New Mexico state record., 1919-08-29

her into and for the things he hat
said. Daphne's nerves had beer
overworked. She had been rushed
from adventure 10 adventure of sou
and body. She had been invited Il
enter career of gorgeous sin and
she had been swept along the edge OF
a fearful disaster.
Mrs. Chivvis met Daphne at the
door. Her recent affection had turned
again to scOrn, and she glowered al
Daphne, who crept to her room In
hopeless acceptance of the role of ad-
venturess.
Tired as she was she could not
sleep. The clangOr of the morning
called her TO the window. A gray day
broke on weary town. The prob
lem Of debt and food and new clothes
dnwned again. Everything was gray
before her.
Wisdom whispered her to take
Duane at his word and try the great
adventure. How could il bring her
TO worse confusion than she found
about her now? And then the morn
Ing mail arrived and brought her a
large envelope addressed In a strange
hand. She opened it and took from 1t
II sheaf of photographs.
Her fathers image dozen times
repeated lay before her. The un-
touched proofs omitted never line.
never wrinkle. One of the pictures
looked straight at her. She recalled
that once she had stood back of the
photographer and her father had
caught her eye and smiled just as the
bulb was pressed.
She made him smile like that. What
would his expression be when he
learned that she had "listened to rea-
son." ceased to be his daughter, and
become Tom Duane's--
She shuddered back from the word
and the thought. She forgot both in
the joy OF reunion with her father.
All the PHILOSOPHERS and VISIONS and
luxuries were answered by the logic
of that smile.
She lifted his pictured lips to hers
with filial eagerness and her tears
pattered ruinously on the proof. She
was satisfied to be what the jeweler
In Cleveland had called her to Clay
Yves Kip's girl"
Suddenly she remembered Weth- |
erell and his messages to Leila. She |
felt so renewedly vlrtuous herself that |
1t seemed her duty to go down and re-
buke Leila for her apparent philan- |
lering at Newport. She was also Gu |
rious to see how guilty Leila would |
receive the news that Wetherell had |
asked for her.
But she found Bayard at home for
luncheon and she was neither mad nor
mean enough to confuse Leila before
him. And this was rather for his sake
han Leia's.
Leila was just informing Bayard
hat the butcher had delivered the
Mornings order no farther than the
reight elevator. and instructed his
10Y to send the meat up only after
he money came down.
Bayard had no money and the cha
,rin of his situation was bitter. He
narled at Leila: "Tell the cub to take
he meat back and eat it himself.
Then I'll 90 over and butcher the
utcher."
Leila dismissed the boy with n
show of Indignation.
hen she came back and said, "And
ow we have no meat to eat"
Bayard was reduced to philosophy,
he last resort of the desperate:
Well, the vegetarians say we ought
ever to eat meat, anyway We're
oor but, my Lord! we're In grand
ompany. Look at this cartoon of
esare's in the Sun-Father Knicker- I
ecker turning his pockets inside out |
nd not a penny in them. New York
Ity has to borrow money on short !
me notes at high interest to pay its
wn current bills.
Look at Europe. All the countries
yer there were stumbling along un- (
Pr such debt that they wondered
Dw they could meet the interest on h
he next pay day. And now they are |
ortgaging their great-grandsons'
roperty to pay for shooting their 4
ms. I,
ITS the old Thirteenth Command I
ent that we've all been smashing I