Show VT r A by y RUPE RUPERT RT HUGHES crib at A A A by ft drothea III fill 13 DAPHNE DISCOVERS THAT HER MONEY WILL NOT GO FAR IN BUYING A TROUSSEAU IN NEW YORK Syn opals clay wimburn a young new yorker on a visit to eveland cleveland meets pretty daphne kip whose brother is in the samo dinco with cloy lay la in wall street after a whirlwind courts courtship bip they become engaged CHAPTER ill III continued 2 sir mr gossett smiled not old wesley girl 1 I believe I 1 did bear was miss kip call her father desicy 11 tveit rd like to kielp tell NYC aca out I 1 suppose 1 I might tako take a chance do you think you can pay tor for tho ring in ninety days daya easily I 1 wimburn wald lave havo promised to tear down tho the world nod rebuild it in ninety days 1 I havo have to add a little to tho the price for the rafik bitic and the accommodation anything you like said eald clay lang call it two two hundred dollars rol lars 11 certainly I 1 ono could hardly haggle over an engagement ring ajl ask you to sign a little document with pleasure plon suro ito iio would have signed nn agreement to surrender a n pound of tits his flesh clay hurried out to find daphne and fasten on her tho the glittering lie ile might havo have taken further alarm from tho the immense and greedy rapture daphno daphne roven revealed led it at the ilia sight of tho ilia petrified dewdrop set in tho the golden circlet women urn all misers when it coines to diamonds wimburn noted only the joy tho the bauble gave to daphne and tho the pretty submissiveness with which she bile poked out her slender finger and slid it into tho the fetter ho he felt that tho the kiss of affiance was worth years of hard bard labor it was hara and bitter to rend their cemented hearts in twain but ho he had to go at last she floated him to the station tit in tho the little car and waved him through the iron poling paling sho she was un on imaginably precious and pitiful as nhe stood there and lie ho wanted to blubber when tho vestibule was wair slammed elain mcd eliut and the train slid out of tho the station like a 0 merciless snake no he vowed that lio lie would work with tho strength of ten and pile allo up a fortuno fortune in n tho the bank for fop her but first lie ho must palo up enough to pay tor for that solitaire 0 4 cl clay ay wrote daphne a fat letter overy day ile ho usually fally sneaked it in among hla his business correspondence sod and took great pains that it should never miss the lako lake shore limited at five thirty in tho the utter noon A epo clot clat delivery stamp put tho the letter in daphnes hands every c next forenoon tir but after tho letter had gone he usually remembered that ho he had omitted to include somo some message aage of frightfully important so 60 lie ho had to ad her every night a night letter find frequently of mornings ho rout pro oft off a day letter these cost only sixty cents apiece but often ho he hod had to send them in double or triple length for occasions where timo was yet more unendurable there was the tolo a pittance of three dollars and twenty five cents for tho the first three minutes and a dollar and five cents fo for reach each additional minute or traction fraction thereof would bring his lips to daphnes ear car from tho the little rubber mouth of tho the receiver her voice came to him as from a distant star by interplanetary communication tho the sense of remoteness was unbearable silo sho seemed to bo be dead and walling waiting across eternity clay wimburn was in complete dis tress ills ilia health wavered and tits hla office work suffered buffered till it wort won rebukes and threats from his chiefs and corn com ment even train from bayard kip who never suspected and waa never told of wimburne Wlm burna infatuation for tits ills slater sister with lovers logic wimburn per himself that the only ono who could save eave him front from destruction was daphne with her married and nil all and ensconced in ft a little nest in new york he could take lake up ills his office tasks with a whole heart so lio lie began to write and to telegraph and to groan across the living wire wilder and wilder cries for help daphna wept apt back and repaid his longings in kind and suffered heartrending ecstasies of yearning and finally sho she promised frantically to marry hlin him without further daay df lay with n nd desire estre to economize in pain she broke the double news to her awo wp parents nt at the same time telling g them both that mot she was ana engaged and that bho bhe was about to wed they were stunned they had never experienced a of tho the acuto state of daphnes heart affairs it Is really astounding lioy how mind blind parents are to their childrens activities ind how much can go on under their cosea wi lahout catching their heavy eye daphne vastly browbeat browl icat liar and mother into consenting to her hei s 1 y early mar marriage rInge iler her fattier father groaned nt at the thought of the wedding ex cx pon honses ses but consoled himself with n R rispah pisgah sight of tho the cannan canaan when tho the last ot of his dear children should bo be living nt at another mans cost mrs kip mado made one stipulation 1 I wont lot let daphno daphne sneak away to now new york and bo be married by n justice ot of the peace or a coroner or whoever dors does such things in now york bile bho must have a church wedding and a home reception daphne accepted this unanimously with ono one amendment 1 I must go to new york to get my trousseau of course said eald mrs kip of courso course nott said mr kip why not said mrs kip the expense la Is tho the why not I 1 tho the uso use of spending a fortune on clothes the money that goes out for these honeymoons might better bo be turned into the wedding fund lord knows daphne will need dollars more than she needs duds if ote tio marries that young fellow daphne broke out in a revolt oh but ill bo be glad to bo be free from this everlasting talk of money money money I 1 I 1 hato hate it I 1 hate to take it from you it if it for the disgrace id bring to you and I 1 accept a cent id bo be married in my old bathrobe thank chank heaven im marrying a man who hang onto every penny uko like grim death in lier her own hoart heart she did not realize what a grievous wound silo bho dealt the battered old heart ot of her father till ho he sighed 1 I was like him when I 1 was tits ago age maybo hell be like mo me when hoa hes i mine it if I 1 had been more ot of a miser then men ji I guess ra id DO be less or of one now then daphne caught the hunta hunted hounded look behind ilia hla spectacles and flung herself la in tits lila arms weeping forgive me daddy im it a little boast beast to talk to you so I 1 dont mean it im just excited ill get only tho the simplest things and somo day when clay and I 1 are rich ill pay you back a no ile patted her and kissed her gawkily find and manlike having gained his point threw it away you got get whatever la is best beat and nicest youre tho the pirt dirtiest iest girl in ohio and youre going to hove have the finest wedding over was seen in cleveland awl ami ill find the money all right never you fear lie ito had just remembered a bit of real estate that had not yet been decorated with a second mortgage ile iio had bought it secretly with the proceeds of a windfall that was tits hta double wo life instead of spending money surreptitiously on dissipations when ho bo had bad a bit of luck lie ho sneaked out and invested vc sted it in something ethIng ho he could borrow money on in a crisis tho the crisis never failed him so daphne wrote to her brother that silo she was coming to now york to buy a trousseau for her wedding to the dearest boy on earth whose name she bile would not tell him till silo she saw him her letter crossed a letter from bayard day who begun began it wita lits his regular apology for his unavoidable delay in writing home dearest mother alother dad and sis several sweet lettera from you mother and meant to answer but been very busy these hard I 1 times mas forced us to cut down staff and throw threw extra work on nien men to retained but business busl has been so bad so BO long ions it cant set get any worse bound to get better so bo im going to dont drop doad yot yet im golant to get married round found the an gel eel of oralio the world known it for a long time aen been engaged n P year batting to get bet rich enough to place her where she belongs helon Rs not there yet but cant stand bachelorhood any longer wedding date data not settled yet but probably a mome dorna time in june that would make a good bong some time in june will let you know exact date silence followed tho document aud and there are few documents that mean so co much to every family faintly as that bearing the ilia news that one of the children hns has gone into tha th world and found a mato mate and glyen given up the ilia ancient loyalty for the new CHAPTER IV the two old kips sat brooding over their mystery the fruit of their almost forgotten romance the little squalling equalling squal ling helpless baby that lint come to them and strangely evolved into a grent great grown man was now in tho the tolls of t romance in his turn lie ile had found an fn m a fa far city bouie body there that lie ho loved better than limn his family faintly or tits friends arlenda or his fredom daphne was delighted nt at first vien then silo she realized that the news of his mar inar would throw her own plans into ds disarray array she sighed 1 I suppose id better postpone roy my wedding till wo we get bayard off our hands a fine ideal idea I 1 her fattier father exclaimed it was always a joy to him to defer nn an expense mrs kip hip flung him a glare and daphne rolled her eyes in distress but lie ho redeemed himself with nn an unexpectedly graceful turn it lets us keep daphne with us a little longer I 1 daphne wrote this new decision to clay lie he r ent hack back a letter that fairly howled with protest when daphne told her parents of clays anguish they made light of at it it wa was a a long long p ince they oley lind had been young they had learned that marriages contain surprises that may comet sometimes imes bo be postponed without misfortune bayard did not write again for several days this time bo be wrote to daphne dear sis yours of no date data as usual received and beautiful contents noted I 1 can hardly believe that mi my little eta els la is announcing noun cing intention to loin join we procession and get married too youre more sensible than I 1 used to think this Is subject to revision when I 1 know who the lucky man Is who la Is he some borne cleveland appolo or orl however you spell it I 1 suppose before I 1 could write you a bombshell exploded p boded in the office heads of firm decided that thata ince wo we cant sell any goods in america might try england want me to go eo over at once rind see what can bp done about establishing a selling agency in dear old lunnon doncher know and BO 00 now I 1 intend to combine business trip vacation and honeymoon in same baine voyage so bo we get married thursday and sail mail saturday just time to get cat settled in in our dove cote before leaving was waa worrying over not being able to accept your kind offer to pay ina a visit then the blessed suggested that her sweet slater sister ln inlaw law to lt be should come to now new york and ana make our gut apartment her home while she shops we wont aek ge back b k from coin honeymoon hike tor for six weeks at least you and mother lust just settle down there until you have finished shopping wilt will leave key hey and instructions with superintendent the letter ended with the usual oceans of lovo love and kisses and the usual haste baste it set the family to pondering old wesley was the first to speak and his train of thought startled the women so hos going to get married tomor row sudden I 1 saves ua me buying a wedding present though I 1 when he had recovered from the impact of his cifes look ho he saved himself again with a 0 quick pleading suggestion what I 1 was thinking was it leaves more money for daphnes nos trousseau the poor wretch bad grown used to seeing unexpected gifts of fortune float into view like soap bubbles drift close in iridescent loveliness and then wink out leaving hardly it a damp spot As AB soon as ho he hod bravely added what ho he had saved from fram hla his sons wedding to what lie ho had already voted to tits his daugh daughters tees trousseau ho he was dion doomed ted to learn that daphne could not start east to buy clothes to get married in until sho pho had bought some clothes to start east in and besides vint that sho she could not go kast east alone and her mother bould could not go with her un on 1 V I 1 A I 1 f a fine idea her father fathe r ex claimed le less leis is her ber mother had also some borne now clothes to title her dotur r over till her mother could get to new york and buy auy some clothes to stay married in wesley kip went forth to peddle that second mortgage this was it a commodity not easy to dispose of and it took him a week or two to find a pur purchaser claser and then lie ho paid tin an ingen ingan loudly disguised usury for it but ho bot got tho the cash when ho he camo homo home ho be proudly no on that daphne and lier her mother could start for to now york no as soon ai a mind to they had bad a mind to as soon nd aw their clothes were ready ile ho accompanied them to the train ile iio was not even to have tho doleful luxury of seeing them spend ids morley money hut but he put a brave front on his folly and hla his last words to daphne were i ellave a good time honey and it if you sea anything you absolutely got to have just you get it and if the money you got enough why ill got get more somehow you can usually depend on your old dad daa to do its his best lie ile felt repaid when his bis beautiful child cried 1 I know I 1 can I 1 you angel I 1 and reached high and drew his head town down like a faithful camels he never told her that silo she was squeezing his eyeglasses into his noso nose iio managed not to sneeze at the exquisite agony of her curls tickling his nostrils and bho feasted tits his hungry ear car with eager gratitude daphne slept little that night in her pullman pigeonhole she was too busy with her bar thoughts and the wheels wheals made fiade a banjo of the ralls rails lint kilt she was glad of her insomnia even better than sleeping well la Is staying awake well the train was wag on time and rolled chariot smoothly into the grand central station clay wimburn was there by special dispensation from the office domce rina and he had had the forethought to secure a permit to come down to the platform lie ile told the station master that hint hohag ho had a crippled aunt to meet ile ho did not tell mrs kip that thal ho he let her believe that all doors opened to him daphne had not finished pointing out her hand bond luggage to the redcap when alien clays arms were about her she turned to draw her trusty sir I 1 but smothered it on her lips he charged her mother next and kissed her well saying not for bayard for roe me ilow are arc you mammal mrs kip blushed and squealed as she bhe had squealed long ago when her first lover stole the first kiss after making arrangements about the ilia baggage with and tipping the porter like a freshly baked millionaire clay them to mr and mrs bayards bayaras Ba yards apartment house a towering habitable chimney on fifty ninth street overlooking central park and columbus circle the convenience and ingenuity of 0 the apartment enchanted daphne it seemed impossible that all this luxury this ozone of wealth could bo be secured in so BO small all a space on part of one floor boor tho the twelfth of a building everything came up la in baskets by pulley policy people food everything it was like a monastery in tho the mountains with some differences she was grateful beyond words to the young |