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The Gates of Hope BY ANTHONY CARLYLE The Beginning of the Story. | would have shrugged and given it no Marcia Haislead. secretary to Mr. ] further thought. But he had not fall- Alder, is entrusted with some jewl ed to hear a little of the talk concern- ; while her employer joes out to lun- ing Kempton's attentions to his daugh-, eheon with Kempton Rosriaer, hii ter, and, remembering her, he was itepmother Lady Rossi aer and her son troubled. Gordon Ruthven. Marcia puts the H ctood at the corner of the street jew c .s in the safe but fails to find the hesitating. He had been going to join duplicate key. She consults a noted Boris Varnoff at a cafe for the pur- physician wbu tells her she cannot p ose o f expounding his own views ' hve longer than six months; th n upon tho painting of pictures, but he answers the call of a solicitor to find ' ^anged his mind. that she is heir to a large fortune on [ i ns tead he boarded a 'bus which condition that she marries before she j^^ uW teke hjm ^ Q^I^. He was ta twenty-one. Returning to Mr*-, suddenly uncomfortably aware that h Alden s she finds Kempton Rosslaeri , t ^ Araby. His heart smote <w*io i. M*retly married to Araby'^ Trwk) replacing the S* " h * h , h * There was a great doal of boyish- tep-brothr had rtolen. Believmg him > He rte9im , lobe the thief, Marcia prom .sea sR- overwjlelmi , as was his fn?hioni to .nee if he wil rnarry her ^h in two "W^. hjg ' ' cnsid adon of . ~ " f hi * ix months, Kempton consent*. At a a>iHtie*. Wherefore he descended rwrtaurantMareia faints undS 8 a B 3irt-f from the bus half w*y through the e<l by three strangarc, Araby Trask,! Journey. _ her fether. who is an artist, and at He had remembered .with satis fa c- realtiiy young man, Jasper Waldron. ' tlon, a certain inimitable French pas- After the secret marrle ceremony , try cook s, ami Araby 's c-hildlik* love RoMlaw and Marcia go their several | of puffs and eclairs. He had remem-; ways; her improved mode of living I bered, too, with a sudden lighting of benefits Marcia's health; she ttttacU I his far away eyes, that Jasepr \Vald- the admiration of her new friends and ron was going to pay him flv hundred the love of Waldron. He pays a large pounds for Marcia's portrait. urn for Marcia's portrait, paint* 1 by Trask. Lady Ro*sler claims rela- It was a great deal of money, he reflected, and, within the pastry-cook'*, ' CHAPTER XXIX. is favored "Poor old Coffee Pot,** *lu-|.in'l the enameled Double Hoiler to the Cup. "MiKtrctis was awfully mml at him today, wasn't Hhe? She KcrnDfd and itcoured und rubbed him, hut In - nlmost as Mack and dirty as ever. And when he ar- rived here he Khone like "How about me?" groan- (I Saurr I'm from a cor- ner. "Mistress says shf'n aohamed to h;ive me in the kilrhen. Once I was just ns Hhiny and hilvrry an Coffee Pot. I wixh I were like you, Double Hoiler. You enameled ware fellown are alwayn KO dean. You are the favorlten in thl.s kitchen." "Cheer up," squeaked the enameled ware rup with a sleepy yawn. "I heard MintresN say today she is going to replace all you feliowN with SUP Ena- meled Ware utensil*." "She'H wfee," admitted the dirty-faced Sauce Pan nadly. And Hilence descend- ed on the kitchen. In-i-i on the clean, healthful SMP Ware SHT METAL^RODUCTS co tionship with Mrs. Hnktead and in- ; began hurriedly searching Ws pockets. I lets upon a visit from Marcia which He brought to light a two shilling; ngcr Kempton. The young heiress piece, a sixpence, some coppers and a Hcovers that rhe lov Waldron. tn-shirHrng note. He spent the lot upon eclairs and had to walk home in coneequenee. But he felt much better. He found Araby about to sit down to Th<> introduction of Araby s name a q onely tpa w ith | mrnens< , eruj O y-i Into the conversation with Mrs. Alden mt . n t he watched her open the cake had taken Michael Trak's mind mom- bo Xi shrugged deprecatingly over the ontarily cff Marcw and her obvious ^ft scolding sne (rave him for his ex-' confusion at the mention of Kempton travagancc and helped her, apprecia- Rojjwaer. ; lively, to sample the cakes. But ru- remembcre/l it when he The mefl , , jke most of their mea ] s> ! got out into the street, and he sighed. was a merry OIM! . Araby had a hun- It<JMurbedhim,and he was not easily (lml and ona things to tell him of the disturbed. It perplexed him, set him day's doings; they found much to thinkirg for once of other things than ,< luKh abouti and at the en;1 of the mea ,' his beloved art There were time* tlK . k<yl themselves comfortably into 1 when Miohael Trask v.-as. for all his ^^^ CC)rner . O f tne broad window urenminx, more keenly cfoservant than spn t his fronds supposed. And it had Araby pro d uce ,i a ,box of cigarette^ truck him that Marc.ia 9 manm-r had _ a . b ; R 1>ox of the fino8t Turkish. She been not mene.y confused, but agiUt- lit onp and fo^ te Rmoke , pushing. .. 'the box across to her father. She e smoked quickly and without takinjr the === cigarette from between her lips. Trusl: looked up at her with raised brows. "Who's extravagant this time?" he| ; demanded. The girl laughed. I "Not I! Marcii sent them to me i and great box of maiivns glace as. well! She is spoiling me altogether!, I've never had so many expensive^ 'cigarettes and siveets and and fern-, jinine fal-I-als in my life!" Shu slid out a long, slender leg in a i black eilk stocking. "Real silk!" srio informed him: "and a dozen pairs! Imagine it!" She surveyed the shapely limb com- placently before tucking it away un- der her again. Through thick flmids ; of smoke Trask watched her. After a , moment he asked abruptly: "You like Marcia Ha'stead?" "Bver so much!" Ar.iby assured him promptly. "I don't ti.ink anyone could help it. She's so good tempered, and genuine-and generous! I suppose I ought not to take as much as 1 do from her- she's always giving some- thdiur aijd she seems to really enjoy i it. I Ihink she would be quite hurt if I refused. She's a dear! The sort of person you read a!>out but never meet with! One of the few who like othr folks t<^ have a good time as well us themselves. And she does have a good time, does Marcia. (Joes everywhere worth goinjf, sees every- thing worth seeing- and wears every-: thing worth wearing! Yet she's not 1 a bit seifish with it. And she enjoys' a night at one of the studios, sniul- irvg cheap cigarettes and eating par- d'ines, accompanied by bottled beer, as much as she enjoys her Ritz lunches' and dinners ami suppers. It's that 1 1 like about her. Sho enters into the' spirit of thu entertainment, whatever it la." She to*sed the stump of her cigar- ette out of the window and reached out for another. "Ohuck us the matches, dear man!"] she requested. She added, as he obey- ' ed, "If her fortune wasn't quite soj eitupen.'Iuu.t I'm beginning to think i shed spend more than half of it in: no time. Sho just buys whatever! she wants, whatever It costs! She's) I got a car now Jasper helpe-1 hen ! choose it. Oh, my dear! It makes i nu> rtiiwr with delight just to look I at it! And then sht* winiply throws money at pecplo who do anything f (>r her." She laughed softly, staring out into j the quiet garden. "Sho gava a mAn who opened a taxi door for her a ten- | shilling note the. other night; a per- 1 feetly awfuH'otfklng woman wh'> was ; singing outside one of the thoatre.i a | puund! Audrey wns quite cross with : her- 'lc.l<l her th vrt-ature'd spend the lot :n a puihlic house before the t vniing \vas over. Hut. Marcia only smiled - though there was such en odd little sad look in her eyes. She .just ;! i i Vii she'd raUier bt'irve the best of people than the worst, and that it was just poesfrble the woman was hun- gry. My dear, one just has to love Miiroia when she looks like that! And kiddies!" S-lre kughed again a throaty, soft little laugh that was oddly sweet. "Whenever she sees a chiM outside a toyshop or a sweetshop she just , rushes them in and buys things for' them! She positively Tevels in plwy- ifLg with Treasury notes, I can as- sure you!" Trask flicked the ash off tvia! cigarette delicately. He did not speak, | and Araby turned after a moment in I shrewd, swift questioning. | "Don't you like her?" she demandi- ed, and Trask made u hasty gesture. "But, of course! I find her charm- ing quite, as you say, irresistible. She h-as the gift of sympathy of un- derstanding. And her wealth has not spoiled her. By the way, did you know that she and Kempton Kosslaer's stepmother are some sort of cousins?" He spoke casually, sr.cri.ii tr an- other cigarette, but he saw her swift start, the look of surprise in her eyes, j "Why no! But are you sure?" "Quite. It was mentioned between her and Mrs. Alden this evening while I was there. It appears she Missj Halstead is dining with the Ross- ' laers on Sunday." He got up and stretched himself, i Then he sauntered across to the sec- 1 ond, unfinished and smaller portrait and stood looking at it. "Certainly," he murmured. "She has beauty and personality I wonder j what sort of man she will marry!" "Marry! Marcia 7 Oh, dad!" Aro- j by got up quickly and comiivg to hisj side clasped her hands over his arm, half laughing. "Arc Audrey's match- making propensities contagious?' Marcia's hardly had a chance to fall in love yet!" Traak looked thoughtfully Into the; pictured eyes. "I don't know about trtat," he murmured. "Anyway, it strikes me she'll have plenty of chances, quite goon if she hasn't had them already. By the way, how is it, we're seeing 90 litUe of Kemp Ross- Jer lately ? CHAPTER XXX. Araby started at the question. U had seemed to follow significantly upon Trask's remark concerning Mar- cia. She. looked at him quickly and half frowned. Then sh' lifted one shoulder in a light shrug. "Are we 7" she counter-questioned. She spoke evenly, but Trask did not fail to catch a new half note of seri-' ousness in her tone. Her half avert- ed face wore a little shadow of which ' he was unaware. Trask smothered a second sigh,! After a moment she went on, looking i with unnecessary intentness at the portrait. "He comes and goes, you know ' but you're nearly always out when he comes here." "He doe-i come here still, then?" The question wan eager rather than tactful. A faint color rose in Araby's c!f.r cheeks. Sh'e answered lightly I enough: "Dear man! Of course he dot's. Why?" TrHsk did iv;>t answer immediately. The unccmfortalOe sense of being dis- turbed V.-;..A upon him again, the frown made a line between has brawg once more. He had always regarded the growing irvtin;:icy between his (laugh- ter a-:J Kempton Roalae>r with mis- giving when he had thought about it at all. He felt that however greatly young !:. !aer might 'like her world he was not of it. He belonged to a different sphere. Trask had, lizard, more or less in- directly, of Lord Rosalaer's feeling to- ward Aruby. Ho resented it, deep in his heart. But he understood it. He sighed a little mw and rumpled his hair with an irrjtab-le hand. He want- ed Araby to be happy. The thought that eh-e should 1 suffer, even in the slightest degree, fil!d him with grief. And, from the beginning, he had dreaded that her intimacy with young Rosslaer would bring her suffering. He loc>ked at her now, out of th cor- ner of his eye, watfhed the mounting color, saw the shadow over the soft young face the unconscious wistful'- ness of the eyes. _The sen&e of responsibility was upon him more strongly than ever. He was rather more cf a blunderer than most men, and 1 now, with the memory of the confusion in Marcia's eyes at the back of his mind, he persisted in his desire to h-:irn if there was any change in his daughter's feelings. He aaked, *ibruptly: "Araby are things the same be- tween you as thty were a little while ago?" Araby started sharply. She turn- ed her face fully to him and for a moment tlicre was a flash of uneasi- ness in her eyes. The color leaped to her temples, then faded "The same," she uttered, almost in a gasp. Then, with a nervous laugh, "Dad, dear! What do you mean? Why why hould they be altered?" Trask rumpled his hair afresh. He looked troubled. "I don't know. No reason at all of course. Only I I wondered. I thought perhaps it struck me he didn^ show up so much as a while since" He trailed off rather aimlessly. Araby laughed; but the sound of the laugh did not wholly relieve him. It sounded just the least bit strai led. Suddenly he drew her a little closer. "Araby," he asked, "do you do you care for him just as much as ever? I mean, child, are you quite sur.? that your feeling for him to real serious?" There was a momenf's silence. Then Araby unclasped her hands very gently from his arm and walked away from him toward the window. Even- Ing shadows were falling, a bird was ringing, soft throated, a quivering night song. It seemed to pierce the girl's heart; a little flash of tears rose to her eyes, her hands went up and pressed down over her breast. Their pressure over the little gold ring hidden beneath her gown indented it against her soft skin. S' In- drew a sudden deep breath, and an almost passionate longing for Kemp- ton for the souml of his voice in her ears, the clasp of his arms about her was upon her. She knew a moment's intolerable ache to be near him a yearning that was like paini, and which transformed her from a girl to all a i woman. (To Ix? continued.) That Luscious Raisin Toast! ANEW delicious breakfast bread. Full- fruited raisin toast! A new delight for the entire family. Made with big, plump, tender, seeded raisins Sun-Maid brand. The raisin flavor permeates each slice. You can get such bread from any grocer or bake shop if you insist. No need to bake at home. Once try it and you'll always have this kind. You'll serve it at least twice a week. Fine food for business men and children due to the energizing nutriment and the iron of this famous, healthful fruit. Make dainty bread pudding with left-over slices. No need to waste a crumb. Order now for tomorrow's breakfast. But be sure to say you want "one of those full- fruited raisin loaves." Sun-Maid Raisins Blue Paekajt Make delicious bread, pies, puddings, cakes, etc. Ask your grocer tor them. Send for free book of tested recipes. Sun-Maid Raisin Growers MemhtrshipllflOO Dept. N -48-6, Fresno, Calif. Mlnard's l.lnlme.tt for Burns, etc. it is nice if he assists other women, especially if they are unaccompanied by men. In the dining-room, also, watch those who seem self-pcssessei and who seem to be acting properly, and follow their lead. T omens Sphere Eat Strawberries nd Cream. Probably no other popular fresh fruit Is so often unsuccessfully canned as strawberries. While there are many reasons for this, tho most usual one Is that the berry, which Is very delicate and quickly rooked. Is canned by the open kett!p mothm! and allowed to cccli too long, thus losing Ita shapo and color. Hut lioweviT MicTMsfully canned, no cooked strawb-rry Is so deliriously flavored as th ft h one. so the wise honnekeeper m.il..-s the most of straw- berry season und feasts her family while iho plrkliiK is good. Slrawber- rlen and crpinn. strnwberrios washed and left wiih ti.>ms and hulls to be (lipped in powdered sugar, strawborry t-linrtnikc. strawberry pie. strawberry mousse miiny are the ways to serve the fresh fruit. Opinions differ an to whether the shortruke shall bo cake or biscuit, but. no tastes disagree as to the amount o f berries. In elthnr case It Is the berry that makes the dish, lot the skeleton be what It will. Strawberry pie la a favorite In some homes. Heap a pie shell with ripe, firm berries and then with whipped cream Or It may be. covered with a ruerlngun and browned in the oven. For yunrs I have prepared strawber- ries for winter use In exactly two ways. One Is sun-rooked- or "sun- kissed." a this family calls It. To prnpure. allow equal weights of sugar and fruit using only perfect berries and two cups of cold water for every Ilirfip pun nils of sugar. Cook the sugar and water until it threads, then add berries and cook for fifteen minutes after the fruit begins again to boll. Pour onto large platters, cover with Bla*8 and set In thi' sun until the syrup thickens. If you have an unused room with 11 southwest exposure this Is a good placo to llnish I he cooking, n.s It IH safe from accidents and dust. The platters IUHJ be moved from the Koutii windows to the wost as tho sun moves, and two or throe (tayg should suffice U> finish the fruit. The berries may be stored the same as jelly. Sun-cooked berries are delicious for tart filling. Jelly rolls, filling for layer cakes, and one glass made into a mousse with a pint of whipped cream makes H desert tit fur a king. For canned burrle* 1 use a govern- ment bulletin method which given a delicious flavor. Wash and hull the fruit and put In an enameled kettle, which is not chipped or any acid-proof Settle. Allow one-half pint of fiugar and two tablespoons of water to every quart of berries. Roll slowly fifteen minutes, cover aud let stand over j night in the kettle. In the morning ' pack the cold berries in hot, sterilized Jars, put on new, sterilized rubbers, j and screw down the tops until they Just touch ihe rubber. Place In the boiler or caiuier- and boil exactly ! eight minutes. Remove, tighten tops,! and wrap In paper. These may also be used to iniike strawberry mousse. To make the mousse whip one pint of cream with one-fourth teaspoon of salt and one cup of the fruit until It Is solid to the bottom of the dish. Then turn into a mould with a tight top. and pack In equal purls of suit and Ice for three hours. If the cream Is thin soften a teaspoonful of gelatin lu cold water, melt over a dish of hot water. At the Wedding. We shall attend a weddin-g next month, nays a reader, anxl do not know what to do. Please tell about congratulations, what to do in thej dining-room and if I am to take off my hat. Congratulations are offered at the reception. When there is no recep- tion, the bridal couple sometime* stand in the vestibule of the church, after the ceremony, and receive the con-! gratulations of their friends; other- 1 wise, they and their attendants- drive! diructly from the churoh to the house.] and there stand in line to leceive can-' grat illations. At large and formal affairs women 1 Kucsts do not remove their huts; at an informal affair they take them off. It is well to go slowly to see what the others arc doing and act accordingly. When there are many guests in the dining-room it is not always possible for the husband and wife to sit to- gether. If the affair is a small one, tliBie may be place cards indicating where the guests are to sit. 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