Show th T h te e it th commandment C M M d M 4 n by RUPERT HUGHES copyright by u A Il brother CHAPTER continued I 1 13 amt ost they to call the deit thing A indecent you salil sold it elf that marriage without ov ole terrible and it Is its all bcd ed nagging and deceit if people alth ful to each r morally leem to tc arrel quarrel nil all the more to I 1 aoud V id never marry da t int nd ad to I 1 dont want to jw you but lilt I 1 want i our life 1 2 duane really cally Il thia this Is 1 out ow it lintl hush and listen j miss I kip jp dahline I 1 uett let me we full call you I 1 told aou ou I 1 lurk ork starling aning rt crazy mad nebout alben I 1 think of you looking for ai vol zi k A 61 19 t 0 f I 1 A I 1 qi lw was more afraid of him now than ever allying in that flint awful spare room axe hoe awful Chiv ilses when I 1 k of you IOU going froni from place to place e mercy of such men ns you re meet alien v lien I 1 of in tit for pr por IN amburn to get out I 1 vant to grab iou ou 7 yarnie mi nud and run away alloy with nith aou a iti my I 1 beart cart to see 5 iou ou in dis and anxiety for I 1 want you to every fling ing beautiful and cheera the world and I 1 can call get it all roll let me inel I 1 let nio me love you try to make you happy won wont I 1 nearer and he held tart against the door of the car s right hand hantl clung to hers I 1 ills 1114 don to her tier ii wall alit lie ile drew toward him blaring staring up beliech he ile laid bis his cheek against tier me side like a child the big man 14 S to the little woman for I 7 I 1 mt felt orry korry for him and for berth regi ettell that cruelty was wag ne unmistakable duty she had arta be bind kind and charity would 1 90 la she wrung her tier hands free his with low persuasion and br head piti angly the decision with a nod twe wore the could dicapo u from lile ills liebelt te felt that he lie pressed hia ills lips it her just above her heart it if it he had softly arl driven en a nail it t tears flamed to her eyelids ml on his ills handi hands ns as lie carried ro his bent brow llo crossed the wheel heel and hid bis his faco face in mailing tro aning daphne via a more afraid of him now all the plin dors ho lie could mif s 1 N were ere nothing to that prof f 1 all 1 I longing I 1 the luit til in al battle of tin V be he regained belt self control with tempt apt in a general clench of uon on I 1 apologize he lie mumbled 4 foo 01 ol to think that you could rak CHAPTER aae I 1 ud did i ot peak speak till miles and or black road had run backward i th their r wheels then he diat lot a R fool foot I 1 was to such a thing I 1 le 1111 bl lett went under before her r I 1 ty led her to my foInt faintly lY were 3 ou dreaming off of amhed und did not answer for ig alle then u ho he laughed really want to know so a 41 IOU hato hate roo me tiny tin 10 r 11 udo do to MI ill en tell you I 1 olys if that I 1 would never bd aye of f ony any woman 7 ihna I 1 am bout about MY tot B I 1 that I 1 woul in t take the the in a my t L ler to it aa I 1 loved but rt blat t f tako take MY gifts s as gifts jr a alary galary some of ctorn n mak it they are doing a favor by letting t them ti at docent get bit ibelle i believe re a ma does I 1 t a MUO honor ai eha rm r M docs does ill libin and und sacrifices a sight men mort it 91 agn 1 up hn fried tit ami and it she gives up her hers ashes ahe only riling something ehe she know kno hott 1101 to use anyway I 1 dai dachne tile had rarely found a it raan mho iho would mould I 1 lk IL to her with danuell frankness and unit if ther there in Is anything that interest interests a woman oman more titan au all other it tg to heir bear womankind rn 1113 a zed eien bhe she bias ARM ager fi fol more binegar ion 1011 wont be sl slaked eked and aniol he ile naked 1 I don dont t think so go you don ion t know how pleasant it Is 1 to talk life and tole to a woman moman abo down t rear up and find feel feet insulted at tit ei euri t ra thing at first juu on gave gale me A couple of how darou dar dart bous ou but they dont ion it count and ali if it ou on do hate little me a u little more vh u bo much the bestir ben I 1 thought had brukin with lith amburn lm burn I 1 said to shei the one girl in the world for roc me I 1 ri jo in ing to aek nak her tier to marry worry me hut lint I 1 fan afraid to fur for I 1 afraid nf nt mar ringe and thell I 1 IN ell I 1 d I 1 etter not I 1 M c 9 I 1 will I 1 guld she be alecs that men and women are tire equal end have equal rights and she tile io go in ing to get out and hurtle hustle for I 1 ersela like a little inan titan anbe khe she could learn t to lou 1014 nie file will enough to po go into n partnership of heart hearts tints eliat I 1 I 1 eald aid ti to IOU ov think its because I 1 doat doot nvart to elac to one woman ite its because I 1 do hut but I 1 hate handcuffs do ou seel see and now aou a know what I 1 wa dr of do 10 ou oil think of it ahe answer to his MR long oration alas ns complete wince duane waited malted for his answer and not getting it laughed harshly 1 til flirts that tit hixt number on our pegram 1111 wll be a bal lad ind entitled 1 I neier dream I 1 lut lit I 1 dump bump my head go on 1 marry slurry clay on nothing a ear car and llie miserably 11 bly ever afar r felio mio wild nothing to this either duano duane w uis is in a w retched state of bif b if Ilein lenient ent he ile put the car to its apices and it ripped through space nt at fitly fifty miles an on hour D iciline had a new terror added to the loid of her ceries the car went bonding boin dIng up a steep incline toward the of a head land cut in rigid right milho silhouette uette bi the far re reaching achin g searchlight search lelit of a car ap ching from the other direction duane dunne kept well mell to the ou outride tIde of the road but just as ns lie met piet the other motor and kincid in the tile ezzle d of lf a third car trying to pass it on the cune cume hurtled into the narrow narro space with a blaze like lightning ing the ores eyes there was alas a citing and hooting of horas horns and a se se of ila aster daphne bent her head and prayed for life but without faith falth duane swung his ills front ahel off the road and grazed a wall mall tho the rear tear wheels were not quick enough the other car smote them crumpling the mudguard and slicing off the rear lamp daphne was thrown this anny and that and it seemed that her tier ielne mut have snapped in t dozen place places mien she site her tier ces again thi far car vas mas mantling anding bt still duane turned to lur with terrified quest questions ioni and ills hands visited her tier face and rind her arros arms and shoulders lie ile held her tier hands fast and into her tier ets maillo lillo tile him that she nui not doad dead the car that lind bested ills tits did not return but tile other did offering 11 holp help from a safe till fill its identity 1 as established la in the light of its it lamp duane pot got doti and his ol 01 un n car nal nestles les the damages in the rear it had sustained a couil lete fracture of the brunt axle ile a fender and a fd the driver of the other car came up and the coroners inquest lie ile stared at nt duane and cried in the tone of nn an english aristocrat cob oil liles bleis roy my soil aint you tom di anel ancl duane blinking in the tile light peered him and raid rold lop I 1 I 1 cant see aou ou but the voice would mould be crell light o its me oh oil pardon me youre not alone nobody hurt I 1 hope mid and pray no but vere pre pretty fly far from home and country 1 I see ree I 1 1 ilum m I 1 t I 1 ity I 1 couldn coulden t get tho the number of the swine that hit ou I 1 rather fancy ill have to give you a lift what I 1 we was out on a tar tan aroc d 0 hunt but that will ili i you don t mind trust trusting ilig yourself to bad coin pany duane lowered his voice anxiously ara louly i 4 is it very badr wetherell put pu the to route ute on his voice III wager I 1 hut jut a good as youre leta not go into family history conte nione along and well tale you to the mat next neutral port that would tx oh yee YM I 1 fancy lhotte were the yonkers WO w caid tit airout r ugh f few talles miles back ck well come but he duane was rag could do nothing except take wet 11 erell to his car arid introduce Intro dace dece him to daphne misa kin he wid ave Wet wll he e sir got to prent wanta us to ride with dd i luas 1 e far fm as I 1 nili wl rm bell alt on other car there Ile et herell therell came close and enid said did DO I 1 e bar mrs hip I 1 can cant t tt e lou but I 1 11 tape ie you ore are tho the fescina fascinating t SIM kip i met nt at Nel leiport port ilav 0 3 ou oil forgotten me tile so 0 o soon I 1 am SINN kip said sold daphne oh en an dorryl I 1 dont mean that either hut but my irly mrs kip hip mas a siren leala was her tier first name I 1 call cautus t I 1 her tier D lelia lei la you sep and she call called e d me we bamon she vas uns a ahe he Is 18 uy MY brother i wife said daphne oh you ilont dont tell met wetherell crell gulped and lit lila abrupt elk nee nce m was as full of shrill truing ng that alarmed daphne an angered ered danne and threw Ile et herell therell into confusion dunne duane helped di line to alight from the tile and transferred tier to tile r car where therell introduced to a inasi mass of shadow wa wenc we name birg bettany meant to and to duano duane arranged to have a tt becking ere areri kent ent out to ills ron roadster and bartered tart ered n touring car and a chauffeur for the trip into new ew lorl orl lie ile sat nat hack back alth ith dephne and mur inured prayers for because cause of the dangers he lie had carried her into and for the things lie had mid aid daal ante nerie had been oi overworked er worked she site had been ru rushed bed arm adventure ahen ture to adventure adien ture 0 of soul out and body she imd bad been to enter a carver of gorgeous a sin in anti slit sho had tied been swept along tit the c edee eig or ot a fearful dneaster di easter vaster sire chin Is met daphne nt at the door iler recent I 1 id turned again to scorn tind and she lie at Dap daphnie hiie ulio ho crept to tier room I 1 ll 11 a acceptance of the role of nd ad i ventures ent it fesq 1 tired as bhe site wn was she could not illicit the clangor of the morning collid her tier to the min lindow doil A gray day broke on oil a weary meary coln the P problem rob of debt and food and new clothes dainnie datti ltd again 1 grything Mry thing was nas gray before her IN wisdom Isdora her tier to take duane nt his tits vord mord and try the great how could it bring her tier to worse confusion alinn she bile found about her tier nom and then the morn ing mall mail arrived ned brought her tier a largo large envelope addressed in a strange liand hand slie site opened it and took from it a sheaf of photographs her tier fathers image v t dzen times repeated repta ted lay before her tier the un touched tou clied proofs omitted never riener n line title never n wrinkle rin tle one of the pic picture turco looked straight nt at her tier she recalled that ence she had stood back of the tile photographer and her tier father had caught her tier eye and find smiled just as the bulb mas lifts preas pressed pr essid td she made him smile like that IN hal hat could his ills be ilian lie leurner that slit 1 lind lintl to rea son eased leared lea i red to be his daughter bud become tom toni dumie dunne a bhe he shuddered back fron he word mord and the thought she forgot both ir lit the joy of reunion her tier father M it the philosophies and adams rind luxuries liere aum Acred by the tile logic lole of that smile she lifted hie his pictured lips to her hers nith filial eagerness nn on her tier henrs erod ruinously on tle the proof site T I 1 4 A tired as she was wa ahe could not sleep wa was fatir fled to be what the jeweler in cleveland tind had called her to clay lr oburn old wee girl suddenly phe she remembered e rell and wid a nd his tits massages a to leila she frit felt ro so rene virtuous herself that it her tier duty dot to go down and rebuke leila for her tier apparent pillion alering at newport she waa was also cu ell riou rious to see how leila would kemte tte tie tt ti e news that wetherell Wet berell had anted asked for her but she found bayard at home for or and A she he waa mas neither mad nor beau inen ell aurb to confute liia before him hint anil anti tills this mus us for his ills mike than ilia I 1 ellas iella us just informing auard lint that the butcher blid delivered the tile order no farther further than the freight and instructed ills liny tiny to send the meat up ont att artir r the money came down lizard had no money and tho the ahn grin gria of his tits situation na bitter he ile snarled at U leila lelia the cub to take the meat back und and eat cut it himself then III go oner and butcher the butcher jelin dismissed the boy alth lh a ft faint fainthearted hearted show of indignation then eho site came lack and said sold and now we ue time haie no meat to eat hazard mas reduced to philosophy he the last re resort ort of tho the desperate blell cl the vegetarians say lle ought nee neier to fat eat meat anamay were poor but my lordt 1 alere in grand company M pany look at tills this cartoon of cesares in the tile bun sun father pother knickerbocker turning ills its pockets inside out and not a penny in them thein ne neli york city has to borrow money on short time notes nt at high interest to pay its on current bills I 1 look at koropp europ all the coun countries trici mer there biere stumbling lInB niong along un der euch such dilt that they wondered lion dered liow how they could meet tile interest on oil tho tit next pay day lay an I 1 now they are mortgaging their great grandsons property to pay for shooting their ons eons its tile old thirteenth bonim ind anent that aae muse nil all been bin hin ashing to under and my coill ahat hat a inere nil all calling get I 1 and its it a only 11 they tiler tit it dolln to a pitiful meat meatless mirthless mirth leis hardly more than tile raw turnips and anti old cold antar of colonel sellers leila lelia fetched alint actual there was after the meal shrugged into his ills oer coat and left kissing hta tits life or his ills slater 1 daphne anil and leila ment out to tho the kitchen set the dishes in the pan and the pan under the faucet leila lelia turned on the hot water mater daphne was mas glad to be at work ork theres one good thing about a email small meal sho alto chirped it makes less si dishop to wash then with na as much trepidation as if it ehe slid had been lie accused instead of the accuser she faltered oh oil eay say leila do you remember a man named wetherell leila dropped a plate bhe aid sold it was ia hot hut but other plates had been hot bot wetherell wetherell Wc therell she pon dered aloud n alth ath an uncertainty 1 I believe I 1 do remember meeting somebody of that name english bell he very cry oh cef lie ile was at newport I 1 think why oh nothing I 1 met him last night and he lie thought I 1 alas you I 1 how ilow could bel he I 1 leila gasped we dont look the laist alike it was in the dark in the dark I 1 good heavens heaven I 1 IN where here already leila lelia had lint gained lie er or bauge daphne find to confess her tier outing iab with ilynne he lie crash of the collision and he the return to yonkers in et herell a e car leila took addan ange of the situation to interpolate I 1 good aca leavens venal I 1 how now could lou you of all people 1 and with tom durnel what would clay think daphne knew that she ho had no right to reproach leila for having known INe therell in newport she had no right even to suspect chrt leila lelia had overstepped any of the tile bounds of propriety and till still alto lie vias not convinced of cellas innocence bhe she was merely silenced CHAPTER the next day her tier feare fears of wetherell crell and of leila were rekindled she |