RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF The Thirteenth Commandment 8wiiwiijtiiiiitniUMiiiini"i"imn'wM'viitinmni'ii' CHAPTER XVI Continued. 11 "I'll buy myHclf a picture of you." .She told of her IoiikIuk for n photo graph of lilin, hut did not tell him of tier need of It us talisman, lie laughed aloud at this Incredible wy of spending money, till Hho begun mid denly to cry. lie hud no answer to that argument except yes. Then she began to laugh. They decided to atop at u photographer's ,on the way to the live-thirty train. Daphne ran out nnd cashed Itcben'f check at the grocer's much to the re lief of lichen's bookkeeper, whoso books had been held up by the missing check. Daphne naked for the privilege of taking her father to the train, nnd Bayard was so busy figuring where to put the cash he had on hand that he consented to stop at home. They went first to the gallery of n photographer whose hlimv-cn.se bad displayed some strong and veracious portraits ot men. Tho photographer's prices Btaggered Daphne and she pro tested, but he nnswered dolefully: "I'd give ii thousnild dollars, for ono photograph of my father." That settled It. After the sitting Dnphne nnd her father proceeded to the station. Sho Btoppcd nt tho gato because she had neither n ticket for tho trnln nor a platform pass from the station master. Sho watched him dwindling down tho long platform. Ho was n mere manikin when ho reached his place and waved to her before he vanished through the tangle door of the train. Sho waved to him with her hnndker chief, nnd when ho was gone sho bur led her eyes In It. Her partings with her father had marked epochs In her life. She wondered what destiny would do to her between now nnd the next one. She felt forlorn, afraid for his llfo on the train, afraid for her soul In tho perils before It, and so sorry for him and for herself that she could not help boo-hoolng a little. Destiny did not keep her waiting, for while she was strangling her sobs as best sho could she heard u voice over her shoulder. It said: "Aim, gel, nt last I hnvo you In mo power." "Mr. Duancl" sho gasped, b sho turned to meet his smile with another. "And where have you been nil this long while?" "A lot you'vo enred," ho growled. "Did you ever telcphono me ns you promised you would? No! Were you nlwnys but when I telephoned? Yes I Did you let mo call on you? You did not I When at last It penetrated my thick hide that you wei 1 actually giv ing me it hint that you didn't want me round and that you hnd thrown mo overboard, neck nnd crop, I grew very proud. I refused to call on you ngaln." "I'm nwfully sor-ry," sho said, and her voice broke. "Sorry" was n dangerous word for Iter nt that moment, and her sobs were beginning again, when he mnde a vig orous effort to talk them down. Tho crowds In the station were too well preoccupied with their own er rands to notice a girl crying, nnd to tho gnteman farewell tears wero no luxury. Dunne tried tho best ho could to help her. He was saying: "And now I sup 'poso I've got to miss my train and my "I'd Give a Thousand Dollars for One Photograph of My Father." igolf and all that while I take you home in n taxi. You're fnr too pretty to bo running nround looso In u mob like this." She shook her head. "You mustn't miss your trnln, Mr. Dunne, or your ,golf. I'm used to going about nlono, and I've got to get usedcr to It. I'm going homo In the subway. Goodby nnd thank you." Sho put out her hand formally, nnd ho took It. It was lllco n soft, sun- j wanned flower In hlB palm, and ho Iclung to It Its warmth seemed to ''wssjnIW reach through his blood to his heart niitl to make it ache. "I must go. Yon can't put mo off ngaln I" he said. "I will tnko you home I" Ho turned to call a redcap standing In solemn patience hestdc two traveling bags and a bristling golf nag. 'Torter, take my things to tho parcel room and bring me the check." "No," said Daphne, hastily. "I mustn't! You mustn't! Really I I mean It! flood-by!" She walked away so rapidly that ho could not follow her without unseemly haste. She heard him call, sharply: "I'ortor, never mind the parcel room. Come along to the train." Her success In escaping him was so complete that she rather regretted It. When she reached the npartment sho found Leila almost prostrated from tho effects of her ultrulsm nnd from tho fact that liayard was in ono of his tantrums. A special delivery letter had Just como from Dutllh's shop. It said that Mr. Dutllh was arriving from Paris with his winter models, and since ho would have to pay n largo sura nt tho customs house 11 wns regrettably nec essary to beg Mr. Kip to send by re turn mail a check for tho Inclosed bill, which was long past due. And now the briefly adjourned lnws of finance were reassembled. Leila's short reign was over; her cxtravaganco had again found her out nnd demanded punishment. The gown sho hud bought, and was asked to pay for, hnd been worn shabby, danced to shreds In Newport. Hut tho bill was ns bright ns ever. liayard was so fagged with his weeks of discouragement that ho was as irascible as n veteran of the gout whose toe has been stopped on. when Daphno walked in he was denouncing Leila in excellent form. Ho used Daphno ns u further c'ub. "My poor sister sent buck the gown sho bought I But you you bought more 1" Daphne realized how much this would endear her to Leila nnd sho took Immediate flight. She found tho Chlvvlses In a state of tension. Mr. Chtvvls wns not usually homo before half-past six. Daphuc felt an omen in the way they looked nt her when they acknowledged her entrance. Sho went to her room In a stato of foreboding misery She had not paid her board for several weeks. Sho had not mentioned the fact to Mrs. Chtvvls, nor Mrs. Chtvvls to her, though tho nonpayment of n board bill Is ono of the self-evident truths that landladies usually discuss with freedom. A few minutes Inter Mrs. Chlvvls tapped on the door, her thimble rank ing a sharp elude. Sho brought her sewing with her nnd sewed as sho said: "May I sit down u moment? Thank you." Sho kept her eyes on tho scan while sho talked. "Well, Miss Kip, the war 1ms reach ed us nlso nt last. My husband lost his position today." "Yes? Oh, how horrible 1" Daphno gasped, with double sincerity. "Tho olllco wns closed unexpectedly by an Involuntary petition In bankrupt cy. His salary was not palil last week nor this, and well wo don't want to Inconvenience you, but " "I understand," snld Daphno. "I'll give you what I can." Sho took her poor little wealth from her handbag. Sho hnd paid ten of the llftv to the photographer as n deposit. She gnvo Mrs. Chlvvls twenty-flvo dol lars, and promised her more. Mrs. Chlvvls was very grateful nnd went down the hall, smiling n Uttlo over her seam. Clay called that evening, no wns exhausted with a day of tramping tho town, looking for work. He was too weary to talk nnd he fell nslcep twice during one of Mr. Chlvvls' commen taries on tho probnblo effects of the Imminent rupture of Paris by the Ir resistible Germans. Tho French gov ernment had nlready moved to Bor deaux nnd But Clny had read It all In n dozen different newspapers, and ho passed uwny. Daphne wns restless. Mr. Chlvvls was on her nerves. Clny was not pretty, nslcep, sitting with his jaw dropped nnd his hands hanging down, palms forward, llko nil ape's. She was enjoying another of the woes of mar riage without Its privileges. The Chlvvlses began to yawn, nnd Mrs. Chlvvls Anally bade tho startled Clay "flood evening." She hnd been brought up to believo that It was In dellcato for u woman to bid a mnn "flood-night." Clay, left nlono with Daphne, at tempted n drowsy caress, but sho felt Insulted nnd sho snapped at b!m: "If you're only walking ta your sleep you'd better walk yourself out of hero nnd go to bed." Ills apology wns Incoherent and sho was Indignantly curt with him at tho door. She went to her room and fat at tho window, staring down nt the dark swnrm of ' watchers beforo the bulletin boards. She had told her brother that sho did not have to starve or sin, because sho hnd a 'father, u brother, n lover to protect her from want. And' now her father and her brother and her lover wero nil in dlro predicament, staggering blindly In u fog of debt. By RUPERT HUGHES OopTrintrt by Darpcr & Brothers Supposo her father's trnln run off the track or Into another trnln. A sprend rail, a block signal overlooked, u switch left unlocked, might bring doom upon his train as on so many others. Sho shivered at the horror of her father's loss. She shivered ngaln ut the thought of what It would menu to her. Suppose tho Chlvvlses turned her out. why should they feed her for nothing when their own future was endangered? Whut could Bayard do for her? or Clay? There was Mr. Duane, of course; but she could not take his money without paying him. And In what coin could she pay him? She trembled, nnd the breeze turned gla cial. Tho next morning wns nnothcr day of the same shoddy pattern. She rose unrefreshed with only her fenrs re newed. Sho borrowed the Chlvvlses newspaper nnd, skipping the horrid advertisements of foreign bnrbnrlty and American 'dismay, turned to the last pages. Tho "Situations Wanted" columns wero eloquently numerous nnd tho "Help Wnnted Female" col umns were few; still, she made a list of such places ns there were. Sho wrote letters to nil sorts of peoplo who gave newspaper letter-box ad dresses, and she went out to call on all sorts of people who gavo their street numbers. Tho letters she wrote were not an swered at nil. She lost her postage as she had lost her car fares. It seemed as if the end of the world, or at least tho breakup of its civilization, had ar rived without warning and without refuge. CHAPTER XVII. Daphne hnd not told Mrs. Chlvvls of her financial plight, nor of her fa ther's, nor her brother's. She had simply let the days of payment go pnst one by one. She snw n chillier i glitter in Mrs. Chlvvls' eyo nnd there was a constant restraint upon tho con versation for many days. Mr. Chlvvls was nt homo most of tho tluo now, sitting about In his old clothes to savo the others, no and his wlfo nnturally talked of Daphne. Sometimes she overheard their under tones. Each seemed to urge tho other to tho attack. Finally, ono evening Mrs. Chlvvls made so bold ns to call on Daphne In her room, nnd to say, after much improvising: "I dislike to speak of it, Miss Kip, but well or you see the fact Is If you Tho grocer is sending round In the morning for his lust week's bill, and if it's not Inconvenient " Dnphne felt sick with shnme, but she hud to confess, "I can't tell you how sorry I am, but I haven't any." "Really? That's too bad!" Mrs. Chlvvls said. She was hardly sorrier for herself than for Dnphne. Sho tried to brighten them both with hope. "But you expect no doubt you expect soon to" "I've oeen looking for for fiomo work to do, but there doesn't Bceru to be nny." "Oh, I see!" snld Mrs. Chlvvls, con firmed In her suspicions nnd reduced to silence. Daphno went on, after swallowing several cobblestones: "Rut, of course. I've no right to bo entlng your food nnd stuylng on hero ns n guest. And I suppose I'd better glvo up my room, so that you enn tnko In somebody who can pny." Mrs. Chlvvls was close, but she1 was not up to nn eviction, nnd she gasped. "Oh, really! I hardly think I shouldn't like" Her hnrd volco crackled like nn Iclclo snapping off the caves in a spring sun ; nnd beforo either of them qulto understood It tho hard eyes of both thawed; tears streamed, and they were In euch other's nrms. Dnphno was tho better weeper of tho two. Poor Mrs. Chlvvls could not bo really lavish even with tears; but she did very well, for her. Immediately they felt years better acquainted old friends nil of a sud den. They were laughing foolishly when nn npologetlc knock on the open door Introduced Mr. Chcvvls, who would no more have crossed tho sill than ho would havo broken Into tho temple of Vesta. Ills name was Chlv vls, not Clodlus. Tho surprised eyes of Daphne threw him Into confusion, but he said: "I've been thinking, Miss Kip, that If you really want to work nnd nren't too particular whut ut maybe 1 could get you n plnco nt my old office, with tho publishing house. They turned me off, hut the receivers nro trying to keep tho business going. Not much pny, lint something's always better'n noth ing." "Anything Is better thnn nothing," snld Dnphne, "and It might be n begin ning." Sho applied tho next dny and the firm accepted her. Now Dnphno was truly a working woman; not n dramatic nrtlst with pe culiar hours, but a toller by tho clock. Sho entered tho office of tho compnny nt half-past eight, punched her num ber on tho tlma register, nnd sot to work nddrcsslng lnrgo envelopes. Sho wrote nnd wrote and wroto till twelve ; at ono sho took up her pen again, nnd tho afternoon went In an endless re iteration of dip nnd write, till five thirty. Then she Joined tho home-going panic nnd took the crowded sub way to Columbus circle. Sho plodded tho treadmill, till nt tho end of the sixth dny, her forty eighth hour of transcribing nnmes nnd addresses from tho lists to tho wrap pers, she carried off u cash reward of eight dollars. This wns not clear gain. Her street car fares had totaled sixty cents, her lunches u dollar and u half; sho had worn her costumes at the sleeves and damaged them with n few Ink spots, and her shoes were taklrg on n shabby nop. It was not encouraging. At Daphne's left elbow was n lnrgc. fat girl whose pen rolled off large, fat letters. She talked ail the time about nothing of Importance, laughed and fidgeted and asked questions that would have been Impertinent if they hnd come irom anything lut u lnrge, fat bend. Her name was Maria Prlblk. Sho was u Bohemian of the second genera tion; but .she wns dyed In tho wool with New Yorklshness. Sho was an Incessant optimist mid Kept remind ing everybody to "cheer up. golls, the wolsst might be wolsser yet." Daphne's luck did not last long. The receivers found that the percentage oi Inquiries following upon the advert ix lng and circularizing campaigns was hardly paying the postage. People were either too poor to buy books or too busy with the molten history pour ing from tho caldrons of Europe. Yes terday's paper was undent history enough. Tho receivers closed down tho business abruptly on u Snturday and Instructed the manager to announce Sfe? Mr. Chlvvls Was at Home Most of the Time Now, Sitting About In KIs Old Clothes to Save the Others. to his flock that there would be no more work nt present. Daphne's heart stopped. Here she was again, learn ing ngnln the dreadful significance of "out of n job" what tho thentrlcal people called "at liberty." Miss Prlblk looked nt Daphne nnd noted her gloom. "Say, kid, listen here. Whyn't choo como with mo? I can land you a Job nt the Lar do Lucks. Guy name of Golst Is the boss and he'll always gimme a Job or any lady friend. He's kind of rough, but what's the cliff? Ills money buys Just as much us anybody's. We better beat It over there ahead this bunch." Dnphne murmured her hnsty thanks nnd they left nt once. Miss Prlblk led the wny to a huge building full of "Pants Makers," "Nightshirt Makers," "Waist Makers," and publishers of cal endars, favors and subscription books. She asked for Mr. Gerst. saw him, beckoned him over, and hailed him with bruva Jo : "Well, Mist' Golst, here I am, buck to tho mines. This Is me friend Kip I want you should glvo her a Job and me, too." Daphne faced Mr. Gerst's Inspects without visible flinching, though she wns unensy within. Gerst wns n lurge, flamboyant brute with eyes that seemed less to receive light than to send forth vision. Do had an in quisitive and stripping gaze. But Daphno must endure It. After ran sacking Daphno with his eyes, he gruntod: "You look pretty good to me, klddo. You can begin Monday." "Thanks," said Dnphne, humbly. "I'm comln', too," said Miss Prlblk. "All right." sahl Gerst. "It's time you did. We'll take some of Unit beef off you." And ho playfully pinched her arm. Adroitly evading his pincers, Miss Prlblk led tho way out, and Daphno trailed her oustlde. Dnphno loathed and fenrcrt the man already. He stood like n glowering niennco In the pnth ahead of her. Monday morning nt eight Dnphne reported for work with the L'Art do Luxe Publishing society, pronounced by Its own people (who ougMl to know) "Lur do Luck's." This firm wns engaged In the pe culiarly Anglo-Saxon business of graz ing the censorship as closely as pos sible. It printed everything thut It dnred to print under the whimsically Puritanic eyo of the law. Townrd the authorities It turned the white sldo of a banner of culturo claiming to put In the linnds of the peoplo the noblest works of foreign genius nnd defying nny but an Impure mind to find Impurity In Its clnsslc wares. The ntlior rIiIo .it tlin linnnnr was liumle nnd Informed the customers by every willlllmWir ) fw prurient Inmiendo that tho book.? w.-r, published In their entirety without cv purgntlon. Vlco has its bypoeriUeil cant no less than religion. One dny, toward tho end of her first week, she was startled to find beforo her n curd bearing the legend "Duane, Thomns." Ills nddress was given, nnd the fucts that ho had bought the three quarter morocco Balzac, the hulf leathor Fielding nnd Smollett, nnd tho levant Court Memoirs. He had not yet taken the bait for the Do Muupas sunt. Daphne pnndered his card and his taste. She was shaken from her pen sive mood by the sudden commotion of all the women. All eyes had seen the minute and the hour hands In con Junction ut XII. Names wero left off In the middle; pens fell from poised hands. Daphne found herself alone. Sho was glad ot the quiet and the solitude, while It lusted which was not long, for Gerst came Hack unexpectedly early, His eye mot Daphne's. He started towanl her, nnd then, seeing that sho glanced uwny, went on to his desk. He stood there manifestly Irresolute n moment. He glanced at Daphne again, ut the fire escapes, at the empty room. Then he went to the first of the tables anil with labored carelessness lnpict ed the work ot the absentee. He drift ed along tho nlsle townrd Daphne, throwing her now and then an Inter rogative smile that filled her with a fierce anxiety. She knew his reputation. Sho bad seen his vulgar seilllles with some of tho girls, hud heard his odious words. I one was convinced mui ne wus noout 11, l'UV lll'l UIU UUlllUlU lUlHllUHJl'Ul Ui. tils attention. Her heart began to flutter with fear nnd wrath. She felt that if he spoke to her she would scream ; If he put his hand on her shoulder or her chair she would kill him, with a pnir of scissors or the knife with which she scraped off blots. . . . No. she must not kill him. But she would have to strike him ori the mouth. But that meant instant dismissal at ' the very least. He might smash his fist Into her face or her breast or knock her to the floor with the back of his bund. She hnd seen too much of life recently to cherish longer the pretty myth that the poor are good to the poor. She had seen how shabby i women fared with street ear conduct- j ors and subway guards. She had seen j her own prestige dwindle ns her clothes lost freshness. But the violence of Gcrst's resent ment would bo n detnll. The horror wus the mere thought of his touch. She rose quickly nnd tried to rench the fire escape. Thut wns the solu tion to Join the crowd. I But Gerst filled the aisle. She sidled pnst two tables Into the next aisle. He laughed and sidled across to the same aisle. She tried to hasten by. He put his arms out nnd snickered: "What's the rush, girlie? Nobody hollered 'Fire I'" ' "Let me pass, please," she mumbled. "Wnlt ta minute, wait ta minute. What 'd you say If I was to ast you to go to a show tanlght, huh? Whut'd you sny?" "Thank you. I have another I couldn't." "S'mother eve, then? Or to a dance, huh?" "Thank you, I'm nfrald I can't." "Why not? Come on I Whv not? Ain't I got class enough for you?" "Oh yes, but- Please, let me by." He stared at her, and I1I3 bunds twitched, nnd his lips. His eyes ran over her face and her bosom us if sho were a foi bidden text. She was try lug to remember what Duane hud told her about the way to quell a man With great difficulty nnd in all trepl datlon she parroted her old formuln. "Mr. Gerst, you don't have to flirt with me. I don't expect It, and I don't like It, so please let me go." He stared at her, trying to under stand her unitizing foreign Inngunge. Then he sniffed with amused unbelief, dropped his hands, nnd stood ur.lde. Daphne could hnrdly believe her eyes. The churm hnd worked the third ! time! She dnrted forward to get away I before the spell was broken. As she passed him whether ho suddenly ' changed his mind or had only pretend- ed to acquiesce; ho enveloped her In . his nrms. ! Sho almost swooned In the onset of ( fear nnd tho suffocation of his em-, brace. Then she fought him, striking, scratching, writhing. He crowded , her ngulast the nearest table and tried to rench her lips across her left elbow. Her outllung right hand struck ngalnst an Inkwell, recognized It as n weapon of a sort, and, clutching It, .swept It up and emptied It Into his face. Ills sntyrlc leer vanished In rJ black splash. Ills hunds went to hie drenched eyes. Daphne, released, dropped tho Inkwell and lied to the locker-room while he stamped uboutf howling like the blinded Cyclops. Daphne did not stny to taunt him nor to demand her wages. She caught u glimpse of faces at tho flre-escapo windows, but, hugging her hut nnd cont, sho mnde good her escape. Sho knew whnt she was escuplng from, but not what to, (TO BH CONTINUED.) One Word Spoils All. Just when n woman begins to bo In vited out n little by nlco peoplo hor husband spoils nil by referring to tho laundress ns tho washerwoman right out where overybody can hear. Ohio Stnto Journal. Impossible. Ilub "I don't believo In parading my virtues." Wife "You couldn't anyway. It takes quite a minile i make a parado." Boston i i J SAGE TEA DARKENS HAIR TO ANY SHADE Don't stay Grayl Here's an Old time Recipe that Anybody can Apply. Tho use of Sngo and Sulphur for n storing faded, gray hair to Its nnturnl color dates back to grandmother's time. Sho used It to keep her hair beautifully dark, gloy and nttrnc tlve. Whenever her hair took on that dull, faded or streaked appearance, this simple mixture was applied with ivonderful effect. But browing nt hom Is mussy nnd out-of-date. 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