, 1935-11-22

nE0AEN MAAaAA@
DANA wESTBROOK. born and
reared abroad, comes 90 make heT
home with her grandmother. Mrls-
focrntIe MRS. WILLARD CAM
ERON. whom Dana has never
seen.
Twenty-one y.ears eefore:
Dann'a mother eioped wtth .ne
man she loved leaving nef
NANCY WALLACE. Young "al-
Incp divorced hh wife and ane
married DANA WESTBhOOn
A year later their sdnuEnter.
Dana, was horn, and given 'ae
name OF her father.
After the death OF mes pare".
Dana was invited 90 come 20
America 20 tive with her motner
@a..tlv she A. received cOrdlnlly
Nv her great aunt. MISS ELL
CAREWE. but meets q coIo 49,
come from her grnndm"tner
her haIf-sister. Nancy .,re.-
bitterness and the gloomy htn
nhere ~ the old place nave
~harlrr erect. Dan thinks un
hnnnIIv- II shouldn't have come
Now GO ON WITH THE sTOHi
CHAPTER III
THE sun came flooding In through
4 a deep window. Close BY q oiro
vas singing Eaily. Dana. lying In
,ha great canopied bed. lifted ner
youne arms high IN sheer elation
A smile curved her mouth
In a sudden rush Of feeling Dana
thonrht-~It was ridiculous getting
emotional last night. They'll IKE
ma soon. and ri like them Al
least. TN try awfully hard"
Water was running IN the tuo
presently in the adjoining batn'
room. and Dana was singing olitne
~. -
Across the hall an unhappy olu
woman listened to Dana's song
After a while she crossed the room
and closed the transom. But sne
conld still hear the words; wen
sing a little. dance a little. low
a lot living In the middle
OF the moonlight"
The singer stopped abruptly and
Mrs. Cameron sighed In relief Inc
girl was evidently a romantic crea
ture Like. like-she wouldn't com
plete the thought But feelings
ideas that had been lying dormant
thrnSgh the years were crystalizine
under a new impetus. Perhaps u
was r that you had 70 direc'
romance. Perhaps II had been par
TALLY her fault that Dana's mother
had wrecked her life and brought
disgrace 10 a proud family name.
This girl seemed pliable enough
Much more 50 than Nancy. There
was a stubborn one for you! Ap
parently in European schools they
taught respect for ones elders. 1
they taught nothing else. They hat
done very well by her granddaugn
ter. And the girl was beautiful
II was going 70 be quite satisfac
tory 10 see Susan Weatherford'
face when Dana was introduced Z
her and her two ugly daughters.
Old Mrs. Cameron almost chuck
led. she must have q talk Wit
Ellen. Somehow. someway. the
might be able to manage a part,
to properly introduce Dana TO &C
ciety.
IRON her own room on the soutl
l. side Of the house, Nancy ha'
a different view Of the garden. II
unkemptness had never trouble
her. for Il had been like that 8
long that she had almost forgotte
II had ever been trinity Handicapped
with decorous flower beds breakin
the velvet stretches, q fountai
tinkling unsteady in the cente
and great trees arching overhead
There we're voices under Nancy
window. Her grandmother's vote
and that OF young Jake, Sarah
grandson. who did odd Jobs aboU
the place and built the fires IN vii
ter for bis board and keep"
"Clear the weeds first. and the
cut the grass" Mrs Cameron We
directing. And then I'll show yo
about pruning the shrubbery.
you need any help. you might 3
Alex TO come In for two days. He
doing some work outside now. sint
the Merrins are away for the sur
mar."