Show ft i Th Te e Thirteenth By RUPERT HUGHES 7 Commandment mi i 9 wen Harper B rot bora g CHAPTER XVI XVI Continued 11 11 Ill Til buy bur myself a picture of you FOU She told of f her longing for a photograph photograph photograph photo photo- graph of him but did not tell him of her ller need of It as a talisman Ele He laughed aloud at this Incredible way of spending money till she began suddenly suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly to cry He had no answer to that argument except yes es Then she began to laugh They decided to stop the to the at It a photographers photographer's on way thirty the train Daphne ran ou out and cashed Reben's check at the grocers grocer's much to the relief relief relief re re- lief of Reben's bookkeeper whose books had been held up by the missing I check Daphne asked for the privilege of taking her father to the train and Ba Bayard ard was so busy figuring where to put the cash he had on hand that he be consented to stop at home They went first to the thc gallery of a had photographer whose show-case show displayed some strong and veracious ve portraits Its ot of me men Tl The e pho photographers photographer's g l prices staggered Daphne and anu sue she JIl protested protested pro pro- tested but he lie answered dolefully ly Id urd give a thousand dollars for one of my father That settled it After the sitting Daphne and her father proceeded to th the station She st stopped at the gate because she had neither a ticket for the for the train nor a n. platform r ass Jass pass from the station master She watched hUll him dwindling down the tle long platform He lie was a mere manikin when he lie reached his place and waved to her before he vanished through the thc m magic gIc door of the thc train She waved to him with her handkerchief handkerchief chief and when he was gone she burled burled bur bur- Jed led her e eyes es in it Her partings with her father had bad marked epochs In her bel life UCe She wondered what destiny would do o to her between now and the next on one She felt forlorn afraid for his life Ufe on the train afraid for her soul In Inthe Inthe Inthe the perils before it and so sorry for him and for herself that she could not help boo boohooing a little Destiny did not keep her bel waiting for while sh she was strangling her sobs as best she could she heard a voice voiceover voiceover over over her her shoulder It said I Aha gel at ut last I have you In n me power J Mr 11 1 Duane I she gasped as ns she turned to meet hl his smile with another And where have you been all this long while A lot youve you've cared he growled Did you ever telephone me as you promised you would 1 No Were Vere you always out when I telephoned Yes Did Ild you let het me call on you You did not When at last it penetrated my thick hide that you ou wei we i actually giving iIi trig ing me mc a hint that you ou didn't want me round and that you ou had thrown rn rae me overboard neck and crop I grew very proud I refused to call on you again Im awfully sor-ry sor she said andler and her ler voice broke Sorry was a dangerous word for her herat at that moment and her sobs were vere beginning again when he made mad a vigorous vIgorous vigorous vig vIg- orous effort to talk them down The crowds In the station were too well preoccupied with their own errands errands errands er er- er- er rands to notice no ce a girl crying cr ing and to tl the rife e gateman farewell tears were no luxury Duane tried the best he could to help her ller H He wn wa was sa saying saying And now I suppose suppose sup sup- pose poe Ive I've got ot to miss my train and my Jl gl al kyI I 1 I t S SI ti I I II a q t f r- r Id uld Give a Thousand Dollars for One Photograph of My Father olf and anel all that ile I take you home in a taxi Youre You're far too pretty to be be- running around loose In a mob like this dais She shook her head You mustn't mis miss your train Mr Mn Duane or your yourE E r golf Im I'm used to g going ing about alone t and rye Ive I i e got to get to It Im I'm I aim going oln home in the subway Good-by Good I and nd thank you ou She put out her hand band formally and he tool it It was like a soft sun- sun flower In his hiss palm and hechine he chine to It lt Its warmth seemed to j reach through his blood to his heart and to make It ache I must go You cant can't put pub me oft off again I I he be said I will take you home borne I He turned to call cull a redcap standing in solemn patience beside two traveling bags and a bristling golf bag Dag Porter take my things to the parcel room and bring me the check No uNo said Daphne hastily I mustn't You mustn't 1 Really 1 I mean It Good-by Good It She walked wall ed away so rapidly that he could not follow her without unseemly haste She heard him call sharply Porter never mind the parcel room Come along to the train Her TIer success In n escaping him was so complete that she rather regretted it When she reached the apartment she found Leila almost prostrated from the effects of her altruism and from the fact that Bayard Baard Ba ard was was- was was-Ia in one of his tantrums A special delivery letter had just come from Dutilh's shop It said sold that Mr Dutilh Dumb was arriving from Paris with ith his winter models and since he would have to pay a large sum at the customs house It II was regrettably nECessary necessary necessary essary to tp lb beg g Mr Kip to send by return return return re re- re- re turn mall mail a check for the bill was w s long past due And now now time the briefly adjourned laws of of finance were vere reassembled Leilas Leila's short reign was over mer j her extravagance had again found her bel out and anal demanded punishment The gown she had bought and was s asked ed t to pay for fort had bad b been en worn shabby danced to shreds In inK Newport K But ll t the bill was as bright as ever na Bayard ard was so fagged with his weeks weel s of discouragement that he was wasas wasas wasas as irascible as a veteran of f the gout whose toe has been heen stepped on when Daphne walked in he was denouncing Leila in Ia excellent form He lie used Daphne as a further cub My poor sister sent back bacle the gown she bought I But you you you-you you bought more Daphne realized how much this would endear her to Leila Lella and she Rhe tool took immediate flight She found the Chivvies es in n. n state of tension Mr Chivvis was not usually home before past half-past six Daphne felt an omen In Inthe Inthe inthe the way they looked at her when they acknowledged her entrance She went to her room In a state of foreboding misery She had not paid her board for several weeks She had hind hadnot hadnot not mentioned the fact to Mrs Chivvis nor Mrs Chivvis to her though the nonpayment of a board bill is one of the self-evident self truths truths- truths that that landladies usually discuss with freedom A few minutes later later Mrs Chivvis i tapped on the door her thimble making mak make making ing a sharp clack She brought her with her and sewed as she sewing said May l I 1 sit down a moment Thank you She kept her eyes on the scam seam while she talked Well Miss Kip RiP the war has hns reached reach reach- ed us also at last My 1 husband lost his position today Yes Oh how horrible Daphne gasped with double sincerity The ThO Theoffice office was was was' closed q unc unexpectedly e by an Involuntary petition In bankrupt bankrupt- C cy His salary was not paid last week nor this and well and well we don dont don't t want to inconvenience you ou but butI butI but but- I understand said Daphne Ill give ou what I can She Sue took her poor little wealth from her handbag She had paid ten of the lofty fifty to the photographer as a deposit She gave Mrs 1 Chivvis twenty-five twenty dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars and promised her more mor Mrs 1 ChivvIs ChivvIs' was very grateful and went down the hall smiling a n little littleover over oyer her seam Clay called that evening He TIe was was' exhausted with a day of tramping the town looking ool for work orle He lIe was too weary wear to talk and he fell asle asleep p twice during one of Mr 11 Chivvis' Chivvis commentaries Lanes on the probable effects of the Imminent capture of Paris by the Irresistible Ir Ir- resistible Germans The French gov gov- government government government had bad already moved to Bordeaux Bordeaux Bordeaux Bor Bor- deaux and and and- But Clay had read It allIn allin all allIn In u a a dozen different newspapers and he passed away Daphne was restless Mr 1 was on her nor nerves Clay Cloy was not pretty asleep sitting with his Jaw dropped and amI his hands hanging down palms forward like an apes She was enjo enjoying another of the woes of mare marriage marriage mar mar- without its privileges The began to yawn awn and Mrs Chin Is finally bade the bade the startled I Clay Good evening She had been brought blought up to believe that It was indelicate in delicate for a woman to bid bili a man Good Clay left alone with Daphne attempted attempted attempted at at- tempted a drowsy caress but she felt Insulted and she snapped d at him nun If lf youre you're only walking In your sleep you'd better walk yourself out of here and go o to bed His ills apology was Incoherent and she was Indignantly curt with him at the door She went to her room and sat at at the window staring down at the dark swarm of ot w watchers before the bulletin boards She had told her lier brother that she fhe shedid shedid did not have to starve or sin because she had a father a brother a lover loverto loverI to protect her from want And now her father and anel her brother and her lover were all In dire predicament staggering blindly In a fo fog of debt Suppose her fathers father's train ran off orf the track or into another train A spread rail ran a n block signal overlooked a n switch left unlocked might bring doom loom upon his train as on so many others She shivered at the horror of her fathers father's loss She shivered again at the thought of what It would mean to her Suppose the turned her out Why should they feed her for nothing when wIlen their own future was endangered What could Bayard do for her or Clay There was Mr 11 Duane of course but she could not tal take e his money without payIng And In what coin could she pay him She trembled and the breeze turned gla gla- cial The next morning was another day of the same shoddy pattern She rose with wi th only her fears f ars re re- i ne' ne She borrowed the newspaper and skipping the horrid advertisements of of foreign barbarity a and American dismay diSma- turned to thelast the me thelast last pages The Situations Wanted Van ted columns were eloquently numerous and the Help Wanted Wanted Female Female columns columns col were few still she made m-ade a list of such places as there w were e. e She wrote letters to all aU sorts of people who ho gave newspaper letter-box letter addresses addresses addresses ad ad- dresses and she went out to call caU on all sorts of people who gave their street numbers The letters she wrote were not not- answered answered answered an an- at all she he lost her post postage ge as as she had land lost host her car fares It seemed as if the end of the world or at least the breakup of Its civilization land had arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived without yarning and without refuge CHAPTER 4 Daphne had not told Mrs Chivvis of her financial plight nor of her fathers father's fathers father's fathers father's fa fa- ther's nor her brothers brother's She had simply let the days of payment go past one by one She saw a chillier glitt glitter r In Mrs 1 ChIn is' eye and there was a constant restraint upon the conversation conversation con con- for many days Mr Chivvis was at home most of the time now sitting about in his old clothes to save the others He and his wife naturally talked of Daphne Sometimes she overheard their under under- tones Each seemed to urge the other to the attack Finally one evening Mrs Chivvis made so bold as to call callon callon callon on Daphne in her room and to say after much improvising I dislike to speak of it t Miss 1 Kip flip but you but well er you see the see the fact isif Isif is isIf Is- Is If you you you- The grocer Is Is' sending round In the morning for his last weeks week's bill and and if If Its It's not Inconvenient inconvenient- Daphne felt sick Ick with th s shame shame- n but she had to confess I 1 cant can't tell you yot OU how sorry I am am but I haven't any any Really That's too bad I Mrs Chivvis said sold She was hardly sorrier for herself than for Daphne She tried to brighten them both with hope But Bul doubt expect soon you sou you expect expect no no you to to- to Ive seen een looking for for for-for for some work to do but there doesn't seem tobe to tobe tobe be any Chivvis confirmed confirmed con con- Oh I see 1 said Mrs firmed in her suspicions Ions and reduced to silence Daphne went on after swallowing sev several ral cobblestones But of course Ive I've no right to be eating your food and am sta staying on here herens as ns a guest And I suppose Id I'd better give up my room so that you can cantal tal take e in somebody who can cnn pay Mrs 1 Chivvis was close but she was war as she gasped not up to an nn eviction and Oh really I I-I I I hardly t think think I I shouldn't like like like- Her hard voice crackled like an Icicle snapping off the eaves in a of them spring plinz sun and before either quite understood it the hard eyes of ot both thawed tears streamed and they were In each others other's arms of better weeper Daphne was the the two Poor Mrs Chivvis could not be really lavish even with tears but buthe she he did very well for her Immediately they felt years better acquainted old acquainted old friends all of a sudden sud sud- foolishly den Jen They were laughing when an apologetic knock on the open door loor Introduced Mr 11 who have crossed the sIll ill would no more into the the than he would have broken temple of oC Vesta His name was Chiv vas I not Clod Clodius Ius The surprised eyes of Daphne threw him ilm into confusion but he said Ive been cen thinking Miss 1 Kip flip that If you ou really want to work and arent aren't too I could get geton particular what at maybe nt maybe you on a place at my old with the publishing house They turned me off orr but ut the receivers are tr trying Ing to keep the he business going Not much pay noth noth- but iut something's always ing ng thing Anything Is better than I nothing said Daphne and It might be a begin begin- ning ii ng She applied the next day and the firm irm accepted her ber working Now Daphne was truly a u woman not a u dramatic artist with peculiar pc- pc clock but toller toiler by the culiar c lar hours a She 3 he entered the office of oC the company number num- num punched her at past half eight and set to register her ber ier on the time lime envelopes She large work cork addressing and wrote till tm twelve wrote wrol and wrote at it one she took up her ber pen again and he afternoon went In an endless re- re of dip and write till five five- hirty Then she joined the home go ng panic and took the crowded sub sub- Yay to Columbus circle She plodded the treadmill till at ut athe athe he the end o the sixth day her forty forty- hour of trans transcribing names and addresses from the lists to the wrappers wrap wrap- pers ers she carried off a cash reward of fight eIght dollars This was not clear gain Her der street car cor fares had totaled sixty rents cents her lunches a dollar and and a n half i she lie had worn her her costumes at the sleeves leeves and damaged them with a few Ink spots and her shoes were taking g gon an on n a shabby nap It was not encouraging At Daphnes Daphne's left elbow was a large fat at girl whose pen rolled roiled of off large fat at letters She talked all the time about nothing of Importance laughed and fidgeted and asked ed questions that would have be been n impertinent if the they 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