4W JIHr.m-tZ2.: 9 DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. THIRTEENTH CDMMANDnENT- RMRTJIUGhTS 'JSg con-uorty 3 1 V jhd CHAPTER XVIII. 12 Daplmc scuttcrotl or the subway ns a fugitive rabbit to Its burrow. Hut eho was not n rabbit and she felt suf focated In tbo tunnel. She could not enduro to be quiet In the presenco of bo many gogglo eyes like ullgncd but tons She left tho truln at the next etntlon nnd walked rapidly to Fifth avenue, nnd up It homeward. She walked rapidly for tho comfort of the restlessness, but there was no comfortable destination ahead of her. She found Mrs. ChcvvlH at homo wltn her disconsolate husband. Daphne dared not tell them Just yet tlint sho had lost her place. She would tell them when she got another one. For fear that they might ask why sho was home so early, sho went down to Bay ard's nportment. She wanted to tell Bayard nnd Leila what had happened. It was safe, sho felt suro. Bayard would never attack Gcrut lie would bo moro likely to rail at Daphne for bringing the trou ble on herself. Leila let her In at the door, but she was In a militant humor. Sho said, "Hello!" grimly and stepped back for Daphno to enter. Daphno found Bay nrd still aglow with Interrupted quar rel. Do said, "Hello!" with n dismal connotation. "What do you suppose that brother of yours orders mo to do now?" said Lcllu, whirling Daphne toward her. "I can't Imagine," Bald Daphne, In credulous of Bayard's ordering Leila to do anything. "Ho wants me to go to Dutllh and put up a poor mouth and humlllato my Belf." Bayard snatched Dnphno to him and stormed: "She bought tho clothes, didn't eho, without consulting mo? Sho wouldn't send 'cm bnclc as you did yours; sho wore 'em out, paraded em beforo other men there In Newport whllo I wns slaving here. And now that Dutllh Insists on inonoy tlint I haven't got. and can't got, sho won't even go explain It to him. Thnt's all I nsk her to explain It to him and nsk him to bo patient so that I won't bo sued. I can't stand that. I've had vcry other calamity but I'vo never been sued for debt. I ask Leila to go tell him about my hard luck nnd my flno prospects play fair with him and with me. But will sho do It? No I Sho won't do anything for me." Daphno was swayed by his emotion. Sho pleaded : "Why don't you, Ldln? You havo such winning ways. I'll go with you." iClla hesitated, then answered by taking up her hat and slapping It on her head. Sho paused, took It olT iifialn, nnd went to her room, unhook ing her gown ns sho went; sho knew that In asking 'favors ono should wenr one's best appearances. Bnynrd grumbled, "How nro you Getting along at your ofllco?" Daphne felt unnblo to Intrude her own troubles on his. Sho Bhruggcd her shoulders. It Is n kind of whlto He, tho shrug. "Hang on to your Job.as long as you can, old girl, for you'll havo to support xis nil, I guess. You'ro tho only ono of wt that can got a Job or earn a cent. That's tho advantage of being n pretty jjlrl." Dnphno wos almost moved to toll 'hlra. fcoino of tho disadvantages of bo lus n pictly girl, but sho felt thnt tho tlmo with unfit for exploiting her own woes. Sho ached for houio ono to dls--closo them to, but sho withheld them. Leila camo In, arrayed In her very finest. Sho was smiling In tho con tentment of beauty nt its best. "When you ask credit you've got to look ns if you didn't need it," sho said. They found tiutllh in n state of un usual excitement nnd exhaustion. Thero wero few customers Infills plnco nud ho left them to tho other sales people. Ho advanced on Leila and Daphno and gnvo a hand to each. "Why, oh why In tho namo of Paul l'olret didn't you como In n week ago? Tho pirates havo taken every decent jpown I had. Tho sowing women nro working llko mad to reproduco 'em, tut there's nothing left fit to Miow, except to Pittsburgh and Plnttsburg tourists. Where did you get that awful rag you havo on?" "Here," said Leila. "Oh, of course, I remember. It's beautiful. Sit down. I'm dead. Havo dgarctto? Havo u cup of tea? Oh, Ulss Qalvey tea for three, please. I didn't forget either of you when I was In Parts. I havo n tdrcn gown for you, Mrs. Kip, that will break your heart with Joy. You'd murder to get It. And s for you, Miss Kin well, you'll sim ply ho Indecently .demuro in tho ono I call 'Innocence.' " Daphno wno a triilo shocked, but Loila'a eyes filled with tears nt tho mockery of such talk. Sho moaned: "I didn't como to buy. I curao to apologize and beg for mercy. I owo you a lot of money, and I haven't n cent." 'has. 0vrmms "Who has? What of It? Nobody's paying nnybody." "But I had an urgent letter from your bookkeeper, or somebody." "Dont mind. her. Sho gets excited. Nobody pays me. You como In and get nnother gown nnd you'll catch a millionaire with it." It was hard for Dutllh to keep his clients clenr In his memory. "But I can't afford It." "And I can't afford to havo my chil dren going round In last year's rags. You do as you're told and come around next week. I'll get my money out of you some dny. Trust mo for that." LcIIn felt n rapturous desire to kiss him and cnll him names of gratitude. Ho was generous by Impulse and pa tient, nud nobody's fool at that. Tho thoughts of tailors aro long, long thoughts. Daphne sat thinking, but not of clothes. Tho labor problem had al most dcfemlnlzcd her. Sho wns study ing the models ns they lounged about tho shop. Suddenly sho spoke. "Oh, Mr. Dutllh, how much money docs n model earn?" "You menn what salary do I pay? Common clothes-horses get fifteen or sixteen dollars. Better lookers get better pay. You're worth a thousand a week nt least. Want a Job?" "Yes." .Ills smile wns quenched, no studied her ncross his cup. He saw tho anx iety In her curiosity. "What's tho mnttcr?" ho snld. "lias ho run off with another girl, or do you expect to go fishing for n millionaire In my pond?" , "I need the money. I'vo had hard luck." Daphno Rnld It so solemnly that ho grew solemn, too. "That's too bad I Well, I've got moro girls now than I need. Nobody "Show me." Cloy Wlmburn camo In after dinner. Ills protests against Daphne's project wcro louder than Bayard's, with tho added rancor of Jealousy. But ho had no substitute to offer. Sho forebore to tell him of the Ocrst nffalr. Ho was deep enough In tho mire. lie went away a little later and sho returned to her cubbyhole with tho Chlvvlses. Those wero black days for nil Amer ica, buffering under tho backfire from the sudden war and from tho long fa tigue of hard times. There wero 'weeks of drend lest, tho United Stntes be sucked Into the maelstrom nt time when It wns least prepared In money, nrms, or spirit. Never, pcrhnps, In hu man chronlclo had so many pcoplo looked with such bewildered misery on so mnny people locked In such multifarious carnage. At such a time, as In an epoch of plague, there came n desperate need of a respite from woe; fcoldlers sky larked In trenches; war widows danced In gay colors; festivals wero held In tho namo of chnrlty; frivoli ties and vices wero resorted to that good souls might renew themselves for tho awful work beforo them. It was In such n mood of Imperative demand for cheer of somo sort that Tom Duano swam back into Daphne's gloomy sky. Daphno had como homo after n morning of rebuffs. Sho was heart- soro and footsore, In shabby boots that sho could not replace. Sho was called to tho telephone, and Dunne's voice chanted In her enr with n tone of peculiarly comforting melancholy. "Thnt you, Miss Kip? This Is me, Mr. Dunne. Poor Tom Dunne. Poor Tom's a-cold. I come back to town unexpectedly early. I have something Important to say to you. Will you tako a little rldo with me In my cor?" "Why not?" sho said, with a laugh. SHo was glad that ho could not sco the tears that gushed across her eyelids. "Three cheers for you I I'll bo there In n Jiffy. You couldn't arrange to dlno with me, could you? Or could you?" Agnln sho answered, "Why not?" Dunne's voice rang bnck: "Tip-top 1 You've mndo me happy ns a box of pups. I'm half-way there already." Dunne, n llttlo afraid of him and of tho gloaming. They emerged above tho chain of Croton lakes nnd ran across the big dam and wound along the shore, crossing Iron bridge after Iron bridge, till they came to n little roadside Inn whoso lights hnd a yel low warmth. "We're stopping here for dinner, If you don't mind," Bald Duane. Daphne wns n trifle ill nt ease, but she was hungry, too, nnd tho adventure was exhilarating. There were not many pcoplo nt tho tables, and they wcro of nn adventurous cast as well. When Dunne had given his order he asked Daphne If sho would Join the rest of tho diners who hnd left their chairs to fox-trot. She shook her head and he did not urge her. But by tho time their dinner was served nnd eaten the nagging, inter minable music hnd played away near ly all her scruples. When Dunne looked nt her with nn appealing smile, she smiled hack, nod ded and rose. Ho leaped to his feet and took her In his arms. Somehow, It was not mere dnnclng now. Ho had told her that ho loved her. Thero was In his embrace an eagerness that wns full of deference, but full of delight nswcll. After all, she was alone with him In a compnny thnt seemed not to bo very respectable, and was growing less so every hour. Her feet nnd all her limbs nnd every muscle of her reveled in tho gambol, CHAPTER XIX. When Duano camo up to the door ho greeted her with the bcnmlng joy ousness of n rising sun. He praised her and thanked her for lending him her time. The elevator that took their bodies down took her spirits up. She noted that ho had not brought his big nnr wIMi lila rliniilTmiiv ITn ntnweil ns beautiful ns you, of course, but-1 hcr lnt0 a powerf , roa(istcr built for uiinnnm T rnnlil lnt Knmn nno en." . .- .... . . - ....... - two. uut biio uau no lncuimuon m supposo I could let somo ono go "Oh, I couldn't think of that!" "Neither could I. Well, I'll squeeze you In somewhere. But I can't pay you as much as you aro worth. Would umm twenty dollars a week Inter est you?" "It would fnsclnnto me." "All right, you'ro engaged. You enn begin next Monday." Ho turned to Leila. "Do you want n Job, too?" "No, thank you I" Leila snapped. Her eyes wcro bluckcr than over with rage, and hcr red-whlto checks curdled with shame. Sho could not trust herself to speak. Her brunette beauty had tho threat of a stonu loaded thundercloud. When sho nnd Dnphno hnd taken their departure, Leila still dared not speak to Daphno on tho way home. Sho dared not speak to hcr nt all. Leila brought triumph to Bayard. Sho told him what Dutllh had told hcr of his willingness to wnlt for his money. Bayard embraced Leila and hailed hcr as nn augel. When sho hnd taken full toll of her success, sho told Bay- He Could Imagine Her Pretty Head. . US mMAWBm ft '&&,mFwytfi'Mmm;$ Wtt Leila Felt a Rapturous Desire to Kiss Him and Call Him Names of Gratitude. nrd what Daphno had done, Sho told It simply, without emphasis, knowing Its effect. "Daphno 1" ho roared. "You asked Dutllh for a position among his models? Great Lord of heaven, I'll tele graph father to como tnko you home." "That's all right," Daphno taunted. "You'll send tho messago collect, and ho'll never bo nblo to pay for It, so ho'll nover know what ho missed." "But surely wo uro not such beggars that" "Who has uny money? Who has nuy thing left to pawn?" "But thero must bo other jobs." "Get mo ono." "There must bo somo other way." protest. Tho car caught them away and they sped through Central park with lyrical, with dlthyramblc, sweep. "Tho trees I how wonderful they arc 1" sho cried. They hnd been wonderful for weeks, but sho hnd thought them dismal. "They'ro nothing to what they aro In Westchester," said Duane. "We're going to havo a look at them and dlno up thero somewhere." "Aro wo?" wns all sho said. And ho snld, "Wo are." After they left tho park and re entered tho hnrd streets sho found tho courago to remind him : "But you snld you had something importnnt to tell inc. What was It?" "Miss Kip, you've played tho very devil with me. I thought I was Ira nune to tho lover germ, but well, 1 told you the truth about going abroad to shako off tho tho fever the Dnphnltls "that attacked me. But I couldn't get you out of my mind for long, or out of my heart at all. I'm a sick mnn, Miss Kip, n lovesick mniu" "Mr. Dunne, you mustn't I can't al low you really I" "Oh, yes, you can I" ho said, and sent tho car ahead with a plunge. "You'ro going to listen to mo for once. You can't help yourself. I'm not going to hurt you. I Just want you to help mo n little. I went up In tho Berk shires nnd tried to get my sanity back, but I couldn't I I couldn't oven play golf or cards or drink. People drive mo crazy. I can't get Interested la anything or nnybodv but you." "Mr. Dunne, plensc You oughtn't to I beg you. I havo no right" "Oh, I know you'ro engaged to Clay Wlmburn. He's a nlco kid. I'm not one-two-three with him. I'm not try ing to cut him out I couldn't If 1 would. I llko him. I'd llko to help ldm, and your brother, too. 1 don't mean to bo Impertinent, cither; but well, tho main thing is, I want to beg you to let mo see you onco in a while. "I want to take you out riding nnd dining nnd dnnclng nud you can tako Wlmburn along If you've got to, but I want you to save my llfo somehow, .Ami. by tho Lord Harry 1 1 think It will snvpyours. You don't look well, my dear Miss Kip. It breaks my heart to see it. No, I donst bollevo you're getting ns much fun out of llfo ns you ought to. Thoro Isn't much fun In tho world any more, but what little's left Is very precious, and I want you to get nil that's going, Won't you let mo help you go after It? Won't you?" They swung up to a height thnt com mnnded a vast reach of tho Hudson. Between Its banks It seined to be n river of wine. Tho western sky wih llko a forest of autumn leaves with tLo last sad red pitifully beautiful, since it must turn so soon to rust. In n spirit of hnsto tho Meetly spin ning wheels murmured, "Why not, why not, why not, why-notwhynotwhyuot?" Beforo tho sunset had qulto relin quished the sky tho moon was over tho horizon tho harvest moon, huge nnd close and of a meditative meln. It paled nnd dwindled ns It climbed, but Us power seemed to grow. It left Daphno more alone wit' but her heart and mind and conscience wero troubling hcr till sho stopped short nt Inst and said: "I'm sorry, but I I'd rather not dance nny more here." Duane paused In a moment's chagrin. Then ho sighed : "All right." They retrcnted to their table, and he looked nt her sadly, and she sadly at him. Then ho seemed to like her eveu better than before, and ho said, with a very tender smile: "Wont tq go homo?" "If you don't mind." When they came out upon the veran da of tho hotel tho lnko was a vast charger of frosted silver among the hills. They stood admiring It for a moment nnd tho music from the hotel seemed to como from nnother world. Ho helped her Into tho car nnd they whisked nway southerly. Ho returned to the road along tho Hudson, and it wns so benutlfuWn tho moonglow that It seemed a pity to hurry through tho wonderland nt such speed. And what was sho going bnck to that she should bo In such haste? Sho hinted ns much to Duane, and ho bettered tho suggestion. Not only did ho check tho speed, but at one wooded cllffsldo with n vista of pecu liar majesty ho wheeled out of the road and stopped tho car, shut down tho chutterlng engine and turned off the strenuous lights. They sat utterly content till Duane shoo'.: off tho blissful stupor. They could not stay hero thus forever. They could not stay much longer. It was growing cold nnd Into. Ho did not dnro to look at Daphne. Ho did not qulto need to. Ho could Imagine her pretty head and the drowsy, adorablo eyes, tho lips pursed with childish solemnity, tho throat stem in tho urn contour of her shoul ders, tho vnsellko curves of her young torso. Ho Imagined these from mem ory, for they now wero swaddled In n thick motorcoat. But without turning his head ho could sco her llttlo fconds clasped Idly at her knees, tho llttlo gloves turned back at the wrist. He thought that ho would llko to take them In his ho would like to tako all of hcr In his arms, into his heart, Into his keeping. Yet he did not want to marry her. He did not admire marriage In Its re sults ns ho saw them In other people. Llko many nnother. ho cherished wicked Ideals because tho everyday virtues worked out so imperfectly, so unbeautlfully. Daphno was musing almost as vaguely. On tho river a yacht nt an chor poised lko n swan asleep. Sho would llko to own a yacht. On the opposite sldo of the river along tho rond she could seo motorcars llko In quisitive crickets with gleaming eyes nnd feelers of light. Sho would like to own u motor or two. If sho wero tho WUJe of n3 rich n man as this man at ''her side, how quickly sho could help hex father und Bayard und tho wretchcdictlms of tho massacre In Eurupo ando mnny people yes, nud even Clay, poor dear, hopeless, helpless Clay Wlm bum,' to whom sho had brought noth ing but expense of money nnd heart ache and torture. Suddenly but quietly upon this cur rent of her thoughts n thought of Dunne's wns lnunchcd HKc a skiff con genial to the tide. He spoko almost ns softly us a thought, at first with a! quaint shock such as a boat makes, launched. "How often do you go to church?" he snld, whimsically. "Why nover, I'm afraid," eho gasped In surprise. "You wero planning to be married in church?" . "Such funny questions! Yes, of course." "Why?" "Oh, It wouldn't be nice not to." "You don't believe in divorce, then?" "Oh yes yes, indeed If people don't get along together. I think It's wicked for people to live together If they don't love ench other." "It's lve. then, that makes mar rlngo sacred?" "Yes. Yes, Indeed ! Of course I" "Is it all right for two pcoplo who are not Christians to llvo together ac cording to their creeds?" "How do you menn?" "Well, tho people who lived before there were nny Christians or people who never heard of Christianity was It all right for them to marry?" "Of course." "It's not any ono formula, then, that makes marriage all right?" "Of course not, It's the the " "The lovo?" "I think so. It's hard to cxplalu." "Everything Is, Isn't It?" "Terribly." Thcfo was more silence. He took a cigar from his pocket, held It be fore her for permission. Sho said, "Please." He struck a match. She glanced nt his face In the llttlo lime light of the match. It was very hand some. A penrl of drowsy luster gleamed In the soft folds of his tie. The hands sheltering the match were splendid hands. Sho watched the cignr Are glow and fado and tho little turbulent smoke veils float into tho air nnd die. One of them formed a wreath, a strange, frnll, writhing circlet of blue fllnments. It drifted past her and she put her fin ger into It her ring-finger by somo womanly instinct. "Now you're mnrried to me," said Duane. Thero wns a sudden movement of his hands as If to seize upon hcr. Sho recoiled a little; his hands did not pursue her. They went bnck to the steering wheel and clung to It fierce ly. She turned from his eyes, but he gazed at hcr cheek, and she could feel tho blood stirring there n a blush. "If you loved me, would you marry me?" he said. "I I love I'm going to marry somebody else." When?" ' ' "Some dny." "If you'ro not happy with him, wih you leave him?" "Oh, but I'll be happy with him." "So many people have said that I You've seen how seldom it worked. If you ceased to love him, or he you, would you leave him?" "'If Is a largo order. Maybe." "Wouldn't It bo wiser if two people who thought they loved could live to gether for a while before they mar ried?" She felt hcr muscles set ns If she would rise nnd run away from such words. "Mr. Duane! I don't think It's nlco even to bo talking of such things. Besides, It's growing late." "It's not so late as it would bo If you married a man and found that your marriage was u ghastly mistake." "Hadn't wo better start back?" "Please don't leave mo Ju3t yet. This is very solemn to me. I've been studying you a long time, trying to get you out of my mind, nnd only get ting you deeper In my heart. I lovo you." "I don't bollevo it." "I know It." "Then you oughtn't to tell mo." "Not tell n woman you lovo her? Not try to save her from wrecking hcr life nnd my own?" "How wrecking my her life?" "I believe that if you marry Clay Wlmburn you'll be unhappy. Ho can't glvo you n home. He can't buy you clothes. Ho can't support you." "That's not his fault, just now with tho hurd times and tho war Plensc let's go homo." "To my home?" That insolence was too appalling to answer, or even to gasp at, or protest against. It stunned, her. He took ad vantage of her dazo to explain, hur riedly : "You're not going to bo ono of those silly, old-fashlonod Idiot girls thnt n man can't talk to earnestly anu lrnnu ly, nro you now? Of course you'ro not. You'ro not ono of those poor things whoso virtue consists In being Insulted every ,tlme anyone appeals to their Intelligence, aro you? No, you're n fine, bravo soul, and you want to know tho truth about truth, and so do I. I "I'm n decent enough fellow at heart. I want to do tho right thing nnd llvo squarely as well as tho next fellow. I'vo got u senso of honor, too, of a sort, and I tako life pretty seri ously. "I tell you, tho world Is all turned topsy-turvy tho last few years. Tho old rules don't rule. They never did. but people pretended to bellcvo In 'era. Now we'ro not so afraid of the truth tn sclenco or history or religion or anything. 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