w .vrvf-TtfHISf u. -W- RED OLOUD, KEBKA8KA, CHIEF n The Thirteenth Commandment CHAPTER XXV Continued. 16 "That tnnkcs no difference," Daphno stormed, nlrendy converted to tlio shop religion. "CiiRtotnera muat not Und tho door Rliut. Hun open It at once. Hupiiona Mrs. Itomllly dropped In. Wu'd lose Iier unless this no toriety drives her awuy." A Utile blush of slintno flickered in Duplme'H pnlo checks a moment nnd went out. Sho sighed: "I suppose Mr. Duuno lias stopped that check, too If ho ever sent It. Oh, dear!" Then a nurso knocked; brought in n curd growing In n lurgo llttlo uzu lea tree. Dnphno scanned It "Mr. Thomas Vnrlck Duanel" Sho peered closer at tho pcnclllngs und read nloud: "'I Just learned. I'm heart broken. Isn't there anything I can do?' " Daphno felt ns if outraged society had forgiven her. "Isn't ho u darling?" sho murmured. Mrs. Chlvvls begrudged n stingy, "Well, of course" Sho had tho poor folks' conscientious scruples against wasting praise on tho rich. "You'll want to see him, I presume." But Daphno had hnd enough of evil appearance. "Seo him here? Never 1" 8ho glared at poor Mrs. Chlvvls with a reproof that was excruciating to ac cept, and ordered her to go down nnd meet Mr. Dunne and Incidentally learn nbout the check. "Business Is busi ness," sho said. ' Mrs. Chlvvls descended In nil tho confusion of a Puritan wlfo meeting a Cavalier beau. Sho camo back later to 8ay that Mr. Duano was really very nice, nnd spoko beautifully and bad nent tho check and would send an other if Daphno wished it, nnd would make old Mrs. Itomllly go on with tho order, nnd would sho like sonio spe cial fruits or Boups or something? Ho fcns really very nice. Daphno eyed her with Ironic horror nnd said, "You've been flirting with him I and mo bo helpless here!" "DaphI ncolI Kip I II" Mrs. Chlv vls screamed. The only counter-thrust she could think of was, "And what does Mr. Wlmbvrn say?" This sobered Daphne. Why hnd Clay sent no word? Everybody else In town had seen the papers. Clay read the papers. Surely ho was not capable of such monstrous pique. When your worst enemy gets badly hurt you've Just got to forgive If you're human. i CHAPTER XXVI. Leila was determined to endure everything that might bo necessary to regain her beauty. Sho would go through any ordeal of knives or pins tcr casts or splints or medicines for that. Sho was quite grim about it Her resolution extended to tho spend ing of as much of Bayard's money ns might be necessary on Burgeons' fees und doctors' bills. If sho bankrupted Bayard it would bo with tho tendcrest motives. Five times sho went to tho operat ing table, mado that infernal Journey Into etherlnnd, knowing what after anguishes wnltcd her, what retching nnd burning and bleeding. Sho braved death again and again, took long chances with cowering bravado. And all for Baynrd's Bake. Ono morning when Bayard reached bis ofllce after a harrowing all-night vigil at Leila's side ho was Just falling asleep over the first mall when his telephone snarled. Ho reached for It with alarm. A voice boomed In his car: "Ah yon thah?" "Yes." "Keep tho line, please. Now, you ah through, sir?" Then a growl replaced tho boom, a growl that mado tho receiver rattle: , "Ah you thah, Mr. Kip? This Is Colonel Murchmont. I daro say you remember our conversation nbout those damned contracts with Weth erell. A llttlo fnrthcr discussion might not bo nmlss If you could make It perfectly convenient to drop ovviih at, say, n quawtah pahst fah? lioodl I Bhall expect you ut that Hi." IJnynrd pondered. What now per secution wns futo preparing? As ho went to tho ofllce, ho bought an eve ning paper. A heavily headed cable gram announced that tho laborers in the British munition works wero strik ing or threatening to Btrlke. A glenm of understanding came Into Bnyard'8 eye. When ho renched the desk of Colonel Mnrchmont he looked un abashed Into tho revolver muzzlo of the old war horso's ono eye. Without any preliminary courtesies or any softening of his previous tone tho colonel snorted: "Those devilish contracts you mado with Wetherell The poor fellow is no longer alive moro's tho pity, but Well, I'm nfrnld I was a bit sevcro with you. I fancy wo might sco our way to renewing thoso contracts at a reasouablo figure say nt a 25 per cent reduction from the terms you quoted." I Bayard smiled and shook his head. Ho bluffed tho bluffer. "Tho prices wo 'quoted included only a fair profit, colonel. Since then materials have been going up In price every minute, i.1ng to tho demand from abroad. By And tho homo market Is booming. Wo cun eel! nil our product here, und more, too, than we enn make." Colonel Murchmont squirmed, but ho was a soldier nnd loved n good counter-attack, lie mulled as ho squirmed. Wetherell was avenged when his successor signed now con tracts nt a higher price than ho had made. The changing times changed everything; yesterday's cxorbltnnco wns today's bargain. Bayard departed with n wnllct full of business. He got back to his ofTIco on feet fledged with Mercurlnl wings. Ills feet wero benuttful on tho rug of the president's ofllce. Bayard felt so kindly to nil tho world that ho hurried to tho hospital Wetherell Was Avenged When HI Successor 8lgned New Contracts at Higher Price Than He Had Made. to scatter good news llko flowers over Leila's couch. She was In that humor when anybody clso's good fortune was an added grief to her. j "I'm no uso to you now," eho walled. "I never was much. But at least I dressed and kept looking fit And you said I was pretty. But now Oh, Bayard, Bayurd l You used to call mo beautiful, und I tried to be beautiful for you. But now To bo ugly and useless both It's too much!" Wise pathfinders Buy that when you aro wandering In strango country you should turn every now und then and look back at the way you came. It wears n different aspect entirely from Its look ns you approached, and you will need to know how it will look when you return. From childhood on, Leila had been wnrued against extravagance us Bay ard hud, ns hnvo wo all. But only now that sho wus looking backward could she realize tho wisdom, tho In tolerable truth of tho ndagc, "Waste not want not." Meanwhllo Daphno was having so different u history that sho felt ashamed. It seemed unfulr to her to get well quickly nnd with no blemish except a scar or two that would net show, while Leila hung between denth nnd deformity. But seeing Bayard alone and hear ing Leila fret, she felt confirmed In her belief that she had done tho whole some thing when sho Joined the labor ing classes. There wero discourage ments without cease, yet Daphno was learning what u remedy for how ninny troubles thero Is in work. It seemed to be almost panacea. It wus exciting, fatiguing, alurmlng, but It wns objec tive. Sho was on her way at last to that fifty thousand n year sho had droumed of. Sho was uncertain yet of earning u thousand a your, but sho was on the road. Clny Wlmburn, seeking chances In the West, did not see tho New York papers or nny other record of Daph ne's accident. When ho got back to Now York, his pockets full of con tracts, Baynrd, equnlly successful, greeted him enthusiastically. Then ho lenrned of tho accident and tho fact that Dnphno wns "in trade." Ho was Indignant at the nows mid wanted to seo her at on.ee. Bayard gavo htm tho address, and Clay wasted no time nsklng further questions. Ho mndo haste to tho sub way, fuming; left tho train nt tho Grand Central elation and climbed up to a taxlcab. Then ho found Daphne. She led him Into a llttlo shop empty of everything but tho debris of ro tnoval. "Whero nro wo?" Bald Clay. "This wus my shop." "What's tho matter? Busted al ready?" Clay asked, with a not unflat torlng cheerfulness. "Not In tho least," Daphno ex plained. "Wo'vo expanded so fast wo had to move. We sublet uud moved across tho street "You remember Mrs. Chlvvls, don't you? Mrs. Chlvvls, you haven't for- I gotten Mr. Wlmburn. Uo's kept away RUPERT HUGHES so long you might have, though. Where've you been, Clny? But wait you cun tell mo on tho wuy over to tho new flhop." When she led him Into her new em porium the graceful fabrics displayed were nil red rags to him. He was a bull In n crimson1 shop. Dnphno made Clay sit down nnd nsked him If It were not all perfectly lovely. Ho waited until Mrs. Chlvvls went on to the workroom. Ho had a gllmpso of a number of girls and womei on sewing bent. They were laughing and chntterlng. Ho answered, "It's perfectly loath some." Instead of resenting this insult Dnphno laughed till she fell against the counter. Tho worst of It wns that her fyoa wero so tender. "Where did you get nil the capital for all this stock?" Cloy demanded, with sudden suspicion. "Oh, part of it wo bought on credit and purt of it on borrowed money." "Borrowed from whom?" "From Mr. Duanc." This wns too much of too much. Clay stormed: "I'll get hlml" "Oh, no, you won't 1" "Oh, yog, I wllll" "I won't have you nssaultlns tho best friend I've got in tho world." He groaned aloud at this, not no ticing how Bho used the word "friend." Sho ran on. She had not tnlked to him for so long that sho was a perfect cnatterbox. "He lent mo five hundred dollars when I didn't know where else to get It And It nailed our first real con tracta big commission from old Lirs. Itomllly. Wo paid back Mr. Duane's five hundred and then" Sho giggled In advance nt what was coming to Cloy. "And then I borrowed a thou sand from him. Wo owe him that now." Clay was ns wroth as she had wished. Ho took out a little book. "Well. Til give you a check for that amount or more. And you can pay Duane off with Interest I won't have you owing him money." "Yon won't have!" Daphne mocked "You won't have? Since when did you becorao senior partner here?" "Senior partner 1" Clay ralle'd. "Fro no partner In this business 1 I hate this business. It makes mo sick to see you In It." "Then step out on tho walk," said Daphne. "You're scaring away cus tomers and using up tho time of tho firm. Tho boudoir Is no placo for you, anyway." A young woman with a brldnl eyo walked In and Daphne left Clay to blunder out sheepishly. Ho did not seo that sho cast sheep's eyes after him. ne was a most bewildered young mnn. He had made a pile of money and still ho was not happy 1 CHAPTER XXVII. In the courso of n few wretched days Clny picked up somo of tho fucts nbout Daphne's presence In Wether ell's fatal car. He wus more furious at her limn ever nnd more lncupuble of hating her. no saw Baynrd often, but Bayard knew little und Bald less. One after noon ho invited Clny to ride with him to the hospital, whence Leila was to graduate. Ho warned Clay not to be tray how shocked he would be at Lei la's appearance, which, ho said, was a wonderful improvement on whut It had been. Sho was, Indeed, a mero shell, and Clny was not entirely successful with his compliments. Lellu sighed: "Much obliged for your good Intentions. I'm a mere snek of bones, but I'm going to get well. Tho doctors Bay that If I tnko care of myself every mlnuto and go to a lot of specialists and go to Bnr Harbor In tho hot weather and to Palm Beach in the cold and spend about u million dollars I'll be myself some day. 'Hint's not much, but It's all I've got to work for. Poor Bydtol Ho didn't know ho wus endowing a hospital when he married me." "Whut do I cure, honey?" Bayard cried, with perfect chivalry. "Tho money is rolling In und I'd rather spend it on you than on anybody else." "Tho money's rolling out just ns fust as It rolls In," Lellu sighed. "Tho Lord seems to provide a new expenso for every streak of luck. And that's my middle name Expense." Sho had actually learned ono lesson. That was a hopeful sign Clay sought Daphno In her odious (to htm) place of business. Sho asked him what sho could sell him. Ho said he would wait till tho shop closed. She raised her eyebrows Impudently and gave hltu a chair In a corner. Ho sat thero feeling ns out of placo as a strange man In a harem. Eventually tho last garrulous cus tomer talked herself dumb; tho lust sewing womnn went Mrs. Chlvvls pulled down tho curtains in tho show window and at tho door and bade good night. Then Daphno locked tho doqr, dropped wearily Into a chair, and sighed, "Well, Cluy?" "I wnnt to know why you don't glvo up Tom Dunue." She shrugged her excellent shoul ders again, but sho did not em lie. Sho spoko Instead: "I don't ask you to give up your stenographer." , "Oh, It's like that, eh? Well, then, why won't you let mo lend you money Instead of Tom Dunne?" Her answer astounded him with Its feminine logic: "I cuu borrow of Mr. Duuno because I don't love him uud never did and he knows It I can't borrow of you becuuse " ' He leaped at the Implication: "Be cuuse you love me?" , "Because I used to." "Don't you any more?" he groaned. "How cuu I tell? It's been months nnd months since I saw the Cluy Wlmburn that came out to Cleveland und lured me on to New York. The only Cluy Wlmburn I've seen for some time bus been u horribly pros perous, domineering snob who is too proud to bo seen with u working woman. He wants to marry u ludy. I never was one nnd don't wnnt to bo one. I'm u business woman und I love It." "And you wouldn't glvo up your shop for me?" "Certainly not." Ho looked nt her with baffled emo tions. Sho wus so delectublo and so obstinate, so right-hearted and so wrong-headed. It wus Intolerable that sho should keep a shop. Ho spoke after a low; delay: "May I coino and seo you onco In a while?" "If you want to." $ "Where you living now?" "Still nt the Chlvvisus'." "You ought to tuko better care of yourself than that Surely you can afford a better home." "I suppose bo, but It would be lonely uuywhero else. It bus been safo there since you quit calling on me. It doesn't cost me much." "But you're making so much money." "Not so very much yet, but It's all my own and I made every cent of It and golly I how I love to watch it grow." "You miser." "Maybe. I guess that's tho only way to save money to make a pas sion out of It and get a klud of vo luptuous feeling from It. But I really think that it's the fun of making It that Interests mo most It certainly keeps mo out of mischief and out of loneliness. Oh, there's no freedom like having a Job and a little reserve In the bunk. It's the only life, Clay." "Aud you wouldn't glvo up your freedom,' as you cull It even for a man you loved? Couldn't you lovo a man enough to do that?" "I could love a man too much to do that For whore's the lovo In a woman's sitting uround the house nil day und waiting for a man to como home und listen to the gossip of her empty brain? That Isn't loving, that's loafing." Clay was not at all persuaded. "But there's no comfort or homo life in mnrrying a business woman." "How do you know? You know plenty of unsuccessful wives who aro not business women." "I wnnt a, housekeeper, not n chop keeper." "Go get one, then, I say. If a wom an can't earn enough outside to hire a housekeeper let her do her own house work. But If sho can earn enough to "It Seems to Me It Couldn't Help Be. Ina a Better and a Happier Way of Living." hire a hundred housekeepers why should Bho stick to tho kitchen? In my homo, if I ever get one, tho cook will not bo tho star. Besides, it enlarges Hfo so. Instead of two living on tho wages of ono two will live on the earn ings of two. It seems to mo It couldn't help being n better and a hap pier way of living." . Clay blushed vigorously as ho mum bled "Wliut's your business woman going to do when the tho babies &3gg&FW Copyright by Harper A Brother come? Or do you cut out tho kiddies?" Daphne blushed, too. "Well, I should think that the business woman could afford babies better than anybody else. She lias to give up the housework, any wuy, (fven when she's a housekeeper. I suppose sho could give up her shop for a while. At leust she could share the expense or her husband could stand the bills since he escapes the pain. I tell you, If I ever hnd a daugh ter I'd make her learn her own trade If Bho never learned anything else. I'd never raise her to the hldeoiu, Inde cent belief that the world owes her a living und sluj's got n right to squeeze It out of the heart's blood of some hard-working man. No, slrree! It may bo old-fashioned, but It luu't decent, and It isn't even romantic. The love of two free souls, with their own ca reers and their own expense1?, seems to me about the best kind of love there could be. Then both of them enn come home evenings and their home will be a home u fresh, sweet meeting plnce." Clny breathed hard. He was silenced, but not convinced beyond being con vinced thnt Daphne Kip was still tho ono woman In tho world for him, In splto of her cantankerous notions. Still, of course, a woman hud to have some flaw or sho would not be human.' Duphne's foible wus as harmless us unyone's, perhaps. So he blurted out: "I suppose you've given up all thought of marrying me?" She nnswered him with pious ear nestness: "I've never given up that thought, Clay. I've been trying to make myself worthy of the happiness It would mean. I have had the trous seau all made, and paid for, a long while. Thut's whut I came to town for originally our trousseau. But when I suw how much sacrifice It meant for my poor old father and what a bundle of bills I'd be dumping on my poor young lover I couldn't seo the good of It. So I took my vow that I wouldn't get a troussenu till I could earn the price of It myself. And now I've earned tho price and I've got It. But I've lost my excuse for weurlng It "Still, I'd probably have lost you, anyway, or ruined you If I had brought you my old ideas. Everybody .always says that money Is the enemy of love. I wonder if it couldn't be made the friend. It would be an interesting ex periment, anyway." "Daphne, honey, let's try tho experi ment" She looked at him with a heavenly smile in her eyes, and answered, "Let's." He moved toward her, but she dodged behind the counter. She studied him n moment, then reached below the counter. A bell rung uud a ! drawer slid out. She took some bills from It, mude a memorandum on a slip of paper, and put that in the place of the bills, closed the drawer, nnd , leaned across the counter, murmuring; "They say all successful businesses aro begun on borrowed money. So I'll borrow this from the Arm for luck.'' She put out her hand. Clay put out his. Sho laid three dollars on his pului aud closed his lingers on them. "What's nil this?" he nsked, all mys tified. Sho explained: "A pluln gold band costsj about sis dollars, and thut's for my half of the partnership. Women arc weurlng thcli wedding rings very light nowaduys." "I should suy sol" Cluy groaned, but with a smile. She bent forward and he bent for wnrd and their lips met She was onlj a saleswoman selling a customer purl of a heart for part of a heurt, but tc Clay the very counter wus the golder, bar of heaven, and Daphne the Bless ed Dnmozel that leaued on It and mado It warm. THE END. 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