THE WHEEL OF FATE (Continued from Page 1) none too quickly to please Adelaidoa. f.ong she lingered over the last do- tails of her packing; fondly she fingered he rnew white organdic, her first and only really beautiful dress; reluctantly yet excitedly she laid it in her new leather traveling bag. Her heart was swelling with pleasure, vet her eyes were brimming over with tears, for she loved her old home and her father, and now at the last minute her determination began to waver, yet it did not break. Not being able to contain herself any longer, she threw herself across the white counterpane of her little bed and sobbed into its sympathetic soft- ness. She did not hear the heavy tread in the hall nor her stepmother’s loud and hasty knock upon the door. Entering vuvpbidden, thus roughly spoke the unsympathetic step- mother: “Sobbing away, arz you? Well, it’s all your own doings; you needn’t think we are sending you away; goodness knows I need you more at home. If you don’t stop your grump- ing around this way, we’'ll give you the chance to remain at home. The way you're carrying on about going, a body would think you’d be laughin< and enjoyng yourself tonight in- stead of runnin’ away and hidin’ yvourself and actin’ like this.” “Oh, mother, don’t, don’t. “If anybody has a right to cry, it’s your father and I, for look at the sacrifice we're makin’ for you. What couldn’'t we have done with all this money it’s takin’ to send you away to some fool school to monkey away your time? It would be much more profitable for you to stay here anda help in the store than to go gadding away to school. I always told your father he’d spoil you; he was always too easy with you. But go ahead; I have no more to say.” So saying, she flung herself out of the room, and Adelaide was relieved to see her go. Morning arrived, and during the hustle and bustle of preparation, the young girl forgot the coldnes s of her. mother’s farewell. _ -Arrived. at Normal School, her life "+ took on a new aspect. She won many friends, and the one in particular to whom she became the most closely THE SLIPPERY ROCKET attached was her first real chum. There was a remarkable contrast between these two friends. an entirely different type of girl fio Adelaide; cared for nothing but a good time. Soon Adelaide began to take on a new air; her very countenance was lMary was she was frivolous and changed; a smile lit up her lips; by degrees she began to add little touches to her dress; her hair was dressed in accordance with che fashion. Before this she had never known the pleasure of dressing ac- cording to her own likes and dislikes. Ah, what a privilege is taken away from youth when the right to chocs? one’s own clothes is denied! But to a girl of Adelaide’s age life is not entirely complete without the companionship of young men. Thus this timid young girl through her as- sociation with Mary made the ac- quaintance of Frank Taylor; it was not long before this acquaintanceship ripened into friendship, and then Adelaide was indeed happy. We are told in many different ways that it is impossible to serve two masters; Adelaide’s interest was now focused in two directions, her studies and her friend. Many pleasures of- fered themselves, and the studies be- gan to be neglected. Since her mo- tive for attending school had grown more and more dim, pleasure seemed the more attractive and necessary. Perhaps if Adelaide’s former life had been filled with pleasures rather than with drudgery she would not have considered her school work as being so much of a bore. “Once one tastes of pleasure after having known the denial of it, there is no turning back.” Mary saw the change that was coming over her friend and was sorry, for she could not help but be- lieve that she was leading this once innocent girl from the path of duty. The school days passed all too quickly for Adelaide, and the term was at an end. The time had come for her to go back to her home, and she found that she hated the thought of . returning; so she lingered until all the students had gone. Then she most unwillingly prepared to leave the place where she had known her first thrills of pleasure and return to the disagreeableness of a nagging stepmother and an indifferent father. 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