Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1904-02-27 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.  Dora Ithedes is trarelling in oompany with another young girl—'& stranger to her —to the town of Booclesford. She notices that her fellow-traveller bears a striking resemblance to her -elf. Waking sudcknly from sleep, this irl, thinking the train had arrived at a station, suddenly opens the carriage door arid falls on to the line. Dora is horror-stricken, B.nd before she can recover her9elf, the train ha-s steamed into the station and she is greeted by a gentleman as his cousin, Evelyn Hardacre, and carried off in a carriage to Sir William Hardacre's mansion. When there, the thought comes to her that she should personate the girl she believes to be dead, and thus be enabled to send help to her almost d‘vstitute mother and brothers and sisters. She had been an her way to appeal to her grand. father (whom shi had never seen) on their belialf, when this incid‘nt occurred. To carry out the fraud she profec-ses to have lest her memory through fright Meanwhile the real Evelyn Hardacre had reached the ground unhurt, the body found on the lino afterwards being that of a poor detnepted girl .who had .escaped from the  usylurn. 'Sl,e had not wi-thed to oome to her grard?arents on the death of her mother, but thought it her duty, making up her mind that if anything occurred to prevent her reaching Decolesford she would return to her other friends and her fiancee, Dr. Gordon. The accident she took to be a direct hint to return, and this she did. Arrangements are at on made for her marriage with Dr. Gordon and their voyage to Australia. George Ilardozre is attracted by his supposed cousin (the false Evelyn Hardacae), and propceesto her, but is refused. Maggie Rhodes, Dora's rester, comes to view the body found on the rails, and is mavinced it is not that of Dora. Harriet, Dora's maid, begins to suspect her, and her suspicions are confirmed by advertisements she sees in the papers. It turns out that this mid is Dora's own cousin. Her pos,ition becomes so unbearable that Dora is driven to attempt suicide, but is prevented by George Hardacre, who drags her out of the lake, and goes to the house for help. Dora, coming to herself decides to run away, and is fond by a Cons* of burglars unconscious behind a low wall. One of thee men, fancying a resemblance between the girl and a cousin of his, ta.kes her to shelter, arid gives her in charge of the caretaker of BP empty home close by. Tom Rhodes, the burglar, is the black sheep of his fainiy, and he soon discovers Dora's deception, and promises to helP herif she will share profits. She is horrified to think he has fallen so low, and eecapee from the Imae while the woman is out, in a suit of boy's elothe.s, her own having disappeared Fee arrives safely at Norchester, where her hiraly reside, and goes to an hotel.  CELAPTER %VEIL (Continued.) After having spent her last coin °T6r broakfast in tho ooffee-room Dora Vreut out into the familiar town, 11-11(ve had been born, and about whee strretA she had run when an 11-00Ottt child. Not being able to lake up her mind to go home, she 'wandered  _ aimlessly about until the three balls of a pawnbroker's shop in a w441-known thoroughfare a.ttraded her attention, and caused her to go inside to pawn one of her rings. The 'non behind the counter examined curion4y, and then, calling another 1411, the two looked at it through glasses, and, turning from it to &tontine its owner. discovered that