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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. --. v 4 ( N A lis ftiffci.ll!fJWBffifliii'i'fcif rM-imfrrimriMTtMTrti The Thirteenth Commandment wwwwwwwwwpiimmiiimi CHAPTER XXIII Continued. 15 Mrs. Romllly finished her wholesalo order and wheczod out llko n grnnd old automobile of an early model. When they were alono the partners gazed at Daphne's list and then at each other. "What on earth made you take It?" Mrs. Chlvvls exclaimed. "You know we can't fill It." "We're going to fill It." "But how?" "Darned if I know, but Well, we'll have to get a lot of sewing-women In and sit up nights." "But the material. We can't buy those things on credit." "Then I'll borrow cash and pay for It." "Borrow where? You snld you wouldn't trouble .your brother." "I'm not responsible for what I hnvc nld or may say. Besides, I don't mind going to Bayard, now thnt I can go with success. I'll call on him In n business way and offer him Interest And all that. I guess Mrs. Romllly's name Is good enough collntcrnl." All unconscious of Daphne's affairs, Tlnyard was approaching his office Mrs. Romllly Finished Her Wholesale Order and Came Wheezing Out Like a Grand Old Automobile of an Early Model. with the brisk manner of a triumphnnt capitalist. But that was bluff for out wnrd effect. He was actually dizzy with loss of bearings and control. Bnyard had carried heavier burdens than Clay, and under tho sting of Leila's whip had taken greater risks for higher prizes. The crash in tho street had found him so extended that he could not recover without addition al help. . That very morning one of his brokers had called on him for a re newal of margins. He had to have Ave thousand dollars or he would lose fifty. Rebuffed from every door, Bayard had gone to WethercU's office a mys terious sort of place surrounded by guards and secret service men to Avnrd off tho menace of spies, real and Imaginary. Bayard had unusual difficulty In passing the lines. Tho reason he soon heard. A new man was In chnrgo In "WethercU's place, a retired British of ficer whose natural and affected gruff ness was aggravated by the unpleas ant nature of his tasks. IIo had only one eye. Ho mado Bayard describe who and what ho was and whnt ho wanted. Only Bayard's desperation-gave him strength to ask this old Cyclops for, an advance on new contracts. Bayard went awny In a stupor. lie had Intelligence enough to feel thnt he ould less safely attack Wctherell now than before. lie would seem to be Implicated In the fellow's malfeas ance. He would only advertise to his creditors that his vaunted contracts were worthless. Business men will en dure much to escape such publication of their wrongs. Bayard kept his head high till ho reached his own office. Then he fell Into his chair and propped his elbows on his desk und gripped his hot brows In his hands as If ho were holding his kull together. It Is the business mini's attitude of prayer. II was thus that Daphne found him when she opened tho door nurrowly and clned it behind her as softly as La Tosca. She was beaming with af fection and Importance, and when at her mischievous "Ahem I" Bayard looked up she was so pretty that ho forgot himself long enougii to smllo end rush forward to embrace her. Kite was wondering how to state her errand when me telephone rang. It startled Bayard strangely. IIo caught It to hi lips a.-t a toper lifts a glass. Ffe pri'HH'd the 'rot'lvcr to his ear and evidently recognized tho volco that unlit ,'! Mlii" from somewhere. Hi' annwered In monosyllables of tie leiMt. Importance, but Dnpliue heunl i:'o'nit lu tuem. atwiiiiiiiiMMtinmniiaiMUmiionnuf Bayard hung up the receiver, pushed the telephono nway ns a bitter cup, and laughed sheepishly. "Great convenience, tho telephone! Just learned that I'vo dropped more money than I ever hoped to have. 'For wnnt of a nail the shoo was lost.' Oh well, It saves me from spending It foolishly. But If I'd had five thousand dollars My Godt if I'd had five thousand dollars." Daphne could think of nothing more helpful to say than a casual, "How's Leila?" "Don't ask me I" Bayard smiled. "Tell me. What can I do for you, honey, before I go to take some nasty medicine from the president." "Nothing dear. I hnd to come down town on nn errand, so I thought I'd run In and say '110110.'" "Well, hollo !" IIo kissed her and patted her hack with doleful tenderness and she went out of his office Into tho elevntor. Its Iron-barred door and Its clanking chnlns gave It n congenlnl prison feel ing, and the bottomless pit It dropped Into seemed even more appropriate. CHAPTER XXIV. Daphne wanted to run away from her thoughts and sho walked for a mllo or two up tho deep ravine of Broadway. Sho dared not go back to Mrs. Chlvvls Just yet with her bad news. She thought of asking Clay for a loan. Sho swept tho appalling Idea from her brain with a puff of derision. Besides, he wns out of town, Bayard had said. Sho thought of asking Tom Dunne for It. She tried to blow that Idea from her mind, but It kept drift ing bnck like n bit of stubborn thistle down. She could not outwalk It. At length sho grew so desperate that sho stopped nt a telephone booth and brnzeniy called up Duaue's num ber. He chanced to be at home. When he heard her voice he cried : "Oh Lord, It's good to hear you. Sing again, sing again, nightingale I" "I'm no nightingale. I'm a business woman, offering you an Investment." Sho told him tho whole story. Tho name of Mrs. Romllly mado him whis tle. "Old Gorgon Zola," ho called her, and added, "You're a made woman." "But the clothes aren't made, and I can't make 'em till I get some money. Would you could you advance mo a little on tho most excellent security?" "ITow much do you want? Where shall I bring it?" "Mnll two cr five hundred dollars to tho shop, will you? And I can never thank you enough." "Hush. It's me thnt thanks you. Don't you want more?" "No, thnnks." "It will bo thero In tho early mnll and I may call round later to put a mortgngo or something on tho plnce." "Good-by," she chuckled, nnd hung up tho receiver. Sho wns crying soft ly as she stole from tho blessed booth, nnd she looked less like a successful business woman than ever. Something mado her think of Wcth erell. She stopped off nt Bayard's floor and rang tho bell. Leila's new butler admitted her with pomp. Daph ne walked past hi in Into the drawing room. Leila and Wctherell were standing thero In heavy coats. They seemed to be a little shocked at seeing Dnphne. She wns horribly hurt at seeing them, but she chirruped: "Just come In?" "Just going out," Leila answered, kissing Daplino nervously. "Where?" Daplino asked, with in trepidity, as sho shook hands with Wetherell a prize-fighter's prelimi nary handshake it was. "Oil er Just motoring about a bit." "Thanks I'd love It," Daplino dared to say, almost as much nmnzed as they were at hearing her accept tho Invitation that had not been given. She wns qulfe shameless from their point of view, but she felt that It would be unpardonable to let her brother's wlfo go unrebuked or at least unaided and unchnperoncd on n cruise so perilous to reputntlon If not to chnracter. Whiio she was at the miserable business sho decided to ninke u good Job of it. When they went down to the car she squeezed In between Leila and Wetherell. Leila blanched with Jealousy and cold rage. They dined at Long Beacli and watched tho dancers, In sullen mood. Wctherell ordered much champagne nnd would not listen to Leila's pleas that he let it alone. He frightened her a llttlo by his reckless mood, and Dnphne began to dread the Journey home In the dark with chninpagnrd hands on the steering wheel. After Daphne and he had executed a funeral dance Leiln was emboldened to step out with him. They talked very enrnestly and ho seemed to hor rify her by what ho said to her. Daplino could not lmagiao whnt It was. Bayard had not told her of Weth ereil's downfall from power, Wetherell confessed his disgrace to Leila In tho dance, and Leila was sick ened with the sordld outcome of Iter romnnce. She hud played with lire and got soot on her bands. She quit the dunce and asked to bo taken home. I I I I I I I I By RUPERT HUGHES Ooprrlihl bf Ilanr A llrothon WIllWMUMlmUlll Wctherell felt thnt she had turned against him nnd he reached for the last of the wine to illug it down his throat. Leila grimly took It from his fingers nnd emptied It in the Ico bucket. "Chauffeurs nnd chnmpngne nre n bad combination," she laughed, but there was a sneer on her lips. "Oh, very well I" Wetherell sneered In turn. He paid for the dinner nnd tipped tho waiter with the lnvlshness of n bankrupt. IIo tipped lavishly the innn who guarded his car, and swung out Into the road with nn Instant speed that would have been prettier If thero had been less danger. Daphne nnd Leiln were good sports, but they were not merry. Wctherell furnished nil tho merriment, nnd his wns from wine nnd despair. It was the wine that brought out tho truth. Ho had to tell Daplino whnt he hnd told Leila, of his misfortune with his bally old government. IIo asked Daphne to explain to Bny ard how sorry he was that ho was In volved In the crnsli. "Your broth' Bnynrd's nw'fly nice fel Miss Skip. He's got nicest HT wife In worl'. Pcrf'ly good 111 girl. Straight as n string straight as they mnko 'cm. No nonsenso about HT Lell'. I Just love her perf'ly lion or'ble love. I'd do anything In worl' for Lell' or UT Miss Daffy or ol' broth' Bay'd. Tell him 'at, will you, like a goo' HT girl? Tell Bay' 'nt, wlll-11?" Daphne grew furious. Sho felt now that she lmd Justified her presence here. She held Leila fast lu her em brace nnd commanded Wetherell. "Slow down nt once I Do you henr? Slow down this .carl" Wetherell laughed : "Bless HT heart. I'm goln' take you home. You're quite shnfo with me quite. Mnn that's born to be bunged never drown or get nutomoklllcd that's good word au tomoklllcil eh, whnt?" They whipped round n somber Jut In the rond, and his searchlight painted Instantly In white outlines against tho black world a wagonload of sleepy children returning from some vlllngo church affair. They were singing, drowsily, "Merrlleo wo ro-la-long-ro-la-long." Daphne nnd Leila seemed to dlo nt once. AVetherell groaned, "Oh, my God, tho 11T chil'reu 1" Thero was nothing for Wctherell to do but whnt ho did. Ho spun his wheel and drovo his thunderbolt Into nn open concroto culvert. Thero wns a furious racket. Tho car turned a somersault and crumpled in a shud dering mass. AVetherell, pinioned under tho wheel, was knocked this wny and thnt nnd his beautiful head cracked on tho con crete like a china doll's. Leila was snntched from tho car as If invlslblo hands had caught her ex quisite body for u lash to flog a tele- Wetherell Furnished All the Merri ment and His Was From Wine and Despair. phone pole with, then threw her Into a ditch. Daplino was Hung and bat tered ami thrust under tho car when It turned over. And then tho gnsollno spilled from the shnttercd tank und caught fire. CHAPTER XXV. Underneath tho machine lay tho relics of Wetherell, who would suffer no more here. Closo by wns Dnphne Kip, whom n brief unconsciousness gave n short furlough from torture. Sho wns not allvo enough to lie nfrald of the long, lean flumes about the gasoline tank, though they kept springing nt her like wolfhounds held In n weakening leash. They hud not yet quite readied her, but they missed Iter less und less. A small distance off, Leiln lay still, In almost her first ungraceful attitude, bllvlous for a fw moments of the Cv. -. outrages the blind forces of momen tum had wreaked on her with the fury of a Hill Slkes trying to bent woman to death. The chauffeurs and passengers of cars that drew up In lengthening queues ran to the scene of WethercU's d'snstor. At first they could not seo Wcth erell, but they saw Daphne and her peril, and they set frantically to work to drag her free. Hut sho was so caught that they could not release her until they should remove the car. They pulled and henved, but It wns Jammed Into the culvert and tho ditch so tight that' they could not budge It, though they took risk enough nnd suffered blistered hands and charred clothes. At Inst one chauffeur fastened n chain to the rear axle of WethercU's car und to tho front nxlo of his, and, by nltcrnnle backing nnd swerving, dragged and hoisted Wcthorcll's enr upward and rearward while other men snatched Dnphne from beneath and away from tho llnmcs Just ns they were nibbling nt her skirts. At tho same time they disclosed tho body of Wetherell nnd with huge dif ficulty fetched it forth. Still others found Leila In a heap, a toy with broken joints. The last thing Daplino had known wns tho .sensation of being shaken to dentil, a helpless mouse lu n terrier's mouth. Tho next sho knew wns that she was seated on tho edge of u ditch und leaning against the shoulder of a kneeling woman In evening dress. A number of shadowy men nnd women wavered against the scaring glaro of tho gasoline. They arrived at last at a hospital. Daphne was lifted out nnd delivered Into tho possession of two curt young internes. She wns stretched on n lit ter, cnrrled feet foremost Into nn ele vator, down a corridor to a room, nnd rolled out on n bed. Two nurses pro ceeded to undress her nnd bnthe her. Then nn older doctor enme in nnd cx nmined her Injuries. Sho blazed with shame, one complete blush; but to him she was hnrdly more than n car brought to a garage. He nodded cheer fully nnd snld: "Not a bono broken, young lndy, nnd no Internnl derangements thnt I can discover. A few burns, that's all, and a big shock." "Is Leila hurt much?" Dnphne mumbled. i "She Is hurt a trifle worse than you. But she'll como round nil right." "I don't believe you I" snld Daphne, and sighed, "Poor Bayard I" "Who Is Bayard?" "My brother her husband." "Ah, the young man who was Tho other young man was not your hus band, then?" Dnphne shook her head. "IIo Is no relation a friend." "Perhaps we'd better notify Bnyard. What's his last name? Hus ho n tele phone?" Daphne muttered his name nnd num ber. Then her head was lifted, n enp- stile placed In her mouth, und u glass of wuter held to her lips. When sho wns restored to her pillow n sedative was within her to subdue the riot of her thoughts. She wondered what Dunne would think of her now. She remembered tho money sho hnd asked him to lend her. It would bo In tho morning's mnll. But she would not bo there to open It. Mrs. Chlvvls might not dare to. All her acquaintance Dcgan to march past Daphne's brain In revlow. Thoughts nnd hnlf-thoughts nnd whim sies danced through her mind In n car nival of stupor and frenzy, whllo to tho eyes of tho nurses she lay still and slept. In nnother room Leiln wns shriek ing nnd fighting, whimpering nnd moaning; a torn gazelle under the claws nnd fangs of tigerish pain. Ab ruptly there caiuo n lethal silence nlso from her. They hud succeeded in drugging her nt lust. When Daplino hnd left Bnyard In the afternoon sho hnd found thnt ho was depressed, but not how deeply. Sho supposed thnt his money loss wns only u fnlluro of expected profits, or tho mislinp of nn Investment. She did not dream thut ho was crippled financially. Bayard was so forlorn, so profound ly nshamed of Ills bad guesswork, that ho could not hour to show his faco nt any of his clubs that night. He had boasted thero too often of having bought heavily of the stock. IIo had persuaded too many of his friends to Invest In It; So ho went where busy men go when other places aro closed to them. He went home. When ho reached his apartment he found thut Leila had given tho servants n night out. Leila had left no word of her own plans. After a forlorn delay Buyurd culled for Daphne. She was gone, too, with no word of her return. At lust the telephone rang. A man's voice spoke and explained that It spoke from the hospital. "Is Mr. Kip there? Is this Mr. Kip? Mr. Bayard Kip? Your wife Is here, nnd your sister, and your friend Weth erell automobile accident out hero on Long Island pretty bad smash. Your wife's not very well better como out ns soon us you can." The world' reeled. Bnyard seized his hat, played a tattoo on tho elevntor hell, darted Into the street, yelled nt a taxlcab with ferocity, got In, ordered the driver to "go like hell." He kept putting his head out to howl nt him. At the hospital he questioned tho In terne fiercely about Leila and Daphne, und had evasive answers. IIo did not usk uhout Wetherell, hut tho Interne volunteered the news thut ho was deud. That made the ultimate difference. Bayard utojocd chart lu awe, hlb for head cold us If n clammy huud hud been laid on It. Death was nt work. Where would he stop? In the chill whlto ulsle of the corri dor his frenzy gnve place to u setiso of hitler cold. A chill white nurso led him past doors and doors to a room where in n white bed lay a chill whllo thing, it cylinder of cotton. Leila's face was almost invlslblo In bandages; her whole body crisscrossed nnd swnddled. She wns an ICgyptlnn princess mummied. For a moment hor soul came out of the drug nt his gasp of pity. It ran about Inside Its cocoon trying to find a nerve to pull or n muscle to slgunl to him outside. Tho mere lifting of her hnnd brought front her a moan of such woo ns canceled all Bayard's grievances ngnlnst her. Once Bayard's resentments nnd Jealousies were swept rrom his mind, his old love came hack throbbing and in'2 WMtMF He Wns So Grateful, So Eager to B Deceived That He Forgot Her Stato and Clutched Her Hand Hard and Kissed It In Gratitude. leaping. Ills very soul bled nnd he dropped to his knees, his utni thrown across that bundle of wreckage which had been his choice among the world's benuties. He was soon dragged front his com munion with his once-more uncon scious bride by the young doctor, who lifted lil tit up with tho unprnctlccd diplomacy of Internes nnd led him aside, grumbling: "Say, what you try ing to do? Kill her? She's weak and her heart's fiurterlng. Cheer her up if you can. It you can't, you can't stny. Better not stay, unywny." Buyurd npologl.ed cruvenly and promised bettor behavior, nnd wns permitted to steal hack to Leila. IIo took her one undamaged luind; It was as beautiful us the severed hand of it Greek, statue, nnd as marbllsh white und cold. Tho Interne led him nt length out Into tho corridor. And now Bnyard remembered that lie hud nlso n sister, an only sister, In this sumo tavern of pain. Ills heart went out to her. lie remembered, too, that they had n fa ther und n mother to tell or deceive. The Interne assured hint thnt Daphne's Injuries woro slight. Sho looked sad enough when ho peered in nt her, though she wns far from tho dreary estate of Leila. Sho wns nslcep, but she wnko nt tho sound of his step, nnd, turning her bond with effort, ripened her eyes nnd smiled at him feebly und whispered his nnmo, nnd beckoned to him with ono weak finger. Daphne's heart itched nut to him; she hugged him us hurt! us her wenlc nrnis would let her. Sho scorched her mind for comfort. She could think of nothing so comforting Just now ns n heurty, reinsuring He. Sho whispered: "It's all my fnult, honey. You see, Mr. Wctherell wns tuklng mo out for n ride. I met Leila. She told mo you telephoned you weren't coining homo for dinner. She looked so lonely thnt I asked her to come along and chnp eron us. I'm to hlnmo for It all. Can you ever forgive mo?" He was so grateful, so eagor to be deceived, that he forgot her stato nnd clenched her hand hard and kissed It In grafltudo for u priceless boon. Tho nurse, returning, saw the deed and smiled, not knowing what Joy Bayard was tuklng In absolving Leila of sus picion and loading himself with blame. At such a time wo love to bow our own heads In hliiime und cast ashes upon our hair. The taste of ashes In the mouth Is good nt such a time. Daphne's firht visitor after Buyurd wns Mrs. Chlvvls. "Oh, my dear I" she murmured. "I rend lu tho papers about your misfor tune. Such u night us I hud spent 1 I wus so afraid for you I And to think that you were lying here In such palnl And I might have helped you." Daplino smiled, and they clasped hands llko tho two splendid llttlo busU iiess women they were. "How's the shop?" Daplino asked. "I haven't been there." "It Isn't open, then?" "No, Indeed. With you here?" (TO IIB CONTINURD.) Scale Reveals 8almon's Age. A single scale from a salmon wTU tell Its owner's ago und whether tho fish's pickings have been slim or tho opposite. When viewed through n nil ctoscopo tho scale will reveal tiny lines, which hnvc developed nt the ruto of 10 a your. Lines crowded close prove thut the salmon has been llvlug high. Dues widely ttpread Indicate a liCAat diet. ,. . APPEAL FOR SEEDS Chinese Authorities Ask Help of United States. American Forestry Association Inter, ested In Important Work Official Tells of Urgent Need of Refor estation In Europe. Flood-stricken China wants seed from tho United States, for an uctlro policy of reforestation hns been start ed. With this end In view, It Is nn lotts to start a system of seed ox change with the United States. Re quest for co-operation has been re ceived by the American Forestry asso ciation from Forsytho Sherfcsee, ad viser In forestry of the ministry of ng rtcultttro nnd commorce, Peking. Tlila work Is to bo Inaugurated along tha lino of the Peklng-Hntikow railway. P. S. Rldsdale, secretary of tho American Forestry association, who has been notified by Mr. Sherfcsee oC tho kinds of seed Chlnn has to ex; chnngo for thoso which nre needed there, will bo glnil to Inform anybody, on this subject. All thoso who have seed suitable to the northern condi tions lu China, and who desire to help In this great work, nro advised to write to him. Plans for the help which is to b rendered to France, Belgium and Italy, by tho American Forestry association. In reforesting their dovastatcd areas, nro now under wny. Secretary llttlo dale has recently returned front Eu rope. "No finer memorial can bo erected by tho American people," he snld, "than' largo tracts of forest In Kuropa to take tho plnco of those which helped to hold the Hun back from Paris. Inquiries nnd offers of co-operation nro coming In from nil over tha country. About ono and one-half mil lion ncres of forest in France have been destroyed by shell fire or used for military purposes, and practically nil of Belgium's forests having any, timber vnluo was cut down by the Ger mans nnd used cither In Belgium or sent bnck to Germany, while fully -150,-000 ncres of Great Britain's forests one-hulf of her total forest area went for wnr work." Exploration Tower. At Tnllaferro field, Texas, Inst sum mer huninn credulity registered up to the nth degree. A tall wooden skeleton wns being erected near tho flying field for eventual ttso as an observation tower. Construction wns delayed for several months, and In that time tho nvlators spent many Idlo moments ex plaining the tower. "Ono of the victims, whose luibltat was nearer tho cactus than tho cities, startled the local newspaper office ono morning with this story: "Say, I'vo Just found out for suro whnt that tower they'ro building out nt tho field Is for, You know them llyer fellows that went out In two ulr plnncs nbout three weeks ago and uover cnnio bnck? Well, they're up there 10,000 feet up; tiey rati out of gasoline nnd couldn't get back. They'ro starving to death and the other boys nro building thnt tower to climb up nnd get 'cm down. I got this straight, right from ono of tho aviators out at the field, so I know It's true." Chris tian Herald. Chloroform Administered by Tube. A now method of ndmlnlstorlng chlo roform, brought out In Franco by Doc tor Gulsez, Is described In Scientific American. Tho doctor no longer ap plies the drug by tho usual compress or musk pluced over the mouth, but Introduces tho chloroform vnpor direct ly Into the lungs through n tube running Into tho windpipe. Tho tuho method has already been employed In several hundred cases, and with great success. Besides being very useful for opera tions to he performed on the head und neck, It Is of great Interest becauso It never produces nausea. . Tho effects of the now method will servo to explain the reason why chlo roform operations nlwuys produced nutisea when operating by tho fonnor method, for It nppeurs evident that tho iiatiseu was caused by n part of tho chloroform vapors being absorbed by, tho esophagus and the stomach. Flying In England. Tho big Hngllsh dallies now publish as part of their regular weather re port a chart showing tho direction and velocity of tho wind at 1,000, 2,000, .'1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 feet In tho most Important centers. Passenger air planes are being built to curry it pilot und two piissengers, Tho body of tho machine is nil inclosed saloon-cnblu with windows, built llko a llmouslno motorcar. When tho windows aro closed there Is no more noise thnn there would be In an express train. There are well-padded leather seats, electric lighting and heating and a tablo for the use of tho two passengers as they sit facing each other. And thero Is a special cabin for baggage. Tho machines aro expected to mnko 1525 miles nn hour. Toronto Telegram. Swords for War Notables. A number' of famous British war commnnders are soon to be presented by tbu city of London with swords of honor nnd tho freedom of the city. Tho commanders to be thus honored are Admiral Jelllcoe, Admlr.il Beatty, Field MnrMial French. Field Marshal Hnlg nnd General Allenby. Th swords, designed nnd fashioned by th Goldsmiths und Silversmiths compaay of Loudon, nre In 13-karttt cold, richly jeweled and ornmneatvd la eautl and tvllrf work. 4'M ,