Show mr III 19 till the th thirteenth thier 0 ee kaa th by E RUPERT HUGHES commandment V nd me 1 h III till DAPHNE DISCOVERS THAT HER MONEY WILL NOT GO FAR IN BUYING A TROUSSEAU IN NEW YORK YOM clay laum lm um u young nw worker on a visit to cleveland meets 1 pretty dahline kip hip hose whoso brother Is la in the same office with clay la in unit ell street after a whirlwind courtship coutta hip they be come engaged CHAPTER ill III continued gannett flailed noi not old N Vs nos os ler KIV 1 I believe I 1 did hear miss kip hip call her ir i r father wesley well id like to help wee ives out I 1 all appose I 1 might take a chance do you ran think you can pay for or tle ring in ninety dayall day I 1 bathy urn amid have promised to tear down th tb world and rebuild it in ninety daya days 1 I finall hare haye to add a little title to the lorlee arc for the risk and the flota lort anything you like said clay mag mug call it two hundred dollars dollare certainly I 1 one could hardly boggle over an engagement rine ring la 11 11 ask you to elen sign a little doome i ti pleasure lie ile would have signed nn an agreement to a pound of hia his flesh clay hurried out to find daphne and tauten fasten on her ber the glittering lie hare have taken further alarm from the vie immense and freedy greedy rapture daphne revealed rove aled at the at echt alit ot of the pe petrified trIfled dewdrop bet set in the golden circlet women are nil ull misers when it conic comes to diamonds Wi noted only the oy the bauble gave to daphne and the pretty submissiveness with which ehe she poked out her slender cloger and slid it into tho the fater ho lie felt dt that the klas kiss of affiance alliance n ne As north orth year years of hard labor it wa wits hard and hitter bitter to rend read their eti anted heard in twain but he had to go at last she floated him to the mation la 11 the little car and waved him through gli the arun paling she was ua un imaginably precious aal ne fhe she stood ih ihre re and ho he wanted to blubber when tho the vestibule wag was slammed ela romed abut and the train iltz 04 ot of the station like A ro relief eal snake he ile vowed thu ho lie aull 1 work aph me lie of ten 1 t pile up lip a fortune in tho the bank for her I 1 jt it first lie pile up enough to pay puy foj that thit 10 lay 7 wrote daphne a fat tat letter cv try day lie ile sut aked it in among ht hi trice and took ano treat caltia 1 that tt it hould should anfor misa miss tho uke lake shore limited i 91 hy thirty iu III iii aft noon A ope pc elul stamp put the letter in handa evry every next forenoon but after the letter had gone lio he inacy u that he had omit Is t il tu lu include Inc ludt come some ib a of frightfully important 80 he had t it tw w send ler every night tt a night letter anit frequently of mornings roo he lie must ore fire off a day letier these coet cost only sixty cents apiece but otten often ho he bad to aud them in double or triple length ver for occasion where idab wae was yet more unendurable there was wn the tel phonia a of ott hrco three bollara end and tw nty MY five cents for tle the first theo and und he five centa cents for each additional minute or fraction thereof would brine bring his bl lips to daphne net A car ironi the little robber rubber mouth of at the re cIver her voice came to him AS ax from a distant tar star by interplanetary communication the sense ct remote neu ness aa unbearable she seen tl to be tic cod nuj aud wallick across eternity cloy clay wilaburn Wit aburn waa in complete alit dl treal tr iilo III health watered wavered and hie his of flee worl work till it von rebukes and threats from his chiefs and moot ment even tron front itadani kip wha who never suspected and was never told of tor for hi his titter sister with aith lovers logic 11 wimburn per shaded himself that the only one y ito could rare alai aim treat front destruction U wm as daphne wilh her married and all and ensconced la in a little lit tao abst afst in new york he lie could tale up his office tasks with a whole ht heart art so 50 he began begun to write end antl to f telegraph and to t groan across news the living wire wilder and wader cries for help daphna rcpt butt tatk zad lewd his hl longings in kind and suffered heart enung tn Ung ec taets is of yearning and arid finally shir promised frantically to merry him without further delay delar anith ith a desire to la 10 pain abi h broke the double news to her two aranta arr nta at the same time telling them both that she was waa topped abill 1 that she h was about to wed the were stunned they hid lever liever 4 sulp lilon at 0 tul tb I 1 cute etain a ft tf bap lints heart affairs it 19 realty really astounding how blind rul are 14 4 their childrens activities onti low caa can 0 o oa on under their noses willi willious out abor heavy Ps her father and aud moth r lio aft lo 10 hv I 1 T early marriage ma triage 11 der father groaned at the thought of the wedding expanse expenses but consoled himself with tt a pisgah sight of the canaan cannan when the inot lost of hie his dear children should bo be living at another roan mans cot cost tin mrs kip aado one 1 I writ wont let 1 daphne sneak away to new kurk lurk and bo be married by a justice of the peace or a coroner or whoever does turn such things in new york she must have a church wedding and a hone home reception daphne accepted this unanimously nith one amendment 11 1 I must go tu to kow new york to get my trousseau of course eald said mrs lap of course not 1 aid said mr air kip why noir eald said atis K aln the expense la Is tho the why nott riot I 1 abate the uc une of pending a fortune on clothes the money that goes out for thee theae honeymoon honeymoons might better be turned into the wedding fund lord knows daphne all need dollars more than ehe she ecula dads duds if rhe pie marries that young fellow daphne broko broke out a a revolt oh but III be glad to toe be free from this everlasting talk of money money anoney I 1 I 1 hate bate it I 1 hate to take it front you if it it lk for the disgrace id bring to yoa you and mamma maima I 1 atvell a cent I 1 id d ce ve me married r lit my old bathrobe e thank heaven pin im marrying a maa man who hang onto every peony penny uke srim grim death in her own heart cart sho she did not realize att a grievous wound she dealt the buttered bat butt tired cred old heart of her fatir till ho lie sighed 1 I as I 1 ko ke him chef I 1 was hia his age hill bil bev blike i hee hes mine it if I 1 had been more of a miser then I 1 guess id rd be b less of one now nov then daphne caught the hunted hounded look behind his spectacles and hung flung herself in his arms weep ing 1 forgive me daddy I 1 im na a little beat to talk to you no im I 1 don t mend it it I 1 m just excited ill get only the simplest things thing and some day when clay and I 1 oro are rich ill rii pay par you back a it he ile patted her and kissed her gawk ity and manlike man Ilke having blaed bis his I 1 point ahr it aay you get wt wl ameter Is best beat and nicest youre the pIrt lest girl girt in ohio and you re to gulutz to havo have tho the lindst eddina eyer ever was vas seen la in claye land and rill 11 find end the money all right never yov fear 16 had bad just remembered a bit of real estate that bad hai not yet been acco rated ruled with a second mortgage lie ile bad had bought it secretly with the proceeds of a windfall that uns bis his doable double life instead of spending money surreptitiously on dissipate as when he bad a bit of luck le ur sneaked out and invested it ia in sm seething ethIng hr hc could borrow barrow money on in a crisis tho the crisle new failed hlin him so daphne daphue wrote to her ber brother that sibe was coming to new york to buy u trousseau for her adding A to the dearest boy on earth whose name she he woul I 1 not teft him till she aw saw him her letter crosier a letter from bayard who began it with his regular apology for his un moldable imay dolay in writing biome dearest mother dad aad A sit blnche nral loyral wt letters from you mother and meant ta to answer but been vry very burr busy these hard forcee us U to cut down talt staff duj d threw throw atra extra work 63 3 men re to but bu jinta as ln vo 0 o bad bed me 0 o lonar it coat can t ct cat a aaa worst bound to et batter bo so im 1 to t dont drop eni dead att I 1 m nine to iet get mamed PDA PD jk A the an n kl KA of the th world known it tor for a lone tons time bin bein 1 a year waiting to so bet rich en ent th sh to place lac ber her where here sho h monsa belo nr not yet but cant stand aay any looser V djang me at not vot settled tiled yet but a ably bly am time in a jan juno that would make a good nou SOOT some tim la to june all lt let yoo you know exact date data sikny lullow pd the document and thero there are few documents that mean no so much to every family as that bear ing aa the news thit that one of the children has cone gone into tho the world an 1 found a rata lind alvn cp UP khz clatt tt for the new CHAPTER IV the two old mrs eat gat broo brooding dinc over their mystery the fruit oc of their almost forgotten romance tho the little baby that had come tn to them nd Yr angely into a great grown ma man was now la in the tolla tolls 0 la in his turn he ile had found la in A 4 far city eity somebody body there abat iii TVA uy lutt t katr t lis farally or his friem s er or hia his fr daphne rat ra delighted et at firel she realized that the news of or his hi mar vage would throw her oya own elins into disarray me sided als bcd 1 I suppose id rd better postpone my wedding till we get bayani bayard off our bands a fine idea I 1 ia her father exclaimed it was always a joy to him to defer an expense sire kip hip flung him a glare and daphne rolled her eyes in distress but be he redeemed him self with an unexpectedly graceful turn it leta lets us keep daphne with na us a little longer daphne rote wrote this new decision to clay he ile cent sent back a letter that fairly howled with protest when daphne told her parents of cla CIA i anguish they made light of it it wt wu a long ion long while since they had been yoong young they had learned that knprr aam agm contain surprise i that may sometimes be pO wined ta ned without misfortune bayard did not write again for sev cral eral daya days this time he be wrote rote to daphne dear 81 tours Tour of no date as ax usual received and beautiful content contents noted voted I 1 can harder believe that my little all ml is 1 announcing noun cing cinc intention to join tho 1 and get married to 00 toure you re more men sible 1 than I 1 uel used to think this Is 1 subject to evielyn evi elon when whom I 1 know who th the lucky man D I 1 mho la Is he be bonne borne cleveland appolo or bc wever you spell it I 1 suppose before I 1 could write you a bombshell bomb thell ex exi plodded in the loftlee ineada 0 firm decided that since we can cart t mellany ei tany goods in air an erica erlea rica might try england they want nr me tu tv go mr over at once and ce see what cn be ba done about establishing a agency in dear old buntion doncher know and so 0 o now I 1 intend to combine business trip va vacation end and honeymoon honer moon in marne voyage bo so we get married thursday anil and mail all saturday juit just time to get settled la in our dove coto before leaving vi as worrying over ever nol not being able to accept your kind offer to pay r re a visit the then the BUI sui that her sweet sleter raw a aw tobe to be should come com to new york and make our out apartment hr her home hoins while ph he shops we V 6 wont won t get got back froin honeymoon boneyo oon hike tor for six weeks at least tou you and mother just settle down there until you have havo finished shopping will 1 lve ve key and instructions with superintendent the I 1 letter ater endell w with ith the usual oceans of love and glispa s and the usual haste it set the family pondering old wesley as the first to and his train of thought startled the women bo so hes going to get married tomorrow awful I 1 saves us bueng a 4 wedding though thought I 1 when he bad had recovered from the impact of lis look he saved himself idalu a nth a quick peu plea dlug sug S what I 1 wu thinking was it cleties more money lor for Do daphnes trousseau the poor wretch had grown waed to unexpected gifts of fortune float into view like soap bubble bubbles drift close lu la tri iridescent descent loveliness and then ft ink ool leaving hardly a damp L As soon aa as he lie had bravely added hut hat ha he had saved from ids till eons sows W wal edu ding to what lie had bad already voted to bis his daugh daughters tees be was hnud ln ud to learn that daphne could not start cat rast to boy buy clothes to get married in until she had bought some lothes to start in and best des that she could not go hast rast alone and her mother could dot not go with her un A C t I 1 I 1 thab Th tt a fin fine idea I 1 her lar father exclaimed clair ned 1 ass ss her mother had almo come dew new clothes to tide her mother over ihl till her athe could pet got to new york and lay a dlott c llcy to stay 7 rca Is wesley kip hip beut forth to peddle that second mutton murt gaZe this wab a commodity not rot eaty ea ty to dp oo of and it took him A week or two to find a purchaser anil and thea then he mid an o 0 lown 1 bously disguised usury for or it it but nut he tot got ibe the cash 1 hen ho he came home he proudly jilly nn on that dt ahne and her molher mother coald could mart tart for new york as rom as heyd i t mind to 0 o they had tf it wind to d ft BOO a as their clothes wre were rendy lie ita d to the train ile vaa was cot not ten even to have f doleful luxury of ewine then them pend LIA hi money bat but he put a brate front on Ls folly md and last words to daphne r ecret eft have a goo good d time honey und it if you see anything you absolutely got to have just you get it and it if the money you got enough why 11 get more some somehow how you can usually depend on your old dad to do bla his beat best he felt repaid when his beautiful child cried tried 1 I know I 1 cau can I 1 you angel V 1 and reached high and drew his b bead e 11 d down like a faithful camele camels lie never told her that she vas as squeezing his eyeglasses into his nose lie ile managed not to sneeze at the exquisite agony of her curls tickling his nostrils and she feasted bis his hungry ear with eager gratitude daphne slept little that night in her pullman pigeonhole fhe she was too busy w ath her thoughts and the whee wheels is made a banjo ot of the rails ralls but ehe she was glad of her Inma inta ET even en better than sleeping bleeping well la to staying awake well the train was on time and rolled chariot charlot smoothly into the tle grand central station clay wimburn was there by special dispensation from the odee ar ua 4 he bad had bad had the forethought to secure a permit to come down to the platform he ile told the station master waster that he lie bad a crippled aunt to atit he ile did no not tell mrs kip that ile let her tier believe that all doors opened to him film D daphne had not finished pointing painting out her band hand luggage to the redcap when clays armi were about her she turned to draw her trusty sir sirl I 1 but a smothered mothered it on her lips lie ile charged ber mot mother h er nex next ard rd kissed her well mell saying baCs not for balard bo ard for me ilow are you mammal mamma I 1 mrs mm kip blushed and squealed aa as she had bad squealed long abc a when her first lover stole the fiorit kiss after making arrangements about the baggage with magnificence enco and tipping the porte ilar A freshly baked millionaire clay tail 11 ebbed them to mr and mrs ards apartment house a towering habitable chimney on fifty ninth street overlook AS Ag cen 1 aral purk and columbus circle the conye convenience alence and ingenuity of the apartment enchanted daphne it seemed impossible that |