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The Thirteenth Commandment
DAPHNE AGAIN TURNS TO CLAY, BUT AS THEY PLAN FOR
THE FUTURE A NEW BLOW FALLS.
, Synopsis, Clay Wlmburn, n young Now Yorker on n visit to Cleve
land, meets pretty Daphne Kip, whose brother Is In the same onico with
Clny In Wnll street. After n whirlwind courtship they become engaged.
Dnplino room to New York with lier mother to buy her trousseau.
Dnphne's brother, Hnyard, hns just mnrrled nnd left for Kuropo with his
bride, Leila. Dnplino nnd her mother Instnlt themselves In Hayard's (Int.
Dnplino meets Tom Diiane, ninn-nbouMown, who seems grcntly at
tracted to her. Dnplino accidentally discovers that Clay Is penniless,
except for his salary. Haynnrd and his wife return to New York unex
pectedly. The three women set out on a shopping excursion and the two
younger women buy expensive gowns, having them charged to linynrd.
Uayurd Is furious over tins expense, seeing hard times ahead. Daphne,
indlgnnnt, declares she will earn her own living and breaks her engage
ment with Clay. Through an Introduction by Dunne, Daphne Induces
lichen, n tlientrlcnl magnate, to give her u position In one of his com
panies. Her first rehearsal Is n fiasco, but Ileben, at Dunne's reipiest,
gives her another chance. Sudden Illness of Miss Keinble, the Btnr,
gives Daphno her chuiicc, but her acting Is nllsmnl failure. She Is con
soled by Tom Dunne.
CHAPTER XII Continued.
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Satan or Itnplincl had whispered to
her an Invitation to revisit the sceno
of her late humiliation with Clay. With
Dunne's magic purse there would bo
no danger of n snub from the waiters ;
with his own car there would bo no
risk of footing It home.
Then an imp of mischief spoko for
her nnd said, "All right 1"
Duano told tho chauffeur and the
car Bliot llko n Javelin from the lighted
street Into tho deep forcst-nlght of
Central park.
What would Clay say? But, after
all, ho had fulled her In n crisis. Per
haps ho had turned his heart else
where. Men wcro Impatient, vindic
tive, fickle.
When Clnrcmont was reached nnd
Dunne hnnded Miss Kip out ho noted
thnt her hnnd was hotter thnn his own
nnd n little quick to escape, her faco
was Hushed and her lips parted as If
with excitement. He assumed that
the speed of tho ride and the tang of
ndventuro were to blame.
Whllo tho waiters were serving the
supper and whllo ho was attacking it
with tho frank appetite of honest hun
ger she recounted the evening's dis
aster as calmly as If It were the story
of somebody else. In fact, sho was
stnndlng oft nnd rcgnrdlng herself with
tho eyes of an alien. Wo chnngo so
fast that tho persons wo wero yester
day aro already strangers, and their
nets tho acts of distant relatives. Her
cnlm was rcnlly the numbness of
shock. Tho anguish would como to
morrow. "I can't understand myself nt all,"
Dnplino snld. "1 went through every
ono of the motions, but I couldu't
rench the nudlcnco once. I was like n
singer with n bad cold singing in a
foreign language you don't know what
tho song Is nil nbout, but you know
that It never qulto gets on tho key."
"You mustn't bo discouraged."
j "Oh, yes, I must! I couldn't bo an
uctress In a thousand years. Mr. Bat
terson told me so himself.'
Duano felt tho truth of this, but It
hurt him to hnvo her feel It. It of
fended his chlvnlry to rcnllzo how Ira
pollto fnto could bo to so pretty n girl.
Ho hntcd to see her reduced to tho
necessity of proving how plucky sho
could be. Ho tried to find un cscupo
for her. Ho said:
"You're fnr too good for tho stngo."
"I don't believe thnt for n minute,"
she protested. "But l'vo got to tlnd
something I can do."
"May I help you to decide?"
"If you only would 1 But I'm getting
to be n nuisance."
"You nro a n to mo you nro n
well, you'ro not n nuisance."
no dnrod not tell her what sho was,
especially as tho waiter had set tho
bill at his elbow and was standing off
in an attltudo of ill-concealed Impa
tience for tho tip, which ho know
would bo large. Mr. Duano ulways
gave tho normal ten per cent nnd u
bit 'extra. Ho tipped wisely but not
too well, knowing that nn extravagant
tip wins it waiter's contempt almost
more than none nt all. The hend wnitcr
fairly cooed "Good night" and almost
gavo them a blessing.
The sturtcr had Mr. Duuno's car
waiting for him at the curb and lifted
his hat with ono hand as ho smuggled
a quarter away with the other. Ho
stepped In to lay tho linen laprobo
over their knees with reverence, closed
tho door exquisitely nud murmured,
"Good night I"
The car was nn aristocrat; It float
ed from tho cutb with u swanllkc
sweep.
Daphne thought of Clay and herself
plodding homeward. Sho seemed to
sco them or their wraiths staggering
disconsolately along. Sho felt very
sorry for them. Hero was a chanco to
save ono of them both of them,, In
fact; for In taking her financial bur
den from Clay's shoulders sho would
be twlco strengthening him. If she
wero to accept Duano as her husband
then her problems would bo solved
nnd Clay would bo free of her.
To ho Mrs. Tom Duano; to Btep Into
tho society of society; to lift her father
und mother from a position of meek
By
ness In Cleveland to n post of distinc
tion In New York; to solve nt onco nil
tho hateful, lonthsome, belittling rid
dles of money ; to bo the bejewcled and
feted and idolized wife nud mistress of
this young American grand duke; to
buy that Impossible trousseau, or bet
ter; to live In a New York palace In
stead of n flat; to go about In her own
limousine Instend of an occasional tax
lenb; to be fortune's darling Instend
of a member of tho working clnsscs,
struggling nlong with bent neck under
a yoke besldo u discouraged luborlng
man 1
When the car reached her building
sho was resolved to sco Duano no
more. She could not tell him so. After
all, ho had been everything that was
courtesy and charity. It would hardly
She Stared at Her Image In the Mirror.
hnvo been pollto to trent him with ah
soluto Indifference. Dunne got down
and helped her out and took her to
the door, which was luciccd nt this late
hour. Whllo they wnlted for the door-
mnn to nnswer the bell she was pay
ing him his wages:
"You aro wonderfully kind. I had a
gorgeous evening. You saved my life."
She had said more than sho Intend
ed If not more than he had earned.
"Then may I cull soon?"
"Of course."
"Tomorrow?"
"I well, I'll let you know."
Tine I Telephone me at I'll
write It out for you. I'm not often nt
the club whero you found me, and my
number Isn't In tho book." Ho wrote
on his card his telephone address and
gavo It to her as the doorman np
poured. Ho murmured, "Don't forget." She
murmured, "I won't." Both said
"Good night." Then tho doorman gath
ered her In and hoisted her to her
lowly eyrie. It was very different
from where she would have gono as
Mrs. Duano.
But when she was In her room she
tore his card to pieces after sho had
looked nt it. Sho stared at her Imngo
In the mirror. She hated what sho saw
there.
Sho vowed to break her promlso to
Tom Dunne. She vowed to forget his
tclephono number. But It danced
about In tho durk long after sho had
closed her eyes.
Tho next morning sho overslept even
beyond tho extra hour tho Chlvvlscs
permitted themselves and the stranger
within their gates on Sundays.
When Daphuo appeared at break
fast, trying not to yawn, Mrs. Chlv
vls greeted her with a volco as cold
and dry as the toast, and ns brittle :
"You wero rather lato getting In
last night or this morning, rather."
Daphne's answer wns not an expla
nation, but It was better:
"Oh, I know It, Mrs. Chlvvls, but I
lost my position Inst night. Yes! I
played tho principal part and killed It,
and now I'm not going on tho stngo any
I more."
RUPERT HUGHES
Mrs. Chlvvls was touched. "You
poor child 1 It really Is Just loo bad l"
She pondered, then she brightened:
"I'm sorry you'ro disappointed, but I'm
glnd you'ro not to be In tho theater.
It must bo very wicked."
"It's mighty difllcult," snld Dnplino.
Mrs. Chlvvls thought a moment
more, then sho said :
"Did I tell you? No, I don't be
lieve I did you wero nwuy but Mr.
Chlvvls gets his vncatlon next week.
He's got to tnko It when his turn
comes. Tho man who was going now
couldn't bo spared, so we have to leave
Tuesday. I'm going, of course, so I
ciin't give you your meals. You cun
get your breakfasts In the kitchenette.
Of course I'll allow oft whatever Is
right."
"Oh," Daphne said. "I'll be all right,
I guess."
Daphne had not realized how much
sho depended on Mrs. Chlvvls till now.
Sho wns to bo left alone at the very
time when sho was most In need of
society. The whole world was forsak
ing her.
CHAPTER XIII.
When the Chlvvlscs had gono Daph
no assailed tho task of composing her
letter of resignation from lichen's em
ploy. It wns not ensy to resign with
dignity and the necessary haste.
She sent It off by messenger. It was
nouo too prompt, for Itcben had al
ready dictated n very pollto request
for Daphne's hend. When ho received
her letter ho recalled his stenographer
and dictated n sttbstltuto for his first
letter. In this he expressed his regret
ut learning Daphne's decision to re
sign ; tho former understudy hnd como
buck from the rond, ho snld, and would
resume her work. He begged Daphne
to accept the Inclosed check for two
weeks' snlnry In lieu of tho usual no
tice, and hoped that she would believe
him faithfully hers.
Daphne felt a proud Impulso to re
turn the fifty dollars. Sho wrote a
letter to go with It. Sho looked again,
nud snw It wns the first money she hnd
ever earned. She hated to let It go.
She decided to frame It und keep It to
point to in nfter years as the begin
ning of her great fortune.
Lntc in the afternoon, when the
western sky wns turning Into a loom
for crimson tapestries almost ns rich
as her own dreams, sho went to her
brother's apartment.
There the New Girl found the Old
Woman in tho throes of finance. Leila
had brought her check book and her
bank book to her husband. Her af
fairs wero in a knot.
Ho laughingly offered to help her.
She was hurt by his laughter, but not
lw'f so deeply ns he was by his dis
covery of her monetary condition. Ho
had established her bank account In
a mood of adoration, u precious sacri
fice on tho altar of love. She had not
cherished It, but scattered It heed
lessly. And money was peculiarly
precious now In tho flnnl agonies of
the hard times, when only tho fittest
of tho llttest could survive the Inst
tests. Credit was the water cask, and
dollars wcro the hard biscuits of n
boatload of survivors from a wreck.
Lund might be reached If they held
out, but self-denial was vital.
Bayard gazed nt Leila with wonder
ing lovo and terror. She wns both
divinity nnd devil In his eyes. Ho
groaned:
"Are you trying to wreck mo? You
know how hard I'm working and how
much I need money in my business
nnd how much it menus to your future,
but you won't stop buying and churg
lug nnd burning my poor little earn
ings. Wo discharged u stenographer
yesterday because wo wanted to save
her salary of fifteen dollars and
here's n check for u pnlr of shoes for
you that cost sixteen.
"But tell mo one thing more before
I'm carted off to Bloomlugdalu In u
strultjncket. Why, In heaven's name,
why admitting you just had to have
that pitiful llttlo pair of shoes why,
when you wrote tho check, didn't you
subtract It from your balance Instead
of adding It? lnskyou!"
"Oh, did I do thut?" she asked, look
ing over his shoulder. "So I did I" and
she put her cheek closo to his and
giggled.
Ho shook his head in imbecile Infat
uation, und drew her around Into his
arms.
That wns what Daphne overheard
when the mnld let her In. She found
Lelln resting In Bayard's lap.
Bayurd did not tell Daphne what his
conference with Lelln hnd been. Ho
simply closed tho check book and the
bank book nud snld to Lelln : "I'll send
tho bunk my check for thirty-eight
cents and nsk 'cm to closo their ac
count. They'll bo mighty glad to
do It."
"And so will I," snld Leila. "It was
nwfully hard work keeping track of
every little penny. I'd much rather
have a regular allownnco In cash ev
ery week."
"All right 1" sold Bayard, "Well try
thnt next week."
Daphne was not told what all this
talk was nbout, but sho mndo a fair
guess, though sho pretended not to.
Sho told about her failure and her
future and Lelln praised her courage
nnd her optimism. They dined cheer
fully and liayard decided that the best
preparation for the hard work ahead
of him would be an evening of gayety.
Ho Invited his wife and his sister to
go with him to the Winter Garden,
where the typical "Sunday concert" of
New York was given.
CHAPTER XIV.
Then tho Chlvvlscs came hack from
their vacation unexpectedly early. They
had found the hotels expensive and
Mr. Chlvvls was afraid that his Job
would be snatched from him If he
were not there to hold It down.
Clay called on Daphne that evening
nnd the Chlvvlscs retreated to their
own room. But as they could be over
heard It was evident that they could
overhear, and the lovers found no
chance to say any of the things thut
frightened their souls.
One evening Daphne snld to Clay In
ns low a voice as ho could hear: "Mrs.
Chlvvls Is growing uneasy, honey,
nbout our being together every eve
ning. I told her we were engaged, but
sho didn't seem convinced. Perhaps
you would let me wear that beautiful
engagement ring again. I was a fool
to give It back to you. May I have It
or"
Clay blenched In misery. "I I'm
afraid I You see, I hadn't paid
much on It; nud last week I had nn In
sulting letter from the jeweler. He
threatened to sue me and .notify my
firm, nnd I well, I had to send It
back."
Ho was so downenst thnt she an
swered with mock cheer: "Oh, Hint's
all right, honey; It doesn't matter.
After all, It's only u ring. And we
hnvo each other."
"But wo haven't each other. This
way of living Is driving me crnzy. I'll
be nil right as soon as these hard
times are over nnd I can make some
commissions. But It's so dismal to
wait. Couldn't we get married nnd
live on my salary?"
"I could If yo.u could."
Ho caught her In his arms so vio
lently that she squealed.
Tho next day Clay telephoned to her
his firm had just offered him the
choice of accepting half his salary or
turning In his resignation. It was
rcnlly impossible for two to live on
half of what was hardly enough for
one.
Daphne cried a long whllo In her
room. She got out her list of ways to
earn fifty thousand dollars again nnd
cried over that.
There is much foolish und futile pro
test against the nowadays woman who
goes Into business outside her home.
But the fact Is that It Is her business
thnt began It. Her business left the
home first and she Is merely following
It to the places where new conditions
and inventions have centralized and
mechanized it.
New conditions have taken her
distaff and her washtub and her cook
ery nnd gossip Into the woolen mills
nnd steam laundries and restaurants
nnd telephone exchanges. She has had
to go thither to do her necessary work.
Even the entertainers, the singers,
dancers, tellers of stories, who used
to etlr the seraglios and the castle
halls have been guthercd Into opera
houses nnd theaters and into vaude
ville und moving picture palaces.
Daphne, having no gifts for spin
ning, cooking, or laundry, tried the
theater. Her old-fashioned lover pro-
r
Do That?" She Asked,
Over His Shoulder.
tcs
o went, anyway. But
Itert to tho theater, nnd
she
,wlth nothing to show for
except her shattered
the fifty-doUar check for
wo .weeks' salary.
Dabhue beenn nnow to hunt for
work; work, the ' blessing that
kills time and iuiu . . . ., and tamos
mu $?
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pas. ion. But the world seemed to bo
full of every other trouble except
work. Even hnd she been skilled, ns
she wns not, It would have uvallcd her
little, since skilled laborers were be
ing turned off by the tiiousauds. And
unskilled laborers were being turned
off by the tens of thousands.
Clay had saved nothing against the
rainy season. lie had found his salary
too small for his courtship requisites;
now that his salary was halved his
courtship hud to be reduced to the
minimum of expense.
Bayard and Lelln had more money
to spend, and they made ambitious
voyages. But Daphno nnd Clay must
swelter with the other stay-at-houio
millions. Clay denied himself even the
two weeks' vacation allotted to him.
Bayard took his, however, und carried
Leila Had Decided That It Was Better
for Her Health to Stay at Newport
Till the Cooler Weather Came and
Her Summer Wardrobe Had Been
Vorn Out.
I.ella off to Newport, where they
hoarded humbly, If expensively.
While they were gone, at their sug
tt'tluH, Daphne moved down Into
their npnrtment. It was largo end
beautiful, und, as Clay said, It was
"not Infested with Chlvvlscs."
Now and then Clay quarreled with
Daphne becnuse of her. obstinate de
termination to have u trade of her
own. Then they made up. And quar
reled anew lovers' quarrels, summer
storms thnt break the sultry tension
of the air und make peace endurable.
Bayard came back alone. Leila
had decided that It was better for
her health to stay at Newport till
the cooler weather came and her
summer wardrobe had been worn out.
So rhtyard Joined the army of
town-tied husbands, the summer wid
owers. He went back onco a week '
on furlough to spend n Newport Sab
hath with his wife. He became one
of the Frldny-nlght-to-Mondny-morn-Ing
excursionists. There was leisure j
enough In his olllce.
lie Insisted on Daphne's keeping
her room In his apartment, and of
evenings he nfllxed himself to her I
and Clay and mndo their company a (
crowd. Hut they welcomed him as n
chaperon of a sort. Also, he paid his
way with liberality, except for occa
sional spasms of retrenchment, when
he economized ntroclously. He pre- ,
dieted that good times would never
come again. Tiie wnoic worm nan ;
gone to pot and would never come
out. i
Suddenly he changed bin tune; sud- '
denly the whisper went about that
hard times were ending.
In his bachelor days, when Bayard
.as growing In commercial stature
like a young giant, he had regarded
his business with nil the warmth of
a poet. Ills olllce building wns his
Acropolis and his olllce the peculiar I
templo of his muse; and her nnmo
was Trout, lie thrilled like a poet
to the epic Inspiration of u big snle, i
and he knew a joy akin to the poet's
revision of his scansion If he devised
a scheme for reducing overhead !
charge or wastage.
Bayard, led on by tho visions
of riches to be won In Wall
street, draws all hlo savings
from the bank and begins spec
ulatlng In stocks. Then at far
off Sarajevo rang out the shot
that plunged the world Into the
frightful nightmare of war.
Bayard was among the first
casualties. Read about It In the
next Installment
(TO DK CONTINUED.)
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