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f Money Makes Money ; I'l Or, A Strange Stipulation. CHAPTE2 SII.â€" <Co'i'.ma«i:. , "And I can only orf«r yoa bridge and billiarde. jcandtl anii p*;h«.f> » kici-up «/ » dAnce." As ea» «pok». Lady Ellen »»• !oo'«.io^ at Enid. Lika every oao eU*. «n» »:j» aUiMK by the undoubted phy«;<:»l delict -TT ol *.nc eirl, but oqiuUt by her ceaat^ . Sho d:mn-.««od Macoo Laurie aa beinft handsorae, but rather cointnoJ-loo'4:ng: but Knid Ytim guite a different affair. "Whioii ia th« g:rl itiM ansif" sr.4 ask *d Colonel Dawney a«. the car taariag disappeared from eifcht, ihey turned to go down to the hou««. "I reaily don't tnow," Colonel Da-»ney »aid. They arc arii*t« with whom young Hunaiond h^e been travelling, and he got hi* aunt lo iD7:to ih«tn down here loi the week-end." That fair one ia avtally pretty. Un't •he. Adrian'" "I auppoee she ia. " the man answered 'How do you mean, ycu »upt>c«e ebe ».' â-  luerled I.ady EUe.T. with rather a '•'.raino-J note in her rclce. "Well, to :eil you the tioth I hare hardly rcaJiied irhat ahe looks like. I am eu tiruck by the fact that ehe ia yoiiitg. a mere g'r! who eeema to be breakins bor heart (or some reaaoa or â- other ' Ifciuv KUen laughed. â- '•'^e..t;meuta; .\dri.int"' t>he §aid. '"Dont yen t'-cv that wom^i'fi hearta are not motic to break nowadaya. ' 'I (anty women are rery much the same %t the/ used lo be In every age. 'Hie '«uiiditiou« o'. life have changed erormoua- ly, that's true enough: but human nature ia the (<3.mc old human nature oi cen. turie«." Lady EUcn alipiied be.- band through hl< arm. "Ycu don'l know how much I wanted you !« rom â-  back with me. Adrian." ahe aaid. "If you badn '. accepted to dine at the Rectory, you would have come, woaldii t you.'" lie i-hook bi« head. "l dou"; think to. Nel'.. I am eo out of th;ngs. n.-'w.idjy^; and I never very mu<.h cared for tie Ualmfrbey Ipi. '"Dotu tha" menii that you don't ap priivi' of my stayii.g there.'' lie i-niiled a; her gravely. â-  My dear, he aaid. "I can't pr<»tend f> <t:ctJl(r to you wh;tt you ehould do or what yon shouldn t do." Laily K'len kivkod up the rough path With her dainty loot. â- \r(«ll. I wish you would," ahe aaUl. luit like a chiUI. 'I"d bo ever ao much hap- p er if i h:id aomebody lo glTe me ordera bUd make m.: do thiugV Iâ€" I know I mus: gr; into niiiichV if ' doot have aomt^ one K- look a^ter rar. " I tKoug'u: the duc-h'.<c<« waa doing that very :hoiiMighlv." LaJv M'e'i bhragged her shu>ildera. '03" I am only â- Â» :.ttl» b;t of Poypy a V.'.t She h't no Euat.y other in!»re«te. Of lot.rse : ki.'>« I'.io rarea (or ;•«. but ehe can ! ;• al.taye wn rring ab-.ut me, can <Jle? "r-.e>i l.iidy l.ilcii pauaed ami look- r4 itboui he' "Oh: A.lrian. it"« eweet hef. :: a J.eum of a place. What lovi-. ly z'.T I r.el.< ve I xbould alwaya be h:«p- »y \> I lived tiore." A: it.fr Adrian Uawoey liaghed almckt hiiiliily iV'sr fh:"d " he s.id "Toad love U lor .. iljy. we!!, n-rhipe a week, and theu a'le" tbit you d w.int Bond Street and a d t;i:<T :i: :h? Kiti and a theatre. Voud li"<i ;t no dull â- " Adr ?n." Kilei ("rooper said, and there w»« » curioui no» uf ilepth in her voice. â-  Ten ^^^l,\- make me feel aa it I were a »or!h'**rf p:»Me of g'>xU." Tli.Ua ittr- »ry luet :nipreei<ioii I want to D.ake. 'he man jaid very quickly. "Kut conin in and let me give you aome tea Vou jre iiu' in a hurry to go back, ar«* .vra, .NolP" I u". n • wan" tj go hack at all," ahe jio-»irid hni. "now th'.tt you won't go back I "'."li Vrt. Ureehaio, lier name • Ui<''-h>ni. -ant â- 1."' nou!d have aaked me to dm.'* 'here to-nicht.'" â-  ( ou'.e «'<>•!!;. t.id ColoDel Dawney. Ue elrmbid 'ju; hn cie "-.aiil .iiid le«l her to ;li.' hoiuie. \S hon nhe am in the draw- ingrooni and ni that hL'r picture was In tlic place o( :.ou.r. rbt ran up to it and cl.tDr'd tir han.la delightedly • O '. !lial ' dear of vou." ehe s.i'd. "I In- le.irliillv ll:i;tercHl a: bel.ig here, ai^d 11! by m)tr>ll i.io, no other photo- graph' 'I'hx: F>ioi>a you do think about uie a l:tt'e fc't.* liiwiry had wj:k?d to ihe window ind wa? putting fi ttio blibds a little nerv- uujiy. •Why eh^uldn't t think about yon?" "1 do It know,' ahe anaaered. and then «be »igi:e(l. ' Ijoc»k here. ..an I m.ilti> up •oioo eiotie and aay th.it 1 h.\ve got to go av»«v .on.itli;. then -then I run coae and r'.>y lii n-. couldn't 1.' "Von d have ronn. lor nu- m.ido Konldn i you?" Im to; rv. my dear, but it i«D't poa- »ibie.' he <i|ioke almost curtly. "Ive do accciuniodMtinn here, at le.iet not with- out a goml di'ul of prcparatiun. and ycu can t nlay fast and I . nao with yo'ir fneiiita in ;h;s faehion. you know. Whit woird I.ade lle'mcrbey think?" "I i-nnpose ] can't." p.tid Lad.y I'^IU*n: and «!•(• looKi'd at h>m very dismally. ' li"* 1 do w;»h 1 hadn t a«-eptcit flracVs invitation I 1 knr»v perfectly well why ibe "eked tue. II «ae because ehe thou^'ht the iiouM ge; holil of Mr. Kryant. t-JO. She ie craiy about him. and in her gtcpid way imagines I carry bin: about in mr pocket ' Ci>)o' el l).i,7ni-y'« One browe contracted In a li'owii. "Now then, make roureelf at home." be taid. and I'll get yon some tea. Go and si; in thi' giiixlen. I'll ciime to you there "Ie 11. w where yon sleep?" asked Lady Ellen, a? s'lo w,i» pawing out. She point- ed to :lir ooiich oa which the two white pillowt* rciited Ue fehook his hi^ad. '^* *^'ijj brought those down bocauae Mlae BlDclair wtia ao ill, I made her lie down (or a little while.' This time it waa Lady Ellen who frown- ed. She aaid nothing, but bit her Up. and went out into the garden. Colonel Dawney interviewed his house- keeper once again, and bnfore be Joined her he etood watching her aa she threw taereelf into one of the chaira. There was an cxpreejion on bia face which had it been ecs-n by Ellen Crooper mVl'l have thiown a sudden enlighten- ment on much wliicb perplexed her and troubled her. Certainly it Euid Bryant bad eren him with that look on hia face (he would bavo tinderotood what the man had hniiUy as yet dared to confewi to himsolt! CHAPTER XIU. When CoJonel Dawney reached the Kec- tory that night-he met with one dieap- e>;ntn:cnt. Mr«. (^reaham told him that :69 S'liclair waa so very unwell that ahe had peniuaded her to atay in bed. "She fainte<l Just a little while ago, I am really quite anxioux about her. Hhe added, for she aeemn to me to be tar too delicate for this hind of travelling li.'o. Krom what I gather, ehe eeema to be Tery much alone in the world.'" "Pity ahe cant stay down here. This air would autt her up again."' Then Colonel Dawney brought a smile of nleaeure to Urs. Ureaham'a (ace by tell- ing her that Lady EHen bad been esgor to Join her party that even lag. "Oh. I wish she could have come." the Hector's wife aaid. "tjhe ia ciiarming. and- look* so young." "Well, ahe ia younf." replied Adrian Dawuey. "and ehe hati had a, pretty rough time, poor Nell I" It waa. a.fler all. rather a quiet dinner party. Deemtond Hammond was decidedly out ol temper. Manon Laurie Bung her- â- eM into the breach, and did all »ho could, bat the young ma" retnaed to sing, and as ahe cao4<aly confeaaed ehe was not much good at playing her own accom- panimente. the musical p»i't of the evsn- Ing was not a sucu'eaa. Twice Miss Laurii W«i<i> itpatairt to «•• buw £ui4 waa. Truth to tell, «he ha.d had a ?real ahock when Enid had tainted â-  They are all so kind." she said, as sn-J perched herself for u moment on the be<l for a little chat "Mrs. Oresham l« com- ing up tc ae? you Juat before you aet'-la lofra. Ciiilor.el Dawnvy hss lant you the pptwcrlptioti of the atufT he gave you this aftern-on. What a nice man, Enid. I think he ii too faeclnatingl ' Then Miaa Laurie laughed. "That ailly boy! 1 bo- leve he is lealoua of Colcnei Dawney. i-nia lay on her pillows and liatene-i. Bbe did not feel strong enough to talk: 'out Isier. when Manon Laurie had left her, she got up and w&nt and aat by the window. Only one day mors in this quiet and lovely haven, and then the hard world with all ita hardshipa, and all its bitter- ntsf ! Aa '.h* sat by the window Co'onel Daw- ney and the Ecctor came out of the drnw- ing-rvom and walked acroee the lawn. They were smoking and chatti.ig. Knid looKM down at tho tall aoldier figure, and o'lca wher. li,. laughed her face contract- ed. I* was hor.'i'^lo how like he waa lo Julian' She wondered half vaguely, half p.aasionalely, whither this man, who bore eo strong a reaetublance to her husband. wou1<l have been capable of the same cruelty as .lulian? For. after all. noiv she did n.-tt dieguise (rom herself the (act that Jnilia.n Bryant waa treating her cruelly. a.i<> that money, and all that money meant, had taken such a grip of him that it was apparently nothing one w?.y or the other to him what happened to hor. I'hia physical weakneea that wa.8 com- ing upon her so grad Lilly and yet so surely, made Enid's pceition a hundred- fold woree "I can't be 111.' ahe said to herself pas- •ionat^y "I moetut be ili!" At another timo her iffiod changed, and she covered her fa*e with her ha-nde. "There ia only oi:e way out cf it," ioe said to herself dully. "If I were ita^ then tverything would remain emooth (or h'm Neverth?- leaa, ao »tro.:g was youth and 'he call of lit* wiLh'n her, t j at Snid could not con- template til- thcugh: of her 'wn death caJmly. She sudd»ii'.y broko Into tears. »tI ehe cried for a lonj time. Ti.en »he iioi. up and leaned her ath'ng head sgainet tb^ long window. a:.u a- ihe stood there Col- onel Dawney came tti from 'he bottom of tb« irarden alone Hu had accompdaled â- Jie Ke.-i.<r (»ho h<i.-. been caMed to lUo villattRi ur far na wt Ui;ver gate. Aa he aa.w ihi".t whit? Uc. and slim figure aland- ing ;n the solt moonlight. Colonel Dawney pauaed. crossvd the lawn, and cajzie and atocd quite oicae under the wind.vw. â- "Are you belter?" he asked in a soft I but a clear voice I Enid drew back (or an instant, and then I ah* rtcpped out on the balcony. I "No." eLe answered nervously. "Im not vrry well. My head is eo bad and I c«.n I I ele«>n. It is »o hot. lant it?" "Poor little girl!"" aaid Dawney. "I I brought over eome of that powder w'th I ue in case you should require it. 1 H \ aend it up to you by Mr> Qreeham. 1 have already giiea her the prescription.' 'I'bank you,' aa'd Euid. "You sre kind.' I w-iah I could be really kind." Adrian Dawney aaid. He atill spoke in a low voice; h« did not want others to notice him. ".Now. look here. Uiaa Sinclair," h« said. We have only Just met. and of course you can't know very much about me; but â€" Weil! Im a fairly dei^ent aort of chap and I ihould like to fer' that you would turn lo me and let me be a (rieod i( at any t:me you had need of one " "I have 00 friends." aaid Enid. "Then all the more chance for me." Dawney anrwered briskly. "Noflf. I can aee quite plainly Uiat you are worrying a.boat. eomuthiiig. and you are very young to bear troubles all alone. If it ia some thing you cant tell me. do let me urge yen to make a confidante of Mrs. Ure- abam. 8h» is the best and *weeteat wo- mau n the world, and ahe haa already lost her heart to you "" "There are some thinga." Enid aaid in her tremuloud voic«, "that one can't tell " Hie broivs contracted for an instant, and then be laughed. "Ah! how young you are!" he said. "All your little troubles aeem heavy sorrows. But-really. I don't like to think o( you fretting and worrying when aom» of us could help you. Do think it over. Pro- mise me to take the medicine and go to •leep. Mtk^ up your mind, and you wiU alcep! To-morrow I'm coming over to have a long talk with you. Uood night."' ""a!i(« said " Uood-night " in a whisper, but it nsichod his ears, and the tears came again aa sho turned back into the room, ih." kindness, and. e-pecially such kindnras aa hia, touched htr very, very deoply. When Mrs. Greehain came up about half an h->ur later ahe found Enid in bed again, and pretended not to see the tear staioa on the pretty face. "By Cvlonel Dawney's orders," she aaid, as she held out the little glass; "and I want you to d > ire a favor, dear child; plcaae atay here and take all the rest you can tomorrow. " "I promise." Enid said Khe swallowed tiie dose in the little glass, and then ehe held up her lipa. and Mrs. Urceham bent and kieaed her juat aa if they had teen mother and daughter. • «•••• L.idy Klleii Crooper'a Orst aot when she returned to London was to call at Mr. Srraot'o. He had told her a day or eo before that he h.-td no intention of going c.-^nj for any length of period this sum- mer: and he lad let her understand that he was busy: but be did not ezplaiu what hi< work waa. It was with a little thrill of disappoint- ment that she heard that Julian was away (roan home. Ills butler added that he roivUiy had no idea when his master would return. "Mr. Bryanl'B movements are eo vtry uncertain, my lady." ho said. "We are not even forwarding on letters: but some- timea Mr. Bryant sends ttp and collects them, or calls himself." "Oh! I see," said Lady Ellen. "Thank you. " She sighed one* or twice aa she walked away. sUie was dreadfully depressed. Her we»k-end virit had been a great failurs, and there was a litUe sorsness in Lady EI1«n's heart that absolutely refused to heal. She hardly knew what ha4 taVen her to find Julian Bryant except that she was lonsily: like a cihild. she was without any- one lo amiifo her, and sho had turned to Mr. Bryinl, fccUn< th.it he at least would have been able to dispel her dullness. "I shall go oflt lo Homburg, " she said to herself. A fenv days betore she had received a prensing invitation to go abroad wit"- some ratlivr flashy American people. ' whoae acquaii'.tance she had but recently I made. She could always go to the duchess, but somehow ahe wanted distraotion, excite- ment: ehe did not want to alt down and think in too concentrated a faahion; moreover, thero were one or two tiresoaie matters whicih Lady Ellen was anxious to run away irom Aa a matter of fact It wng a new thing (or her to have been bac^arda and foi^ wards in London during August; but she' had been considerably worried about j money an' I as for a timo, through Mr. Tendertcn's good offices, this sort uf an- nojfance had been f*ken from her so com- pletely. Lady Ellen fretted now al having ' once again to dea.1 with the coat of her > extravagances. ' Thia was really tht rcaeon why she had ! been unable to go away tor tny length of I time: but not tho only reason. ' The fact was that, though ehe did :i.-ii " confetis so much lo herself. »ho wa« ' never really ba^ipy »hei; efce was a.niy | out at psach ot Adrian Uaiivoey. i She made prctenco with hci'selt and ' oalle<l tiiir. her friend, and rvid over and over again in bar thoughts th.at t>he hud . iieeil of him. that he «;;« the one person in lh« wok'id whose advice ah* (alt v»s necessary, wbo really 4id know what was good (or her. This day. however, aa ahe walked a.way slowly from her visit to Julian Bryant's bouse, there .^mc. over Lady Ellen a reck- Ires sort of Reeling to cut hemeit adrift from "ill tha- up lo now had signified so much to her. "He asked me to go down to lb: ."arm," she said to herself, and there were tears III her eyea; yet when I waa there he teemed to want to get rid of me. How litupid I am! Vi'hy should I bother about .\dr:aii when he doe=n't bolli^r about mo; he waa fa.- more interested in those l^wo girls. C6i)«la!ly in that delicate fair one. I euppoetr she haa never done any- thing Etupid or f>olieh!" London was practically empty, at leaat empty of tboae people who made Lady Eilen's world. Sho looked listlessly in the ahop win- dowa in Bond -treet. and at last turned wearily to her own house. There ahe found a very unpleasant let- ter, a letter in which she waa warned that it she did not p<ty a certain debt by a certain time proceedings would be tak- en against her. She immediately went to the telephone and rang up Mr. Tenderten. His clerk answered that Mr. Tenderten was out at lunch. "Please ask him to ring me up directly he comes in," said Lady Ellen. "It is im- portart I" She eat waiting for this summons after her lunch till tea time arrived. Fortun- ately .i batoh of new books had comv from the library, and she had lost her. self for a time in reading one of them: but suddenly she looked at the clock, and she awakened wirti a very unploaeaot feelinng to the faxt that Mr. Tenderten bad not obeyed htr inst,ructione. When her Eervarit rang up the office again, he brought back the intormatiou thai Mr. Tenderten had left for the country Lady Ellen felt inclined to cry. "Adrian always told me that he waa a horrid man,'" ahe aaid to heraelf; "and yet," vras the next thought, what am I to do without him" At this very moment (he door wa; opened and Julian Bryant was an. nounced. Lady Ellen greeted him most affection- ately. "Oh! you are a nice creature," she said. "Im so lonely and eo sorry for myself that l"m positively shedding teare."' "I hear that you called on me this morning. I'm awfully sorry I was not there. Lady Kllen I had an idea that you were going abroad. " What are you doing with yourself?" she aniiwared h.m with i question, aa ho sai down and she gave him some tea. 'You look better, not that you were ever ill; but you don't look B0--weU, I was go- ing to aay worried; but of course that la perfectly stupid; what could there bo to worry you? I am the person who- gets the vrorrieal" Julian looked at her quickly and itir- red his tea. He did not apeak tor a mo- ment, and then he saidâ€" "Well, I'm not used to being Idle, and !t rather got on my uervee. You know, betore I came into thia money. Lady El- len, I waa driving a taxi: and I had to put In some real rough work before I waa fit to do that. Well I ve gone back to it.' Lady Ellen clapped her bands. "You're driving a taxi," the said. He smiled faintly. "Not exactly: but Im startint a motor boiinesa. I must do (omethiog. " he added listle<<sly. "Is it a public matter? Can I have some shares in it. Mr. Bryant?" "All the shares you want i( it is turned into a company; at preaent it ia simply nothing but a kind o( amusement (or me." He drank hia tea and then he looked at her very steadily. "'What are you worrying about?" he aaked. She colored hotly, and then she laughed. "Mr. Pleydell, whom I think you know, would tell you that I make all mv own worries: but I don't think Im peculiar in that. Most ot us make our tmn worries, t dont we?" "Yes."" said Jnlian Bryant. It was bis turn to color, and he did eo viv.dly. ""Please forgive me. if I venture on a very delicate subject; but I dont think you ought to be worried. Lady Ellen. '" She agreed with him in her pretty (aebion. "Nor do I: it is Juat (orce ol circum- stances, you sae." "I(, " said Julian Bryant with jome hesi- tation, "ifâ€" I might be allowed to handle •he worries! I have the honor to regard myself a* your (rieiid. Lady EUlen, and I , believe you look upon me in the aajns i light, don't you? Well, thenâ€" will you be very good to me?" Lady Ellen looked at htm and then I looked a<wa}. ' He araa ao like, yet so unlike, the mat | Hhe luved. JuUan was younger, banc i somer; to most women doubtleisa he wouU hnve been the more attrawtive: but eh« had aJwaya before her eyes Adrian Daw- ney s face, with Ibis strong, grave expiree- aion. She could aee liim now so clearly as ho had come towards her in the lititle gaa-den. She almost hated herseJf for letting any other man call )ie>r friend, and yst lite was eo iimpty so lonely! "I won't misunderstand you. Mr. Bry- ant." ake said: "but you do not know, T dont *hink I must lei you foe good to me I In the way you maan. After aJI. Mr. Pley- dell is right: I am horribly extravagant ! | I do make my own miserieH, and I think it is a good leuson for me to light and not j put them on to someljody eJee." 1 "I dont quite agree with you. " Julian i Bryant said. | iShe smiled ot him. "Ah! " she aaid, "yol bdloiig to the type i>{ man who hatea to see any w.tmau llght- iuff and at.ugglitig, and thinks that all womoi ehould be tenderly guarded and kepit away from everything that ia rough and cruel."" He turued white to his lips, and did not ipeak for a moment: luid then he said:â€" "You you judge me wrongly. Lady lil- len. I am afraid I don't merit this good | opinion." j Uo was thinking in hie turn of some- ! thing other than tilii^ charming littlo j room, witih fihis pretty, dolightfuJ wo- lu.'Lii facing him. He had gone back tor «n instant to the o'd aordid, narrow, un- happy life, wibh Enid alwaya brave, al- | ways resourcefuJ, always bri^t-tempcred, , and the pting that went through his heart waa like a pang of mortal p«in. It waa at this veiry m<»nent that the, buMer announced Mr. Tendectesi. The quiok-eyed lawyer took in the fa<?t tiba.t botlh titaeee people had a contused, I nervous exprevi^icn: and hits Jealous r.a 'â-  ture took Hiuue at once, whilat at the saone tliuo it iiir.k. cunning auggeetio:i came into his mind. "I hear that you rang me up. Lady Bl- eu," he saad. "I tried to get thi-ough lo you several tlmea: but then 1 ihougiht perhaps it womld be better i( I caouo to e«.ve you." 'That ie very good o! you." aaid Lady Ellen, wiih an effort. You know Mr. Bry- ant, o( course. ' â-  Uow do you do. Bryant?" said the young lawyer, rather coolly. He accepited a cup ot tea, ond began talking in hia nioet aggressive faehion, and in a very Nttle while Julian Bryaut got up and took his deixaiHure. "You are leaving town again at once. " inquired I.ady Ellen, hurriedly, as eibe put her hand a.g«in into hila. He nodded hia diead. "Yes, and you?" "Oh, Cm very imcerlain. I raither think ; I ehall go to Uomburg. I don't know if ! 1 oan mauiage it, but I'm eo aiok ot Lon- i don! It has been ao hot this year, Iman't it?" I Julian dd not shake hands with Ten-] dertea; ho simply gave him a nod, and au i bo went «,iniy the lawyer laughed. I "Ue has dropped into things pretty ! quick, huen't he? ' he said, with a sneer. , "One would never imagine, to look at i him, that he had bceu down ao low -as to j Uaive ii cab." It ihe thought to surprise Xxidy Kllen. he (ailed .She felt auddenly a gieat repug- iKime to Mr. Tenderlen. i "Ah, but you eee " she «.^ld, "Mr. Bry- â-  unl wtuld al'wayn be the right thing. ; whatever hp did" : and this waa a speech ; which brought the hot color into Mr. Ton- d-'i'en't. theeks "You want to go to Homburg, 1 bear." ^ lio s,iid, aa ho put down hia cup. j "Well, t think 1 Khali go if you cm oojuo to my rescue.' «;i:d Lady Kllen. ;^e realised venv quickly tiUal ahe could no* afford to quarrel with him. -Vihough at the ria.n:e t-ima ahe awakensid in ih:.. moment that ahe found him abbolutely d. testahle. He laughed. "Im proud to think that I caa be of i.mh lmp< rtance in your life, Lady Ellen.' he <<aid. She shrugged her shouldeia. "Well, you are very clever, and you have helped me ao much." ".Vnd you wan! me to b«lp you again?" There was a nolo in his voico that went to the core of El-'en Oroopera proud heart. "No; I dont think co. M.-. Tenderten." she said. Iâ€" I a^n already too deeply in your debt. I mm.-t Juat struggle an along as best I <an." He gave her a fosy look. Of course, he jumped at once to the conclusion that Bryant 'was iroing to help her. "Im sorry." he eald I thought that you would rely upon me. Lady Ellen.'" "I think," ^e anawered him (raiikly, "that I have beon relying too much on everyliody all my li(e, and now it id time I did something for myself. Do you k.now, Mr. Tenderten. I cm atrnid Mr. Pleydell Is rirhl! As long aa I r<^main in thle house and koej^ up all this etetablisii- mect, 1 shill never be out of debt. Of courao. I shall hate giving it uo. but "â€" she lihrusged her «.houlder»â€" "well, we have to do ao many thiugis we hate, dont we?" Ha looked at her in a puiiled fash.on. He did not quite iinder»iand the drift of her words. Ceirta-inly he was not prepar- ed tor this declaration of independence. \a I toH you scxne months ago, Ladv Ellen. I never coaid nee the need tcr such a drastic .alteration in your life; and if you are stUl content to leave things to me- â€" " "Don't think me ungrateful, Mr. Tender, ten, " Lady Ellen said, "if I decide to wake up and do things for myself."' Bhe chang- ed Che subject gracefully. "What have you been doing ajl this time? You have not 1 ©en in London, have you?" Mr. Tenderten enlarged upon hia dcinga and threw in a few big names : but in reality he was perturbed. It was not at all hid eame to let Lady Ellen get out of his hands: and he knew th:it. without help from anyi^ody. if she c^oae to sell her valuables such aa she had. dispose of her pictures and her furniture, she would be able to raise sufficient money to pay him. and at any rate to settle the larger portion ot her debts. He felt ho had made a wrong movo and at once atLempted to chanffe this: but he waa not wholly suc- ce«»(ul. Lady Ellen sat same time after he had gone away thinking deeply: and she had Just gone upatains to dreiis for her lonely dinner wihen a note was brougiit to her. It -was from Juliaa Bryant. Inside there was a little enclosure, and in thia enclos- ure -was a blank chequeâ€" 'I am leaving to-morrow for Amern-a " Julian wrote. "My return is Tery uncer- tain. Perhips you have gueeced that I am not a very hajwy man. just as I have guessed tliat you are tender-hearted and moat oympathetio. I am aakinc you there- fore to be good to me, and to permit me to stretch out a hand u ,ou now tibat I know from -our own admisaion tihat you need a friends hand. If I am guilty uf an act which shocks you, just tear ti<p this letter and all it containa and try some day to forgive me." Lady Ellen neither tore up the leiter nor did she answer it. She took that lit- tJe enclcaure and locked it away among her jewels: her eyes were moist as she did so. He waa «o like .Adrian, that aJone gav.? him a place in her tbougiht: but she liked liitx. for himself alao, and mure ao now that he had told her he waa un hafiipy. That night after dinner (die wrote a let- ter to Mr. Pleardrll and addressed it to bis private addresa. "I want to aee you," sho wrote. "I want you to help me. I've tried to go against your advice, and now I'm face to face with really great difficultiae Please help me to pu^ them right. I aju ready to m.^e any aaorificea and to st.art at once. " AnolSier letter she wrote before sha â- wci.". to bed - "Nasty Adrian." it began. - "You know it waj very irean of you to send mo away on Saturday, because I did ao badly want to titay: and once upon a time you invit- ed m» to be youx guest. Yon shall have," you aaid, "the moat charming bedroom imaginable, looking out over the old gar- dens and Ihe orchards away to the soa. I never .-'aw the charming bedrcom; a cold he«j-ted farmer drove mo away. In a little while I shall have some news to give you about mypself: but don't write to me, at least tor a month, because I aJiall be far too buay to answer you. Ever yours, Nell. "PS. Did you enjoy the music very. very much ;it the Re<-t«ry? I went to bed at ten I hear the others played bridge till tour o"clo<3k in the moorning. I am done with that lot. I shall never go there acain! " CHAPTER XIV. Despite all Mrs. Gresham's endeavors to persuade her to rema.in, Knid left th.» Rectory early on Monday morning. She had fulfilled iier promise, howevi-r. and had remained in her room throughout the long hot day ot Sunday, and she had therefore miasad her chat -with Colonel Dawney, who had arrWed at tho Rectory about tea-time. Iiiuload of talking to her. ho talked to Mrs. Uresham. • I can't heJp thinking that Mise Sinclair is in real uced of friends." ho said, when he and the Rector's wife touud themselves alone tor a little while. Mrs. Oresham was very quiet for a mo- ment, and then she oaid - "It is useless to disguise the fact that Deamond is very much in love with her. I feel a litUa worried about it. 1 am sure it would upset his motboa- a good deal. You see. ha is too young to marry yet a^vhile. " "Oh, y«e, I i^nderetand, ' aaid Colonel Dawney, with a faint smile: but Ham- mond will grow out of this fancy. It Is just a cajie of propinquity. I'hey have l>eeu thrown together a good deal. She ie a very lovely young creature, and 't would be a very queer sort of young man wilio did not l«we his heart to her. 1 dout fancy she reciprocates his affecMoii " "I am quite sure ahe doew n-l," Mrs. Oreeham said: "as a matter of fact I will c«nflde to you that ehe told mo thai .she waa i.oi going on with the tour, and 1 Kuessed at once the real reason." ""You arc fco'ng to look after her? ' quer- ied IVdonel Dawney. a moment or two later. Mrs. Oreeham answered promptly. "Yob; if she will let me; but we aro strangers, and .I'lthough she may like me, Juat as 1 aim drawn magnet ica>lly to her, I have no real place in her life." Colonel Dawney got up. He stood, ta.ll .vnd soldierly, looking ahead of him for a few seconds, and then he sa'd - 1 don't as .t rule interfere in my neigh- bor's affairs; but there is somelhing about this girl which seems to mi- to call (or more thnn ordinary sympathy. I am a man, and I can't do anything, but 't is different with you; however." he held out hia hand as ho spolte. and smiled, "iiiore am I teaching you your busiueso. I wonder you don' box my earw." "Cooiio and see me again soon." said Mrs. Gresham. An hour <.>r so aftcrw.xrd she went soft- ly to Budd » r^H«ii, and found Ihe girl up and dressed and sitting in a chair. "Colonel Dawney haa sent you many m«i'«agee. He was very miuih disapiK>int- ed not to see y^u Ho el ill hopes to hear lyou rlay and eliig. tob~&no day vory soon. I want you to promise to come back to me, will you?" Enid looked at Mns. Grc«ham quietly. 'I can't make any promises. I am afraid I jliall have to go to Canada. 1 have people Ihere. you know. I'hey won't be very pleased to se- uxty come back, aa 1 ih.ill go. but at leaet I hey are my kith and km, and I have a rigihl to turn to thoiui. Tills much at le.^et 1 will promise you," Enid added the next nument; "and that i« tha.t If 1 do not go back to Can- ad* and I And mysi'lf very, very lonely, I will write to you."" We ore always hero," Mia. Oreah.nm k-aid. "If we go away it is only for a few dayrt: llie Ret"tor never carce to leavo his i)«i»l<'. Now you rejllv fee! reeled?" "Oh. ao much better quite another per- son; and 1 ha •» a favor lo nsk you. I w.tii.t to go a'way to-moi-row 'juite quite early. I don't waub t« hurt Mr. Ham- mond in any way Iâ€" I waodar if yon un deratand?" "Perrectly," »a:d Mrs. Gresham, amliing just for an inatant. "Weil, leavs it '.o lue. I will drive you to the al.a(ioa my -self. You (hall hare your break-faat bs- fcre eight o'clock, and wo w;U get aiva/ in tune to c.ttch Vhe expreai at the JtuO' tlon which leaven a li<ttls aftef nine." Tills programms wys carried out, and so it was that Enid found herself travelling â-  lapidly away from :he country on a very : hot morning .She went when she reached London to .Sybil Jackson's flat. There sha waa met by the intormalion that Mies Jackuon had gene abroad suddenly. "l^omelhing to do with that there Wo- men'is Rlghta. " said the porter. "I did hear her sav aj she has gone to Ruosia, but that mayn't he right, you know; any way. thes locked up tho flat and I've got the kev. Wi'l you be staying here, miaa? Oh!" the porter added, "ihere was an old gent-leman come inquiring for you ouce or twice since you've been away. Ho tieemed a bit vexed he didn't see you." "No; I shan't aiCay hero," aaid Enid. "MisR lacksou might not like it, aiid be- sides Iâ€" I'm only in London tor a (ew hours. If any luggage or letters como for me. do you think you would take care of them?" The porter acsented eagerJy, and aa hia baud clciixl over the half<'rowii that En d gave him, he e.Udâ€" "Perhaps you'd like a hit of summat to eat, miss: my missus could cook you a chop eaay." â- 'Oh-oh' thank you, no," said Enid "I'm lunching out." She had only a small kit case with her. and aa ehe walked away thia hung heavily in. her hand. Now what was ^e to do'f Where waa she lo go? She had so little money, and Sybil Jackson was really the only peison to whom she could turn for practical help and advice. ddie walked on till ehe came to a place wihere ehe could get an omnibus, and she put heraelf into one without in Ihe least knowing what d'rection she would go or what she wculd do when she got to the end ot the journey. Indeed. 3La the omnibu.s wa.s rolling past one ot the entr:ance« to Regent's Park ehe suddenly determined to get out and sit awhile under the trees. A ragged little boy ran up beside her. asking to hold her bag, .tnd ehe gave it to h'm. for in truth she was not strong enough to carry it. and though every penny was cf value to her now she part- ed with % small coin gladly. Just for a time she wan too weary, too heart sick to work and think and plan out any future action. It w.is very plea-ant under the trees. even though the park awarmed with the children of the poor. Enid sat on long after the noonday sun had reached it.* height. She wa.^ i-on- scicus of feeling an exhauaton which cajne because she had not touched food since the very early morning; and all ai once ahe awakened with a start to the knowledge that dae must do t^omotbing or the night would be on her before she , knew where she was going to slt-ap. | Thereupon the started thinking in re.al i eaa*nei»t and as she went o.-or all possi- bilitiea she decided that it would be per- ha>ps the beiit plan if she went to the lodging;} of her first little home with Ju- Han. Ue;'e at leas< she would be known and treated with respect. "There would be no fear, she said to herself bitterly, "of anyone coming to find me. If he had wanted to do that he could i.ave done so a long t'me age-" ! She made ler way back to the omnibus 'route and travelled out to loiimsbury. I She could not see very clearly when she reached the street that was to familiar : to her. Memoriet were crowding in on her. It I seemed to her so grange that ouce she i had tiifsed up and down ihs very sUeet, | »o happy, so light-heartedly, that she had i been wont to sing aa uhe walked. ' It was with a sensation ot aomeihlng of something ahin to joy thai when she I kiKx-ked at the door she found herself a ; moment later facing the woman wh» kepi : the house. There m'fht have been •> â-  change, and sho ip ght have found i strangers: but t h >j nan spared her. and; as she was greeted \v:;rmly. Enid fell that i she had found a friend. | "Why. Mrs Bryant!" exclaimed the iandlad.v. a brisk, clean, middle-aged wo- : man. "I waa thinking al>out you only the other day and wishing I could have ' you back again. Ive had no luck with | my rooms since you and Mr. Hryani. left, ] and that s the truth: but wont you come in? It haa b< en a terribly hot day. and . you look wore out. " i She to<>k the kit cai:e from Enid's hand. : and ahe ehowed the way into a front parlor. "Would you like a cup i>f tea. or per- , hapa you'vo had it?" E.iid thanked her eagerly I 1 haven't had anything to eai since â-  the morning. Mrs Chiipln. Ive come up 1 from the country." she explained. j "Oh, then you'll be wanting soinelhiue ] biadJy. Just sit down, take off your hat." ^ As she bustled away the landlady shook i her hi ad. Sh.- had no need of words to | tell her that Mnj. Bryant had fa'lcn on ! hard rimes; in fact she did not quite like I to inquire n.fter Julian. She was afraid j lest <cmething had happened to hia. She ] was back alm.ist d're<sly with a rough i tray, « n wlii.-h was spread teacupa and . a loaf and some butter. j 'No: I've never had no decent folk since you went av,-ay." she chattered on. I've often wocidered about yju, Mrs. Bry- J ant. Did vou get along comfortably where you went?" I "Vci*. said Knid. It wasn't like bi'ing . w-ilh .vou; bu' we managed all riflit, : times were very hard with us. You k.. â- * ) we ishou'd never have left you, Mrs. Chip- j lin. it we could have afforded to stay ' .Mrs. Ch.'vpliii cut some slices of bre.td ; and butter, nii.! wont to and fro in'o the â-  liMla adjoining room, bringing back at last a teaiKit and a Iwiled egg. "It seems to m'\" she sitid. "wc get no- â-  thing but biird tiitic>^, some of us: but I ; did hope things wis itomg to be a little | â- ticttor with you. iny dear! Mr. Bryant h? ; were .<uoh a fine »trong man. so strong , and willing woiildn i have minded whit ; he did now. would he?" i Enid looli her courage in both her ) hands. i Tve come to ,vou. Mns. I haplin. " sh-> i said, "because Iâ€" I'm .all alone now. and I | want to live somewhere where I ;uu j known. I can only aolfrd one room " 1 ' Itll bo a pleasure lo "avo you in the i boui-e,"" said Mrs. Cliaplin. "Now jiisl eat : that egg and crank the tea, and thei i we"ll talk." I Enid drew near the table, trying very j hai-d lo k«'ci) back her tears. But there was somelihiug that had to be saJd, and { room. What yon d best to do is 'o taks tho two and juat pay me what you c«a (or them. We shan t fall out "" Eni'l bit her quivering lip. "You are vcrv good, Mrs. I'bapUn." she aaid. Just lor the moment I can't of- fo-d very much, but but I- I'm going to work. 1 must give lescona. Do you ro- meml er when I was here how we used te talk It over? There wero one or two chil- dren you told me about, then who could have coma to me. Perhaps I cooid teacii thi'm now I remember." sad Mns. Chaplu: but your poor husband he was that proud, you know, he didn't want you to have t» work, ao it foil through. But to tell lbs truth my dear.' Mrs I'haplin added, "you don t seem to me none too strong ta take on much. ' Ob' I am much stronger than I look.' Enid oaJd. bravely. It was »o hot in this little h.jmoiy par. lor. and the house, now that she w.ia in It again, seemed crowded w4lh memories wh ch were ao vivid, so heart^seurcbing, that for the moment her courage faltered, and she did not know how she would bs able to live among them: but Mrs. Chap- lin.) brisk ci.V.'«ii and hearty pra.^tlcal «,vmpathy was very .. .T.Tr7.TrT;»~cnii. heln (ul. And when after the taa waa an'Ai-- ou. Enid dlmbed the narrow st.iire to the two rooms where or.<e ahe had been f-o hapiiy. there came over her a sense of sometbiiKT like joy Here at list »h« would havo rect and peace and dr>».am!ng of the old days, live once ag>alu tht^iugh the hopes and tears, and those hours of sweetest communion wh-ch had gone troui her in actuality for everl t To be continued.) ^ TX^ ijhe said it at once. 1 .a.Di going lo ask you a favor. Will you please not not speak about Mr. Br.y- ant? she .laid. 1 have been very, very unhappy. Mrs. Chaplin, even now II can't 'alk to you about him easily ' She knew that these wordii would iniplv somelliing wlvch waa not tho truth. But then tho truth ii u»t never be told to any- one, rhat had become a creed with Enid. "I know how you feel, my dear," s.iid Mre. Chan'in: and 111 ask no more ques- tions. Im glad you cams; to me. Yi>u"re one o' the •.ort as I like. Now ilrink your tea, and dont you fret youreelf more than yon oan help.'" "Won't ycu have some tea. too, Mrs. Ohapl'n?" Mni. Chaplin s.it down al once and be- came sociable She interned Knid. that though she had bad no luok with lodgers, things were not quite so bad ne they had been with her, 'â- \i ihe had come into a little b'l i f money. "In truth, you know, my dear." eho said, "though it's not much, yet it do help, and eo I haven't worried myself so much about Iwiiiig aa 1 useil to do; and that makes it easier for you. too, because I don't liKC the idea of your being in one HOW HABITS MVKF WRINKI.KS Different Causes .\re Uiven for rheir Forniafion. There are different causes for wnukles. which are not entirely diit» to old Age. 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