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The Gates of Hope BY ANTHONY CABLYLE mother tells me she i unable to visit then that's half the battle! When m ^ a jj kut you " * woman wants a mart- Again she smiled dnzilingly, and She broke off, shrugging. For Marcia drew a quick, half startled, while she sat looking contemplatively little breath. The sense uf uneasiness) out at the bury street. As th car was (ttrorvycr upon her than ever. , stopped she nt upright with another "You must come and see us very sigh soon. What about dining on Sunday? "Anyway^ *he toW hrself, cow- The Beginning of the Story. Marcia Halstead, secretary to Mrs. Alden, is entrusted with some jewels while her employer goes out to lun- cheon with Kempton Uosalaer, his tepmothcr Lady RoMilaer and her son Gordon Ruthven. Marcia puts the jewels in the safe but fails to find the duplicate key. She consults a noted physician wlro tells her she cannot live longer than nix months; th~n answers the call of a solicitor to find that ^he is heir to a large fortune on condition that she marries before she is twenty-one. Returning to Mrs. merry days that she went rather selves?" wearily, but in great content, back to vhe flat and found! Lady Rot<acr there. Not a party, you know just our- pracently, "Mama certainly is rfch cuse; en-nigh to make friendship with her Mania's lip* framed a hurried ex- 1 thoroughly worth while. I rather se: but they did not utter it. With fancy I shall manage so we see quite eame dismay the realized that no ex CHAPTER XXV. Mnrcia stopped abruptly on the threshold. She was taken aback, startled. This visit was completely. unlocked for. it wan also strangely j disturbing. The little look of tired 'contentment was gone from her eyes as she went forward to greet her j visitor, something watchful had crept I ruse was possible without seeming to be grossly ungracious. Lady Rosslaer choHe to take an interest in her; her connection gave her a certain claim to pursue an acquaintance. A little wildly she searched her mind for some means of escape. The idea of going to this woman's house to Kempton Rosslaer's home was al- a good deal of each other!" (To be continued.) Dye Skirt, Drew or Faded Draperies in Diamond Dyes Bach package of "Diamond Dyes" contain* directions st simple that any most abhorrent to her A chance meet-j woman can dye O r tint faded, shabby ing was bad enough, bu i sklrtE, dresses, waists, coats, sweaters, to be the thief, Marcia promises sil-j missed eor<l i a v he ami in consideration of release within K. rater ena MM mot Mar- six months, Kempton consents. At aj c ' and dwe t upon her keenly rrtaurant Marcia faints ami U assist- . B " 1 th ' h ," m th % P? stlTred . ed by throe stranger*. Araby Trask. sightly, That same faint sense of her father, who is an artist, and a antagonism vvh.ch she had felt toward wtj.J-.hv young man, Jasper WaMron. ! tllls """" U P" th<?ir ^ meeting After 'the secret marriage ceremony ; w " s w 'th her again. Her presence Roaslaor and Murcia go their several ^ '" the bn K ht, fresh room with its ways; her improved mode of living l ' owls f ><* jarred upon her. benefits Ma-rcia's health; she attracts 1 , II reminded her of all that the <u!mirati..n of her new friends and happened upon that other, never-to- the love of Waldron. , he-forgotten day. It brought back _ j poignantly the events which had piled CHAPTER XXIV. (Cont'd.) themselves one upon the other in a i few short hours. She shivered a nt- had Trask had acted upon Caldrons t j as s h c tcok the extended hand; suggestion and had painted Marcia in her fingers closed upon it with a re-, her black gown with the rose brocade ] U ctancc which surpriFed herself, cloak slipping from her shoulders. The L^dy Rosslaer went on: black lent a queer sombre note, which: -j jy not ca u before though, of he had accentuated by making the CO urs, I have wanted to offer my con- baokftround entirely of shadows. ! gratulations on your good fortune Her eyes were a little sombre, too, b ut i f e i t tna t for a little whil* you with a wlstfulness of which she had wou ld be unsettled, would prefer not been unconscious and which he had to be bothered. Whun I learned you 1 painted just as he had seen it. But an a your mother had come here I felt! there was the alhiring curve of a I cou id not wa it any longer. I hope mile upon her lips; youth was in the y ou are going to be very happy!" cream and rose loveliness of her face She spoke with a charming, friendly a color in the wonderful cloak. graciousness which with many would The whole was distinctly pleasing, have been quite irresistible. Marcia's AraJjy said so with increasing em- grave lips relaxed a little, but her pbaais. eyes remained shadowed. She arvs- "It ought to sell!" she asserted; wered briefly: and then stopped short, hooking at "Thank you very much." Then she Marcia. "But perhaps you wouldn't moved to a chair beside her mother's like that?" she added. couch and began pulling off her There was something in the wistful- K ! O ves. She felt jarred, troubled. She n**s of her tone that made the other wished that Lady Rosslaer had not look at her quickly and then away comf>; she wished it so intensely that round the sunny, empty studio. There she was surprised at herself. were so many canvases with their She was not generally inhospitable; faces to the wall so many little signs B he liked meeting new people, making that success hail seldom smiled here. ,, w friends. She supposed that her She made a sudden, quick gesture. 'uneasiness now was due to the fact "But, of course!" she cried. "I sup- that Lady llmxslaer reminded her .so posed Mr. Tra.k was painting it to vividly of her stepson. During the sell-not for amusement. Or or, per- last few days especially the girl had haps to exhibit?' managed to put him right out of her She paused tentatively. Trask stood m jnd, and she resented the remcm- back from his canvas and regarded it brance of him of the part she had with one eye closed. forced him to play in helping her at- "It I* good!" he pronounced, and tain her wealth. laid down his br.ishes. "It is finished.' she brought her trouble:! thought* And it is already sold!" |, a ck with iin effort to listen to the Marcia stare 1, amusedly. She was older woman's voice, getting used by now to this queer, "Your mother and I have been hsv- little man with his almost childlike ing <|uite an interesting talk!" she habit of disregarding other people and W as saying vivaciously. "Isn't it the minor conventions. He amused quite extraordinary that we should be her, and she liked him. It was Araby connected? I did not dream of such who voiced * questioning, half-dis- thing when Mrs. Alden introduced BMHTM astonishment. ul tt little while ago--it n-ems so very 'strange meeting like this. It is a his palette ' Krp: ,t p!,.;isuro for me." | Marcia looked at her with faintly' he acqui- puv/'od eyes, but she merely smile:!, trunquility. She looked fagged, and then* were "H' saw it lust night. He was MI- , blue shadows under her eyes, l.udy eaiatea. He gave me a cheque for : Rosulucr, observing her closely, de- It there and then. Five hundred oifed that .she was not nearly such a pounds hi- paid!" ! "peach" as her son luul led her to Araby ftllped. Thi-re wa* almost I believe. She was too pale, and Hi- consternation in the glance she turned together too thin. But her clothes upon Marcia. The latter had drawn were exquisite. back a little and there was a quick,) Lady Rosslaer gave a small, smoth- hot color aflame in her cheeks, a half ( , r ed sigh of envy. Just for it miivite startled brightness in her eyes. Per- then- came into her brilliant eyi-i that haps naturally Araby mistook the sarm . thoughtful look of calculation color and the light for annoyance. She | which had amused (iordon. and had swuntt indignantly upon her father. I prompted his rawh remark about "Hit -really- you are impossible!". Kumpton's eligibility for what he she declared. "You had no right toj would have racily described as "the 1 sell it without Marciu's permission matrimonial stakei." ceal, and which Lady Rosslaer com- pletely misread. She interrupted, half laughingly: "My dear child! Surely you can't have an engagement for Sunday? And I really should like Lord Rosslaer to meet you. Besides, now I've found folks belonging to me I'm going to make the most of them! Will you come?" Later, as she drove away with Mar- cia's stammering murmur of assent still In her ears, she smiled. "I do believe," she murmured under her breath, "that the girl is really at-' traded to Kemp! She must be, or why on earth should she get all flushed and uncomfortable at the mere men- tion of his name? And if BO" she leaned back with a long sigh that had in it something of satisfaction "if so new. Buy "Diamond Dyes" no other kind then perfect home dyeing is guaranteed, even If you have uever dyed before. Tell your druggist whether the matt-rial you wish to dye is wool or silk, or whether It Is linen, cotton, or mixed goods. Diamond Dyes never streak, spot, fade, or run. 1, Synthetic Leather. A newly patented leather substitute, for soles of shoes, is made by boiling together leather dust, asphalt, cotton fibre and linseed oil, the mixture, when reduced to the requisite consistency, being formed Into a sheet by hydraulic pressure. It is waterproof. Mlnard'a Llnlms.it for Burns, etc. T omens Sphere tion I wvntcd I'd go to work and gwt it; and I asked myself why I should not also go to work and get new family. I'd been ttin there crying when all th while there were thou- sand* of other lonely p*og>te m the worU, and many <rf them were worse off than I, who am young and strong and able to make friends." Sara's eyes were wide open. "As soon a* I reafi*d that the** were othr kmely person*," Ruth con- tinued, "I realized that I had misled a whole year of having a grandmother. I had known Grandmother Barrett all my Mfe at home and used to run in bo see her a dozen times a week. She had three children then. Now they're all dead except one son, who is in the navy. So grandmother and I adopted : each other. As for Billy, he was in; my Sunday school class. He is an| ambitious Kttle feUow, but there U; no one at home to help him; his peo- | pl can't appreciate tie value of an, education. But Billy is working for! one. I'm going to be mighty proud j of him one. of these days." '.And who U to be your next rela-[ tive?" Sara aaked. Ruth beeftaied. "Next I wont a a Jeter," she said. "If I had a mater I think tiat she and I could adopt Ponctta, the most adorable little three- J year-old Spanish baby that you everj saw. She w in the day nursery at the ' mission, for her mother has to work. Some one should make clothes for the child and teach her thing* that ht-r mother has neither time nor knowl- edge for, and " Ruth's voice faltered. j Sara saw the appealing Jook in herj friend's eyea and land forward. "O; Ruth I" she exclaimed, "Would I do ?| Could I be your sister? Would you teach me how?" "Would I!" Ruth cried. "0, Sara, would I!" More and Better Shines to the Box, "Sold!" Trask tx>gan to friape with c-ntTKy. "To Jasper Waldron!" 'seed, with the utmost not to anybody!" Mnrcia interrupted hurriedly: 'I Neither he nor his mother had for- gotten the white flanu- of anger which <!j not mind!" she nato, i ml hod leaped ncrns* Kempton's f nee, tho looked at her fur a moment in ' fury of y.-orn with which he had a sort of level, smiling comprehension. I silenced th speaker. It had am7.cd I knew that!" ho told her. "li them. It had also set them thinking, isn't ai if Jasper was one of tho Looking at Marcin now Lady Ross- ordiniiry public. That would have Uer wondered if, during his many been different. Hut he is a frii-r.d - visits to Mrs.. Alden's hospitable flat, one of ourselves. Awl, besides" her stepson had seen more than she naively "the pric- was very KO'jd!" |n ad suspected of this girl. Upon an "It isn't worth such a sum!": Impulse she skillfully brought his Araby't young voice was uncnmnn.m- ' name for a pa. iritis: moment Into her isingly bhrat "I don't mean," she idle small talk. added, "l hut it isn't a delightful pic-i She saw Mama's slight movement; fur.- of Marcia. It is! But it certain- w the quick, nervous color that ly isn't worth five hundred pminds!" flood<xl her fac for on instant, to t-bli,' Trasl; smiled and pushed his half leaving her n shade, paler than before, ' cleaned palette with the rest of his nn d her beautiful eyes grew shrewd.' narnphernalia into an inadequate tin Whtl<> still she. talked she was telling; box. ! herself that a match between these' t is.'* he cxjntrndicted, placidly ' two would bo nn bnd thing. Gordon's.! "to him!" j idle suggestion had fallen upon fertile' Marrin remembered those words noil. more tlmn once with a queer brenth- 1 Kempton wns so atrociously poor. larBMiess nnd n tingling senatio;i of Yet slie knew that If he had' money pleasure. But she sheered away from he would, if not foolishly free with it. 1 urrnlM to Just exactly what thoy bo generous. For the sake of the 1 bad meant -or why Jasper WnMron name, he would help Cordon pay those had bought her portrait. < rfobtH which were, pressing upon him. < Also HIP conversation had pointed And it would be an immensely good to her way by which hf could, psr-'thhijr for Kempton himself. The bapi>, without hurting them, help this talked-of attention* he was paying! jay couple who nlready had become Arnby Trask could lend to kwthlngu wrm friends of hers, fihe commix- Tlu> girl was n nobody, hadn't a nt'nny ioned another, smaller portniit, hem! .-already thorn was n widening nd shoulders only, which, she said, 1,,-ench between him and his father hf wished to givo <w her mother. Bin- because of the, affnir. Anything seri- tortfiilly riiunnd tho sum she was will ., U, i, n t direction would be utter inv to pay, ignoring ArtJb/l nssflr- mnrtWidr ^ nn.-c tluit she was mad, HOIMIIK only] Y eS( ho would bit ruallv doing the wainiinir plc'isure of Trusk'n ey(M. Kempton good turn if sh< could Jt >ronfht h/r a (|ulck, kttn thrill throw him and this, girl, Murcia Ilal- of plensir,., inch an so for the hud 1 .tend logethor could interest him in not experienced. She w bcforj) n^r'[.,',y , n , , ^n } "' m **?H| ..-c posMMtoni Hhe rose presently, took Mrv IJaJ- <>f n fi.rtjjna deljghtful to her, and RfoHd's hand In both of Hera. _Uri knew in th( J....J.H..- inn n "ii.ldon, timvoii lo Marcia. U " ' IflJoymMit. Ikrlllinni nftcr n Bitting, ahe would . i-.nffl OfU'n. . . lighted rtp her whole fi*tc * inrlst nn ,n the two lunching with herl <<T )>av nlready spoken to my hus- nt 'mi' little Snh.> restaurant, whirHJbtnd about you about th< coincidence, (her;/ would annse themselves Ifec O f our (snuieetion. lie would like to thrn- rhiliiren. Invariably afterward meet yon. Ho lifts nut been well late A'-'-v u-,>u'd help her with hr shop- U was af'.c- one of thso guy, ly---dooii not go nut much, or ho would Imvp called with mo to-dy. Your The Christmas Corner. "Your garden always is the most entrancing place, Pris. But what's in that little corner over beyond the trellis? You keep steering me away from it, hut it looks altogether too in- viting to miss." Priscilla led the way, and stood ^ aside, smiling, as they passed through the arch. "Well," she said, "what do you think of it, Prue?" "Of all the queer mixtures!" eaid Prudence, frankly puzzled. "It's my Christmas corner," said | Prise-ilia proudly. "Your present hap-J pttis to he growing somewhere else; > but my main Christmas crop i here. J I can't spend lavishly in money; and' last year I spent too much in nerves j and eyesight. So this year instead of. doing fancywork I'm turning to my: garden. Here are the sweet things:! lavender and lemon verbena, to fill, simple muslin bags for bur-uu draw- | ers and linen close!*; and here are my i old-fashioned everlasting flowers yellow and crimson and pink and | purple and white for winter bouquets; and for ba.-kets; and here are a f ew i clumps of my choicest Mowers, like those in the main garden, but especial- : ly rewrved for seed, to put in pretty | packets for my gardening friends "i "I'm a gardening friend!" suggest- ed Prue. "You'll like what I'm planning for: you, Prue, at least, I do, and I'll dis- j own you if you don't appreciate it! but you mustn't covet what I'm tin'mf? other people, piggy! See, here are sweet lit-rbs: those are for the kitchen- loving contingent thyme and tarra- gon and summer savory and sweet marjoram. 1 love the very sound of the names, don't you? Some I'll dry in bunches, and some I'll make into flavored vinegars, for salads and ragout*. And here are tomatoes the little plum and cherry varieties in red and yellow to put up whole; they make, tin- gayest and most Christmaay pre- i serves! And over there against the I wall ia our ancient quince tree; it boars lots of fruit some years, and some people haven't learned yet that ' quim-es make delicious jam. A jarj of that, nently labeled and tied with! red ribbons is sure to please anyone, who like* goodies. And who doesn't? ' That's all, I think at least in the; corner. But I'm going to use all my | rose leaves and preserve a few of our strawberries whole in jelly. And did you ever see parsley packed between layers of salt in a preserve jar and j keeping green all winter? And goodness, 1 was just going to mention what I'm raising for you!" "Don't! I'd rather be Biirprisinl. But if yon should slip up on it, Prissy, dear, I can assure you I'd be quite' contented with nny of your other Christmas product*. What I really covet, though, is the grand idea ofi growing them. Why didn't 1 havo the; wit to niakp my garden help out my Chrifltmnsing?" "It isn't too lato yet," suggested I'rlnoilln, consolingly. "And 1 have MO copyright on tho plan!" Let's Plnnt Dahliai. No mailer what you may or may pot hnvc .In yoi^r garden, you must have iTaTilins if you wuld r\av*6 Jour garden family complete. Flowering as they do in late nuinmer, you will be jjurc _t nnprecinto them, because the ground early. Dig deep, the deep- er the better. Do this as soon as the ground is workable. Then let it settle and redig it just before setting out the tubers. If your soil is fertile, use no manure. If the ground is very poor, spread it with manure before digging. You do not need a great deal of ma- nure. There is a difference of opinion a to the time to plant dahlias. Some successful growers say, set them out as early as possible In the spring. Others say, wait until July. Persona! experience tells me that it is impos- sible to keep the roots in good condi- tion when you set them out so late. The end of May seems to be the pro- per time. Set them four to six inches deep -no deeper. In order to leave room for future development g*t them from two to four feet apart each way. Allow but one stalk to the root. Cut off all others. By all means plant a few of the cactus varieties. They are the huge, shaggy kinds that closely resemble chrysanthemums. Their colors are un- usually beautiful. All cactus varieties have vigorous constitutions, RO do not hesitate to plant them. Just before frost, lift the tubers. Place them in a sunny corner of the porch until the soil about them is dry. Then shake it off and place them >n a closet fhelf until spring, when ytu can plant them in ih-ir old loca- tion in the garden. Mlnird'i Liniment for Dandruff. Increasing FUh Tribe*. Improved methods of handling and hatching the eggs of the whlteflsh are showing such results that this ex- ceedingly valuable finny species is now steadily gaining numbers in the Great j Lakes. The work has been highly sys- , tematlzed. and Is being conducted by the United States Flshe-rlee Bureau in co-operation with our own Cana- dian authorities. The scale on which the artificial propagation of the white- fish is being carried on may be judged from the fact that in the year 1921 the Fisheries Bureau hatched 540,000,- I OQO eggs and planted 420,000,000 ' young "fry." Thanks to this work, the whitetish tfjpply in the Great Lakes has been increasing ever since 1917. It is helped importantly by a now interest which the lake provinces and States are taking in the matter, i and which is evidenced by the fram- i ing cf laws for the protection of the : \\hitefich and the reflation of the size of mesh allowed to be used for seines , and traps. If the mesh be not too i small, the little <yies. which have no i commercial value, can get ar/ay and have a chance to grow big. Never mind admiring the hurt job: pet on with tlie next. Grocers Were Grosers. Many of our modern trade names have curious origins. The coster- ' monger, for example, was In the old ' days a costard-monger. He hawked' a kind of fruit called the costard. ' The word "mcnger" means a seller, and is still found in iron-monger, fish- > monger, and so on. . Originally the grocer was a grosser, a man who sold things by the gross, or a wholesaler; no one knows why his name should have changed in spelling. When we spea'i of a wholesale grocer, , we are really saying the same thing twice. Tailor is a French word meaning ' one who fits the figure. Draper is also French; it comes from the word . drap, and means a dealer in cloth. Mantle-maker, originally Mantua- maker, is Italian. Cloaks were fah- .- ionable la the town of Mantna, and were called atfter it. Milliner, origin- ' ally Milaner, stood for a dealer hi goods made of Milanese silk and traw. , The moct puzzling word is haber- dasher, which has baffied many people ami produced all kinds of weird ex- planations. The haberdasher was formerly a pedlar who went round to fain selling ribbons, buttons, and other small articles, which he carried in a sack. His name comes from two old words hafer, meaning oats, and tasche, a sack. Cases of so-called "suicide" among animals are stated to be due to colic, the severe pain causing hones and other sufferers to throw them;e>es. about in agony. Away with! f* -*. ~-. 'Don't h'JT fnrnitar* or m. :1 fitu-d with old-fuhiuned, >haUy. At- Cructivc cutun. Tell your ilcalrr you roust have the Ruth's Family. "It's all very well to talk about life's being rich ami full," said Sara Crandall, "but if you had no family at all, no relative in the worW near- er than a second cousin, you wouldn't like it rmx-h yourself." 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