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CHAPTER XXV Continued.
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"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
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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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