Show m r T 4 11 the thirteenth aty commandment command men RUPERT HUGHES i 1 CLAYS ORGY OF SPENDING GETS HIM INTO AN embarrassing SITUATION synopsis clay wimburn a young new yorker keron on a visit to cleveland meets pretty daphne kip whose brother Is 18 JA in tho the anina with clay in wall street after a whirlwind courtship they become engaged clay buys an all engagement ring on credit and returns jonew to new york daphne agrees to an early marriage and after extracting front from tier her money worried father what sho she regards ns as a sufficient clent sum of 1 money 1 for forthe the purpose she bho goes to new york with her mother to buy her trousseau CHAPTER V continued this Is too beautiful to go through so BO fast daphne cried its wonderful we ought to walk promise me wo we can walk homo home ita such tt it gorgeous night youre crazy darling he said ive got to get to my office tomorrow and youve got to got get homo home tor for break fast all right for you she bho pouted but tt it was none too a tragedy gedy and tier her spirits revived when the tax taxicab leall turned in through gli tile the shrubs about the old inn that had once been the honic home of napoleons brother and had board the tho laughter of theodosia burr and of hetty betty jumel in their primes daphne did not like the table the head waiter led them to it missed both the breeze and the view cant we sit over flip there re sho she said til ill see sec the head waiter came reluctantly to its ills beck when clay asked for tho the table the answer was curt sorry sir it Is reserved clay felt insulted no whipped out li ills ts pocketbook and rebuked tile tyrant 1 with a bill ile iio thought it was a one dollar bill but lie he saw a IV V on it just its as the swift and subtle head waiter absorbed it without seeming to T to ask for it back or for change was one of the most impossible things thing a in the world clay made addo it as easy for his nert slave elave its as he could 1 I dont think you understood which table I 1 meant lie he said pointing to the one chehad he hod indicated before that one oh that onel bald the head bead walter waiter certainly sir lie ile led tile the way beckoning waiters and omnibuses omni buses and snapping his on cers ers clay ordered a supper as chastely perfect ns a sonnet it showed that ho be had both native ability and education in the art of ordering a meal ile he impressed even the head waiter and that Is a triumph that was clays purpose also lie wanted to preserve his self respect and the walters waiters attention in the thee face of the supper that was being ordered at the next table that was well ordered too but it wits was not n sonnet it was a rhapsody it was ordered by a ma man whose guests lind not yet arrived when clay had dispatched ills his waiter ho be whispered to daphne see that fellow thomas varick duane one of the bellest bilott n bachelors in now new york ile was crazy about leila not leila I 1 yes really why bayird got married so BO quick lie he was afraid tom dunne would steal tier her nice enough fellow but too much money moncal I 1 daphne looked at tile the big man tind and caught him looking at tier her with a favorable appraisal she stared him down with a cold self belt possession of jhc thc the american girl who will neither flirt nor flinch duano duane yielded and turned ills his eyes to clay recognized him and nodded Il I Iello lello wimburn I 1 nah yal aal feeling fairly snappy said bald clay duane showed a willingness to come over and be presented but clay kept jilin him off with a look like a pair of pushing hands duane loitered about waiting for ills his guests lie ile looked lonely daphne felt it mixture of charity an and snobbery in tier her heart site she whispered to clay CIRY invite the poor fellow over hero here till ills his guests come im dying to bo be able to tell the people at home that 1 I met the groat grent dunne duane again clay shook ills head and that you introduced him to ino me clay nodded no beckoned duane over with hardly more than a motion of tho eyebrows dunne duane came with a flattering battering natt ering eagerness ile he put ills his liand hand out glit to tb clay rna end clay rising made the presentation youre not related to bayerd kip I 1 hope duano enid eald with an amiable frown iles hes my brother wiy why ill 1 I evve him a big grudge said sal duane ile iio stole ills wife from me mc i just as ag I 1 wa mag 8 falling madly in lovo love with tier her girl your new ive never seen tier her said daphne beautiful girl garil I 1 he sighed much too good for your our brother Droth cr infinitely beyond rue me why dont you both moy over to my itly table miss aless fible la Is to bo there with tier lier manager mighty i clever garl alss hamble Jem ble nave you acca con tier her new play gewere wo We were there tonight sold bald daphne ashes glor glorious loust t come on over end and play in our yard then dapne daphno had never met a famous actress she was wild to join tile tho group ind and to know tom duane better belter but clay spoke with nn an ley icy finality thanks old man weve alre already atly ordered lie ile still stood and ho be had bad not invited duano to sit elt down tom dunno duane looked tit at daphne and smiled like a hoy boy rebuked all right ill III go quietly I 1 know when val im kicked out hut but next time I 1 wont go so easily good night iio put ills his warm friendly hand out again to daphne and to clay who nodded him blin away with on an appalling informality considering how flow great lie was other people come came in somo some of them plainly sightseers somo some of them personages of quality everybody seemed happy chin clandestine destine romantic tills this was life ns as daphne wanted t to 0 live IV 0 it but at length she yawned dawned ifer her little hand could not conceal tho the contortion of her features im glor gloriously bously tired honey she confessed with a lovable intimacy its the most beautiful supper I 1 ever had but im sleepy lie ile si smiled tilled with indulgent tenderness find and said to the waiter checkl check 1 daphne turned tier her eyes away decently na as tho the slip of paper on a plate was waa set at clays elbow but sho she noted that lie he started alerted violently ns as lie he tur turned n ed tile the bill over and met it face to face ile iio studied it with the grim heroism of one reading a 0 death war rant the amount staggered him ilia iio turned pale ile iio recovered enough to say to the waiter youve given mo me tho the wrong check the waiter shook his bead oh ob rl I 1 clay studied it again lie ile called for tho the bill of fare and studied that daphne felt so ashamed that she wanted to leap into the river abroad tt it Is believed that the man who does docs not audit his restaurant bill Is either an american tourist or somo some other kind of fool but in daphnes daphnea set it was considered tho the act of a miser clay worked over ills check its as if it were a trial balance all ali I 1 thought so lie growled the bill of fare anro says that this Alon montreal treal ej XI f ag WOO tit 1 71 it patriotism and pride helped her for a quarter of a mile radon melon Is seventy alvo centa a portion youve charged roe me three dollars for two portions A look of pitying contempt ti twisted the walters waiters smile tho melon you ordered sair calr wits was nil out I 1 served you a french melon instead why you tell me 1 I deed not it mett bettered maetter ered cd to the gent gentleman laman clay sniffed ne ile was not to bo be quieted by such euch a sop cop lie ile whipped rat ills hta and laid down every bill in it ile iio stretched ills his legs and ransacked hla blu trousers pockets and dropped on the plato plate every cola coin ho he had lie ile withdrew a diac and waved the heap at th the e waiter it was evi evident dentI from the way tho waiter snatched the plato plate from the table that clay had not tipped him in facts clay said this will bo be a letsou to you they slumped down tho the fitch th starter call cab sir air anil made to tn va aitio on ono up clay shook his head and and walked on oil toward tile monument bonu 1 ment of gannt daphne followed they wont as humbly na as n couple of pampers paupers evicted for tho the rent daphno daphne was afraid to speak sho she saw that eliat clay was waa sick with wrath and sho she did not know jilin him well enough to bo be sure how flow lie ho would take tier her in ference ter in ills hla thoughts site trudged along la in utter litter shame ne tho the worst of her was wag that sho she wits so eo ashamed of 0 li IL why should site care whether a waiter smiled or frowned but she did care infinitely daphne could not pump up tiny enthusiasm thusia sm forthe scenery iler her lover took no advantage of tile tho serial of arbors and the embracing bowers no ile never kissed hissed tier her not once daphne ceased to be sorry borry for far clay and felt sorry for tier her neglected self belt I 1 then sho she grew angry at herself then at it him at length sho she said with ominous sweetness aro are you going to walk nil all the way tear dear you said you wonted to bouy you ho be muni mumbled bled thickly so go slid she trudged somo some distance farther it few blocks it was it seemed miles then she rho said now illow far la Is it home nl together About three miles and a half Is that nil all tho the heroine of an novel ive been reading us used cd to dash off five or six miles before breakfast patriotism and pride helped tier her for a quarter of a mile more then she resigned 1 I guess im not an BIn english glish heroine I 1 dont believe sho she ever really did it ill resign 1 ill have havo toasa to ask you to call me it a call cab pretty hard to find nn empty ono one along liero here tit at this hour he said and urged tier lier on lets go over that way to tho the inhabited part of town she elio bald and take a street cor car or the subway and then lie ho stopped and said with gu guilty illy have illano you got your pocketbook with you no I 1 left it it at homo home tonight W N Da daphne pline I 1 got 1 n cent why clay I 1 you poor thing 11 1 why I 1 wits was so BO rough with tile tho waiter if id ind had the money do you think id have mado made a row before you about a few little dollars revert never I 1 you see 1 I expect togo out to clare mont after tile theater tho the taxi cost mode more than I 1 expected and then I 1 gave tile tho head waiter five dollars instead of one I 1 ordered with caro care so that it would come out right but that business about tho the melon finished me ine I 1 jut just made it I 1 never was so ashamed in I 1 my life and 1 had to drag you into it and now im murdering your poor little feet tho the funniest joko joke I 1 ever heard why you tell rno me before its no joke I 1 why of course it Is ast 1st I 1 you have only to go to your bank tomorrow and draw some more rio ile did not answer this lie ile said paid nothing at all she had ft a terrified feeling that ills his sli clico was full ot of meaning that ills bank account would not respond to ilia his cull call she S could not nek jilin to explain tho the situation she was afratis that lie he might inight site marched on oil doggedly growing more and more gloomy and decrepit iter her little slippers with their stilted heels pinched and wavered and every avery step was ft a jiing lets so go over there ond anti got get on oil it a street car and duro daro thein to lo put us off 1 she suggested its a pay us as you enter car p he groaned the world was a different world now tile the drive that eliat find been so tremendously lovely na as she eho pacu through it in a taxicab was a pathway in mo jare she limped through the hideous hateful linte ful unpardonable length and felt that tt it was a symbol of tho the affo attend ahead of tier her she lind had counted on escaping from the money limits of lier ter home sho she was merely transferring herself front from one jail to another nn other iler young lver hod had dazzled tier her with ills his heedless courtship flown with tier her on motor wings dipping to virth now and then to pip refreshments tit nt a high cost and then swooping off with her and now ills his wings lind had broken ills gasoline wits gone ills his motor burnt ont mt i and tile tho rest of the journey was to ho be the same old trudge she had been lenning leaning heavily on oil clays arm now she put it t awny from lier her in n mixture of H pity for him and of self reproof when lie ho protested site she said 1 I think ill walk better blond for a while so file ho hobbled and hobbled by herself lie he pleading to ile be allowed to help her hut t 6 eho I 1 to kept t him film away and they crept on a little farther loving each otho other piteously in the course ori ire they reached alic lie Sold soldiers lers and aal a llora lors monument and daphno daphne cank down at tho lie baso base of ol 01 it IL 1 I cant go tiny any farther sho she said not it if I 1 ile of starvation ile he bank down tit at her side bide the moon larel nt at them b the Ute columns nud and the cella of tile tho monument end and seemed to tilt its faco face to no me side fildo and smile A motorcar wont went by with till tho the silence ot of it loping pani panther her another passing it threw a calcium light on tom duane and ills guests and ills beur cur ilow gorgeously they it daphne had had a bit of oc luck sho would bo be with them holtring flouring flou vol ring trIng on tho the pinions of money moncy instead of hobbling on without it daphno daphne took oft off tier her slippers arid fondled her poor abused feet its ay if they were acro tier her children but when site sho tried to thrust them bade back into tier slippers I 1 for it a final desperate effort she suo almost shrieked with tho the hurt burt ril ill have to go eo alio lie rest of the way in my lily stocking feet sho moaned not it I 1 jinye to carry you clay gro growled wied before lie ho had a chanco chance to carry out Ms his reFo revolution lution it 11 taxicab that had de dc pomped its fares at an apar apartment tallent house above went bowling by W with th its HUB flag up ill i clay ran out and howled lit at it till it PIled circled round and drow drew up by tho bridle then lio lie ran to daphno daphne and bundled tier her into it and gave her address to the driver but how low aro are you gal going dg to pity pay him T site sighed blissfully as they allot MOW along not that I 1 caro care at all 1 1 I figured flint out paid alny ill drop you at homo home null nud then alic jilin him to my club and see eco it I 1 cant borrow front from somebody there if I 1 cant ill give jilin him roy ray watch or ortho tho or of nis life ife terrible I 1 daphne sighed to think how low enuch I 1 have cost you I 1 well I 1 wanted to give you a good lime on your little visit said clay and its only two days till roy my next salary day iler her heart sank bank ner guess was wag right ills blink bank account wits try dry it lind gurgled out tit in amusing tier her sho she frit felt that there was something hero here that would tako take n bit of thinking abolt when she elie ind rested enough to think tile swung into fifty ninth street and drew up tip to the curb clay helped daphne out and said to the gattl ile iio it with just the tono tone lio lie had used when ho he said to tit alio llio waiter check I 1 when clay lind had kissed tier her ills hla seventeenth farewell and ans wondering how lie ho could tear himself away from froin lier her without bIg bleeding edIng to death daphne pressed tho the bell instead of tier her drowsy mother opening the door halt half on an inch and fleeing in tier her curl papers bayard appeared lu in lila ilia bathrobe bath and paja pajamas inns Day ardIll daphne gasped as she sprang for him what on earth brought you homo home so sooil boon money aloney gave cavo out jio lie lelo aello alaj 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