Show W the h thirteenth th by RUPERT HUGHES ca dm VIL A nept fi rothe s CHAPTER XVI continued 11 ill buy myself ft a picture of you sho she told of tier her longing for a photograph of him but did not tell him of tier her need of it na as a talisman iio he laughed aloud tit nt this incredible way ot of spending ng money till site sho began suddenly to cry ho he lind had no answer to that argument except yes then than she began to laugh they decided to stop nt at a phot photographers ogro pliers on oil the way to the five thirty train daphne ran out and cashed debens check at tho the grocers much to the ilia of lichens bookkeeper whose books had been held up by the missing check daphno daphne asked for tho the privilege of taking her father to the truan and bayard was so busy figuring where to put the ilia cash lie he had on hand that ho he consented to stop at home they went first to the gallery of a photographer whose biow case had displayed some strong and voracious veracious portraits ot at men tho the photographers prizes prices staggered daphne and she protested but lie he answered dolefully id give it a thousand dollars tor for one and photograph of my father that settled it after the sitting daphne and lie her r father proceeded to the ho station silo she stopped nt at tho the gate because she had neither a ticket for the he train nor a platform vass pass from tho the station waster roaster she phe watched him dwindling down the long platform he was a mere manikin when lie ho reached ills his place and waved to her before ho he vanished through the magle magic door of the train site she waved to him with tier her li handkerchief and when lie was gone site she burled her eyes in it her partings with her father had marked a epochs in tier her life silo she wondered what destiny would do to her between now and the next one she glie felt forlorn afraid tor for ills his life on tho the train afraid for her soul fn an the ilia perils before it and so sorry for him and for herself that she could not help boo a little destiny did not keep tier her waiting for while she was strangling her sobs ns as best she could she heard a voice over her shoulder uh it said aha gel nt at last I 1 have you in mo me power mr shii she gasped as sho turned to meet his smile with another and where have you been all this long while A lot youve cared lie he growled did you yo u ever telephone me as you promised you would not NO I 1 were you always out when I 1 telephoned yes I 1 did you let me call on oil you you did not I 1 when at last it penetrated my thick hide that you beti actually giving me a hint that you want roe me round and that you had thrown roo me overboard neck and crop I 1 grew very proud I 1 refused to call on you again im awfully sorry sor ry she said and her bar voice broke sorry was a dangerous word for her df a f that moment end and tier her sobs bobs were beginning again when lie he mado made a vigorous effort to talk them town down the crowds in the station were too well preoccupied with their own errands to notice a girl trying nna to ilia gaten gate lan nitin farewell tears were no luxury duano duane tried the best lie ho could to help tier hor ile he was saying and now I 1 suppose ive got to miss my illy train and my illy I 1 if id give a thousand Thou tand dollars for ono one photograph of my father golf olt and all that while I 1 take you home in a taxi epure far too pretty to be running around loose in a mob 1 like this she shook tier her head you miss your train mr duane or your golf im used to going about alone and ive got to got get baeder to it tin im going home in the subway goodby good by and thank you she put out her hand formally and he took lt it it was like a soft sun wilry ned flower in ills his palm and lie h e elms to jo it its warmth seemed to reach through ills his blood to his heart and to make it echo ache 1 I roust must go clint cant put mo me oft off again I 1 lie he said 1 I will take you homel ila iio turned to call a redcap standing in solemn patience beside two traveling bags and a bristling golf bag porter take my things to the parcel room and bring tile mo tile check no said daphne Ua pline hastily 1 I I 1 you I 1 Ile Ite I 1 mean it good byll byl she walked away so rapidly that lio lie could not follow lier her without unseemly haste slie she heard him call sharply porter never mind tho parcel room loom conio collie along to the train her success in escaping him was so complete that site rather regretted it when she reached ilia apartment site she found lelia leila almost prostrated from ilia effects dofher altruism tin and from tile fact that bayard wits was la in one of his A special delivery letter tin had just como come from DutIl hs shop it said that mr air dutilh was as arriving from paris with ills whiter models and since lie ho would have to pay a largo large sum at the customs house it was regrettably live lire essary to beg mr kip hip to send by return mall mail a check for ilia bill which was long past due and now ilia briefly adjourned laws of thinned were reassembled lelias short reign wils was over her extravagance lind had again found tier out and demanded punishment the gown site she had bought and was asked to pay for had been worn shabby danced to shreds in newport jut but the bill was as bright ns lis ever bayard was so fagged bagged with his weela weeks of discouragement that lie he was ns as irascible as a veteran of tho ilia gout whose too toe has been stepped on when daphne walked in ho hd was denouncing lelia leila in excellent form lio he used daphne as a further clib my poor sister sent back the gown site elio bought I 1 but you yoli you bought morel more daphine realized how much this would endear tier her to lelia leila and she took immediate night flight sho she found tile es in a state of tension mr was not usually home before half past mast six daphne beltan felt an om omen en in the ilia way they looked at tier her when they acknowledged tier her entrance she went to her room in a state of foreboding misery she had not paid her ter board for several weeks she had not mentioned tho the caci to urs mrs nor mrs chivvis to tier her though the nonpayment of a board bill Is one of the self evident truths that landladies usually discuss with freedom A fey few minutes later mrs tapped on the door tier her thimble making a sharp clack sho she brought her sewing with tier her and sewed ns no she said may I 1 sit fit down n moment thank you site she kept her eyes on the while she talked well miss kip the war tins has reached us also nt at lost last my husband lost ills position today 11 yes olt oh how horrible t daphne gasped with double sincerity tho the onico ohlee was closed unexpectedly by on an involuntary petition in bankruptcy ills salary was not paid last week nor this lind and well wo dont wont want to inconvenience you but 1 I understand said daphne ill give you what iann ll 11 site she took tier her poor little wealth from tier lier she had paid ten of tile fifty to the photographer no as a deposit she gave mrs airs twenty five dollars and promised tier her more mrs airs was very grateful and went down the hall smiling a little over tier her aca m clay called that evening lie ile was exhausted wh a day of train tramping pIng the town looking for work ile he was too weary to talk and lie ho fell asleep twice luring during one of mr commentaries on the probable effects of tile imminent capture of paris by the irresistible germans tho the french government had already moved to bordeaux and but clay had read it nil all in a dozen different newspapers newspapers and ho he passed awny away daphne was restless mr was on tier her nerves clay was not pretty asleep sitting with his jaw dropped and ills his hands lia hanging nging down palms palm s forward like an apes apos she was enjoying another of the woes boes of marriage without its privileges the began to yawn and mrs chivvis finally bade the startled cloy clay good evening site she had been brought up to believe that it was indelicate for a woman to bid a man goodnight good night clay left alone with daphne attempted it a drowsy caress but site she felt insulted and she eho snapped at him if youre only walking in your sleep better walk yourself out of hero here and go to its bed ills his apology was incoherent and she was IndIgnantly curt purt with him at the door site she went to her room and pat fint tit nt the window staling down nt at tho the dark swarm of watchers before the bulletin boards sho she had told her bar brother li that site elie did aid not have to starve or eln because she had a father a brother a lover to protect her front from want and now her father anit her brother and tier her lover were all in dire predicament staggering blindly la in ilog A foe of debt suppose tier her fathers train ran oft the ho track or into ri nother train A spread roll rail a block signal overlook overlooked aked a switch ifft unlocked might bring dooin upon hta his train ns as on oil so BO many others silo sho shivered nt at ilia iho horror ot at tier fat fathers bers loss lass silo she slavered agala at the thought of what it would nican to tier her suppose the turned liar her out why should they feed tier her for nothing when their own future was vas endangered what could bayard do for her or clay there wits str air dunne duane of course but she eho could not tal cobis ills money without paying him aid ad in what coin could she pay him site she trembled and the lie breeza turned e gln caal the next neit morning was another adother day of the brime pattern silo sho rose with only tier her fears renewed sho she borrowed the newspaper and skipping the ilia horrid of foreign barbat barbarity itY and american dismay turned to tile aliu last pages tho the lV wanted anted columns were eloquently numerous and ilia help female cot ta dumns were few still she made a list or of such plaes as there were silo wrote w rote letters to nil sorts of people ako gave newspaper letter box adl ad dresses dr and slie she went out to call on nil sorts of who gave their street numbers the letters she wrote were not tin on nt at nil all she lost her postage as site sho hall had lost her car fares seemed it ns no if tile end of tile ho world or at a least ilia breakup of 0 its ita atlon lind had ne nr rived lived without warning ang and without refuge CHAPTER daphne hild not told mrs chivvis of her financial plight nor of her fathers nor her brothers she tin had simply let the days of payment go past ono one by one slie she saw a chillier glitter in mrs mis chivvis eye ayo and there wag na a constant restraint upon the ilia conversation vers atlon for ninny many days mr ChIvvIs was at home most of the time now sitting flitting about in ills his old clothes to save the ilia others ile and his wife naturally talked of daphne stio she overheard rd their tones U each ah seemed to urgia urge tho other to tile attack finally ono one evening mrs mado made so bold cis as to call on daphne in tier her room and to say after much improvising 1 I dislike to speak of it miss kip hip but well er cr you sel tho fact Is it if you the grocer Is sending round in the ilia morning for ills his last weeks bill oaid on d ifsits if its not inconvenient daphne felt sick with shame but she had to confess 1 I cant tell you how sorry I 1 nin am but I 1 any really too bad ill I 1 mrs said cald she elio was hardly sorrier for herself lier self than for daphne she tried to brighten them both with hope but you expect no doubt you expect soon to ive oceia looking for for sonto somo work to do but there seem boorn to bo be any oil I 1 seel seat said sirs confirmed in tier her suspicious and reat reduced iced to silence fence sl daphno wont went on after swallowing several cobblestones but of course ive no right to be eating your food and staying on oil here ns as a guest and I 1 suppose ila id better give up my lily room so that you call tako take in somebody who ean can pay mrs wits was close but she eho was not up to an eviction unit she gashea olt OH really 1 I 1 hardly think I 1 like her hard voice crackled like tin an icicle snapping oft art the denves in a spring sun still and before either of them quite understood it the hard eyes of 0 both thawed tears tcora streamed end and they hey were in each cach others arms daphno daphne was ilia better weeper of the two poor mrs afro chivvis could not bo be really lavish even with tears but slie site did very well for her immediately they felt years better acquainted old friends nil all of a sudden they were laughing foolishly when tin an apologetic knock on the open door introduced mr Chev cheavis vIs who would no more hayo have crossed the pill than ho he would have broken into tha temple of ills name caino was chiv als 18 not clodous Clod lus the surprised eyes of daphne threw him into confusion but he said ive been thinking alivis bifi that if you yo really want to work and arent too particular what nt at maybe I 1 could got get you a PIn place pinchat ceat at my illy old oneco with the HIP publishing house they turned me ine oft off but tho the receivers are trying to keep the ilia business going not much inucci pay hut but some things alwil battern bet tern nothing anything ani thing Is better than nothing said daphne and it might bo be a beginning she applied the next day and the fanu accepted accented her now daphne was truly a working boulan not no a dramatic artist with pecullar peculiar houn houri but a toiler by the clock she entered tho the office of the compi nt tit nt past eight punched her number oil tho the time register regist cr tind set bet to work addressing large envelopes she wrote and broto and wrote till twelve ut at one she tool up her pen pea again end and tho the afternoon went in tin nn endless reiteration of till lip and write till five thirty then she joined tho the home go ing panic in ciul took tile tho crowded sub wily to columbus circle she plodded pleaded tho ilia treadmill till tit nt tile the end of lio ilia sixth iny ilay her forty eighth hour of transcribing r names and dresses addresses from ilia lists to the alio wrap pera per s she carried currl cil oft off a cash reward of eight dollars tills this w ana as not clear gain her street cur car fares had totaled sixty ce cents its tier her lunches a dollar and a linof alio had worn tier her costumes nt at tile sleeves and damaged them with n few ink spots rind tier shoes were taking on a shabby nap imp it was not encouraging at left elbow was n large tilt girl whose pen rolica on off largo large fat letters silo talked nil all tho the time about nothing of importance laughed and fidgeted and naked asked questions that would have been impertinent it if they hall collie from anything but it largo bargl fat head bend her name was agarla silo vas it at 0 tho ilia second generation but sho she was dyed in tho ilia with now few liness she was nn an incessant optimist and kept reminding everybody ever body to cheer up golly tho the might be yet luck ila did not last long thu receivers found diat the percentage of inquiries following tollow lne upon tho ilia advertising nna circularizing circular izing campaigns was hardly paying ilia postage people were either too poor to buy books or at too busy with tile molten matter history pouring from tile caldroni caldrons cal cul drons of europe yesterdays ter days paper wits was ancient history lil story cli tile tho receivers closed down tho the on oil a saturday anti instructed ilia malinger to announce 4 71 13 IF 11 P A mr chivvis was at home most of the tha time now sitting about in his hl a old clothes to save the others to his hock flock that there would bo be no more work nt at present Dap daphnes linos henrt heart s stopped topped hero site wits again learning again the dreadful signi fleance of out of a job what tho the theatrical people called nt lot liberty miss |