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

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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.

As she stepped off the train onto
the platform at the station in her
home town, she felt for the first tim»
during her journey a speck of joy at

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