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and 20 as she chose, and generally do
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power Is Q lual to q mans In G uiring
kno ledge, decided that the most salts
factor method by which time could be
killed, was by continuing her studies from
I point at which she had laid them down
when she left the fashionab .lnishing
school.
Being also rather trouble by the feel
ing that she ought to do something for
su ering humanity, she organized little
charitable scheme. She ha plenty OF
I pocket-money. Sir Main yay, who ince
old Talbert's death had received consi or
able sum per annum. paid out OF the trust
for his daughter maintenance and educa-
tion, behaved most generously In is re-
spect
Beatrice, then, did what good she could
on her own account. AS piteOus tale
always opened her purse revile Of In
discriminate almsgvin may think little
OF her forts erha hey bore no trui
save in one noteworthy instance.
Charity brought her in intact with
woman, who. from a variety of circum-
stances, had been reduced from the state
of u superior domestic ser ant to alb ect
poverty, and who was lying almost at
deaths d or. Beatrice heard her historv,
relieved her wants, had her doctDred and
cured. and by these acts made the woma
her slave for lifr She rivetei the LINKS
forever, when, fancying she could not d
with maid, she, in spite of a grumble
| from her great-aunt, took this woman,
named Sarah Miller. into her service. This
hap ened In the early days of her sojoun at
| Mrs. rskine's.
The course of study progressed. For
| the most part Beatrice taught herself
After a while IL struck her she should like
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her ambition rose higher than wishing o
execute usual schoolgirl masterpieces,
she needed master. A caller, all ac-
Quaintance OF Mr.. rrskine's, gave her Il
name and address which had been given to
/ her by some one else. Beatrice wrote and
asked the artists terms He replied. he
wrote again, accepting the erms and beg
| ging him 10 call OH certain day. 80
Maurice Hervey came into her life.
When first she saw him the girl was
! surprised TO find she had summoned TO her
aid young man of about twenty We.
But the age OF d awing-master appeared
10 Miss Clauson as matter of secondary
importance. So long as he knew his bus
! mess what mattered if he was twenty
five or fitty-fve.
Mrs. Erskine troubled nothing about the
flair. She knew that a master gave her
niece lessons twi a week. TIE old lady
never even in ,uired his name. r. her he
was the drawing-master, no more or less.
There are many such old ladies as this!
In order that what hap ened may be
read Alright, two facts must be distinctly
DO ne n mind. The first, that Beatrice
Clauson was not then the stately and a..
parently emotionless young la ly whose
calm and Self-cOnta ned demeanor was
such sub ect of congratulation TO her
uncles, and such 4 puzzle to Frank Car
ruthers She was but girl of eighteen
proud II you will, but romantic impulsive.
and notwithst nding the -hattering Of the
paternal idol, trustful of man and woman
kind. She was lonely; craved for sympa
thy; and in spite of her p stion in the
world, her life, so { + as she could see it,
Il olled void and colorless. A long stretch
without visible goal. Lastly, she believed
as most young people of eighteen belle e.
that her Jud gment as to what was best for
herself was infallible.
! he second fact to be borne in mind is
that Maurice Hervey at twenty-five was
not, in appearance the scowlng, era ty-
looking felon seen by Mrs. Miller IN 'ort-
land prison. not even the malicious,
hooking ruf1ian who confronted her on is
release. The mask worn by the man when
Beatri e first knew him fitted to porfec-
ton, and until the wearer chose showed
no glimI Sc of he villanOu sordid nature
! it hid. de was decidedly good looking,
he was well dressed and If he carried a
touch of the Bohemian abou him, IL was
not more than was pleasant and combat
bic with the profession he followed. His
hands, matter upon which young girls
st undue store, were white and well
! formed. He wa, attentive and respectful
/ in the discharge of his duties-doubly so
af er the first few lessons
The drawing lessons grew longer and
! mere and more conversational. Hervey
was an edu ated man. or at least knew
hOH TO turn such education as was his to
the best account The first sign of what
was about to happen was Beatrlce's be-
ginning to wonder how she should be able
! to offer this man money for his rvices.
! Then followed other symptoms which are
invariably distinctly pronounced when
the sufferer Is a self-wllled girl OF eighteen.
Hervey, as soon as he TO nd himself on
! the same platform as his pupil hurried
matters on. He had pressing reasons,
: known only to himself for bringing
things to conClu ion Perhaps his au-
dacity helped him. At any rate, when
one day he dashed the drawing materials
aside and vowed lie loved her. and unless
she loved him he must fly and see her no
more, the girls answer was all he could
have hoped for. To Beatrice the fairy
prince Of her childish dreams had come.
She wished TO write to her father at
once. Strange ~ say this did not suit her
lover. With great modesty he represent
! ed that until he had made his ma ne famous
in art Sir Maingay might naturally OBJ ect
to the all ance. He was not however, self
ish enough to suggest term Of probation
whilst the maklng-famous process was
| going on. On the contrary, he assured
Beatrice that he could not live another
month unless she were his wife. He re.
doubled these assurances when Beatrice
told him indirectly that when of age she
came into a large income. No, let them
he married at once. Her fathers consent
could be won so much better after the
ceremony. His. Maurlce's darling. must
be guided by him. Beatrice hesitated,
Heryey pressed, and at last, like other
darlings OF eighteen, she consented to be
guided by the man she loved.
He guided her to her first act Of deceit
She Informed Mrs. Erskine that she was