Show lie nta am I 1 0 mm 0 I 1 6 u M M RUPE a AN I 1 boort ro ort DAPHNE GETS THE BIG CHANCE THAT SHE HAS BEEN PRAYING FOR THE SAME TIME HAS FEARED synopsis clay wimburn Wlm Wit burn uburn it a young now yorker on it visit to cleve clayt inand mecis pretty daphne daprino kip whose brother Is in III the same with clay in wall ivall street after a whirlwind courtship they become engaged daphne goes to now york with her mother to buy tier her trousseau Dil daphnes brother in other bayard lins ills just married and left for europe with tits hi bride helln daphne and IKU another install themselves in fix Bayar nn yards 48 lint flitt daphne pickets toni tom duane inan nebout town alip deenis greatly attracted to tier her daphne accidentally discovers that clay I 1 if f penniless except for lilt his sabary baynard unit tits ills wife return to ady york kork finex poet caly the three women set out on oil it chopping excursion anol the two younger women buy expensive gowns having ali ni charged to lo bayard bayard Is furious over tile the expense P seeing hard times ahead Do daphne pline indignant declares dp clarea she bho will earn her ter own living and breaks tier her engagement with clay through un till introduction by dunne duane Dap daphne litle induces ilcken te on a theatrical magnate to give her a position in one of ills his com canles 11 iier r first rehearsal la Is a lasco flasco but reben hebon at duanes r request gives her another cunico CHAPTER XI continued 0 well 1 I beverl lie to gasped anil and till all tills this trip of your mothers and yours and nil all the expenses gone for nothing was his first doleful thought though ti lie ile remembered the second mortgage lid heend find placed on one of his properties to get the money for tho the vitally tont tant wedding festival and now thero there was to bo be no wedding the son in law who wits to have assumed tho the burden of daphnes ries bills was banished daphne was wag again tier fathers fat liers bers own child no ila was efad to have tier her back but ho he could have wished that she had not gone away since lie paid the freight in both directions androw and now here was vaa himself in newyork now New aorl York and nothing to show for nil all the split enlik of time money and emotions at the critical moment daphne men honed that the star whose understudy she was would earn curn fifty thousand dol lars that year scar tn in spite of the haul yme times fifty thousand dollars dol lais had find n musical sound bound to wesleye Wc We ears if daprino could earn carn a tenth 0 of that lie he would believe in s where wire iacre you planning to live honey licille youre acting with bayard I 1 suppose oil no sald said daphne weve rut ruined his fild honeymoon enough already ali cady who alth then oil by mi myself self I 1 suppose good loidl lord you do that very well a young girl like you why not fiot sho she sald bald no ile turned pule pale this was like being asked why boblys were found under cabbage leaves lie ile was nil an old fashioned father and lie he had never becci able to rise to the now nov school of discussing vitally important topics with the children vitally interested why why 11 lie he stammered hy because nobody does it honey wee vice girls dont live ivd alone daphne studied himi him with a tender amusement ile he was waa so innocent in his ft way ay in spite of nil lio lie roust must know sho she understood what ho he was thinking of f she was sophisticated in tile manner of the nica tiled girl of oc t jica tier time and she liked to treat subin argea with clean candor site she thought that prudery wits was a form of oc slavery it if auvo youve just got to stay in now new york and just got to work your mother could stay ath with you iou I 1 suppose but what becomes bp conics of you and your our home pit oh ill get along somehow tome liow I 1 dont i matter this broke tier her heart she cr cried fed out hut but you do matter daddy 3 you on matter terribly cant you understand daddy that im trying to belleve you ou and make myself useful instead of a parasite thousands of women live alone professional women art students music students college girls normal school aomen besides the in ill shops and factories its coming more and more but youre not brought up to a trade 1 I v wish sh I 1 had been well it new complaint any way but well of course you do anything ani thing wrong but it if you lived alone bo misjudged and men would keep throwing kemptn temp tn tion in your way 1 I hall had plenty of that when I 1 was living ut tit home daphne nol ito he cried out in pain at the he very cry thought silo she went on oil educating him with a vengeance plenty of temptation and plenty of opportunity daddy it your our fault you sou gave me aalthe pro atlon that anyo anybody illy could daddy lint but you cant protect people ull all the time and it wu was when you trusted roe me most that you protected me most il people leople are just beginning to realize that ovea van in penitentiaries aries the higher the walls and the stricter tho the guards tho the morn prisoners try 0 to o escape fo tiling convicts out to work ork on ronda wip v no nt all and they if io their nil voi hack back dont you think fotr women tell can be trusted ns as far ns convicts 1 I suppose so lie sighed lint hut ho he was convinced of tile cecur security ty of neti ther the convicts nor of tile tho women under these new anar chies ile he convinced of only one thing and that was ills his dap daphne aine took him homdan home in it a taxicab at tile apartment they caught bayard just rushing for tits his office iio greeted tits father with whirlwind affection but lie knew that he would please wesley better by hurrying on to its ills office than by neglecting his business for tile tho purpose of entertainment wesley took leila by storm ills lavish pull and wholehearted whole hearted pr praise prillie illse II 11 had not icen hwn tier lier before lie ile gathered tier her to tits ills breast then held toll tier her out at arms length to praise her putt to praise bayard elayard for bringing tier her into the family mrs kip did not delay long tile ns as sault on oil daphnes position hut but ley icy said bald I 1 weve had a long talk and I 1 guess pretty set lit in her way ashes a good girl though mamma and silo she knows known tier her own mind better than wo we 0 do o its tier her own mind mand let tier her have tier her way and if anything goes wrong site bhe can call always come collie back home ills wife boiled over it nindo her ter feel as much at homo home as ai tin an old all kettle on oil it a stove to have tier her husband there to boll over on oil wesley ii kip ap are you going to set there and encourage that girl to ruin tier life and tier reputation without doing anything to protect tier her sal i oil 1 I guess ashes not going to ruin anything after nil all the lest best way to protect folks Is to trust leni aiu 11 it was bald plagiarism but daphne made no complaint wesley got into trouble at once however by making the suggestion that ill hla wife remain ni a companion for tier her child mrs kip took it as a sign that he wanted to got get ail rid of tier lier and daphne refused to take jt it tit at nil wesley sat pondering in silence for it ahila then lie he rose mid find muru mumbling bling ke ile back in a little while noille took his lint hat pull and went out they wondered what mischief lie he was up tip to and what folly lie would commit lie ile came back in halt an hour with it smile of success 1 I guess gues sIts its till nil right I 1 heen been think ang about all the he different things been said wo we dont want daphno living jy by herself and sile flo dont feel like she ought ough tto to trespass on 1 ellas home so po I 1 got pit an idea and went down saw the janitor or superintendent or whatever over lie he Is and I 1 asked jilin him it bo be there was ans somebody in this building wanted to rent a room to a nice girl and lie he said there wits was a young couple felt the rent was it little high and had an extra room so we went up tip and took it look at it right nice young oung woman name fit ni or something like that said phed lie be glad to take my daughter daug liter lit in I 1 was thinking hint it if daphne was up lip there she could see and leila when mie ats was lonesome or anything and tint shed be 10 handy where they could keep keel pit nn eye on her it she got sick or anything the three women looked nt at him in aina amazement lement lie ill had solved tile riddle that baffled them all nil and hod had compromised tho the ril ill bet tho the place pince la Is a n sight and tit the woman a freak suld said mrs mra kip lets go havo a look at her so all four went up tip in the elevator to mhd top floor they were about to ring the bell of one ot of the big front apartments like bayaras bayards Ba yards but wesley checked thern itea in the tha back tho women exchanged glances and smiles behind tile important shoulder blades of wesley trie manager lie U rang a bell and a young woman opened the he door As lelia leila imald afterward silo she hall had tho the whole map of new 11 ingland in ili tier her face and tier her middle name was boota i i put hut aha was young an fn a a placid vu pu way and sho abo looked exceedingly clean and correct her very wits was nent exactly adjusted adjust eti bp tween those of tho gracious hostess and of tile the landlady mrs chivvis led tile tho way to tile room that tha wats for rent it took once spotlessness Is the first luxury lu in a rented room and Jurl puritan tan has a grace nil all its own tito mahogany bed with its twisted aft isted posts posta tho excellent linen and the honesty of every grything thIng won tier completely silo sho felt a sense of relief relict from froin tho the rather gaudy beauty of lelias apartment silo sho felt that mra lira chivvis who showed such fino restraint in hor her furniture would bo be equally discreet in minding tier her own afT affairs aIrs til ill take it silo she said that Is it take me 1 sirs mrs chivvis said silo pho would slid sho said it with A now Ung landish molly of enthusiasm but her eyes were kindly jandly trull DaI daphne decided that she tho thought tight nice things thing but lacked the courage to say them A daphno moved at once In into tho ch calv IV vis what belongings slid III liim brought on front from and 1 glicr mother promised to to dispatch tho act c of theli as soon As is silo she reached home bottle wesley could not bo persuaded ded to stay over an vii unnecessary necessary night ills business was in fit it perilous the mammoth cirill had gone into bankruptcy owing him blin a handsome sum suin of money which lie was att likely to recover tho the failure also alio closed an Im Import iiii and profitable market for or ills his calculating Ma bachille chille 4 it frightened ats banks na as well and lie ho had wrestled like alko another jacob with an almost invisible cushler cashier far or money enough to incel nice lila fits pay roll yet lie slipped a largo large bill ino Da daphnes hand when lie he bailo bade tier her goodby at tho the station late into in tho the afternoon and lie he to tier her sho she should have other re rc anfor whenever silo she called on hlin him 1 1 daphne reached the theater at kieven and aina sat in fix tile dark daik on oil it call canvas ils rock wate lillig file lio stage hands gathor gather null listening to their batterson arrived tit at length lieras lie was I 1 in one of his humane moods ito iio asked daphne if site she had find memorized tier lines and she sold said she lind had ile iio told lier her that lie ho would give gho tier her another re rc lic hearsum argul tile tho next day after breakfast tafter arter breakfast lie ho explained wits was ono p ill next nest morning herself to batterson Bat torson and endured ono of ills reli rehearsals eni with ills his assist assistant rending reading nil all tho the eues mes lit in it lifeless voice batterson was more discouraged than she feho was he showed it for it time bya by n that flint was of tho alic sort ono SNOWS shows to a shy imbecile ite iio was so BO restrained that daphne broke out for hini do you ou think 1 I nm am a poin complete pleto idiot mr batterson I 1 fur far from it my dear said batter ron pon you are arc it very woman tha th tro lible Is unit you yolk tire too Well igent for the lie childs piny of tile tho st stage ilac its nil all a kind of big nui nursery 1 ery and you cant that facts are not facts in this toy game it you could coald lot int you yourself relf go and bo be foolish and play doll house you might succeed its hard even han when you know liow how but tta its impossible is as long ns as you try to depson it out its like music and fiction and nil all tho the arts youve got to pretend ar or you cant feet feel and you cant make mako anybody else feel and that indeed was daphnes agony she could not release her cimagl nation or C command tier her clear vision to see what was not night after night she report reported tit at the theater and left it when the curtain rose on one of these evenings tom duana met tier nor outside the stage door ills ilia apology was that lie he felt it ills his flu duty to look after his client ile ho invited daphne to rido home in ills car which was waiting nt at the curb slie site declined with thanks lie ile breed v silo she reached the theater at seven and sat in tile the dark on a canvas rock watching he stage hands gabber and L ening to their repartee that slip she take it little ittle spin in the park she declined without thanks ile he sighed that it 11 was waa a pity to lost lose the moonlight she blie said she eho would get enough when she walked home ile he asked if lio might along she could hard ly fir refuse without crassly insulting him they slowly up the quiet reach ot of seventh avenue lie questioned her nebout her work w with th all the grateful flattery latt rry la in nn 1111 jfe 1 t met an others autobiography sho she found it easy to toll tell him of her lini bullies cul lies lie he extracted or indirect compliment out of all lot them they hoy arrived nt at he her apartment house she lie said sorry I 1 cant ask you div but I 1 havo no reception room and im tired out you liao have wasted enough of 0 your almo on oil me ille lie he said all you to ilia alio elevator As aa daphne stepped into the halfway site flornil clay wimburn there wait ing grimly ile ho sprung sprang to his feet with a gapp of relief lie ile caught sight of dunno dunne slid and his joy tiled instantly J I 1 VIm Jurn loved daphne and wanted her cr for tits his own lie ho hall counted tier his own tind still hod had neither refunded gilb alio engagement ring nor bald for it if daphne wits na moro more pleased with etli yim burns misery than with etli Iu drunas unas felicity anut you coma lip clay she bho asked n K lie ile can wo we bo be plena for blittle n talk ani afraid not tito the you knew 11 anvill anvill you inko inice a little walk with PAO in I 1 tho the park all ail right silo bho SAM ns as 0 alio led fed tile tho ay W out into tile tho street im pretty tired bred though I 1 walked sulked homo home from tin tilt th theater enter with deanal cina alny you too tired for that thought of tho motor ride unit tin the supper she elio had declined she sald mid aro are you dragging out here for the anke of a fight erht therell bo be no fight it cut out lint flint ninn man dunne am I 1 to have no friends nt at nil hlll ayou yoi can have nil you want provided lot let me ino give you ono one little libit hint clay for your own information every iline line tills this sir mr dunne duano blint youre po ho afraid of infects mo me lie iio does docs lilt lila best to kielp tell me fiet my cannee and lie iio tells iroc only pleasant things lings ti every ahne youve voino collie to see nio me lately youve been either a sick pick 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