The Monticellonian., 1919-04-11

 gz zs letfer If resignation from Baheu's em- ptUy Ii was not easy To resign with dignity and ihe necessary haste.
 Sbo sent itolf hy messenger Ii was none leo prompt, fol Eebea had al- ready dictated very polite request for baPhncs head When he received her letter he recalled his steno9rapher and dictated a substitute for his first letter In this he expressed his regret at learning paphHe'S decision to re sign he former undcrstudy had come back from the road. he said. and would resume her work. He begged Daphne to accept the iucIosed check for two weeks salary in lieu of the usual no- tiee and hoped that she would believe him faithfully hers.
 Daphne felt proud impulse To re turn the fifty dollars. She wrote q letter to eo with il. She looked again, and saW il WaS the first money she had ever earned. She hated to let it go. She decided to frame il and keep it to i'dffft t0 Ill tittfi ttll = flN tAAt bN S-iiA hing of her great fortune.
 Late in the afternoon, when the western sky Was turning into q loom for crimson tapestries almost as rich as her own dreams, she went to her brothers apartment
 There the New Girl found the old Woman in the throes of finance. Leila had brought her check book and her bank book To her husband. Her af- fairs were in q knot.
 He anghinsly offered to help her. She was hurt hA his laughter, but not ha sc deeply as ne WAS by his dis coyery Of her monetary condition. He had established her bank account in a mood of adoratien. precious sacri- fee on the altar of love. She had not cherished it. but scattered it heed ltSsk. And money WAS peculiarly precious now ih the final agones of the hard times, when only the fittest of the tittest could survive the last tests. Credit was the water caSk, and dollars were the hard biscuits of d pDtlAlhiu 1I Shl NlNaAS HUH Il NietN. Land might be reached if they held out. but self-denal was vital.
 Bayard gaZed at Leila with wonder ing love and terror She was both divinity and devil in his eyes. He groaned:
 Are you trying 10 wreck me? You know how hard I'm working and how much l need money i'll my business and how much il means 10 your future, but you won't stop buying and eharg ing and burning my poor little earn ings. We discharged stenographer yesterday because We wanted to save her salary of fifteen dollarS-and here's check for pair of shoes for you that cost sixteen.
 But tell me one thing more before straitjacket. Why. in heavens name why-admitting you just had to have that pitiful little pair of Shoes-why when you wrote the cheek, didn't you subtract it from your balance instead of adding il? ask youia
 "Oh, did do that?' she asked look ing over his shoulder. "So I did :" and she put her cheek close to his and giggled
 He shook his head in imbeeile infat- uation. and drew her around into his arms.
 That was what Daphne overheard when the maid let her in She found Leila resting in BaYard's lap.
 Bayard did not tell Daphne what his conference with Leila had been. He simply closed the check book and the bank book and said to Leila I'll send the bank my check for thirty-eight cents and ask 'em to close their ac- count. They'll he mighty glad to do it."
 And SD will l." said Leila Tt was awfully hard work keeping track of every little penny I'd much rather have a regular allowance in cash ev- cry week"
 All right {" said Bayard. eWeH try that-neXt week
 Daphne was not told what all this talk was about. but she made 2 fair guess, though she pretended hot to.
 She told about her failure and her future and Leila praised her courage and her optimism. They dined cheer fully and Bayara decided that the best preparation for the hard work ahead of him would ne an evening of gayety. He invited his wife aud his sister to 20 with him to the Winter Garden. where the typical sunday concerte of New York was given.
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