Iron County register., 1919-04-10
CHAPTER xI-continued.


~WeIi, never!' he gasped. "And
aR this trip of your mothers and
years and all the expenses gone for
kothfng?" was his first doIeful thought.
Gle remembered the second mortgage
ne had placed ON one of his properties
10 get the money for the vitaily impor-
SAINT wedding festival. And neE there
was to be no wedding. The soR-in-law
who was to have assumed the burden
Of Daphne's bills was banished.
Daphne was again her fathers own
cflfid.
He was glad to have her back, but
he could have wished that she had not
gone away, since he paid the freight
I'm both directions. And now here was
2fEasesf In New York and nothing to
@how for all the split Rli1k of time
money and emotions.
AT the critical moment Daphne men
4oHed that the star whose understudy
she was would earn fifty theasand dol
aars that year In spite Of the hard
times. ~Fifty thousand dollars" had a
musicai sound to Wesley's ears. If
Daphne could earn tenth Of that he
eVoufd believe In miracles
~Where were you planning to live,
honey. while you're acting? With
8ayard, I suppose"
@0A. no." said Daphne; ''we've ru-
aned his honeymoon enough already"
ATVhO with then SIS
@0h, by myself, suppose"
%fseod Lord! you couldn't do that
gerry weIl-a young girl like you"
why notT she said.
He turned pale. This was like being
asked why babies were found under
cabbage leaves. He was an old-fash-
A1ned father, and he had never been
Rdfe TO rise to the new school Of dis
fassaag vitality important topics with
NE children vitality interested.
f"Why. why" he stammered, "why,
-geenuse nobody does 1t, honey. Nice
girls don't live alone"
Daphne studied him with a tender
amusement. He was SO innocent in
dis way. In spite of all he must know.
She understood what he was thinking
af- She was sophisticated in the man
ruer of the nice girl of her time and
-She liked to treat submerged themes
Rvitfa clean candor. She thought that
1r1dery was form Of slavery.
'If you've Just got to stay in New
Fork and just got to work your mother
s10Eid stay with you. suppose"
'Tut what becomes of you and your
4raomaeT'
sUh. I'll get along somehow. don4
matter"
This broke her heart. She cried out
Bnt 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 8
MaEasfte7 Thousands Of women live
afoRe professional women. art stu
dents. music students. college girls
AAsrmaEschool women. besides tht
women In shops and factories. IT.
coming more and more"
~Bsat you're not brought up to (
trade
II wish had BEEN"
well, that's q new complaint, any
@ay, but well of course y0V
wouldn't do anything wrong; but /
Sou lived alone you'd be naisjudged
and men would keep throwing tempta
6foB in your way"
FL had plenty of that when 1 wa
diving at home"
"Daphne!" He cried ont in pain a
Eise very thought.
She went on, educating him with
vengeance: "PIenty of temptation an
rpIenfy Of opportunity. daddy. It WASH
yemr fault You gave-me all the pre-
lection that anybody could, daddy
Hut you can't protect people all th
time And 1t was when you truste
mse most that you protected me mos
People are Just begiEning to reallz
&isat even in penitentiaries the highe
the walls and the stricter the guard
9he more prisonees try TO escap
They're sending cOnviets out to wor
on roads now with no guards at al
and they do their wark spd Rpn