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wickedness," said Mrs. Ingram.
Suppose said Violet, rushing
boldly to her fate, that a man mar
ried a girl beneath him in rank, and
that, when he took her home, his
friends treated her unkindly, even
tried to prove that her marriage was
not legal-would she not be justified
in leaving him."
Certainly not. Any wife in such 4
position as that, if she had particle
of common sense, would try concilia-
ton, would do her best to please her
husbands family"
GO one step further" said Violet.
Suppose that the husband had
grossly deceived the girl, beguiled
her into marrying him by telling, or
rather by acting, a deliberate lie
what would you say then?"
IL should still say her duty was to
remain with him. The sanctity of the
marriage-tie is too solemn to allow of
its being broken; and, If it were
broken on one pretext, 1t would be on
others. There is but one course. and
that is to keep it inviolable."
Violet carried those words in her
heart for many long days.
That same evening a surprise was
in store for her. Mrs. Ingram sent
for her earlier than usual to her room.
She seemed unusually excited.
my dean" she said, II want you.
| have letter from my granddaugh-
ter; she is coming tonight. 1t is
very kind of her. She is so beautiful
and so brilliant that she has many
invitations; she has given up several
to come TO me-"
what do you wish me to do?"
asked Violet, gently.
Give orders about her rooms.
Gwendoline is very particular; and,
indeed, she Is quite right to be; her
life is most precious"
Only one word in Mrs. Migrants
answer struck Violet and that was
'Gwendoline," a name that was SO
uncommon, yet horribly familiar to
her. The very sound of 1t seemed to
bring the dowager Lady RIVERS be.
fore her, she who had spoken SO
often of Gwendoline Mari. She
turned suddenly white, she grew
faint, and trembled; yet surely there
were many Gwendolines in the world
Why that awful spasm of fear? Sh,
must know who this girl was, ant
that at once.
What pretty name--Gwen
doline" she said. "An old Englisl
name, is II not?"
"Yes-one much used in the Mari
family. My granddaughter is Gwen
doline MARI"
Fer Q few minutes Y seemed Y
Violet as though the ground were
opening beneath her feet. OF all tn.
strange fates in the world, IL was tn,
strangest that was bringing her hith
err Not until this moment did she rec
ognize HON jealous she had been o
Gwendoline Mari, the girl whom tbs
dowager Lady RIVERS and Lad,
Lester loved. the girl whom they hat
all wished Randolph to marry. 1t haC
been a smoldering fire. and now sud
denly II broke into burning flame
She was bitterly Jealous of her. How
they would have welcomed Gwen
doline Mari! How they would have
feted and caressed herl What
strange fate had brought them to
gether? Violet knew well that the
one great desire of the dowager Lady
RIVERS heart was to find her mar.
riage Illegal. so that Gwendoline MARI
might take her place.
IL seemed strange to her to find
Mrs. Ingram still talking.
"Gwendoline Mari will be one oil
the richest heiresses in England. She
has all the Mari estates. and she will
have all that | have to leave her
Gwendoline Is beautiful. too. Yor
will admire her; every one does. She
has many suitors. She will marry
well some day. She is all that have
left living in the world"
Still Violet stood npotionless, sayinG
to herself over and over again:
what fate has sent me to meet
Gwendoline Marr?"
Il had but one daughter" con tinue,
the old lady. my beautiful, born,
daughter Jean, and Jean married ST
Randall MARI. She died many year,
since, when Gwendoline was quite
little girl: yet. although have S,
much money to leave her, they would
not let my grandchild come to liv'
with me. Lady James has educate,
her. Miss Beaton. When she hal
nothing better to do. they let he
come and spend a week or two witt
me. my bonny Jeans daughter"
Violet did not wonder much that
young. brilliant. and beautiful woman
should avoid Queens Elm. If possible
81 am always we'll pleased when sh,
comes, she brings so much sunshin,
and brightness with her. Now. Mis-
Beaton, will you attend to the rooms
Tel the horsekeeper to have goot
fires made in them. Tell her to pre-
pare the blue suit: Gwendoline likes
it,
II seemed to Violet the very irony
OF Tate that she should stand there
listening to orders as to how Gwendo.
line Mari was TO be made comfort
able She was prompted more than