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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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COMMANDMENT
RUPEIOUGhTS
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DAPHNE GETS THE BIG CHANCE THAT SHE HAS BEEN
PRAYING FOR AND AT THE SAME TIME HAS FEARED.
Synopsis. Clny Wlmburn, a young Now Yorker on a visit to Cleve
Innil, meets pretty Daphne Kip, whose brother Is In the snmo office with
Clny in Wall street. After a whirlwind courtship they become engaged.
Daphne goes to New York with her mother to buy her trousseau.
Daphne's brother, Bayard, has Just married and left for Europe with his
bride, Leila. Daphne and her mother Install themselves In Bayard's flat.
Daphno meets Tom Duanc, man-nbout-town, who seems greatly at
tracted to her. Daphno accidentally discovers thnt Clay Is penniless,
except for his salary. Itnynard and his wife return to New York unex
pectedly. The three women set out on a shopping excursion und the two
younger women buy expensive gowns, having them charged to Itaynrd.
Itayard Is furious over the expense, seeing hard times abend. Daphne,
Indignant, declares she will earn her own UvU mid breaks her engage
ment with Clay. Through an Introduction by Dunne, Daphne Induces
Itubcn, n theatrical magnate, to give her a position In one of his com
panies. Her first rehearsal Is u fiasco, but lichen, at Duane's request,
gives her another chance.
CHAPTER XI Continued.
"Well, I never I" he gasped. "And
all this trip of your mother's and
yours and nil the expenses gone for
nothing?" wns bis first doleful thought.
He remembered the second mortgage
he had placed on one of bis properties
to get the money for the vitally Impor
tant wedding festival. And now thcru
wns to be no wedding. The son-ln-lnw
who was to have assumed the burden
of Daphne's bills wns banished.
Daphne was ngaln her father's own
child.
IIo wns glnd to have her back, but
ho could have wished that she bad not
gone nway, since he paid the freight
In both directions. And now hero was
himself In, New York and nothing to
show for all the split milk of time,
money and emotions.
At the critical moment Daphne men
tioned thnt the star whoso understudy
she was would enrn fifty thousand dol
lurs that year In spite of the hard
times. "Fifty thousand dollars" had n
musical sound to Wesley's enrs. If
Daphno could earn a tenth of thnt ho
would believe In miracles,
"Where were you planning to live,
honey, while you're acting? With
Itayard, 1 suppose."
"Oh, uo," said Daphno; "we'vo ru
ined his honeymoon enough already."
"Who with, then?"
"Oh, by myself, I suppose."
"Good Lord I you couldn't do thnt
Tory well a young girl like you."
"Why not?" she said.
IIo turned pale. This wns llko being
asked why babies were found under
cabbago leaves. IIo was an old-fashioned
father, und ho had never been
able to rlsu to the new school of dis
cussing vitally Importnnt topics with
tho children vitally Interested.
"Why, why," ho stammered, "why,
because nobody docs It, honey. Nice
girls don't live alone."
Dnphnu studied him with a tender
nmusement. Ho wns so Innocent In
Ms wny, In splto of all ho must know.
Kho understood what ho mm thinking
of. Shu wns sophisticated In tho man
ner of tho nice girl of her tlmo and
alio liked to treat submerged themes
with clean candor. Sho thought that
prudery wns n form of slnvery.
"If you'vo Just got to etny In Now
York and Just got to work your mother
could stay with you, I suppose."
"Hut what becomes of you und your
home?"
"Oh, I'll get along somehow. I don't
matter."
This broke her heart. Sho cried out :
"Hut you do matter, daddy; you mat
ter terribly. Can't you understand,
daddy, that I'm trying to relievo you
nnd mnko myself useful Instead of a
paraslto? Thousands of women llvo
alone professional women, art stu
dents, music students, college girls,
normal-school women, besides tho
women In shops nnd factories. It's
coming moro anil more."
"Hut you're not brought up to a
trade."
"I wish I had been."
"Well, that's a new complaint, any
way, but well of course you
wouldn't do anything wrong; but If
you lived nlono you'd bo misjudged,
nnd men would keep throwing tempta
tion In your wny."
"I hud plenty of that when I was
living nt home."
"Daphno I" He cried out In pain nt
the very thought.
8ho went on, educating hltn with n
vengennco; "Plenty of temptation and
plenty of opportunity, daddy. It wnsn't
jour fault You gavo mo all tho pro
tection thnt anybody could, dnddy.
Hut you enn't protect pcoplo nil tho
time. And It was. when you trusted
me most thnt you protected mo most.
People aro Just beginning to rcnllzo
that even lu penitentiaries tho higher
the wulis nnd tho stricter tho gunrds
the more prisoners try to escape.
They're sending convicts out to work
on roads now with no gunrds at all.
And they do their work and como
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bnck. Don't you think women can bo
trusted as far as convicts?"
"I suppose so," ho sighed. But he
was convinced of tho security of nel-
ther the convicts nor of the women
under these new anarchies. He was
convinced of only one thing, and that
was his helplessness.
Daphne took him home In a taxicab.
At tho apartment they caught Hayard
Just rushing for bis office. Ho greeted
his father with whirlwind nrTcctlon,
but ho knew that he would please
Wesley better by hurrying on to his
olllco than by neglecting his business
for the purpose of entertainment.
Wesley took Leila by storm with his
lavish and whole-hearted praise. IIo
had not seen her before. IIo gathered
her to his breast, then held her out
at arm's length to prnlso her and to
pralso Haynrd for bringing her Into tho
family.
Mrs. Kip did not delay long tho as
sault on Daphne's position. Hut Wes
ley said:
"We'vo had a long talk and I guess
she's pretty set In her way. She's a
good girl, though, mamma. And sho
knows her own mind better thnn wo
do. Anyways, It's her own mind. Let
her havo Ifer way and If anything goes
wrong sho can always como back
home."
His wife boiled over. It made her
feel as much nt home as an old kettle
on n stovo to havo her hushaud there
to boll over on : "Wesley Kip, nro you
going to set there and eucourugo that
girl to ruin hor life and her reputa
tion without doing anything to protect
her?"
"Oh, I guess she's not going to ruin
anything. After all, tho best way to
protect folks Is to trust 'em."
It wns bald plagiarism, but Daphno
lundo no complaint. Wesley got Into
troublo nt once, however, by mnklng
thu suggcstlpn that his wife remain
as a compniilon for her child. Mrs.
Kip took It ns a sign that ho wanted
to get rid of her, and Daphno refused
to tnko It at nil.
Wesley sat pondering In silence for
n while; then ho rose and, mumbling,
"Ho bnck in a llttlo whllo," took his
hat nnd went out.
They wondered whnt mischief ho
wus up to nnd what folly he would
commit, llo enmo bnck In half an
hour with a smile of success.
"I guess it's nil right. I been think
ing about all tho different things been
said. Wo don't want Daphne living
by herself und sho don't feel like sho
ought to trespass on Leila's homo; so
I got an Idea nnd went down and saw
tho Janitor or superintendent or what
ever ho is, nnd I nsUed him mightn't
It bo there was somebody In this build
ing wanted to rent a room to a nlco
girl. And bo said there was a young
couple felt the rent was a little high
and had an extra room. So we went
up und took a look at It. Itlght nice
young woman, imuio of Chlvvls or
something llko that; said she'd bo glad
to take my daughter In. 1 was think
ing that If Daphno was up there sho
could see Hayard and Lellu when she
was lonesome or nnythlng; nnd she'd
bo bandy where they could keep an
eyo on her If sho got Hick or anything."
Tho threo women looked at him lu
amazement. Ho had solved the riddle
that baflled them all nnd had compro
mised tho Irreconcllnbles.
"I'll bet thu place Is n sight and the
woman u freak," said Mrs. Kip. "Let's
go huvo a look ut her."
So all four weut up lu tho elovutor
10 ino top noor. They wero about to
ring tho hell of one of tho big front
apartments llko Hayard'a but Wesley
checked them.
"It's lu tho back."
Tho women exchanged glances and
Bmllcs behind thu Important shoulder
blades of Wesley, tho manager. Uo
rang a bell and n young woman opened
tho door. As Lellu suld nftcrward:
"Sho had tho wholo mnp of Now
England In her face, nnd her middle
numo wns Boston."
But she was young, In a placid, Pu-
rltanlcnl way, nnd she looked exceed
ingly clean and correct. Her very
smile wns neat, exactly adjusted be
tween those of the gracious hostess
and of the landlady.
Mrs. Chlvvls led tho wny to tho room
that was for rent. It took Daphno nt
once. Spotlcssness Is the first luxury
In n rented room and Purltnn beauty
has a grace all Its own. Tho mahog
any bed with It3 twisted posts, the ex
cellent linen nnd the honesty of ev
erything won her completely.
She felt n sense of relief from tho
rnther gaudy beauty of Leila's apart
ment. Sho felt that Mrs. Chlvvls, who
showed such fine restraint In her fur
niture, would bo equally discreet In
minding her own affairs.
"PU tnko It," she said ; "thut Is, If
you'll take me."
Mrs. Chlvvls said sho would. Sho
said It with a New TCnglandlsh parsi
mony of enthuslusm, but her eyes were
kindly nnd Daphne decided that she
thought nice things but lucked the
courage to say them.
Daphne moved nt once Into the Chlv
vls apartment what belongings sho had
brought on from Cleveland, and her
mother promised to dispatch the rest
of them as soon as sho reached home.
Wesley could not be persuaded to
stay over an unnecessary night. His
business was in u perilous condition.
Tho mammoth Cowper firm had gone
into bnnkruptcy owing him a hand
some sum of money which he was not
likely to recover. The failure nlso
closed nn Important and profitable
market for his calculating machines.
It frightened his banks as well, and
he hnd wrestled like another Jacob
with nn almost Invisible cashier for
money enough to meet his pay roll.
Yet he slipped a large bill Into
Daphne's hand when he bade her good
by ut tho station lato In the after
noon, and be whispered to her sho
should havo other re-enforcements
whenever she called on htm.
Daphne reached the theater at seven
o'clock and sat In the dark on a can
vas rock, watching the stage hnnds
gather nnd listening to their repartee.
Battcrson arrived at length. Ho was
In one of his humnnc moods. Ho asked
Dnphnc If sho hnd memorized her lines
and she said she had. He told her
that ho would give her uuother re
hearsal tho next day after breakfast.
"After breakfast," ho explained, was
one o'clock p. m.
Next morning Daphne presented her
self to Batterson aud endured ono of
his rchenrsals, with his assistant read
ing all tho cues In a lifeless voice. Bat
terson was moro discouraged than she
was. IIo showed It for a time by n
patience that was of the sort one
shows to a shy Imbecile.
IIo wns so restrained thnt Daphne
broke out for him, "Do you think I um
a complete Idiot, Mr. Battcrson?"
"Far from It, my dear," said Bntter
son. "You aro a very Intelligent young
womun. The troublo Is thnt you aro
too Intelligent for the child's piny of
tho stage. It's nil n kind of big nurs
ery nnd you can't forget that facts aro
not facts In this toy game. If you
could let yourself go und be foolish
nnd piny doll house you might suc
ceed. It's hard even when you know
how. But it's Impossible as long as
you try to reason it out. It's llko
music and fiction and all tho arts.
You'vo got to pretend or you can't
feel nnd you can't make anybody else
feel."
And that, indeed, was Daphne's ng
ony. Sho could not release her Imagi
nation or command her clear vision to
seo whnt was not there.
Night after night sho reported at
tho theater and left It when the cur
tain rose. On one of these evenings
Tom Dunno met her outside the stago
door. Ills npology wns that he felt It
his duty to look after his client.
lie Invited Dnphno to rldo homo in
his car, which was waiting at.the curb.
Sho declined with thanks. Ho urged
She Reached the Theater at Seven
o'clock and Sat In the Dark on a
Canvas Rock Watching the Stage
Hands Gather, and Listening to
Their Repartee.
that she tnko u little spin In tho park.
Sho declined without thanks. Ho
sighed that It was a pity to loso tho
moonlight.
Sho said eho would got enough when
sho walked home. Ho usked If ho
might "toddlo along." Sho could hard
ly refuso without crassly Insulting hlui.
They loitered slowly up tho quiet
reach of Seventh avenue. Ho ques
tioned her about her work with all the
grtiteful tlnttery thcro Is lu uu appe
r iyr I
tite for another's nutoblogrnphy. She
found It ensy to toll him of her diffi
culties. Ho extracted encouragement
or Indirect compliment out of all of
them.
When they arrived at her npnrtmcnt
house she said, "Sorry I can't nsk you
up, but I have no reception room, and
I'm tired out."
"You have waBted enough of your
timo on me," he said. "I'll seo you to
tho elevator."
As Daphne stepped Into the hallway
she found Clay Wlmburn there, wait
ing grimly, no sprang to his feet with
a gasp of relief. He caught sight of
Duane nnd his Joy died Instantly.
Wlmburn loved Daphne nnd wanted
her for his own. He hod counted her
his own, and still had neither refunded
the engagement ring nor pnld for It.
Daphne wns moro pleased with Wl al
bum's misery than with Duane's fe
licity. "Won't you como up, Clny?" sho
asked.
He murmured, "Can wo be alone for
a llttlo talk?"
"I'm nfrnld not Tho Chlvvlses, yon
know."
"Will you take n little walk with me
In the park?"
"All right," she said ns Bho led tho
wny out Into tho street. "I'm pretty
tired, though. I wnlkcd home from
the theater."
"With Duane 1" Clay snarled. "You
weren't too tired for thnt."
Daphno thought of the motor ride
and the supper she hnd declined. She
said, "Are you dragging me out here
for the sake of n fight?"
"There'll be no fight If you'll cut out
that man Duane."
"Am I to have no friends nt nil?"
"You can havo all you want, pro
vided"
"Let me give you one little hint,
Clny, for your own Information. Every
tlmo this Mr. Duano that you're so
afraid of meets mo he does his best
to help me get my chance and he tells
me only pleasant things. Every time
you've como to seo me lutely you've
been either a sick cat or a roaring
tiger."
She wns planning to urge him to
help her nnd make their meetings
rosier. But, lovcr-llke, he took um
brage and pnln and despair from her
ndvlce, and since they were ngaln at
the vestibule ho sighed, "Good night,
Mrs. Dunne," nnd flung out into the
dark.
Daphne sighed, and the poor eleva
tor man who saw so much of this sort
of thing sighed with her and for her.
CHAPTER XII.
All this while Daphntf wns kept In
readiness to take Miss Kemble's part
In enso the Illness of her child should
result In death nnd In tho further case
that she should be unable to finish her
performances. With the theatrical
season In such bad estate and most of
lichen's companies nnd theaters losing
money heavily, Sheila Kemblc was his
ono certnln dependence. He called
her his breadwinner.
Miss Kemble's baby passed the cri
sis nnd recovered. And then the
mother, worn out with the double
strnln, caught a little chill that became
a blinding, choking cold. She went
through the Saturday matinee In a
whisper, but tho night performance
was beyond her.
And now nt last Daphne's chnnce ar
rived. Tho Saturday night house wns
enormous In spite of the heat. There
wero enough people there to make
fourteen hundred dollars twenty-five
hundred for the day.
Daphne, trudging to tho theater for
her usunl stupid rebuff, walked into
this crisis of her life.
Itcbcn himself knocked at her dress
ing room door where Miss Wlnsor was
helping her with her make-up. Ho
Implored her to be calm, and ho wns so
tremulous that ho stuttered. He told
her that If sho made good ho would let
her ploy tho part till Miss Kemblo
got well. Ho' would pay her a hand
some bonus. He would put her out
nt the head of u number two company
next season.
Batterson came nt Inst nnd ordered
hltn off the stage. Ileben obeyed him.
Then Battcrson talked to her. Ho told
her that there was no reason to fear
the house. A Saturday night audience
wus always easy. It wanted Its mon
ey's worth! It would help to get It.
"I see," snld Daphne. "I'm not
afraid of tho audience."
"Then whnt on earth arc you afraid
of?"
"I'm nfrnld of mo I"
Battcrson laughed scornfully. "Oh,
youl You're going to scoro n knock
out. You're going to mnko a big hit!"
"Yes," said Daphne, "so you've al
wnys told me."
The curtain rose. Miss Wlnsor nnd
tho young man skipped onto their
Job ; tho butler stnlked ; Eldon entered
nnd mado his exit. Mrs. Vlnlng spread
her skirts and sailed on, then Eldon
went back. Finally Daphne's cue
came.
Sho was startled a little ns Battcr
son nudged her forward. Sho went to
tho door nnd opened it on her new
career to make her public debut with
the all-Important "How d' you do?"
Sho saw beforo her tho drawing room
In a weird light. Beyond it was a
fiercely radiant fog and beyond that
an agglomeration of faces the mass
of tomato cans that sho was not going
to bo afraid of.
And sho was not nfrnld. Sho was
curious to study them. Sho wns eager
to remember her lines. And she re
membered them. Then cues camo moro
or less far upart und each ovoked from
her mind tho appropriate answer. She
tnndo never a slip, und yet sho began
to rcnllzo Uint Mr. Eldon seemed unhappy.
I At length sho realized that tho audi
ence wns strangely quiet A sense of
vnulty emptiness oppressed her. Sho
went on with her lines. Sho under
stood nt last that she was getting no
laughs. Sho was not provoking tlioso
punctuating roars thnt Sheila Kcmbl
brought forth. The audience had evi
dently had a hard week.
She decided that she must be play
ing too quietly; sho quickened her
tempo nnd threw moro vivacity Into
her mnnncr. She moved briskly about
the scene, to Eldon's bewilderment
He seemed unnblo to find her.
She went through to tho bitter end
and spoke every line. But the audi
ence was not with her for moniont
She used nil her Intellect to find tho
secret of Its pleasure but she could
not surprise it. She tried harder and
hnrdcr, acted with tho intense devo
tion of a wrestling bout, but she could
not score a point.
The company looked worried nnd
fagged. The audience would not rlso
to nnythlng humor, pathos, thrill.
When the play was over everyone
seemed to avoid her.
Sho rubbed off her mokc-up and re
sumed her mufti. As she walked out
"Go Home and Get Married."
on the darkened stage she saw Batter
son. no tried to escape, but sho
checked him.
'fTell mo frankly, Mr. Batterson,
what wns the matter with my perform
ance tonight."
"Como to the office Monday and
we'll have n llttlo talk."
"And I'll get my notice."
"I-didn't say that"
"What would you honestly advise
me to do?"
"I understand that you don't havo
to act. Go home and get married."
"I won't"
"Then go home and don't get mar
ried." "I won't go home."
"There's one other place to go.
Good night"
He walked off and she was Mt
alone. Sho had the stage to herself.
She stood in tho big void and felt
alien forever alien. Sho shook her
head. This place was not for her.
She had been tried In the balance and
found wanting. Sho wondered if there
were anywhere a balance thnt she
could bring down.
Sho drended the forlorn Journey
home to her drenry room. As she
stepped out of tho door someono
moved forward with uplifted hat It
was Tom Duanc. Ho looked very
spick nnd span. His smile Illumined
the dull street and hls'hnnd clasped
hers with a saving strength. It lifted
her from tho depths llko a ropo let
down from the sky.
Daphno would have been more con
tent If Duanc had been Clay Wlmburn.
It was Clay's duty to be there at such
a time, of all times.
Of course he did not know that this
night was to bo crucial for her, but
he should have known. Mr. Duane
knew. It never occurred to Daphno
that Bcbcn hnd warned Duanc of the
debut of his protegee and had Invited
him In fact, hud dared him to watch
tho test of her abilities.
All she know was that Duane was
proffering homnge and smiles nnd tho
prefaces of courtship. Daphne might
havo failed to gain the hearts of her
audience, for all her toll, but here was
a henrt that was hers without effort
Perhaps Duano wns her enreer. Ho
wns nt least an nudlence that she could
sway. And sho was miserably in need
of somo ono that would pay her tno
tribute of submission.
So now when ho said, "Won't you
let mo take you homo In my car?" sho
could hardly snub a hcuvon-sent mes
senger. Sho snld, "Thank you you'ro very
kind but " Oh, all right I" And
she bounded In.
When Dunne said: "You must bo
hungry after all that hard work.
Aren't you?" Bhe said, "Yes, I guesa I
am a little."
When he said, "Where shall we eatl
sho answered, "Anywhere."
"Clnremont?" he suggested.
This startled her, gave her pause.
Yet thero wus something piquant about
tho proposal.
Her theatrical career cut
short, Daphne turns to Clay.
They plan to get married and
live In somo fashion on Clay's
merger salary. The next day a
new blow falls. Tho future
again looms dark and uncertain
before the discouraged lovers.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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