Doris. The only daughter of Silas and Mrs. Gregory, was a spoiled child. Wilful and wayward, her unwise behavior often filling her father's mind with grave apprehensions for her future. His health failed and he realized that he was on the border of The Valley of Dark Shadows. He also sadly realized that Doris was as her mother had been in the days when he silently suffered rather than face disgraceful publicity.

He thought of Donald and of the stability and beauty of his character and with the thought came the desire to have him marry Doris his fatherly instincts causing him to overlook the injustice of the desire, by reason of his eagerness to provide a safe guide for his child's future.

Rex Williams. Handsome as he was useless, was a suitor for the hand of Doris. And the wild escapades of the two, including unchaperoned trips of unwarranted duration, had quite broken Silas Gregory's heart.

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