Show I 1 the thirteenth e th by RUPERT RT HUGHES ES commandment am man dment en htmat A bratun CLAYS ORGY OF SPENDING GETS HIM INTO AN embarrassing SITUATION synopsis la 7 windom Wlm burn a young new yorker on an a visit to cleveland bud meets am pretty daphne kip whose brother Is in ID the becom secom offic office with clay in wall street direct after a whirlwind courtship they become co engaged clay ban an engaged engagement m t ring on an credit and is returns pica to new bmw york daphne agrees to an early marriage ige and ad after extracting from her r money worried father what she regards a aa ft a sufficient clent sum of money tor the purpose ah aha a goes to new lorn lock with her mother to buy ton forette li her trousseau brou trou CHAPTER V continued this Is too tan beautiful to go through so BO fast daphne cried ita wonder monde till we ought might to walk promise me tl we e can an walk home hom its such a go gora genus bight you re eary crary darling he said ive se got to get get to my office tomor tomorrow mw and youve got to get home tor for break fast all right tor for you she pouted but it was none too serious a tragedy and h her at spirits revived dived when the taxicab turned in through the shrubs about the old in ina that hed had oure once been the home ot of no napoleons PC iran brother and had heard the laughter of burr and it of betty jumel la in their primm primes do daphne p line did not like the table the head waiter led them to it missed both both the breare breeze and the view co can t we abat sit over therel them she said 1 I see are T the a hend bead waiter came reluctantly to his beck when clay asked tor for the table the answer was a curt it sorry air it it Is reserved clay felt pulled insulted he whipped out mt ills if pocketbook and rebuked the tyrant hl a bill ile be thought ought I 1 atam it a as a a one C donne dollar bill but h he saw w a V on ii it t J just s be as the swift and subtle head hand waiter able absorbed abed it ft without seeming to T to 0 t itak hsk for it back 0 or arto for r cb change waa one of the most flop mail Is things I 1 in the world clay made it a aa easy for his big new elave as a he could 1 I 1 dont do I 1 t think you understood which table ble I 1 meant he sold said pointing painting to the tas one me he be had bad indicated bafo before that one oh ob that one I 1 said the head hand waiter certainly cert sir air he a led M the way beckoning waiters and ad omnibuses omni buses rod and snapping epig his him fin be g ewa clay aide ordered a supper as chastely perfect as a bonnet net it showed that be be had it both native ability mid and education in the art of ordering a meal he be I 1 im pressed fremed even the head hand walter waiter old and that is a triumph that wn was cl conyl Y P put pose pm also he wanted to preserve 11 his self re respect repert pert and ad the waiter s attention 1 in the face a of the he aupper that t was b being appet ordered at I 1 th the next a table 1 atiat rh t nas a well ordered rd d too tan but it was not a bonnet it was a rhapsody it was ordered by a man whose whom guests game bad not at yet arrived when clay had dispatched his waiter he be whispered to daphne dahn ine S see em that fellow thomas varick enrick duane one ond of the bellest lam bachelors in NOW new york he was wait cry cr y about let leila not by leila T 1 ardt I 1 a es th really why bcd bavard d got 1 marl I led so quick ee be won was afraid to tom dome du me would steel steal her nice enough fellow but too much B money 1 daphne looked in ed at the big man and ran caught gh t him looking I 1 king gat of at her hot with a f fa wa lucilb lb appraisal r 1 I I 1 she is am stared it him down doon with a mid cold self possession of the am american girl who eno on will neither met hirt nor flinch D duane yielded mid and turned his ey eyes a to clay mg recognized Bd men him and it nodded hello I 1 web hah yta ya 1 I mun celice g fairly snappy said mid clay duane a showed h wait a willi willingness go to come came over at and it be pream presented tel but C clay my it kept ep bit him off with 1 a look like a pair or of pushing head hands duane doome loitered faltered about waiting for his d guests he looked to lonely a y daphne felt a mixture of charity and snobbery 1 in her bar heart she to clay ahe invite him thep the poor oo 00 r fell fellow 0 over here till hit his guests man mm I 1 in m dying to be able to tell the bezie people at home that I 1 met at the great duane 1 I again clay chooh his head dead and nd that you introduced him to in me a clay CIRY nodded he beckoned cLoned be duane a over at with t hardly more than a motion i of the a eyebrows Y ebrown morda dan anane came with a offering flattering eagerness ile he put his hund head ont to clay mid and clay rising made di the greeen tion loure not related to bayard kip I 1 hope duane said euid with an aa amiable frown hes in my brother bamber chyr why 1 I owe a him film a big grudge said mid DO duane 11 he B stole to b hi 1 will wife in from me just us as aa I 1 wax was falling main madly y 1 la love with her beautiful girl your new bis 1 tor tva ive never seen her bar said 10 daphne B beautiful CU girl I 1 he sighed much I 1 loo on good tor for our brother tiffin infinitely itly b beyond nd me why do don t you both move toor to in my table mibs kimble ix is to y be teare with lie her in manager get might lever gl 91 1 miss allm abla kemble he have I 1 lou inan glicr or play we were wave there tonight old ne she S ashes a glorious I 1 then the C come pe on over and ad play I 1 in a our Y yard ad daphne had bad never met a famous actress tee SIM she was wild to join the jol group and ad to it know w tom am annne b better it but clay spoke with an tu icy finality thank Than hs al old adman man weve already ordered 11 he etall stood it and ad he be had bad not invited duane to sit down tom duane looked nt at daphne and smiled like a boy rebuked all right ill go quietly I 1 inov fonow when im am kicked out mt but next time I 1 wont want go 90 so easily good night eight he put hn his worm warm friendly hand out again to daphne and to clay who nodded caddee him aw al my ay with an appalling informality considering how great he was other people came in some of them plainly sightseers sightseers eight seers some of them parol conage quality everybody seemed h hippy v claude clandestine one ro romantic mantle this was life ife a as abne daphne wanted to live it but at length she dawned yawned her little hand could not conceal the contortion ol of her features r im in gloriously tired house she ehe CI confessed essed alth lovable alti intimacy cy ita it the most brunt beautiful I 1 of supper I 1 ewe ever had but I 1 im of sleepy ampy he ard led with indulgent tend tenderness erm and said old to the waiter after check heck V 1 daphne turned her eyes away decently as the ella of paper on an a plate we was set t at clays clay elbow but she ehe noted ta that t he e a started t r violently as am he be mi far turned if the b bill 1 no over 1 e r and met it face to fees face he studied it ft with the grim heroism or of we reading a death war rant mat the Is amount staggered him here he turned pale he recovered enough to say to the waiter youve given we me the wrong check the waiter its shook back him hia head bead ach oh I 1 cles studied it again he called for the bill of fare far and ad studied that ill daphne felt so ashamed that slie t wanted to leap into the river abroad bromm it Is bell believed red that the man who due does not at audit his restaurant 1 bill I is either r an american america tourist or some a other kind of fool but in daphne a set at it sea was B emmi considered dered the act of at a ad miser clay worked lacked over his check as if it were a trial balance ali ah I 1 thought so he growled the bill of fare says that this montreal 0 V KI 1 7 I 1 patriotism and pride helped her for a quarter of a mae melon la Is devent seventy ya five mat centa a portion youve charged we me three dollars for two port portions ioa alook A look of pitying contempt twisted the waiters the melon you ordered mal was all 11 out cut I 1 served cent you yon a french melon BIOR instead why you tell roel 1 1 I deed not theena it moldered mett ered to the SC gentleman gent at laman anan clay sniffed miffed he was not hot to be quieted by such a an sop B he whipped t 0 out ut h bis it pocketbook and ad laid down every cry bill in it he stretched etched his him ica lees suit and ransacked him bie trousers tro usera pockets and dropped on ad the plate every eom coin he had bad 13 he withdrew a dime and waved the heup hent at the waiter it evident i from the way the waiter snatched the plate from the tb uble e that clay bad not mt upped tipped him in 1 fact clay said bald thle will be a lesson to vou van they slumped iowa down the steps thi th tarter mid cab bier and ad ond made to in I 1 whistle lastic one up clay ahk his hia head and walked wailed on toward the th manu monument ment of grant daphne followed teiei the went as humbly as a couple of paupers evicted for the rent mat daphne was afraid to speak she be saw that clay was waa s siak 1 m wa with w wrath th and she did not at kw k w him we well 11 a enough gh to be bar sure how bow he won would it take her I 1 in ter ference 1 in afa Is thoughts thought she trudged along in utter shame th the worst want of her shame home we waa that she be was a eo a ashamed mih ed of it wicy wh should she he care whether waiter smiled or af flater inward cd but she did it care am infinitely da daphne line maid could not pump up any en an 1 oi P for far the scenery memory her eat over lover took no advantage of the serial I 1 of I 1 e arbors and the embracing bowers bower he never kiss kissed it h her not of ad once aph daphne laama ceased t to b be sorry I 1 for far clay and ad frit sorry my im for her h or neglected af a then hen she grew angry at herself then at him ban at length she said amid with main a sweetness are am you going to we walk ak an all the way dear you ton said old you wanted to didt you he mumbled thickly so she trudged some distance farther forth a few blocks black it was I 1 it t 6 seemed e md miles then she he said now how tar far Is it home about three miles and ad a half Is that all the heroine of an english novel ive been reading ad g used need almin to dash oft off five or six miles before breakfast patriotism P and pride helped her for or a quarter of a mile more mine then she resigned 1 1 I guess rm im not an english heroine I 1 don dont t believe she a eer at really did it II 11 resign I 1 I 1 it have to ask you to ran cau me a cab pretty hard to find an empty one along here ben at this hour he be said and urged her on lets go over that way to the inhabited habited part of town ehe he but said and ad tahe a street me car or the subway up way A and it then he be stopped and said with gu guilty I 1 try III have you got your pocketbook rak with your you no I 1 left it at home tonight why daphne I 1 got a mat cent why clay I 1 you poor thing 1 why I 1 was so rough with the we waiter ite it if rd fd had the money do you yen ml think ok fit fd have made a row before you al about out a few little d dollar clars sl never I 1 you see am I 1 expect t to go out I 1 to C claremont after the theater the text taxi mt cost more than I 1 expected and then than I 1 gave the head bead walter waiter five dollars instead of one I 1 ordered with 11 care or a BO that tt it bould auld come out right but that business about the melon at finished me I 1 just made a it I 1 never ever was so ashamed i n my life and I 1 had to drag you into i it t and ad now I 1 m murdering your poor little feet v that the f funniest fast joke I 1 ever heard why you yon tell me before be forer 1 I 1 its no joke why of mume course it lot lei you ton have base only to go to your bank tomorrow and draw some more mom he did not answer this he said bald nothing at all she had a terrified feel ng ing that his bis silence was full of mean ing ng that his bis bank account would not rea esbond tural to his him call she could not at able ik him to explain the situation she was fifi ill old that he might she marched on doggedly growing nore mom and more gloomy and decrepit her little slippers clippers with their stilted heads pinched bud and wavered bud and every step was a pang let s go over there bud and set get on mi a at street ca car and dare dace them to put pat us a off air s she is so suggested led gge it s a pay y as you enter car he gr conned ad the world was a different world now the drive that had been so t tremendously lovely as she ehe sped aped through it ain in a taxicab was a pathway in mo juse jave she limped through the hideous hateful unpardonable length and it tell felt that it was a symbol of the life ahead of her she had bad counted a on meaning escaping from the money mancy limits limit of her bar home she was sea merely transferring herself from form one jail to another her young lover had ad denied dazzled her at hal falth ith his him heedless courtship flown away with her on motor mew wings wines dipping to earth raw now and if then the to lp ip refresh ments meats at a high mat cost and then a woop swoop ing off with her again and now his wings had broken him hib 9 gasoline vae 9 gone his motor burnt out and the rest mt of the journey was to be the same name old trudge she had bad been leaning heavily oo on clay Cly B arm now she put it away from lier her in a mixture of pity tor far him and of self elf reproof when he protested she said amid 1 1 I I think TH ill wall walk better time alone for far a 11 alle so S fhe lie hobbled and hobbled by her aalt C if he pleading to ft be allowed to help her but she he kept him away and aad they crept on a little farther loving losing each other piteously pitco in the course andese of time they touched reached the soldiers old and 1111 saflora Sa ilora mrs monument and daphne sank bank down at the base of it IL 1 I 1 cant go any farther she ehe said maid not it 1 die of starvation uon remick he sanat down dowa at her bide aide the in moon pored nt at them between the columns 11 1 1 and it the ce cella ft of the monument and ad ad to W tilt its ie ance to ne a side aid rod ad smile A motorcar went by with the ensure of a loping panther another me car passing it threw a s calcium light an tom do duane a and his i guesta tied and him bia chauffeur how gorgeously they ped aped I 1 it daphne had had a bit of luck she would be with them marine bearing on the me P pinions I 1 of money instead I of hobbling on without it it idesta festa m daphne took off her bar slippers and fondled rd be her poor abused has feet as s 1 if ft they y were her chill children ran but when she tried to thrust ont them back into her slippers for a final desperate effort she be almost shrieked with the hurt 11 have to go the rest of the way lay in my stocking feet the moaned not if I 1 he have to CU carry you clay growled before he had bad a 8 chance to carry out his resolution a taxicab that let had bad deposited davd its fares at an apartment bouse above went want bowling by with its flag u ap p cl day y ran out ant bud and howled at it tin till it ft mo stopped ped tinted circled round romul and drew up by the bridle bridi m path at then he ran to daphne nd nod ad brai bundled db h her into 1 it t and gave her dr bmw add address to th the e driver but how are you going to pay hima she sighed blis blissfully fily as they shot along not that I 1 care can of nt an all 1 I figured that out said mid cl clay y drop you at home and then take him to my club and see be it I 1 m can 1 borrow from somebody there them it if I 1 can t 11 give him my watch or the fight of his life I 1 terrible daphne sighed to think thick how much I 1 have cost at yell yon well I 1 wanted to give you a good time ing a on your little visit set said clay metal and tee only two 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