
at her with .complete °kindliness.
Joyce swallowed hard, unable to
answer. Under the sheet she clench-
ed her hands trying to still • the
trembling of her body.
A worried look dimmed the senile
on the man's face, He sat down on
the side of the bed and leaned toward
her, putting his hands on her should-
ers.
"Why, what's the matter, dear?
Head pretty bad? Oh, I say, did I
hurt you? You poor kid!"
He drew back a little. Joyce had
involuntarily flinched when his hands
touched her.
The thought flashed into Joyce's
confused mind that if he fancied she.
were really ill, he might after all not
go away. And she must have time
stared down at it in amazement. She
had never seen such an enormous or-
chard in her life. The rows of white -
blossomed trees seemed to run but
for,miles and Hailes over a fiat valley,
like a drift of snow across a huge
plain, Along. the fartherhorizon un-
dulated a line of straog.e, puckery,
treeless hills against the sly. As her
glance followed- ,them to the right,.
she saw that beyond the low hills
rose high mountains.
She turned reluctantly apt*ay from
the view 'of the sunny garden and
the open country, and entered the
house. She found a large bedroom
With flowered cretonne curtains and
cushions' . , a little pile of silk un-
derclothes at the foot of the big,
smooth bed . , luxurious dressing
table with a low _ seat in front of it
. a partly opened door at the right
giving a glimpse into a closet full of
clothes . . at the left a wide-open
door into a spacious : white tiled bath-
room.
Suddenly as she stood motionless
on the threshold, feeling like an in-
truder entering some one .else's bed-
room, she caught sight of a girl with
short wavy hair, clad. in a delectable
mauve pyjama suit. With a gasp of
surprise she realized it was her own
image reflected in one of the two,
full length mirrors which flanked the
dressing table! '
Well! . . ." She "loved hastily up
close to the mirror and examined
herself with interest. Fascinated, she
examined her face more closely and
smiled suddenly with pleased surprise
at the image in the glass. "You look
really a whole lot ... prettier than..
you ever did in Philadelphia, I must
admit! The bathroom was another
exciting • discovery. It was a large,
square room, elaborately tiled, with
magnificently modern fittings and.
fixtures. Joyce gasped with pleasure
as she looked,
Through the big open window at
the left, the sun was streaming in,
bringing with it that indescribably'
sweet odor which had greeted Joyce
on her waking. Part of it must come
from those acres of trees in bloom
beyond the garden, part of it from
the waxen blossoms of the orange
tree.
In spite of the mystery, in spite of
the complications she was about to
meet, it was impossible, after a two-
year -long diet of Mrs. Lowrie's
boarding house, for Joyce not to feel.
a thrill of pleasure at finding herself
in these lovely surroundings. With
a Tittle hop of sheer excitement, she
crossed the big bathroom. and push-
ed open another door which she no-
ticed stood slightly ajar.
"Oh? His .. his dressing room,
I suppose," she murmured,. hesitat-
ing on the threshold. She entered
shyly, crossed to the dresser, and
took from it a large photograph in a
heavy silver frame. Her own face
smiled out at her.
It was her own; but Joyce felt,
nevertheless ,that she must be look-
ing at her double. "Of course, it's re-
touched a lot, and the shorn hair and
the pearls and the evening gown
make difference. But I . . . don't
know . . there's something so as-
sured and sophisticated and daring
about it that it doesn't look like me,
not like. Joyce Ashton.. ."
(Continued Next Week.)
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
LESSON XII. — MARCH '19
THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLIC
DRINKS
Prov. 23: 29-32 Isa. 28: 1-4; Daniel
5: 1.4.
Golan Text. -At the last it biteth
like a serpent, and stingeth like an
adder. Prov. 23:22,
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING.
Time and Place. -Solomon, :who
wrote 'most of the Proverbs, became
king of Judah, B.C. 1022; Isaiah was
called to be •a prophet in Jerusalem,
B.C. 755. Belshazzer's feast in Baby-
lon, B. C, 539,
BODILY HARM.
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow?
Thursday, March 16th, I93.
F That
Some men and women fight colds all winter long. Others
enjoy the protection of Aspirin: A tablet in time, and
the first symptoms of a cold get no further. If a cold has
caught you unaware, keep on with Aspirin until the cold
is gone. Aspirin can't harm you. It does not depress the
heart. If your throat is sore, dissolve several tablets in
water and gargle. You will get instant relief. There's
danger in a cold that hangs on for days. To say nothing
of the pain and discomfort Aspirin might have spared.
you! All druggists; with proven directions for colds,.
headaches, neuralgia, neuritis, rheumatism.
TRADE -MARK REG. IN CANADA
The evils of strong drink can best
be expressed in those sad exclama-
tions; they are too many to be listed
too terrible to put into words. Who
hath contentions? Drunkenness soon
leads to.,, quarelsomenesst, which later
passes into • silliness and maudlin
tears. Who hath wounds without
cause? The drunkard slowly wakes
the next morning from his stupor to
find his body covered with bruises,
buthas no idea how he got them.
Who hath redness of eyes? No one
can use alcohol long without impair-
ment of this most precious of the
senses, the sense of sight.
They that tarry long at the wine.
They who sit till late hours drink-
ing (Isa. 5: 11). They that go to
seek out. Literally "test", the prob-
able reference being to the connois-
seur, the man who prides himself on
being well versed in brands of liquor.
Mixed wines. Wine mixed. with spic-
es to render it more palatable.
Look not thou upon the wine when
it is red. Observe that we are not
even to look upon intoxicants.
At last it biteth like a serpent, and
stingeth like an adder. Let all who
go to "test" wine bethink themselves
of this test.
SOCIAL HARM.
Woe to the crown of pride of the.
drunkards of Ephriam. Ephriam, the
chief of the northern tribes, is often
put for the entire Northern King-
dom. And to the fading flower of.
his glorious beauty. The drunkard's
wreath is already drying yup and will
soon fall to the ground from the tip-
sy head. Which is on the head of
the fat valley of them that are over-
come with wine! Isaiah thinks of
drunken carousing as a fight between
strong drink and the user of it, in
which the drinker gets the worst of
it, and is thrown into the ditch, while
King Alcohol rides on triumphant.
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty
and strong arm. God is defiled by
the drunkards of Ephriam, but he has
ready a strong nation, Assyria, which
will act as his avenger and the bear-
er of his wrath. As a tempest of
hail, a destroying storm, as a tem-
pest of mighty waters over flowing,
will he (this "strong one") cast down
to the earth with the hand. Or, as
in :the margin, "with violence."
The crown of pride of "the drunk-
ards of Ephriani shall be trodden un-
der foot, The same proud crown
pictured in verse one.
And the fading flower of his glor-
ious beatuy, which is on the head of
the fat valley: Another repetition of
the metaphor witil which Isaiah op-
ens the prophecy. Shall be as the
first -ripe fig before the summer. The,
fate of Samaria is to be quickly con-
summated. Which when he that
looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet.
in his hand he eateth it Ftp. It is to
rob passion of its magic and change
men's temptations to their disgusts,.
by exhibiting how squalid passion.
shows beneath disaster, and how
gloriously (verses 5 and 6) purity-
shines
urityshines surrounding it.
SPIRITUAL HARM.
Belshazzar the king. "He was des-
cended from Nebuchadnezzar, was -
king of the Chaldeans, and was slain.
in Babylon when the .Merles and Per-
sians entered the city. Made a great
feast to a thousand of his lords. In
his drunken bravado he chose to ig-
nore the danger and give a sumptu-
ous banquet. Andr drank wine be-
fore the thousand. Seated on a rais-
ed platform, where all could see
and where by his example, he could.
stimulate the drinking and the revels.
Belshazzar, while: he tasted the
wine. When he began to feel the
influence of the wine. Commanded:
to bring the golden and silver ves-
sels which Nebuchadnezzar his fath-
er (his grandfather) had taken out
of the temple which was in Jerusa-
lem. They were sacred vessels, as
the king knew well; but when a man
is drunk, what cares he for religion?
That the king and his lords, his wiv-
es and his concubines, might drink
therefrom. The presence of women
in such a scene of debauchery waS-
perhaps unusual and certainly inde-
cent.
Then they brought the golden ves-
sels that were taken out of the tem-
ple
em
ple of the house of God which was.
at Jerusalem. His act was not a site
of ignorance, but of recklessness.
And the king and his lords, his wiv-
es and his concubinesdrank from
thein. If the king sought to offend.
most deeply the .'Jews, who made no
inconsiderable a part of his subjects,
he could hardly have chosen a surer
way to do it,
And they drank wine, and praised
the gods of gold, and ofsilver, of
brass, of iron, of wood and of stone.
Ancient versions add that although
these drunkards praised all manner
of heathen deities, they studiously.
omitted to praise the one true God,
Jehovah.
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