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Beulah PoynIer
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CHAPTER XVIII
v'A and Bill decided b
D Li i- September. From the
T'ion wai made Donna waa
W of eicilement. One nu
" .h determined to tell Bill
-t .K.,nt her coming to the
:i . en through with the cere-
i f , possible.
The longer abe po.tpoued the tell
, ,b. lore (earful ne Sw that m
te?nner be might learn the fact.
ESS. el. She had visions
t. real Madeline T.lkinS into the
' juat a. the miniat.r was about
' 2c her Bill', wife: vi.lon.
1 5 2 todisouBt '",r ai riving to in
' Grandfather Siddal that the girl
'f k.i taken into bi heart and home
' i. an impoater: vision, of Bill re
' Ltin. her, casting her out without
; C " t0 de,"'d
"'Vi'tbougb these fear, overshadow
"j b.r happiness. Donna continued
rlassurV herlf . that Mndeline
' nld not do such a thing. Through
' Z ddception Madeline -bad won the
he loved. From her 1, Uers she
.Mioed perfectly content o let an
ther take htr place at the farm and
' r to see her relatives &iiiiu
Donna regretted that she had de
'itroved tlie letters Mndeline had
written, for they would have, supplied
oof that the trickery had been of
St other irirl's planning. Now all she
luil to offer was her own word, for
'. .fce doubted that Madeline -would
tome forward with any statement that
'..i.hi blacken herself. Sometime.
' Bonn, wondered if Con knew the
ti-utn. -
. ' Mrs. rianter went about her duties
widi pinclied lips and a silent dis
ipproial that eipressed itself in
' tverytbing she did. Sometimes Donna
could fffi the narrow eyes studying
itrand the girl determined thnt, once
lb, nas Bill's wife, the housekeeper
: liould be dismissed.
' TM the days of preparing for the
' weddins were, on the whole, happy
! ml. Imf hours with Bill only in
! ttnsed her love for him. Although his
I physical magnetism, obvious good
I looks and cheery nature had first won
1 ber admiration, now it was those ster-
lm qualities of chnracter his sense
j tf binor. unselfishness and high prin
t pjpl that each day made htm dear
I ii The fact that sho knew Bill to be
1 the soul of integrity himself made
! htt even more afraid to tell him what
I ihf bad done.
t It ws not ao much her return to the
j firm after her injury that made her
' fl guilty as it wa. the first deli-
berate deception that hnd brought her
there. Looking back at those 24 hours
vhen she had led Bill to believe she
via his cousin, when .he had taken
idrantage of the old man's blindness,
Donna's cheeks burned with shame.
Loving Bill with every throb of her
tart and every breath she drew, find
lar hii presence dearer thnn life it
Hlf, she could not bring herself to
riik the loss cf ber happiness when it
Itemed so close within her grasp.
The night before the wedding, which
vii to take place in the little Motho
4it church Grandfather Siddnl had
attended since he was a school boy,
Donna wrote to Madeline.
"I hope the route . hasn't been
tinted-and that this reaches you. It's
been so. long since I heard from you
that I've wondered if you received my
hit letter. For a long time I'v. been
wttinr to tell yon that Bill and I
re (Sing to be married but I've been
afraid to. It's sort of the same feeling
you have about an engagement, you
know not wanting to tell anyone un.
til the contract is signed, for fear it
will fall through.
"It doesn't seem possible that all
I've wanted so much is going to be
mine a home, a husband and, I hope,
children. I love Bill o. Maybe not
any more than you love Con, but it
seem, to me that no woman could
ever love man a. much as I do Bill.
And I'm keeping my fingers crossed
for fear something will happen be
tween now and tomorrow morning to
prevent our marriage. Yet what could':
I'm sure you wouldn't do anything to
hurt me and I know Bill love, me,
though it took him a long time to
make up his mind to marry me.
"Wish me happiness, Madeline.
There are going to be some tough
days ahead. I know, when I have to
make explanations, but I'm trying not
to think about them. If you ever de
cide to come back here, for heaven's
sake let me kn-'w beforehand.
"Do write, please. By the way, I
have to be married under your name.
Do you think it will matter much?
Does Con know that I'm supposed to
be you? Of course he knows that we
aren't sisters and that it's your grand
father I'm living with, but does he
know the rest?
"Heaps of love, Donna.'
It was this letter, the first he had
ever rend of Donna's tlmt opened Con
David's eyes to Madeline's deception.
One of the wild west riders had gone
to the postoffice and brought the let
ter to .Madeline just before her en
trance cut. Madeline had opened it,
read the signature, and, being in a
hurry, bad tossed the letter on her
dressing table and left the room.
A few minutea later Con entered the
room, looking for her.. The sheets of
paper attracted his attention as be
bent to take a Inst glance at his
makeup in the mirror. The name
"Donna" brought back &U that the
other girl had meant to him, and quite
shamelessly be read the letter.
He crumpled the message into a
little ball and thrust it in his pocket.
Then he strode out of the dressing
room, black fury in his heart.
Madeline, at the entrance, turned to
smile at him, and thourb his scowl
indicated soihethin. was wrong she
had no idea that the situation was
so serious.
During the act. Con flayed the
beasts unmercifully, taking a savage
delight as he cracked the great whip
in their faces and Baw them cringe
in terror.- Once he struck Lucy, the
Bengal, across the nose and when a
streak of blood mingled with the or
ange and black of her fur he laughed
insanely. -
Madeline cowered against the bar
red door, expecting at any moment
to see the tortured beasts turn upon
him. "Con!" she moaned, "Con! For.
God's sake, what', the mntter with
yon? Stop it!''
He turned, and -smiled- at her, a
smile that was more terrifying than
the snarls of the wild alimnls. She
fumbled with the catch on the door,
opened it and. trembling as she had
not trembled since the first time she
entered the lion cage, escaped to the
arena.
There was a sudden rour. followed
by another and another. Con, blind
with anger, came suddenly to his
senses and realized his danger. He
leaped, caught the door, jerked it
open. and put bars between him and
the menace, just as Carlo nnd Sander
sprang toward him.
(To Be Continued)
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