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that those who knew her well would
not recognize her under her black veil.
She looked again at the face which
had been the bane of her mothers life
and happiness. 1t was beautiful
enough to captivate men, as it did:
hut it was not so serenely beautiful
as her mothers face-nOt so sweet,
SO good. It was rather the face of a
siren than saint.
AS Angela watched for a moment
the fair face of her mothers rival, her
heart suddenly stood still, and she ex-
perienced a terrible shock. A gentle
man bent forward to give Miss Rane
book, and she saw that it was her
mothers husband, Captain Wynyard.
The church walls seemed to close
around her; a red mist rose before
her eyes; there was rush as of
many waters in her ears. She seemed
bewildered; ali her senses seemed to
be confused. There they were before
her, Gladys Rane and Captain Wynn
yard-the man and the woman who
between them, had ruined her
mothers life.
For moment a fear seized her that
her mother was dead. Then she re-
n embered that that could not have
happened without her knowing it, for
Jane would have written to her. But
why should these two be here to-
gether? She watched them with
burning eyes and wildly beating heart.
All the old jealous, bitter dislike Of
the captain came back to her with in
creased force; all her experiences of
the last few miserable months, all her
hatred of Gladys Rane, returned to
her. What were they doing here?
Why was the captain away from his
wife? The truth soon dawned upon
her. He also was one CT the Culdale
party; and she had no doubt in her
own mind that the meeting between
him and Gladys Rane had been pre-
arranged. She wondered If her
mother knew of this; and her heart
burned within her as she watched
them.
The captain looked handsome and
fascinating, Miss Rane brilliantly
beautiful Angela longed in her heart
&c rise and denounce them, for the
one had destroyed her mothers ham
p1ness, the other had sought her
Child's life.
suddenly remembrance of her own
danger came to her. The fatal will
mad not yet been cancelled. or she
would have seen the advertisement.
knnUv hoS
be safe if the captain found out
where she was before that happened
she was glad that she had taken the
pfecauuon to wear a veil for. so nro.
tected, he could not possibly recog-
hl2e her. She saw the dark ewes Of
GLADYS Rane rest for a moment on
her, but there was no CLEAN of recoe.
hltlon IN them, and she did not see the
captain even glance in her direction.
But for all that he had seen her:
MS Keen eyes had pierced her disguise
and he recognized the slender. grace
Iul figure. the stately carriage of her
mead. He gave no sign of the dis
coVery he had made; but the crual
hnes around his mouth deepened. and
Vhlte hands were OminousIy clinched
ne glanced a second time to be quite
sure that 1t was Angela, and then dill
not look again in her direction,
He did not even tell GLADYS Rnne
whom he nad seen in church Ro
formed quickly his own wicked and
cfueI plans, and was resolved upon
carrying them out with the utmost
possible speed. He would have No
conhdant; his secret should be kent IN
himself.
CHAPTER Ii.
There were many amongst the gay
party at Culdale Hall who noticed the
change that had come over Captain
Wynyard. From the Sunday morning
when he saw Angela in church he was
a changed man. His high spirits, his
smiles, and he went about morose and
him, and he went about morOse and
gloomy, with lowering face and a
light in his eyes not pleasant to see.
Gladys Rane, who was accustomed to
him in all his moods, had never seen
him like this before. To her he had
always been courteous, gentle, and de-
ferential, and it was therefore a new
experience to her to see him morose
and silent. She recognized that there
was side to his character as yet IN
read by her. During the next few
Gays she went up to him repeatedly,
and asked him what was wrong. what
It was that was preying on his mind
and making him quite unlike himself
The first time that he answered her
roughly and brusquely she could not
believe the evidence of her own
senses, and for a moment the thought
flashed through her mind, if he could
speak in such fashion to the woman
whom he loved best, what was he like
TO the unhappy lady whom he calico
MS wife? And for the first time
Gladys Rane felt a sensation Of priv
Ior the woman she had hitherto
ehVled. Ii Lady Laura loved the
n in