But custom, and rightly, too, keeps a woman silent. He may know the
story of my miserable home life, but he does not know--and he must never
know--of the magnetic power which drew me toward him, made me tell my
story, and left me with a regret and a tenderness which has closed my
heart to any other who may chance to come.

[Illustration:
Miss Sophia Gilder,
(of the Inner Sisterhood.)]




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VI

A Cold Gray Study.


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A CASE OF COMPOUND FRACTURE.


Family Position, Wealth, and Personal Beauty are potent factors in the