| Show the thirteenth ir t aua commandment m m a n d m n by RUPERT HUGHES copyright by MA DAHNE AGAIN TURNS TO CLAY BUT AS THEY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE A NEW BLOW FALLS synopsis clay Wini wimburn burn a young now n borker on a alit to cl 1 meet pretty daphne kip whose brother Is in the tile aanie salue office offic emith with CUT clay in IN nh all street afar a N whirlwind hielm ind court they beco become loci engaged D daphne ahne goei goe t new york with tier her to buy hr trousseau brothe br otlie elayard lias has just juit married daphne and anti left for P burcope drope with lilg ills bride leila daphne and her mother install themselves in bayard s flat 11 11 meets tom toni duant nian man about tol to n in atho ho perms greatly attracted ai 1 to to ber her dephne discovers that clay Is ij penniless except for his salary ila ll anard nard and his ills m alfo ire return to new cw I 1 lork ork anex the three women sit out on i t shopping excursion and the two tuo jounce ft omen buy expensive gowns inning haling thim charged clia reed to bayird bay ird rayard I 1 s furious over the eapen ex e set ing hard time times ahead dapa tip indignant declares dec arcs she ivill earn her own living and breaks her engage encasement with alth cla through an introduction hi duane daphne beben a theatric il magnate ma enate to 91 glie her a position in one of his hij coin ponies le her first rehearsal Is a flasco but reben at duanes request gives ber her another chance sudden illness of elbs gemble Ke roble the star gives daphne bile chance but her acting Is a alq dossul dl failure she Is con goed nd by tom daane duane i XII confirmed 9 satan or Jap raphael hAel bod whispered to crib er at inai allon ution to res revisit isit the scene aber itte humiliation with clai NN ith be cigic purse there would mould bo be danger of a snub from the waiters alters w ith his hi oun on car there would mould bo be no 1 it footing it home then an imp of mischief spoke for road rind enid all right I 1 daane duane told the chauffeur and the shot tiki a jai javelin alln from the light col ewt into the deep forest night of cantral pirk park what v id clay eay may but after il be hid baled lier her in a crisis per ver spi be had turned his heart elie au here iere men were mere impatient lindic jt te filby when claremont was reached and sine be banded handed miss kip out he note I 1 it her hand vas m as hotter than his ills own ad i a little quick to escape hir face ris u flushed and her lira parted as it th excitement lie ile assumed that it e speed of the ride and the tang of ihen lyen ture were mere to blame while me the wallers waiters wire serving the i per and while he was attacking it th tb the frank appetite of honest nun hun r she he recounted the eien evenings ings diser dialer disler er u CL I 1 aly as if it were the story somebody else in fact she nas n as grinding ailing off and regarding rc gardin herself with w ith I 1 tyes eyes of an alien we change so idt that the persons we were yest t T ire are already strangers angera and their thir rt the acts of distant t f her sla IM ass as really the numbness of ak ock the anguish uld quid come to sorrow 1 I leant cant understand under stana myself at all phile eald said I 1 went through every c e of the motions but I 1 wh ch the ce once I 1 was like a wt alth ith a bad cold singing in a w rt ga language you dont know what t ing ms I 1 H all about but you know at t it new never quito quite gets on tho the koy key TO toa be discouraged ob yes tes I 1 musti must I 1 I 1 be an ass M la in a thousand years yeam mr baton daton moia told me m go so himself ine be felt the truth bof of this but it rt him to have her feel feet it IL it ofin his hi chivalry to realism realise how im aid fate could be to so pretty a girl e hated to see hr hor h r reduced to the aty ty of proving how plucky she a be he ile tried to find an escape aft t ue ile eald said u far too good for the stage 1 I idoft don t belle believe e that for a minute DrO protested tested nut but ive ivo got to find ething i 1 can do chy I 1 help you to decider decide if i ton you only 0 uld I 1 but I 1 ui lu galling w be a 1 jou are fire a afi art rt to tae me you ore are a Mou not a nuisance a dared not tell her what she was tily daily es 8 the waiter malter had set et the W 1 l h ha IS a elbow and waa was standing off attitude of Ill concealed impat 10 for the tip P which he knew be large mr duane aldaya fe tn normal ten per cent and a eltra lie tipped wisely but not well i knowing that an a A altera contempt almost 0 than ata none ne at all AIL the head waiter cooed good night and almost them ea a blessing N starter lt arter llad had mr duanes car sin UZI for him hita at the curb and lifted mth th one hand ae as he smuggled burter ff altay an ay with the other lie ile aped wl in to lay the linen laproto thear eirk knees neca ith re reverence arence closed door and murmured u night I 1 ae car was an in aristocrat ili flout float from a the ceib with a manlike abal phoe thought of herself btag clay and ani K horat bi she to i 1 or heir their wraiths ing lately tt ely along alone K seq felt very for then thelm here wn a chance to on e of them thein both of them in for bior in taking lier financial bur fro a 1 caay I ars shoulders the she would strengthening him it if she e to a crept duane as her husband br Drob lems would be solved Ti ak lly would be ile free gf of ber her s urs tom duane to step into 10 li of lot society ety to lift her father lillou blou fr a zelro et of J nera in cleveland to a post of diskint di stint tion in nen york ta to solve 1 at oace once ali he the hateful at loathsome belittling rid adlea of money to ie the bejcy aled and fated i d and idolize I 1 ife and nd mIs mastres tres ot of this 3 boung grand duke dule to buy that ha impossible trousseau or bet ter to ilie in n anew lock jalace in of a flat to go about in lier jojn limousine ansten I 1 of on an I 1 il tax ITOI icah to be fortunes irling dirling d instead of a member of the working cia daises ases struggling along with bent neck under a yoke beside a discouraged laboring man I 1 when the car reached her building she wag nas resolved ved to see mane no more she could not tell him so actor nil till he had hail been ever thing that was mas courtesy und charity it mould hardly I 1 4 she stared stated at her image 1 in the mirror hac have been polite to treat him with absolute indifference queue duall e got down dolin and liel helped her out old u took 00 k her to the door which was mos imbed at thia this inte late hour vi mile alle they waited malted for the door roan man to answer the bill she was pay ing him his biages you are monder wonderfully fulir kind I 1 bad a gorgeous evenin ou sated ray life she had fald paid more than she intended edif if dot not more than lie be had earned then may I 1 call cull eoon soon of course tomorrow awell I well oil ill 1 let you know bicel I 1 telephone we me at write it out for you I 1 ra ai not often at the dob vi where here you found I 1 lie and my number in the boo bon he ile wrote on his cani card hta tits telephone address and gave it to her at ae the doorman app it red lie ile red dont forget she murmured 1 I V vont on t r noth fotij atil good gooi night then the doo doorman man gath ered her in and hoisted 1 her ler to bar lowly eyrie it ft as very ry of different If terent froni from the she would hae ja on as birs duane not but when ali he e was in her room the she tore his card to to pie after the she had looked et at it bh she harej at her image she almed what the saw there she vowed to b k ler tier provi pre nilee lse to she sho rowed to forget his hi tom dudne but it danced number telephone hOue the she bad had about in the dork dark loog after clod her evl eys she he ev aveo tile next MOrt mornin lin beyond the extra hour t UK he ChIlt the itar hitup ami awl tb elred SandAY a 11 their cate gates on at break dahoo apfl chi nelv jarl M trying not t to 0 yarn fast a I 1 cold her with A bolce vis greeted id feltl and olry as a the rather late getting ettl oln in ruu were lat lost night or thu this eva e va wa as not an anwer answer Do daphnee it was w better nation but chervi bu but t I 1 mrs oh I 1 know it yest I 1 lat 1841 t night lost my ix luon sand ki killed led it part 1 the tile principal play any sol 1 not golas rolat 1 en I the stage and now aro MOM mrs ni 14 1 4 MAS a touched led you po 0 r ril i I 1 a tin i t it rt I 1 uy I just too bad I 1 ill then she brightened 1 in ou re but I 1 in 0 o u ire re not to lo 10 in the theater it till ri t in vt vir r m wicked 1 its it maht difficult said suld daphne mrs rs ahls bought thought a moment mor then ho he said ald did I 1 tell you 0 o I 1 dont b bo gipti i d ud 11 iou were away amay but mr gets hia hid vacation dext week meek got to take it when ills turn come the ruan man who mho was mas going now mulan t be spared so we i e have to jean 1 e im going of course so I 1 taut fin t jre lve iou lour meals you can bet let your bria brial is in the kitchenette of course III 1 allow of olf whatever la Is right oh daphne said 1 I be all right I 1 guelig gue 1 dup ne had not realized how much she depended on mrs chlola till fill now she bhe was maj to be left alone at the very time when ullen she was mas most in need ot of society the w u bole world mas w as torso k lug ing her CHAPTER XIII when th thi chivvies had gone ne availed the task of con composing posing her letter of re ignation from It lichens ellens cur ein ploy it ft as us not easy V ti resign with nith dignity anti the u haste alic sent it off by i wi atmas it none too prompt foi itchen had already dictated a very ery polite request fur for dadines Da pines s head 1 when lien ho lie recta recited ed lur lettia he lie rc called his ills r and dictated a substitute for hia his first letter in this he lie espres expressed ed his ills regret at learning ries decision to reign 1 n the former understudy had come back from the road he lie said and requal hr mork he ile bagged daphne to accept the check for two salary in lieu of tho the usual notice and hoped that fihe the would mould believe him faithfully here hers daphne felt a proud impulse to return the fifty dollare dollars she wrote a letter to go with mith it she looked agata agan and saw saly it ni was as the first money she had ever earned she hated to kt lot it go she decided td to frame fraine it and keep it to point to in after years as us the beginning of hi great fortune late in the afternoon when the western eky sky was turning into a loom for crimson tapestries almost aa as rich as her onn win dreams she went ent to her brothers apar apartment truent 6 there the new girl found the old woman in the throes rf finance leila had brought her ber check book and her bank book to her husband her affairs were mere in a knot lie ile laughingly offered to help her shy she was as hurt by his laughter but not hn ha f so deeply Us he was by his discus ery cry of her monetary condition he ile bad had established her bank account nt count in a mood wood of adoration a precious sacrifice on the altar of lore love she had not cherished it but Featt faltered ered it heed leissl and money was mas peculiarly pr precious clous now in the final of the hard times when only the fittest of ahr fittest could surlie the last tests condit was mas the water cask nud dollars were mere the hard biscuits bis culta of a boatload of survivors from a wreck land might be H ached it if they held out but belt self denial wait vital hazard gazed at leila with wondering love and st terror error she was mas both dignity and aeilt in his eyes lie ile grouted grou Led S are you trying to wreck me you know how hard lio ito working and how much I 1 aked inoue in my busl nesi and nud how much it means to your future but you wont mant stop buying and find chang ing anil and burning my poor little fun eurn ings 1 we e discharged a stenographer because we wanted to save her salary of fifteen dollars and beree heres a check tor for a pair of shoes for or you that cost cust sixteen nut but tell me one thing more im I 1 carted off to bloomingdale in a 1 aby I by in heavens biame why admitting you just had to bave have that pitiful little pair of hoes why when you wrote the it 3 lou OU subtract it fron from your balance instead adding it I 1 ask you I 1 oh oft da I 1 I 1 tie do that ehe she asked looking over his shoulder eh so I 1 did I 1 and she pr u tier her cheek close to bix hi and giggled ile U sil cok us II 11 head in imbecile iffat an and d dt c s her around into his arms that was wag what daphne overheard when tie me luald let her in she found leila reeling la in Ita lap top bayard did not tell daphne what hat his with ith leila had bad been lie ile aply cloke the check book and the bank book and sold to leila I 1 ill 1 end mol the bank my thecia for thirty eight tight ailt wit aed and mk gk cm to close their account e il they chyll 11 be mighty flad to ito it and 0 a will I 1 said leila lella it was awfully hani hard work mark k track of every little penny rj much rather have a regular allow allowance gince in cash ey err W all well try week daphne was wa not t told old aliat lt an thi this talk was w about gibout but the made f P fair ve though CM alle pretended not to bho told about hir failure anti 1 in bt r future anil and leila pr pulsed alsed hor 1 courage and her optimism they dined cheer fully and hayard bayard decided that the best preparation for the hard work mork bin ltd of film would mould bo be an evening of gaiety lie ile invited bis his ifo ito ani ant his ills sister to so go with mith him to tho the winter garden gardin where the typical Si concert of new sew york was as given CHAPTER XIV then the came back lack from thrle vacation unexpectedly arly they had found the hotels expensive und and sir mr chivis vaa its afridi that ills job would bo ila snatch 1 from him if ho he etere ere not there to hold it donn clay called on daphne that evening and the retreated to their own room hut but as they could be overheard it mas evident that they could oie overhear rhear and the lover lovers found no chance to say ray any of the things frightened their soule souls one evening daphne said to ciny clay in as low a voice as he child hear mra mm Is a growing lueasy honey about our being together r very evening I 1 told her cemere ft e w ere engaged but she t seera seem convinced r boj would mould itt me monr that beautiful eign engagement ement ring again I 1 mas a fool to to gwo gite it back to you may I 1 have it or clu clar blen blenched chea in misery III 1 I irn I 1 ni afraid afraid I 1 yon lou see I 1 paid much on it and last neck week I 1 had an insulting letter from the jeweler lie ile threatt threatened ned to BUO sue ino no and notify my grin and awell I 1 had to send it back he ile ani so downcast doun enst that dihe answered with fill mock cheer oh chife all richt honey it matter after ull all its only a ting ring and we have each other but we each other thia this way of lulng la Is driving me crazy I 1 it be all right as soon as these hard times are over and I 1 can make pomo isome commiss loni but its flo dismal to wait licit we lie get married and live on my calary I 1 1 I could it if you could he ile caught taught her in his arms so violently that she he squealed abo next day clay telephoned to her lier his firm had just offered him the choice of accepting halt iiii lil salary or tr aing ning la in hie his resignation it was mas really impossible for two to live on half hall of what nas as hardly enough for one daphne cried a long while in her room she got out her list of v i nya ays to earn carn fifty thousand dollars again and cried over that there Is much foolish and futile protest against the nowadays woman who goes into business outside her home hut but the fact Is that it 13 1 her business busine sj that W began gan it her business 1 lit the home |
