Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-05-29

DllStereu hands and charred clothes.
At last one chauffeur fastened a
chain to the rear axle of WetherelPs
car and to the front axle Of his, and,
by alternate backing and swerving,
dragged and hoisted Wetherell's car
upward and rearward while other men
snatched Daphne from beneath and
away from the flames just as they
were nibbling at her skirts.
At the same time they disclosed the
body of Wetherell and with huge diff
ficulty fetched it forth, Still others
found Leila in a heap, a toy with
broken joints.
The last thing Daphne had known
was the sensation of being shaken to
death, a helpless mouse in a terriers
mouth. The next she knew was that
she was seated on the edge of a ditch
and leaning against the shoulder of a
kneeling woman in evening dress.
A number of shadowy men and
women wayered against the soaring
glare of the gasoline.
They arrived at last at a hospital.
Daphne was lifted out and delivered
into the possession of two curt young
internes. She was stretched OF a lit
ter, carried feet foremost into an ele-
vator, down a corridor to a room, and
rolled out on a bed. Two nurses pro-
ceeded to undress her and battle her.
Then an older doctor came in and ex-
amined her injuries. She blazed with
shame, n complete blush; but to
him she was hardly more than a car
brought to a garage. He nodded cheer
fully and said:
"Not a bone broken, young lady,
and no internal arrangements that I
can discover. A few burns, that's all,
and a big shock"
"Is Leila hurt muchw Daphne
mumbied.
"She is hurt a trifle worse than you.
But she'll come round all right"
81 don't believe you'll" said Daphne,
and sighed, "Poor Bayard"
"Who is Bayard?"
Wy plVt11CA hC huoDuAus
"Ah, the young man who was The
other young nan was not your hus-
band, then?"
Daphne shook her head. "He is no
relation-a friend"
Perhaps we'd better notify Bayard.
What's his last name? Has he a tele-
phone?"
Daphne muttered his name and num-
Der. Then her head vas lifted, a cap
sule placed in her mouth, and a glass
of water held to her lips. When she
was restored to her pillow a sedative
was within her to subdue the riot of
her thoughts.
She wondered what Duane would
think of her now. She remembered
the money she had asked him to lend
her. 1t would be in the mornings
mail. But she would not be there to
open it. Mrs. Chivvis might not dare
to.
All her acquaintance began to march
past Daphne's brain in review.
Thoughts and half-thoughts and whim-
sizes danced through her mind in a car
nival of stupor and frenzy, while to
the eyes Of the nurses she lay still and
slept.
In another room Leila was Shrek
ing and fighting, whimpering and
moaning, a torn gazelle under the
claws and fangs of tigerish pain. Alb
ruptly there came a lethal silence also
from her. They had succeeded in
drugging her at last.
When Daphne had left Bayard In
the afternoon she had found that he
was depressed, but not how deeply,
She supposed that his money loss was
only a failure of expected profits, OF
the mishap of an investment. She
did not dream that he was crippled
financially.
Bayard was so forlorn, so profound.
~ ashamed of his bad guesswork
that he could not bear to show his
face at any Of his clubs that night
He had boasted there too often OF
having bought heavily of the stock. He
had persuaded too many of his friends
to invest in it.
SO he went where busy men e
when other places are closed to them
He went home. When he reached his
apartment he found that Leila hat
given the servants a night out.
Leila had left no word Of her owl
plans. After a forlorn delay Bayart
called for Daphne. She was gone, too
with no word Of her return.
At last the telephone rang. A man!
voice spoke and explained that i
spoke from the hospital.
us Mr.. Kip there? Is this Mr.. Kip
Mr.. Bayard Kip? Your wife is here
and your sister, and your friend Weth
erell-automobile accident-out her,
on Long Island-pretty bad smash
Your wife's not very ~well-bettel
come out-as soon as you can"
The world reeled. Bayard seized hi
hat, played q tattoo on the elevator
bell, darted into the street, yelled at
taxicab with ferocity, got In, ordere,
| the driver to Ego like he'll" He KEEP
} putting his head out to howl at him.
t AT the hospital he questioned the In
a 49, 80.