The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-04-17

to worse confusion than she FOUND
about her now? And then the norm
ing mail arrived and brought her a
large envelope addressed In a strange
hand. She opened it and took from 1t
q sheaf Of photographs.
Her fathers image a dozen times
repeated lay before her. The UNI
touched proofs omitted never a line,
neve a 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 flial eagerness and her tears
battered ruinously on the proof. She
was satisfied to be what the jeweler
in Cleveland had called her to Clay
Wimburn-"old Yves Kip's girl"
Suddenly she remembered Weth-
erell and his messages to Leila. She
felt so renewedly virtuous herself that
it seemed her duty to 60 down and re-
buke Leila for her apparent philan-
dering 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
than Lefla's.
Leila was just Informing Bayard
that the butcher had delivered the
mornings order no farther than the
freight elevator, and instructed his
boy to send the meat up only after
q money came QOWn.
Bayard had no money and the cha.
grin of his situation vas bitter. He
! snarled at Leila ''Tell the cub to take
the meat back and eat it himself.
Then I'll 60 over and butcher the
butcher"
Leila dismissed the boy with a
faint-hearted show of indignation.
Then she came back and said, "And
now we have no meat to eat"
Bayard was reduced to philosophy,
the last resort OF the desperate :
swell, the v~egetarians say we ought
never to eat meat, anyway. We're
poor, but. my Lord! we're in grand
company. Look at this cartoon o.
Cesare's in the Sun-Father knicker
booker turning his pockets inside Out
and not a penny in them. New YorI
city has to borrow money on short
time notes at high interest to pay 1tf
W current bills.
"Look at Europe. All the countries
e there e stumbling along I'm.
der such debt that they wondered
how they could meet the interest or
the next pay day. And now they are
m~ortgaging their great-grandsons
property to pay for shooting their
sons.
TITS the old Thirteenth Command.
ment that we've all been smashing
to finders And WY Godl what q
punishment we're Ill biting! And
It's only beginning"
They sat down to a pitiful meal
meatless, maidless, INTELLECTUALLY
more than the raw turnips and cold
water of Colonel Sellers. Leila
fetched what victual there was.
After the meal Bayard shrugged
into his ove1coat and left without
kissing his wife or his sister goodby.
Daphne and Leila went out to the
kitchen, set the dishes in the pan,
and the pan under the faucet. Leila
turned on the hot water. Daphne was
glad to be at work.
"There's n good thing about a
small meal" she chirped, ut makes
less dishes to wash" Then, with as
much trepidation as If she had been
the accused instead Of the accuser she
faltered: "Oh, say, Leila, do you re-
member a man named Wetherell?"
Leila dropped a plate. She said it
was hot. But other plates had been
hot.
"Wetherell? Wetherell?" she pom.
dered, aloud. with an unconvincing
uncertainty. II believe I do remem-
Der meeting somebody Of that name.
English, wasn't hef"
every"
"Oh, yes. He was at Newport, !
think. Why2"
"Oh, nothing. I met him last night
! and he thought ! was you"
"How could he?" Leila gasped. I'VE
don't look the least alike"
1T was In the dark"
I'm the darkl Good heavens I
Where2"
Already Leila had gained the wealth
er gauge. Daphne had to confess her
outing with Duane, the crash Of the
| collision and fhn r0fnrn n Ynnlxors,