New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-07-25
CHAPTER xi-Continued.

"Wcll, | never he gasped. "AnC
all this trip of your mothers ant
yours and all the expenses gone fol-
uothingf' was his first doleful thought
tie remembered the second mOrtgag,
he had placed on one of his properties
10 get the money for the vitality impor
tant wedding festival. And now there
was to be no wedding. The son-in-laW
Who was to have assumed the burden
Of Daphne's bills was banished
Daphne was again her fathers owI
child.
He was glad to have her back, hui
TIE could have wished that she had not
gone away. since he paid the freight
IN both directions. And now here was
himself in New York and nothing To
show for all the split milk of time,
money and emotions.
At the critical momen Daphne men
tioned that the star whose understudy
she was would earn fifty thousand dol
lars that year in spite NJ the hard
times. FIFTY thousand dollars had a
musical sound to Wesley's ears, If
Daphne could earn L tenth of that he
Nvould believe in miracles.
"Nhcre were you planning to live,
honey, while you're acting? With
p,ayard, | suppose"
'Oh. no" said Daphne; we've ru-
incd his honeymoon enough already"
"Who with, them"
'oh, by myself, | suppose"
Good Lord! you couldn't do that
VERY well-a young g.r like YOU"
"Why notP" She said.
lie turned pale. This was hike being
cabbage leaves. lie was an old-fash-
toned father, aud he hpd never been
abir to rise 10 the new school of dis
GUESSING vitality important topics with
the children vitality Interested.
why, why" he sthmmered, "why,
because nobody does IT, honey. Nice
girls don't live alone
Daphne studied him with a tender
amusement. lie was 81 innocent In
his way, in spite of all he must know.
She understood what he was thinking
of. She was sophisticated In h man.
ner Of the nice girl of her time and
she liked TO treat submerged themes
with clean cnndor. she thought that
prudery was n form of slavery.
IF you've just got To stay In New
York and just got to work your mother
could stay with sou, | suppose
but what becomes of you and your
honef"
"Oh. I'll get along somehow. | don't
matter"
This broke her heart. She cried out
But you do matter. daddy you mat
ter terribly. Can't you understand,
daddy. that I'm trying to relieve you
and make myself useful instead of a
parasite? Thousands Of women live
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. women. art stu
seats. music students. college girls.
normal-school women. besides the
women In shops and factories. It's
coming more and more"
But you're not brought up to a
Jade."
Il wish l had been"
wei, that's a new complaint. any
way, hut well Of course you
wouldn't DO anything wrong; but II
you lived alone you'd be misjudged,
and men would keep throwing tempta-
tion in your way"
Il had plenty Of that when I was
iiving at home"
Daphne :" fe cried out in pain at
the very thought.
She went on. educating him with a
Plenty Of temptation and
plenty Of opportunity. daddy. 1t wasn't
your fault. You gave me all the pro-
lection that anybody could. daddy.
But you can't protect people all the
time. And II was when YOU trusted
me most that you protected me most.
People are just beginning to realize
that even In ~penitentlaries the higher
the walls and the stricter the guards
the more prisoners try to escape.
They're sending convicts put to work
on roads now with no guards at all.
And they do their work and come
back. Don't you think women can be
trusted as far as convictsg"
II suppose So" he sighed. But he
convinced Of the security Of nei-
ther the convicts nor of the women
under these new anarchies. He was
convinced of only one thing. and that
was his helplessness.
Daphne took him home in a taxicab.
At the apartment they caught Bayard
rushing for his Office. He greeted
hIs father with whirlwind affection,
but he knew that he would please
Wesley better by hurryins &C TO his
Office thar ~ ~pegiecting his business
for The purpose Of entertainment