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I"- .--,!WJ , I RED OLOUD, KXBKASKA, OHIKF ( The Thirteenth Commandment By RUPERT HUGHES Copyright by Harper A Brothers CHAPTER XIX Continued. 13 "Whiit they used to cnll the de cent thing wo cnll Indecent. You Bald yourself thut mnrrlngo without lovo wnn horrible. And It Is ; It's all qunr rel and nagging and deceit. If people nro faithful to ench other morally they seem to qunrrcl nil the more. Locg ago I vowed I'd never marry, and I don't Intend to. I don't want to marry you. But I want your life." "Mr. Duanel Really, this la out rageous." "No, It Isn't 1 Hush and listen, honey Miss Kip Daphne whatever you'll let mo call you. I told you I waa stark, utarvlng, crazy mud about you. When I think of you looking for w- lfe. ft Vt B"h BBiaBBK3BBBBHHimB mr T 1 pRlf She Waa More Afraid of Than Ever. Him Now docs him, and sacrifices a blamed sight more. He gives up his freedom, and If sho gives up hers she's only giving up something sho doesn't know how to use anyway." Duphne had rurely found a man who would talk to her with Duano's frankness, nnd If there Is anything that Interests a woman more than an other It Is to hear womankind an alyzed, even satirized. She wob eager for more vinegar. "You won't be shocked and angry Y' he asked. "I don't think bo." "You don't know how pleasant it Is to talk llfo nnd love to a woman who doesn't renr up and feel Insulted at everything. At first you gave mo a couple of how-dore-you's, but they don't count. And If you do hate mo a llttlo more, why, bo much tho better. When I thought you had broken with Wlmburn I said to myself, 'She's tho one girl In the world for me. I'm go ing to nsk her to marry me.' But I was afraid to, for I was afraid of mar riage. And then I Well, I'd better not Yes, I will. I Bald, 'Sho be lieves that men and women arc equal nnd hnvo equal rights, nnd she's go ing to get out nnd hustlo for herself, llko a llttlo man. Maybe she could leurn to lovo me well enough to go Into n partnership of hearts.' That's what I snld to myself. You mustn't think It's because I don't want to cleavo to one woman; It's because I do. But I hate hnndcuffs. Do you see? And now you know what I was dreaming of. What do you think of It?" The answer to his long oration was complete Bllence. Duane waited for his answer, and, not getting It, laughed hnrshly: "Well, that's that. The next number on our program will be a bal lnd entitled 'I Never Dream but I Bump My Head.' Go on I Marry Cloy Wlmburn on nothing a year and live miserably ever after." Sho Bald nothing to this, either. Duane was In n wretched state of baf flement. Do put the enr to its paces. and It ripped through space at fifty work. UvIdk In that awful snnre room miles an hour. Dnphne had a new of those, awful Chlvvlses when I terror added to the loud of her think of you going from place to place at the mercy of such men as you'ro Buro to meet when I think of you waiting for poor Wlmburn to get out of the poorhouse, I want to grab you In my arms and run away with you. It breaks my heart to see you In dis tress and anxiety; for I want you to have everything beautiful and cheer ful In the world. And I can get It all for you. Let met Let me love you and try to mako you happy, won't your He had crowded nearer and he held her fast against tho door of the car. His right hand clung to hers; his left slid down to her waist He drew 'her toward him, stnrlng up beseech ingly. He laid his check against her left side, like a child, the big man pleading to the llttlo woman for mercy. She felt sorry for him and for her eelf. Sho regretted Uiat cruelty was her one unmistakable duty. She had no right to bo kind, and charity would be a aim She wrung her hands free from his with slow persuasion and shook her head pityingly. He accepted tho decision with a nod, but before she could escape from his arm she felt that he pressed his lips against her Just above her heart It was as if ho had softly driven a nail into it Tears flamed to her eyelids and fell on his hands as he carried them to his bent brow. He crossed them on tho wheel and hid his face In them, groaning. "Dnphno I Dnphne I" Sho was moro afraid of him now than ever. All the splendors ho could promise her wcro nothing to thnt prof fer of his longing. While she waited In n battle of Im pulses, he regained self-control with self-contempt, in n general clench of resolution. "I apologize," he mumbled. "I'm n fool to think that you could love me." CHAPTER XX. Duane did not speak till miles and miles of black road had run backward beneath their wheels. Then ho grumbled, "What a fool I was to dream of such a thing 1" More miles went under before her curiosity led her to say, faintly, "Whnt were you dreaming of?" lie laughed, and did not answer for another while. Then' ho laughed Hgaln. "Dd you really want to know?" "I think so." "Well, you couldn't hnto mo any more than you do, so I'll tell you. I 'said to myself thnt I would never bo Ithe slnve of any womnu. 1 "It's not thnt I am stincy about my .money, not that I wouldn't tnko tho 'greatest pleusuro In pauperizing my self for the woman I loved, but thnt I want her to tnlco my gifts as glftfl, not ns a tax or n salary. Somo of thcse 'women think they nro doing a mun n tremendous favor by letting hltn support them. Thnt doesn't get me a llttlo hit I believe n mun does u woman Just us much honor as he nerves. The car went bounding up a steep Incline towurd tho swerve of a head land cut in rigid silhouette by the far- reaching searchlight of a car ap proaching from the other direction. Dunne kept well to tho outside of tho road, but Just as he met tho other motor and winced In the dazzle of its Inmps, a third car trying to pass it on the curve hurtled Into the narrow spnee with a blaze like lightning sear ing the eyes. There was a yelling and hooting of horns nnd a senso of dis aster. Daphne bent her head and prayed for life, but without faith. Duane, half-blinded, swung his front wheels off the road and grazed a wall. The rear wheels wero not quick enough. The other car smote them, crumpling the mudguard and slicing off the rear lamp. Daphne was thrown this way and thnt, and it seemed thnt her spine must have snapped tn n dozen places. When she opened her eyes again the car was standing still. Duane turned to her with terrified questions, and his hands visited her face and her arms and shoulders. He held her hands fast and peered Into her eyes while she promised him that she was not dead. The car that had bested his did not return, but the other did, offering help from a sufe distance till its identity was established. In the light of Its lamp Duane got down and examined his own cnr. Besides tho damages in the rear, it had sustained a completo fracture of the front axle, a twisted fender, and a shattered headlight Tho driver of tho other car came up nnd Joined tho coroner's inquest lie stared at Duane, nnd cried tn the tone of an English nrlstocrat "Gob bless my soul, ain't you Tom Duane?" Duane, blinking In the light, peered at him and said: "YOpl I can't see you, but tho volco would be Weth-erell's." "Rlght-o; it's me. Oh, pardon wie, you'ro not alone. Nobody hurt I hope and pray." "No, but we're pretty far from homo and country." "I see t Hum-m t Pity I couldn't get tho number of tho swlno that hit you. I rather fancy I'll have to glvo you n lift what? I was out on n tnngnroo hunt but that will wait If you don't mind trusting yourself to bad com pany." Dunno lowered his volco nnxlously. "Is It very bad?" Wcthercll put tho mute on his voice. "As good as yours, I'll wager. But let's not go Into family history. Come along nnd we'll tnko you to tho next auutrnl port Thnt would he " "Yonkers." "Oh, yes. I fancy those wero the Yonkers wo enmo through n few miles hack. Well, como nlong." Dunno was embarrassed, but ho could do nothing except tnko Weth erell to his cur and Introduce him to Dnphne. "Miss Kip," ho said, "I'vo got to present Mr. Wetlu'relJ. ITo I wants us to ride with hltn as fnr as Yonkers. We'll get another car there." Wethcrell cams close and said: "Did he say Mrs. Kip? I can't seo you, but I hope you are the fascinat ing Mrs. Kip I met at Newport. Have you forgotten mo so soon?" "I am Mlsa Kip," said Daphne. "Oh, bo sorry 1 I don't mean that, either. But my Mrs. Kip was a siren Leila was her first name. I called her De-lclla, you sec. And she called me Samson. Sho wns k " "Sho is my brother's wife," Bald Daphne. "Oh, you don't tell met" Wethcrell gulped, and his abrupt Bllence was full of startling Implications that alarmed Daphne, angered Dunne, nnd threw Wetherell Into confusion. Dunne helped Daphne to alight from the derelict and transferred her to tho other cnr, where Wetherell Intro duced them to a mass of shadow whoso name, "Mrs. Bettany," meant nothing to Daphno nnd everything to Dunne. Dunno arranged to have a wrecking crew sent out to his rondster, and chartered a touring car nnd a chauf feur for the trip Into New York. He sat back with Daphno nnd mur mured prayers for forgiveness be cause of tho dangers ho had carried her Into nnd for the things ho had said. Daphne's nerves had been overworked. She had been rushed from adventure to adventuro of soul nnd body. Sho had been invited to enter a career of gorgeous sin, nnd she hnd been swept nlong tho edgo of a fearful disaster. i Mrs. Chlwts met Daphno nt the door. Her recent affection bad turned again to scorn, and she glowered at Daphne, who crept to her room in hopeless acceptance of the role of ad venturess. Tired as she was she could not sleep. The clangor of the morning called her to tho window. A gray day broke on a weary town. The prob lem of debt and food nnd new clothes dnwned again. Everything was gray before her. Wisdom whispered her to take Duane at his word and try the great adventure. How could It bring her. to worse confusion than she found about her now? And then the morn ing mall arrived and brought her a large envelope addressed in a strange hand. She opened It nnd took from It a sheaf of photographs. Her father's Image a dozen times repented lay before her. Tho un touched proofs omitted never a line, never a wrinkle. Ono of tho pictures looked straight nt her. She recalled that once Bho had stood back of the photographer und her father had caught her eye and smiled Just as the bulb was pressed. She mndo him smile like that What would his expression be when he learned that sho had "listened to rea son," ceasca to do nis aaugnter, anu becomo Tom Dunne's She shuddered back from tho word and tho thought She forgot both in the Joy of reunion with her father. All tho philosophies and wisdoms and luxuries were answered by the logic of that smile. She lifted his pictured lips to hers with filial eagerness and her tears pattered ruinously on the proof. She ifllll ?M1I1 him. And this was rather for his mike than Leila's. Leila was Just Informing Bayard that the butcher had delivered tho morning's order no further than the freight elevator, and Instructed his boy to send the meat up only after the money came down. Bayard had no money nnd the cha grin of his situation was bitter. He snarled at Leila : "Tell tho cub to rake the meat back and cat It himself. Then I'll go over nnd butcher the butcher." j Leila dismissed the boy with a faint-hearted show of Indignation. Then she came bnck and said, "And now we have no meat to ent." Bayard was reduced to philosophy, the last resort of the desperate: "Well, the vegetarians sny we ought never to cat ment, anyway. We're poor, but, my Lord I we're In grand company. Look at this cartoon of Cesaro's In the Sun Father Knicker bocker turning his pockets Inside out nnd not a penny In them. New York city hns to borrow money on short time notes nt high Interest to pay Its own current bills. "Look nt Europe. All the countries over there were stumbling along un der such debt thut they wondered how they could meet the Interest on tho next pny day. And now they nre mortgaging their great-grandsons' property to pay for shooting their sons. "Ifs the ojd Thirteenth Command ment that we've all been smashing to flinders. And, my God I whnt n punishment we're all getting 1 And It's only beginning." They sat down to a pitiful meal meatless, maldless, mirthless hardly more than the raw turnips and cold water of Colonel Sellers. Leila fetched what victual there was. After the meal Bayard shrugged Into his overcoat and left without kissing his wife or his sister goodby. Daphne and Leila went out to the kitchen, set tho dishes In the pan, and the pnn under tho faucet Leila turned on the hot water. Daphne was glad to be at work. "There's one good thing about n small meal," she chirped, "It makes less dishes to wash." Then, with as much trepidation as if she had been the accused Instead of the accuser she faltered: "Oh, say, Leila, do you re member a man named Wetherell?" Leila dropped a plate. She said it was hot. But other plates had been hot "Wetherell? Wetherell?" she pon dered, aloud, with an unconvincing uncertainty. "I believe I do remem ber meeting somebody of that name. English, wasn't he?" "Very." "Oh, yes. He was at Newport, I think. Why?" "Oh, nothing. I met hlra last night and ho thought I was you." "How could he?" Leila gasped. "We don't look the least alike." "It was In the dark." "In the darkt Good heavens-! Where?" Already Leila had gained the weath er gauge. Daphne hnd to confess her outing with Dunne, the crash of the collision and the return to Yonkers In Wetherell's car. Leila took advan tage of the situation to Interpolate: "Good heavens 1 How could you? You of all people I And with Tom Dunne I What would Clay think?" Daphne knew that she had no right to reproach Leila for having known Wetherell In Newport Sho hnd no right even to suspect that Leila bad overstepped any of the bounds of pro priety. And still she wus not con vinced of Leila's Innocence. Sho was merely silenced. "Oh, It's you, dcarl" she fluttered. "I want you to meet Mr. Wetherell. Mr. Wetherell. my husbnnd." "Ah, really 1" Wetherell exclaimed, trying to conceal his uneasiness, "This Is a bit of luck! I've heard so much nbout youl Your wife does nothing but Blng your praises." "Won't you como up?" said Bayard ominously. "Er thanks no, not today. I'm a trifle Inte to nn er appointment" "Then I'll have a word with you here," said Bayard. "Run along, Leila; I'll Join yon in a minute." He Bald It pleasantly, but Leila was terrified. Tho epectacle of'rival bucks locking horns In her dispute Is not al- frf 11 ra "-h WiWfinfftf' If 2SSSi5 I In the Spring-time It'u just at this time of tho year that wo need some thing taken ft-nm NfttlirO tg; to rcstoro tho t vital forces. People got sick becauso thoy go away from Naturo, and the only way to get well is to go back. Something grows out of tho ground in tho form of vegctationlto euro almost every ill. Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., long einco found herbs and roots provided by Naturo to ovcrcomo constipation, and of theso ho selected Mnynpplc, leaved of Aloe, root of Jalap, and from them made little whito sugar-coated pills, that ho called Dr. Picrco's Pleasant Pcllota. When your intestines aro stopped up, poisons and decayed matter are im pyrisoncd in your system and these aro carried by tho blood through your body. Thus docs your head ache, you get dizzy, you can't sleep, your akin may break out, your nppetito declines you get tired nnd despondent. As a matter of fact, you may get sick all over. Don't you sec how useless nil this suffer ing is? All thnt is often needed is a dose of castor oil, or something Which is moro pleasant, a few of Dr. Picrco's Pleasant Pellets, which ho has placed in almost every drug storo in this country for' your convenience and health. Try them by all means. They aro proba bly tho very thing you need, right now. Banana Consumption Big. According to statistics for 1014, the Attest available, the people of this country consumed 48,58M.W)2,000 bit innns, of which 10,000.000 bunches :nniB from .Tnmatca, 8.000,000 bunches Irom Honduras. 5,000,000 hunches roni Costtt Rlcn. nnd fi.OOO.OOO hunches from Panama. The others cntne from Sunteniiiln, Mexico, Cuhn, Colomblu. Nlctirnugn, British Honduras, Santo Domingo and Brazil. "Had You Heard That Your Country Was at War?" Cutlcura Comforts Baby's Skin iVhen red, rough nnd Itching with hot baths of Cutlcura Soap nnd touches of Cutlcurn Ointment Also make use now and then of that exquisitely scent ed dusting powder, Cutlcurn Talcum, one of the Indispensable Cutlcura Toilet Trio. Adv. CHAPTER XXI. Tired as She Was, Sho Could Not Sleep. was satisfied to bo what tho Jeweler In Cleveland had called her to Clny Wlmburn "old Wcs Klp'B girl." Suddenly Bho remembered Weth crell and his mnssuges to Lclln. Sho felt so rcnewedly virtuous herself thnt It seemed her duty to go down nnd re buke Lclla for her nppnrent philan dering nt Newport Sho wns nlso cu rious to see how guilty Leila would recelvo tho news thnt Wetherell had asked for her. But sho found Bayard nt home for luncheon and sho was neither mud nor mean enough to confuno Lelln before Tho next day her fears of Wetherell and of Leila were rekindled. Sho went down to ask Bayard to help her trace Clay. Bayard wns out and Leila was on tho point of leaving. Sho was1 dressed in her kllllngcst frock and hnt and generally accoutcred for conquest. "Aren't we grand I" Duphne cried. "You look llko a million dollars. Where are you off to?" "Going for a llttlo spin." "Who with?" Leila hesitated a moment then answered, with a challenging defi ance: "With Mr. Wetherell. Any ob jection?" Daphne disapproved and felt afraid ; but when Bayard came In unexpect edly early nnd asked for Leila Daphne lied lnevltnbly and said sho did not know where she was. , Sho tried to bo casual about It, but Bayard caught fire at once. Ho was already In a stnto of tindery lrrl tablllty, and Daphne's efforts to re ossuro him as to Leila's Innocence of any guile only angered him tho more. He kept leaning out of tho window nnd stnrlng down Into tho street. Fi nally, espying Lelln In Wetherell's car when It approached the npnrt ment house, ho dnshed to tho elevator and met the two at tho curb. When Leila got out sho was startled to seo hltn standing nt her elbow. together enjoyable to a civilized doe. Leila went into the vestibule and watched through the glass door, ex pecting a combat She could not hear Bayard saying: "Mr. Wethcrell, I'd thank you to pay your attentions elsewhere." "Whut'B that?" Wetherell gasped at tho abrupt attack. "Your attentions to Mrs. Kip are very distasteful to me." "My dear fellow, I hope you don't imagine for one moment that Why, your wife is the finest llttlo girl in the world 1" "That's for mo to say, not you 1" "My word I this Is amazing I" "It is, indeed. It will bo more than that if you come around again. Had you heard that your country was at war?" "I had." "Well, a big, strapping fellow like you ought to be over there fighting for his country Instead of looking for trouble here." Wetherell's pnnlc at the domestic situation was forgotten in the attnek on his patriotism. He drew himself up with nn unconsciously military nu- tomatl8m and said, "I fancy I'm doing ns much service here as I could do over there." "More, perhaps," Bayard sneered. with contemptuous Irony. "But that's your business, not mine. Mrs. Kip Is my business nnd I don't Intend to have her subjected to your your atten tions. I'm trying to be neutral, but by Well, I've warned you. Good day 1" Bayard Joined Lclla in the vestibule and they went up In the elevator to gether. She waited till they were In their own apartment before sho de manded nn account of tho conversa tion. Ho told her in a rage nnd sho flew Into another. Sho divided her wrath between Bayard and Daphne. There was enough for both. Dnphne tried to escape, but, being cornered, pro ceeded to fight bnck, whereupon Lelln denounced her to Bnyard and told o her ride with Dunne. It wns a right good fight and getting well beyond tho bounds of discretion when tho telephone announced that Clay Wlmburn wns calling. Nobody Imaginable would have been welcome In that battlefield, but Clny seemed peculiarly III timed. Buynrd went to tho telephone and culled down : "Tell hlra wo'ro out." "Yes, sir." Evidently tho telephone was taken from the hallman's hnnd for Clny's volco ronred in Bnynrd's ear: "I henr you, you old villain. I know you'ro In, and I'm coming up. It's a matter of llfo and death. I'm on my wny up now." 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