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.- jrjryw s RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF jjiflBrttijftftrtiwfliisMi The Thirteenth Commandment I . I.UJIIIHMBU CHAPTER XXIII Continued. 15 Mrs. Koinllly fltitslicil her wholesale order mill wheezed nut lllco fsniticl old automobile of an curly model. When they were nlono the purl tiers Kfizcri nt Dnphno'H list ami then nt each other. "Whnt on enrth ninth you tnko It?" Mrs. Chlvvls exclaimed. "I'ou know we can't ill! it." "We're going to nil It." ' "Hut how?" ' "Darned If I know, hut Well, we'll hnvo to get a lot of huwlng-wonion In nnd Hit up nights," "Hut the. material. Wo can't buy those things on credit." "Then I'll borrow cash and pay for It." "Borrow where? You said you wouldn't trouble your brother." "I'm not responsible for what I have nnld or may say. Besides, I don't mind going to Bayard, now thnt I can go with success. I'll call on him In a business way nnd offer him Interest and nil that. I guess Mrs. Iloinllly's name 1b good enough collateral." All nndonsclous of Daphne's affairs, Bayard was iippronchlng his olllce Mrs. Romllly Finished Her Wholesale Order and Came Wheezing Out Like a Grand Old Automobile of an Early Model. with tho brisk mnnncr of n triumphant capitalist But that was bluff for out wnrd effect. IIo was actually dizzy with loss of bearings nnd control. Bayard bnd carried heavier burdens than Clay, and under tho atlng of Leila's whip had taken greater risks for higher prizes. Tho crash in the street had found him so extended that ho could not recover without addltloji ul help. That very morning ono of his brokers had called ou him for a ro ,ncwnl of margins, no had to have flvo thousand dollars or ho would lose nfty. Rebuffed from every door, Bayard had gone to Wotheroll's ofllcc n mys terious sort of placo surrounded by guards and secrot scrvlco men to ward off tho menaco of spies, real and imaginary. i Bayard had unusual difficulty In passing tho lines. Tho reason ho soon (hcard. A new man was In chargo In Wetherell's place, n retired British of ficer whoso natural nnd affected gruff ncss was aggravated by tho unplens nnt naturo of his tasks. IIo hud only ono eye. IIo made Bayard describe who nnd what ho was nnd what ho wanted. Only Baynrd's desperation gnvo him strength to ask this old Cyclops for an advance on now contracts. Bayard went nwny In a stupor. IIo had Intelligence enough to feel thnt ho could less snfely attack Wetherell now than before. Ho would seem to ho Implicated In tho fellow's malfeas ance. IIo would only ndvertlso to his creditors that his vaunted contracts were worthless. Business meu will en duro much to escnpo such publication of their wrongs. Bayard kept his head high till ho reached his own ofllce. Then ho fell Into his chnlr nnd propped his elbows on his desk and gripped his hot brows In his hands ns If ho were holding his skull together. It is tho business man's attltudo of prayer. It was thus thnt Dnphno found him when slio opened tho door narrowly and closed It behind her as softly as Lu Tosca. Sho was beaming with nf- fectlon nnd Importance, nnd when nt her mischievous "Ahem I" Bnyard looked up sho was co pretty that ho forgot himself long enough to smllo and rush forward to embrnco her. She wns wondering how to stato her errand when the tolephono rnng. It startled Bayard strangely. IIo caught It to his ltps as n toper lifts a glass. IIo pressed tho receiver to his ear and evidently recognized tho volco thnt said "Hello" from somowhero. He answered In monosyllables of tho least Importance bnt Dnphno heard gloom la them. IU II II U' I II I I I ' ' - Bayard hung up the receiver, pushed the telephone nwny as n bitter up, and laughed sheepishly. "Orent convenience, the telephone! .Tust learned thnt I've- dropped more money than I ever hoped to have. 'For want of a nail tho ahoo was lost.' Oh well, It snves mo from spending It foolishly. But If I'd had five thousand dollars My Oodt If I'd had live thousand dollars." Daphne could think of nothing more helpful to Bay than n ensual, "How's Leila?" "Don't ask mol" Bayard smiled. "Tell me. What can I do for you, honey, before I go to take some nasty medicine from tho president." "Nothing dear. I had to come down town on an errand, so I thought I'd run In and say 'hello.' " "Well, hello 1" Ho kissed her nnd patted her back with doleful tenderness and she went out of bis ollleu Into tho elevator. Its Iron-barred door and Its clanking chains gave It a congonlnl prison feel ing, and the bottomless pit It dropped Into seemed oven more appropriate. CHAPTER XXIV. Dnphno wanted to run nwny from her thoughts and she walked for n mile or two up the deep rnvlno of Broadway. She dared not go bnck to Mrs. Chlvvls Just yet with her bad news. She thought of asking Clay for a loan. She swept tho appalling Idea from her brain with n puff of derision. Besides, he wns out of town, Baynrd hud said. Sho thought of nsklng Tom Duano for It. She tried to blow that Idea from her mind, but It kept drift ing back like n bit of stubborn thistle down. She could not outwalk it. At length sho grew so despernto that she stopped nt n telephone booth and brazenly called up Dunne's num ber. Ho chanced to be nt home. When ho heard her voice he cried: "Oh Lord, It's good to hear you. Sing again, slug again, nightingale I" "I'm no nightingale. I'm n business woman, offering you nn Investment." Sho told him the whole story. The nnmu of Mrs. Bomllly mndo him whis tle. "Old Gorgon Zolu," ho called her, and added, "You're n mndo woman." "But tho clothes nren't mndo, and I enn't mnkc 'cm till I get somo money. Would you could you ndvanco mo a little on tho most excellent security?" "How much do you want? Where shall I bring It?" "Mall two er five hundred dollars to tho shop, will you? And I can never thnnk you enough." "Hush. It's mo thnt thanks you. Don't you want more?" "No, thanks." "It Will be there In tho early mnll nnd I inny cull round Inter to put n mortgage or something on tho place." "Good-by," sho chuckled, 'and hung up the receiver. Sho was crying soft ly ns she stolo from the blessed booth, and she looked less like n successful business woman than ever. Something mndo her think of Weth erell. Sho stopped off at Bayard's floor and rang tho bell. Leila's new butler admitted her with pomp. Daph ne walked past him Into the drawing room. Leila nnd Wetherell were standing thero In heavy coats. They seemed to be u llttlo shocked nt seeing Daphne. Sho was horribly hurt nt seeing them, but sho chirruped: "Just como In?" "Just going out," Lelln answered, kissing Daphne nervously. "Where?" Dnphno asked, with In trepidity, as sho shook hands with jyetherell a prize-fighter's prelimi nary handbhnko It was. "Oh er Just motoring about n bit." "Thanks I'd love It," Dnphno dnred to say, almost ns much amazed ns they wero at hearing her nccept tho Invitation that had not been given. Sho wns qulto slmnicless from their point of view, but she felt that It would bo unpnrdonnblo to lot her brother's wife go unrebuked or nt least unaided nnd unchaperoned on n cruise so perilous to reputation If not to character. While hho wns nt tho miserable business she decided to mnko n good Job of It. When they went down to tho car sho squeezed In between Leila nnd Wetherell. Lelln blanched with Jenlousy and cold rage. They dined nt Long Bench nnd watched tho duncers, in sullen mood. Wetherell ordered much chnmpagno nnd would not listen to Leila's pleas thnt ho lot it nlone. IIo frightened her n llttlo by his reckless mood, nnd Dnphno began to drend tho Journey homo In tho dnrk with chnmpagned hands on tho steering wheel. After Dnphno and ho had executed n funeral danco Lelln was emboldened to step out with him. They tnlked very earnestly nnd ho seemed to hor rify her by whnt ho snld to her. Dnphno could not Imnglno whnt it was. Bayard had not told her of Weth erell's downfall from owcr. Wothcrcll confessed his dtsgrnco to Leila In tho dance, nnd Leila wns sick ened with tho sordid outcome of her romance. Sho had played with lire and got soot on her hands. She qtil,t tho dunce ami uskud to be tuhi':i home. By RUPERT HUGHES Copf rUht bjr Harper A Brother m . f Wetherell felt that she bad turned against him and bo reached for the last of the wine to fling It down his throat. Leila grimly took It from his fingers and emptied It in tho ico bucket. "Chauffeurs and champagne nr n had combination," she laughed, but there was a sneer on her lips. "Oh, very well!" Wetherell sneered In turn. Ho paid for thejllnner and tipped tho waiter with tho lavlshness of a bankrupt. IIo tipped Invlshly the man who guarded his car, and swung out Into the road with an Instant speed that would have been prettier If there had been less danger. Daphne and Leila were good sports, but they were not merry. Wetherell furnished nil the merriment, and his wns from wine and despnlr. It was tho wlno that brought out the truth. He had to tell Daphne whnt he had told Leila, of his misfortune with his bally old government. He asked Dnphno to cxplnln to Bny ard how sorry he wns that ho was In volved In the crash. "Your broth' Bayard's aw'fly nice fel Miss Skip. He's got nicest 11T wife In worl. Perf'ly good ll'l' girl. Straight as n string straight ns they mako 'cm. No nonsense about ll'l' Lei!'. I Just love hev perf'ly lion or'ble love. I'd do anything In worl for Loll' or ll'l' Miss Daffy or ol' broth' Bay'd. Tell him 'nt, will you, like n goo' ll'l' girl? Tell Buy' 'at, wlll-ll?" Duphno grew furious. Sho felt now thnt she had justified her presence here. She held Lelln fnst In her cm- brace nnd commanded Wetherell. "Slow down at once I Do you hour? Slow down this carl" Wetherell laughed: "Bless ll'l' heart. I'm goln' tnko you home. You're quite shnfe with me qulto. Mnn that's born to be hanged never drown or get nutomokllled that's good word nu tomokllled eh, what?" They whipped round a somber Jut In tho rond, nnd his searchlight painted Instantly in whlto outlines against the black world a wagonload of sleepy children returning from soma village church affair. They wero singing, drowsily, "Merrllee wo ro-la-loug-ro-la-long." Dnphno nnd Leila seemed to dlo at once. Wetherell gronncd, "Oh, my God, the ll'l' chll'ren 1" There wns nothing for Wetherell to do but what ho did. lie spun his wheel and drovo his thunderbolt Into nn open concrcto culvert. There wns n furious rncket. Tho cur turned n somersnult and crumpled in a shud dering mass. Wetherell, pinioned under tho wheel, was knocked this way and thnt and his beautiful head cracked on tho con crcto like a chlnn doll's. Leila was snatched from tho car as If Invisible hands had caught her ex quisite body for a lash to flog a tele- Wetherell Furnished All the Merri ment and His Was From Wlno and Despair. phone polo with, then throw her Into a ditch. Dnphno wns flung and bat tered and thrust under tho enr when It turned over. And then the gnsollno spilled front tho shattered tank and caught Arc. CHAPTER XXV. Underneath tho machine lay tho relics of Wetherell, who would suffer no moro here. Close by was Dnphno Kip, whom a brief unconsciousness gnvo n short furlough from torture. She wns not nllvo enough to bo nfrnld of tho long, lenn flumes nbout tho gnsollno tank, though they kept springing nt her lllco wolfhounds held In a wcnkenlng leush. They had not yet qulto renched her., but they missed her less nnd less. A omull distance off, Lelln lay still, In almost her first ungrntvful attitude, oblivious for a few momenta of the kHcnc -v y. nIPI pllllP! outrages the blind forces of momen tum had wreaked on her with the fury of a Bill SIkes trying to bent n woman to death. The chnuffeurs nnd pnsscngers of enrs thnt drew up In lengthening queues run to the scene of Wetherell's disaster. , At first they could not sco Weth erell, but they saw Dnphno nnd her peril, and they set frantically to work to drag bur free. But she was so caught that they could not release her until they should remove the car. They pulled nnd heaved, but It wns Jammed Into the culvert and the ditch so tight that they could not budge It, though they took risk enough and suffered blistered hands nnd charred clothes. At last one chauffeur fastened n chain to the rear nxle of Wetherell's car and to the front nxle of his. nnd, by alternate backing and swerving, dragged and hoisted Wetherell's ear upward and rearward wble other men .snatched Daphne from beneath and away from the flames just as jthey were nibbling nt her skirts. At the same time they disclosed the body of Wetherell nnd with huge dif ficulty fetched It forth. Still others found Leila lu a heap, u toy with broken Joints. The last thing Daphne hud known wns the sensation of being shaken to death, u helpless mouse In n terrier's mouth. The next she UnW was that she was seated on the edge of a ditch and leaning against the shoulder of n kneeling woman In evening dress. A number of shadowy men and women wavered against the searing glare of the gasoline. They arrived at last at n hospital. Daphne was lifted out and delivered Into the possession of two curt young Internes. She wns stretched on a Ut ter, carried feet foremost Into an ele vator, down a corridor to a room, and rolled out on n bed. Two nurses pro ceeded to undress her and bathe her. Then an older doctor cntne In nnd ex nmlncd her injuries. She blazed with shame, one complete blush; but to him sho was hardly more than n car brought to a gurogc. Ho nodded cheer fully nnd snld: "Not n bono broken, young lady, nnd no Internal derangements thnt I cun discover. A few burns, that's all, and a big shock." "Is Lelln hurt much?" Daphne mumbled. "She Is hurt n trifle worse thnn you. But she'll come round till right." "I don't believe you!" said Daphne, nnd sighed, "Poor Baynrd 1" "Who Is Bayard?" "My brother her husband." "Ah, the young man who wus The other young man was not your huo bnnd, then?" Daphne shook her head. "He is no relation a friend." "Perhaps we'd better notify Bnyard. What's his last name? Has ho a tele phone?" Duphno muttered his nnme nnd num ber. Then her bend wns lifted, n cap sule placed In her mouth, and a glass of water held to her lips. When she wns restored to her pillow a sedative was within her to subdue the riot of her thoughts. Sho wondered whnt Dunne would think of her now. She remembered the money she had asked him to lend her. It would be In the morning's mall. But sho would not be there to open it. Mrs. Chlvvls might not dare to. All her acquaintance Begun to mnrch pnst Daphne's brain in review. Thoughts nnd hulf-thoughts nnd whim sies danced through her mind In u enr nlvnl of stupor nnd frenzy, while to tho eyes of the nurses she Iny still nnd slept. In another room Leila wns shriek ing nnd fighting, whimpering nnd monnlng, a torn gazelle under the cluws nnd fnngs of tigerish pnln. Ab ruptly there came a lethal silence nlso from her. They had succeeded in drugging her nt last. When Dnphno hnd left Bnynrd In the afternoon she hnd found thnt he wns depressed, but not bow deeply. She supposed thnt bis money loss wns only n failure of expected profits, or tho mishap of nn Investment. She did not dream that ho wns crippled financially. Bnynrd wns so forlorn, so profound ly nshnmed of his bud guesswork, that ho could not bear to show his fnco nt nny of his clubs that night. IIo hud boasted there too often of having bought heavily of the stock. He hud persuaded too ninny of his friends to invest In it. So he went where busy men go when other plnces tiro closed to them. IIo wont home. When he renched his apartment he found that Leila hud given the servants n night out. Leila hud left no word of her own plnns. After n forlorn delay Bnyard called for Daphne. Sho wns gone, too, with no word of her return. At lnst the telephono rnng. A.mnn's voice spoke and explained that It spoko from the hospltul. "Is Mr. Kip there? Is this Mr. Kip? Mr. Bnynrd Kip? Your wife is here, nnd your sister, nnd your friend Weth erell uutomobllo nccident out hero on Long Island pretty bad smash. Your- wife's not very well better come out ns soon ns you can." Q'ho world reeled. Bnyard seized his hat, plnyed n tattoo on tho elevator bell, darted Into tho street, yelled nt a taxlcab with ferocity, got In, ordered tho driver to "go llko hell." Uo kept putting his bend out to howl nt him. At tho hospital ho questioned tho In tcrno fiercely about Leila and Daphne, nnd hnd evasive answers, no did not nsk nbout Wetherell, but tho interna volunteered tho news that bo was dend. That mndo the ultlmnto difference. : Bnynrd stopped bhort lu awo, but ton- head cold us If a 1 1 1.... been lnld on It. Death v.n- it in Where would he stop? In tho ?hlll white aisle of the corri dor his frenzy gave place to u sense of bitter cold. A chllr white nurse led him pnst doors nnd doors to a room where In n white bed lay u chill whlto thltifr, a cylinder of cotton. Leiln's face wns almost Invisible in bandages ; her whole body crisscrossed nnd swaddled. She wns nn Egyptlnn princess mummied. Tor a moment her soul cume out of the drug at his gasp of pity. It ran nbout Inside its cocoon trying to find n nerve to pull or n muscle to slgnnl to hlui outside. Tho mere lifting of her bund brought from her n monn of such woe as canceled nil Bayard's grievances against her. Once Bayard's resentments nnd Jealousies were swept from his mind, his old love cume back throbbing and He Was So Grateful, So Eager to Be Deceived That He Forgot Her State and Clutcncd Her Hand Hard and Kissed It in Gratitude. leaping. Ills very soul bled and he dropped to his knees, his arm thrown across that bundle of wreckage which had been his choice among tho world's beauties. He was soon drugged from Ills com- ( munlon with his once-more uncon- , scions bride by the young doctor, who lifted him up with tho unpractlced diplomacy of Internes and led him aside, grumbling: "Say, whnt you try ing, to do? Kill her? She's weak nnd ' her heart's fluttering. Cheer her up i If you can. If you can't, you cuu't stay. Better not stay, anyway." Bayard apologized cravenly nnd promised better behavior, and was permitted to steal back to Lelln. lie took her one undamaged band ; it was us beautiful ns the severed hand of a (reek stutue, nnd us marbllsh white and cold. . rhe Interne led him nt length eut Into the corridor. And now Bnynrd remembered thut be hud nlso a sister, nn only sister, In this sumo tavern of pain. Ills heart went out to her. lie remembered, too, that they had n fa ther and n mother to tell or deceive. The interno assured him thut Daphne's Injuries wero slight. She lookeij sad enough when he peered In at her, though sho was far from the dreary cstntc of Leila. She wns asleep, but sho woko at the sound of bis step, nnd, turning her head with effort, opened her eyes nnd smiled nt him feebly nnd whispered his nnme, and beckoned to him with one weak finger. Daphne's heart ached out to him; she bugged him ns hard as her weak arms would let her. She searched her mind for comfort. Sho could think of nothing so comforting just now ns a hearty, reassuring He. Sho whispered : "It's nil my fnult, honey. Yon see, Mr. AVcthercIl wns tnklng me out for u ride. I met Lelln. Sho told ma you telephoned you weren't coming home for dinner. She looked so lonely that I nsked her to come along and chap eron us. I'm to blame for it nil. Cm. you ever forgive me?" He wns so grateful, so cngcr to br deceived, thnt ho forgot her stuto and clenched her hand hard and kissed If In grntltudo for n priceless boon. The nurse, returning, saw the deed and smiled, not knowing what joy Bnynrd wus tnklng In absolving Leila of .sus picion and loading himself with blnme. At such u time wo lovo to bow our own bends in shumo nnd east ashes upon our hntr. Tho tnstc of ashes lu the mouth Is good at such n time. Daphne's first visitor after Bnynrd was Mrs. Chlvvls. "Oil, my dour I" sho murmured. "1 rend in the pupeis ubout your misfor tune. Such n night us I hud spent 1 1 was so afraid for you! And to thln.i that you were lying hero In such paiu ! And I might have helped you." Duphno smiled, utid they clnspeti hands like the two splendid llttlo InuJ ness women they wero. "How's tho shop?" Duphno usked. "I haven't been there." "It Isn't open, then?" "No, indeed. With yoi hero?" (TO BH CONTINUED.) Scale Reveals Salmon's Age. .A slnglo scalo from a salmon will tell its owner's ago nnd whether tho fish's pickings hnvo been slim or tno opposlto. 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