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Show TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1919. THE PROVO POST r-j you remember suggesting to me once that we might go Into business to ' you to furnish the brains and In those day. the United States of gether America suddenly woke to the fact Oh. I didnt put It that way! that they could pull themselves out Its true. WeU, would "Anyway, of bankruptcy by helping the benightyour ed states of Europe into It. Lands sakel If youre a mind to There were sudden geysers of for furnish the money and the Ideas tune and sudden collapses of failure. let ne count the pennies, Td like nothAs In bonanza tlmesv many were ru- ing better. ined. while the few prospered. But I we go into?"' could What Great - Clay and - Bayard seemed to .touch wcaH yt-- prefer T -nothing that did not turn to gold. Oh, any old business that will Bayard had gained Immense prestige keep me busy and make a lot of the .huge his firm. because Jwith, ' orders he brought In. of, He took all money. - My husband, says' that you. cant the power that was accorded and make a lot of money without putting most reckless in a lot ThatS one reason he has r grasped for more.' His audacities were rewarded with sue been kept down so. He never could cess. Be rode a tidal wave and swam get ahead. That was what we were with It so, well that, nil hla progress seemed to be due to his own power. m eur'Wf Bayard astounded Dutilh with the the name ot Wetherell detonating In solution of that old account, and with rlt was a right good fight and getting that - . room. a cash payment for new gowns In well beyond the bounds of discretion snatched hand her when the telephone announced that' Daphne j from celebration of hla new glory. He did Clays. Bayard sprang up so sharply not forget hla own people. .He Clay Wlmburn was calling. his mother a . thousand dol-laNobody Imaginable would hare been that he almost threw Leila forward and almost slew her with amazewelcome In that battlefield, hut Clay on her face. Instinctively rhe caught Bared-hefrom ment He telegraphed hla father aim-pl- y seemed peculiarly 111 timed. Bayard her by the arm and the price of a railroad ticket to went to the telephone and called falling. But Instantly be , flung her " arm from him In a gush of dlsgnst New York and a peremptory sum- - r downt ' Clay gaped at the tableau In bewil- mona to take the first train east Tell him were out" derment. not Ha had dreamed that had she this When Daphne heard Yes, sir" . 'Evidently the telephone was taken any of the three had ever heard of to sit down to keep from falling down. I from the hallmana hand, for Clay's Wetherell. He could not Imagine the Bayard resuscitated her with a check bitterness the name involved. ' voice roared In Bayards ear: for a thousand dollars. It meant Will some kind friend please tell "I hear you, you old villain. I know nothing -- mors to her- - than abracame what all the excitement is about?" dabra. The whole Incredible alteraa and Im in, up. coming Its youre This was pot easy. .. Who wanted to tion waa a fairy, story to her. She matter of life and death. Union my tell Clay that Leila had Just been ac- made a faint attempt to refuse the now." .. up way cused 4 , neglecting her husband and gift but Bayard forced It back into It seemed decenter that Leila and her ownof duties for the society of this her palm and dosed ber fingers on it should since Bay Daphne disappear, Wetherell? Leila herself was , She repaid Bayard with kisses till very ard had said that they were all out she lost count and embraces till they The women retreated to Leilas room tbs one that told him. Look here, Bydle Leila cooed both lost breath. Then she borrowed . as a good coign of audition. When Bayard opened the door Clay and billed, dont you think youve from him enough cash to pay her shown mo that moss-grow- n bill with the Chlwlsea. swept In like a March gale. Be flung done nought Youve 'not wait for the elo - himself at Bayard -- and - clenched his you dont trust me and youve ordered could Daphne Mr. Wetherell never to come near me vator. She ran up several flights of elbows la his hands and roared; . Bayard I Bayard! Its cornel again. Isnt that enough without beg stairs, - scratched - the doer with her us all for spite? What else palsied latchkey and flung herself Were rich I Were made I Eureka I faring Into Mrs. Chlvvls arms and kissed Uneedal Munitions I Wow I Listen I is It hut cheap, nasty spite? Its a great deal more than spite," her even Mrs. Chlvvls. Her apology My Husband Says That You Cant The other night while I was trailing Do you think I'll was the money for the bill. Sbe flauntMake a Lot of Money Without Put. a Job la darkest New Jersey I ran Bayard groaned. In a Lot" man who a has favors from the accept ed check the ber before ting bearing across a little duOf and a little man who told me a little secret- - The Ger- been courting you and got caught at heavenly legend commanding the Fifth saving up for to get a little capitaL Avenue bank to pay to Daphne Kip And mans have been getting ready for this It? Td rather starve!":.,, , then the war came along and we ( Well, I wouldnt P Leila averred. or order one thousand and no hunwar for years, piling up guns and am--to had spend our savings. That same munition for Der Tag. - The other "And Im sot going to starve. And dredths dollars on penalty of Incur- war baa made your brother so rich no not to commit hart let going' you ing the displeasure of Bayard Kip.' countries were caught only half ready. karl on Wetherells doorstep Just to Mrs. Chlvvls htndled the parchment that he could give you a small fortune. do better They have stopped the Germans on for with reverence, and permitted her I dont believe you could the Marne, but theyre been using spite' him. I tell you again, once business." a to Into than that put Weth-rails In was nothing wrong their shells at euch a nte that the all, there behavior, absolutely nothing, famine Is near. Their only hope is to s buy 'Supplies of us. Theyre going to ItS outrageous that, you should accuse sacred Book of Mormon, and she a ma of such horrible things. sealed wife of Brigham himself. dump enough contracts on this coun CHAPTER XXIII. So Bayard was coerced Into having What are you planning td do with million a dollars to about furnish try was hla Ufa saved hla It , said all she at this? enemy. by length. to every citizen. Their agents ere Daphne was going to-b- e IndependI dont know, 'said Daphne. What round to dlstrlbuts conpussy-footin- g but she was still all woman when ent, ' would you suggest T tracts quietly. came to the selection of her special It You were planning to go Into busiThe Bethlehem Steel Company has trade. She would be a business womness. Why not user this as capital I 1 a In and of lot them, big gathered an, but she would do a womans busito Finel . What business ought I had a tip that the stock waa going start banking? or battleship bulld- - ness. to boom? so are a lot of other stocks Thera were ever so many dainties ' " - f Ing, or what?" Td sell my right am for a little cash. and exquisites that she wanted to Theres embroidery", said Mrs. But theres no market for detached id her shop.' She was going to I hang Chlvvls. right arms, so I used mine to sign up a window I With her name on have Daphne bad to guffaw at that Mrs. few little contracts for placing conwould be more fun than a' That Itl not mean did Chlvvls I It, laugh. tracts, and Ive plucked them and crest on door. limousine with she urged; think It over." brought them to you. He broke Into scheme epiarged. Sbe her Gradually over." It Til "All think right. dance and whirled Bayard off hla feet her. devote would shop' to the whole The novelty of being rich lost its Boudoir-wea- r Bayard tried to bo patient Thats mechanism of the boudoir. with the savor and Leila, monotony all very Interesting, Clay, but taka word was her. the that pleased to of being neglected began prey upon .your delusions down to Bellevue, In human nature that the It soul. She wgs and damask her Daphne where theyll put you la the right cell. forgot their mutual grievances for partners should quarrel oyer a name What can you or I do with ammunl-tio- n for the baby before the baby waa their common grievance, contracts? V born. hustrouble with They spoke of themselves as the these Thats Accept-em, you blamed Ijlt! Open Finn." The Leila When bands, grumbled. theyre shut-tip up your old factory and get In bad lack yon cant lose em, and Finally Daphne, claiming the mabusy." of the power, voted en bloc for find In cant wbeu you good jority they're Wo have no machinery for making and claimed the vic. era. Boudolrwear, ammunition." Chlvvls surrendered with Mrs. fiances,-saisame the with tory. Its "Get It' then, or adapt your ma- -. " that Miss Kip" the - amendment Daphne. chlnery! They need millions of each should be at one aide, Mr. Chlvvls had of wont the for It, Daphne article, for there are millions of men Leila began to wander again, leaving at the other. She bribed the assemIn the field using up hat theyve got Daphne to the society of Mrs. Chlvvls, bly by promising that a cousin of hers, so fast that Its only a matter of who kept urging her to invest. her a young artist living In the Washingweeks before theyll be desperate." dwindling thousand before It was ton Mews, should paint a pretty signJ Bayard began to see the scheme gone. But la the envlronsof noisy board on a swinging shingle. After also the obstacles. , But it take riches the schemes of Mrs. Chi tv Is de- many designs had been composed and o make those things. Where money-tmanded such prolonged labor for such destroyed they agreed on this legend; 4o Caarosd Was Into Having Bayard win we get the cash for the pay rolls minute profit that Daphne remained Saved Hla Hla Ufa by Enemy. and the raw materials? cold. From the banks I The banks are one thing, however, to consent to deal BOUDOIR WEAR She began to resent Claya neglect with Wetherell, and another to devise morosely,' The few attentions he paid for - the Boadolr. Everything with Idle bursting dpeu money; - for r Brldea. a tolerable reconciliation. so Thing Insulted mind was his Exquisite her only her; rotting on their bandar MRS. KIP. Well," Bayard sighed, .MIS3 beggars far away and hla Heart waa an for hla Bayard went aglow with the realiza- cant bo choosers. If Bd saved my tion of the opportunity. He began to money I shouldnt have to taka Weth-erell- s business. Ha was dazzled by the fierce white light of success, and he spoke tremble at the vision ot the sudden The consln painted It well and Illumoney. to Daphne In a kind of drowsy hypnoavalanches of wealth pouring down called up the president of sis. And he spoke Incessantly of the minated It with elaborate lutlala and Bayard the bleak mountains of despair. He at the office. Hla oration details of his business, or his gam- no allegorical figure of a young lady could beer the roar of the Niagaras his company success. made a huge Bayard began blings. He could not see how deaf In Cnblst negligee. It had the tradiOf gold. to smile to himself,' to wink at the she was to the very vulgar fractions tional charm of a tavern board. . Ia Daphne end Leila came rushing and finally to share In the of Ms speculations, or the mad arith- fact, tbelr shop was to be a tavern for from concealment." Clays beatitude spectators, of .hla distant rapture apparent metic ,of his commissions. She yawned women In search of sartorial refresh, was $ complete that he forgot his re. - In his face when he grew eloquent ment sentments and kissed them both. Troubles mustered about them as The end ot the matter was that when on the dynamics of wealth, the higher - - shove up In a garden faster weeds Bayard was frantic to be at work. Bayard left the telephone he. waa of ilnnoce. And he He resolved to telephone the presi- new man. He had cunningly raised philosophies than they can be plucked out Exnever knew. He kissed her good-b- y dent of his company at once and lay his chief;, hopes to the highest de- as if he were undreamed of materialized In kUslng a government penses the matter before him. cannlly gree, yet withheld the name of the bond, safe and quiet and all hla own. swarms. Everything waa delayed exdemands for tbelr money. advised Bayard to grasp thee whip English agent He explained that he After one of Clays visits Mrs. Chiv-Y- ls cept the a sort of perhand of the situation and keep It Sbe Intended to take Leilas advice ant found Daphne in a brown study. The petty cash box, like began to dance about the' room like use Ms knowledge as a lever for his a Miriam celebrating the passage of own advancement and Clays, Mrs. Chlvvls explained her own af- verted fairy purse, emptied Itself as "" the Red sea. and Daphne was so exhausted fast ss It was filled. fairs; Of ' was least cash the The petty The first thing well do, she said - Clay and Bayard sat down to make with the sultry problems of love that will be to get my Jewelry out of the figures, and the talk grew too teclt-nic- Mrs. Chlvvls business gossip was com- their dismay. The graod cash was the r main problem. - They had stitched for the women to endure. After pletely refreshing. pawnshop and the second wlU be to their fingers full of holes and piled up ard music of first some the Bayard exmore. been Tve down Womans to dresses the hearing buy And, oh, the the total was and the hats 1 Clay chanting In hundreds of thou change," she said, trying to sell some reams of fabricsbut un. out stole dollars of pathetically tiny, sands Daphne of were This my needlework, They asserted a sobering effect on very lL demonwas One room. own to her went Instantly and thing up nice about It, but It means a terrible Bayard. No, be announced. Weve heeded must their winstrated. up a give They plan was Mr. Chlvvls amount -of 1 by labor a ol hades for once sitting because gone through pittance or go Into debt' Indeed, they already gambled away my reserves. This time dow In mournful Idleness. Mrs. Chlv- money. You have to pay them so - ' In debt'. . I'm going to get a big reserve before vls was stitching away at her em- much a year for the privilege of put- were - "tveve said to toke the her. for got plunge," cheerful was She a I spend cent Til never risk another broidery, ting your things on sale there. Then - ordeal like the -- one- weve been She told- - Daphne that she had found they dont guarantee to return It la Daphne,' .Td rather die than go on ' through. No more fractures of the a market for -- her needlework; the good condition, and they dont guaran- paying a years rent for an empty Thirteenth for me prlcbs were poor but they were real. tee to sell It ; or If they do they charge shop. '. 1 know," Mrs. Chlvvls fretted, '- . Leila laughed. She advised Daphne to get to work you 20 per cent for their end of 1L ' to! . the telephone to with her. I couldnt Bee any profit In that, so gnawing her thin lips, but Its a risk. Bayard went . start the wheels of the factory in mo-- . Daphne had not the courage to say I went to one of the jobbers. He said Youd better ask your brother." I'm going Nol Daphne stormed. tion by summoning the president to that her brother and her betrothed my style of work brought good prices counciL He paused to ask : Hell were about to become, plutocrats. She in the big stores. But they wont pay to win out on my own. Poor Bayard la' too busy to be bothered with my want to know who the foreign agent said only that she was very tired, him much and hell pay me less. is you are dealing with? Or are there "And there la no more exhausting drain T was thinking Theres money troubles. He doesnt know I have any. several? Who shall I say? on the nerves than their response to In these things and In all aorta of And Leila la so busy with ber soda! that she never asks me what "Wetherell," said Clay. j unexpected good news. It la more needle things If you have little capi- business rm up to. The great Skoda gun that suddenly , fatiguing than bad. She waa snr-eo- e taL , , day dropped a monster shell In prised and shocked, too, to find how Thats different." aald Daphna. (OaattMMd la aaat Meet.) Daoklrit twenty mdse off could hardly snobbish she was all of a sodden And Ive got some capital new. De CHAPTER XXII. A. H, JOHN r :i - - 0- 0 Troy Steam Laundry - You Cant Afford To Not -- Look Your Best rs v ; , i ' J To look your best doesn't ' necessarily I must always wear new clothes. . x ' .1" West 1st So. 340 Central School Block YOUl'SEE? - , ) , It will pay you over and over to bring you old clothes to: Froisland Tailoring. & Cleaning Go - 1 . that you mean H-H- .But it does mean that what you do wear must be abso--, lutely, spotlessly clean and in perfect repair and pressed. . i Phone 203 trial. Give os tele-graph- t WHITTAKER 0 RMRTJIUGHtS r C. N. New Management New Machinery New Work - J D. S. 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