Show the thirteenth commandment by RUPERT HUGHES yode by y theunes DAPHNE RESOLVES THAT SHE WILL NO LONGER BE DEPENDENT UPON ANY MAN clay wab a young he hew to yorker akar on a visit to oleve claw lund lend metal meets pretty dahline rip kip whose brother 1 la 1 in the me aade a office mrs with 0 olav 1 in wall street after a milt whirlwind COUr courtship edill they b become am to e engaged C clay bun an engagement ring on credit and returns return I 1 to new york aph daphne Us to ill on be emly early marriage bud and DR after r extracting from her money away worried fath father or r what she one regards us AS a ou sufficient sum bum ot of money for the be pulp purpose lie die a saw to new lorli lork with her mother to buy her trousseau D daphne a p so 8 brother bavard barked be ahna just married and left for fa europe a hn with his bride leila daphne and her mother install theme themselves I 1 I 1 in lb lyrd g fi flat at windburn Wini burn Introduce a daphne bad and her mother to in luxurious ork new york life daphne meets meet to tom D dunne a man mail about town who seem greatly I 1 t to her bar daphne bc accidentally eydenta 1 ay discovers that clay is von aas except inglat for or hla his a ealan alai am au and d ills his wt wife 0 lem return to new hew lork lack unexpectedly ph the three set but ant on an a shopping excursion aud and the two aunger women wingen buy expensive atoms having them charged vi in bay bayard CHAPTER VII C continued I 1 lello leila said mid nothing at ddn hut but thought hed hard lan fegard rd we was bile silent t later the door bell tang as and it a Y young cewin sewing a girl gill brought two big boxes bases from D U be t I 1 they hey were so ao big that there was a no conceal ing tic leila made a timid effort to escape wit with h hers bers but acut bayard was full of at a abac cheerful 1 curiosity tze th buet whits what 3 al all that bonev on oh R its j just all a a little this thing I 1 picked up today at dutilh e s what Is it it a A ecard f or ma a fellow a look at it he begun began to on untie 1 the knot sealed scaled across the good cord w was a an envelope a pa with 4 statement bayarc tore it tree fear leila left snatched at it bavard laughed tan glied 1 and I dodged her leila pursued it i was I a game of tag me for far her and apha and ad her mother an looked locket bat in guilty dread bayard baard whooping wk with law dash dashed ed lot into his me room and ad closed 1 cal the door held it fast while leila pounded tied and pleaded with him hla his laughter we was quenched sharply there nas d a silence I 1 r e he opened th the ant door done and walked out a sickly gi pallor P a at Z his lips the statement tt t t I 1 in his hand it this cont cant be right honey binary bayord bayard kip to dutilh debtor peach blow satin foun gown tw two hundred and seventy fire dohara hil lats th the a price pic Is ridiculous itt re nd ad I 1 have back SO DO I 1 account u t t there e 11 he he I 1 insisted lf ted P an my opening and ne but I 1 dont want to open a any sa ac counts at I 1 pay illy my bills in thirty days or discount the atheni for or cash I 1 cant t pay this mk I 1 in t thirty horty dava anely I 1 CUB can see ack I 1 ahead old of at me aia 1 is laid out at 1 I 1 P im sorry borry leila faltered YO you said eald the times time were nere getting tetter better 1 I 1 I thought they were I 1 hoped they were B but I 1 they ve e gone be was at idee des I 1 was trying to theer you up Is ie gyon agne a happy honeymoon and I 1 bought you yon evem everything thing on saw broad ahmed and it gasn basou t enough 1 when will you get enough clothes leila had bad faced incredulous at the calm calamitous result or of her tender lat im pul IF to beautify herself 1 in his eyes th hi a tears mine came fishing gus liing and she ran cm to an I 1 room mom and locked the door banyard did not bat follow be her he to taru it for far comfort to his bid mother that and ad daphne he noted tho the other box daphne had ad out not dared 0 open one it do buyard to it ripped elope from its cord cold and ad read mail elbowed kip to dutilh D dr patch parch do ent too timed a d gown for miss daphne ki kin 1 to hundred and ad seventy it five out dol fairs back he we OB parchment toned tailed himself as he be t ook it the no Alo statement taught ft at daphne ud it i metered husi huskily I 1 7 A hat a this dalna daine could not mutter any cour age she explained with craven te re insorsi 1 I i saw new a gown a that I 1 17 I 1 needed there and f ii i I 1 he offered to let it I 1 an or eassi account out till I 1 could get the away bayard was A choked with till wroth wrath and ad gater a t bottor greater the than her he 1 1 I go to is my office and work tike like a fiend end all day find and I 1 come home to find that my wife lt and ad my sister berun beran have BIB into at debt f tor five fim hundred and ad fifty adi don dollars and the it firm the big or firm I 1 work for bad to extend a note not tor for sevea same hundred and fifty because we meet it I 1 his hie too mother F tried to stem the tide of bayard aimed a rage to turn tug his wroth wrath with ft soft answer 1 I guess goes it ita all 11 my fault b honey by y the am om looked loed so BO pr pretty at ty on the girls girl I 1 n urged ra the them to tak anke them you ought to bee as tiow law ben beautiful atif I 1 they are go put the doess dwse on daphne and let your bt brother lr see ace how sweet you wit look in it it bare barell she looks sweet anflin to it tt Its it beautiful and that justifies anything lord bhat he I 1 did you make em am pat out of these wo women mr mrs IG kip P nudged daphne and abis pare reu go on an put pat the drom dress on let 1 tiro I see a you fro to in W it th no pole with great efter floes but pon a stared B red at her with derision decision and edged away anil and spoke epode in a was tone AS As a cold 1 4 blue vitriol put flit it on an art do yiu think id ever wear I 1 the im abad do it be bac lann tomorrow ived w morning at luy break ami and I 1 IU it never neer to tahe a a thing that any nou pus tor far ax long a I 1 OB I 1 it alv aa it roared or fal at her his lil d or i tin m t to tabb tu tiling that dat say any man pas for ehl what are am sou going to live hes oh on air she answered it him grimly the there ne are several million women omen in tills thle country try earning ing their own on a living suit and I 1 ain in going to be one of them III comment am won was a barking backlog hall hah I 1 she lutor lugged til tile the box away to her room bocard bay on hung doing himself into a chair and listened to tile the cauldren cauldron caul dron of his own hateful thou thoughts h gradually they the ceased to ho bubble b his and F stew few B he could late hear now BOW th the B muffled beat of leila a sorrow he restated resisted it for a while sneem sneered a at it briged at it ft and then the at the M cruelty city of the world L sites boag oba had stopped now nine and be bayard yard its listened t fred for them anxiously perhaps an she e had bad died of plat grief A 1880 iasso seemed to have h caught him about abou t the t h shoulders bladders it we was dragging him to tg t the a door he at the there at last and listened he beard based a low obly ably appealing he tapped on thedo thedoor amr and called through it leila honey love forgive me im I 1 ve seen the me little gown it its I 1 beautiful you shall have it and d I a dozen likely like it PI please forgive r tayo me e and kne me 1 again I aud and IU b buy you any anything hing you a want pru plead please do don t imea keep me stand ing outside your door flonell let leila loe a I 1 the door opening he be slipped through to take refuge with his leila A moment later the doorbell rang daphne checked the maid whose cum care had be been 7 fascinatingly entertained and 1 it told her that it if the caller were mr choba he was to wait outside I 1 in the hall it we was wimburn a and it daphne vent out to him lie he started greeted tire her wit with the zest east of a young ia lover daphne saw gave him a mid cold cheek check to kiss and the then pulling pollin g her engagement ring tie aiom her alger placed it to in his hand baud what lito what hate s this daphne he R its your U ring ing I 1 in giving it back ahe rh engagement 1 is off iff hur indefinitely finitely tor par heaven a sake why what 1 have I I 1 I 1 done nothing neither have L but r im going to do something amt are you a going g to do daphne 1 I dont 9 enow but something dont dan t you III love me a any more mom just as much DO I 1 as st ever more cm than the ever and prove t it t too prove prova it by putting the ring flags back on newel never send brad altback it back and save your money that what ht I 1 im in going to do with what I 1 ive a bought kiss me good night find ad a go please pickle she left him outside and closed the door us tie lovingly as she could while clay waited malted tor far the elevator to on C come up and tale take him down he stated stared at the ring with sheep s are eves t tossed ad K K and caught it awkwardly addly and laughed and almost emoke P his thought stand aloud F funny y thing ming I 1 paid tor for it I 1 yet yel got so an insulting letter fro from the 1 jeweler wa too this very w afternoon afern but daphne was thumbing xe the tak telephone ph a book to see it she could d find tom duane a number dumber CHAPTER hlll rh she failed to ra run duane do to earth 1 in the he telephone book she was at a loss loas for summer another source of directions direction she me was new to new york and did not know how has to set out on buch both a pursuit bills went want to her roann to anil and found bar ler mother there dismally engaged in writing a letter to her father breaking to him the dreadful two newa that th the trousseau vas to coit t far more tor for fee far les less she we was eking asking for far extra mone a tt it once ance smiled bitterly abat ir ald rub hub it out and do it over age again ill I 1 ne m m a there hint atut goin gain to IS be no t trousseau u no wedding adding bells for to r me mr mm kip rolled colled large eve in doph we ie B direction and ad looked deaf daphne bield to ewt I 1 it her bar denuded engagement on fin ge vt in ID proof drool that she ah bud and clay were de HUIL killed gracious was mrs mra kip kips prolene why CD an earth did 3 ou on because B us m too expensive tor for him what are am you going to do go do back to cleveland and tell evell everybody body that von m re not going filing to get married tried after nil 11 in trouble 0 o 1 US in not bolog balk bajc to cleve chile land and I 1 am going to get married hut but later much later 1 I hate co conundrum drums mid bald mrs kip better toll tell me the me answer for far I 1 won t goese nabat are you going to do 1 I in going to lend land a baud enid aid daphne do my share he get st a joh job and ad an earn my mr board and ad keep reaven heaven help III us I 1 youw you TO gone er crazy mrs kip exclaimed you clym get to bell bed and you 11 feel better la in the anum morning 9 small finish my letter she added unbeknownst to daphne ip a postscript as s long ions as the letter con can nil all she had just A written ritten and urging a her husband to cume coine last bast at once and oil tolie take charge of 0 ilia his arul taught lau er bill dropped it in I 1 the mail chute and it fell into a bottomless pit long along wit with her other hopes hope api dpi dubline ne and her mother were uneasy at the p prospect enter of the breakfast en re counter mar with the bridal emple couple there bau had it been beco a sense ease of ad strain tice first morning but now gone I a hitter bitter quarrel had bad inter enad ed that first ugly quarrel when the a ad edge go of saable bi Is brhen latter between an united hearts bayard bud and leila however arrived at the table all 11 smiles more amorous than ever leila wore more a triumphant smile suell such on as delilah mu must t have worn the llie second formal lt ume she went out we walking a with her big beau base it ans A plain to the anxious in yes of mrs RIP kip and daphne that leila had bad emerged from the quarrel with all the loot and aggravated power she hell taken adlan advantage tage of her bar hu bus 1 b ind it a trust and ad abused his gence generosity rests essIy s ay with DO more mom evil motive indeed thab the w wish ish to beautify braut ity her as self in his honor hamor and yet with reek lesnow less nesa I 1 it iwas was dot at altogether leilas fault it if flip lesson lemon bla learned perhaps Derli aps un consciously V from the combat was sam eta IU something Bom ething g 1 like athla 1 I ran my husband botanical into debt with till out cut consulting him his listless list les love lose woke from its torpor and enchanted me with a first flea class demonstration 0 of alf its an energy a agy he tomed stormed I 1 wept chri thrill fegly he apologized begged to be P permitted admitted armit ted to bring an me sum some more at nice its I 1 I 1 it J 71 she went to her he room and found he her mother there dismally engaged in writing R letter to he her fath father mines things ergo when home life grows dull 1 I to can always ways stir up the fire by buring something we can I 1 afford when I 1 want anything I 1 must get it I 1 shall be acol scolded ded then kissed hissed and treated with awe also if I 1 hadn haan t bought it I 1 have had bad lt if nor the bonus bara that goes with it it if we had not got quarreled we should h have eve missed the rapture ot of making up ap 0 th this Is one of the first lessons lesions that certain sorte of husbands teach to car let tain aorta of ct wives when the man of the ho house so had departed for his osce a and nal the go walter waiter had carried oft off the break breakfast at relies th the three women a were left 1 alone I lu is A 8 completely 0 feminine iliev faced life like three noras the tha old mother the tie new wife and ad tile the data deferred r ad wife each from her coign of v u n thee M the I 1 he two married women turned on an the a maid maid with commons resentment the iliev were or married and dependent and slie she had her independence they were tons tones and the s he a whig it was as their privilege to rail all S at thing as they were but it was their religion to frown on chancing changing them thano mrs kip senior poke tor for mrs RIP kip junior now denton daphne tell us na what Is this 18 a new f foolishness all 11 about daphne awed anwer id stoutly it its not at foolishness ever its I 1 the hrat first glimmer of sense I 1 ve re ever had tm rat sick kick of the idea of always living on an the till mercy marcy of some I 1 man an taking hla his clarity charity or his hie extravagance I 1 ive I 1 am always aye been a drag crag on dour daddy and I 1 I 1 was getting read to ta shift my we weight over to poor clay a back but I 1 dont think a w woman ought to be dependent on a man I 1 I 1 thin think it sh ehe ought to bear her share of the b burden I 1 adon aa it she did t r mrs kip arke out As it if the home lust just ax at much it labor as tile office leila attacked her from fee another the dt di 1 for goodness lake bake daphne don dan t lose iff your h head ad D dont text you 1 im ame for far a moment t that a husband whitie wit be happier and lore I 1 his wit wife bet bat ter because she earns wages the harder you work for far num men the better they like somebody else the harder border a man mail works work tor for you the better he likes you beat of all he lows loica the that tries trial to break him daphne I 1 s answer ianswer was a impey 1 I don dont I 1 be believe I 1 leve it 1 1 id it despise a 4 man that felt f sit that way the three women woman wrangled with wl wise sans and ad modern do instances instance and ad they were in a perilous state of if d dissension when the telephone rang as let leila answered it and her aute oute outcries r tea of india maion alarmed mrs kip 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