The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-04
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she lost count and embraces till they
both lost breath. Then she borrowed
from him enough cash TO pay her
moss-grown bill with the Chlvyises.
Daphne could not walt for the ele-
vator. She ran up several flights of
stairs, scratched the door with her
palsied latchkey and flung herself
into Mrs. Chivvis' arms and kissed
her-even Mrs. Chivvis. Her apology
was the money for the bill She flaunt-
ed before her the check bearing the
heavenly legend commanding the Fifth
Avenue bank to pay to Daphne Kip
or order one thousand and no hun
dredths dollars on penalty of incur
ing the dlspleasure of "Bayard Kip"
Mrs. Chivvis handled the parchment
with reverence, and permitted her
husband to touch it. 1t might have
been one of the golden leaves of the
sacred Book of Mormon, and she a
sealed wife Of Brigham himself.
"What are you planning to do with
all thls?" she said at length.
II don't know" said Daphne. "What
would you suggestF
"You were planning to go into busi-
ness. Why not use this as capital?"
"Finel What business ought I to
start-banking? or battleship build
Ing or what7"
There's embroidery" said Mrs.
Chlvvis.
Daphne had to guffaw at that. Mrs.
Chivvis did not laugh. ~ mean It,"
she urged; "think 1t over"
"All right, I'll think 1t over"
The novelty of being rich lost its
SAVIOR with Leila, and the monotony
of being neglected began to prey upon
her damask soul. She and Daphne
forgot their mutual grievances for
their common grievance.
"That's the trouble with these hus-
bands" Leila grumbled. "When they're
In bad luck you can't lose 'em, and
when they're In good you can't find
'em."
Its the same with fiances," said
Daphne.
Daphne had the worst of it, for
Leila began to wander again, leaving
Daphne to the society of Mrs. Chivvis
who kept urging her to invest her
dwindling thousand before II was
gone. But in the environs of noisy
riches the schemes of Mrs. Chivvis de.
manded such prolonged labor for such
minute profit that Daphne remained
cold.
She began to resent Clay's neglect
morosely. The few attentions he paid
her only insulted her; his mind was SC
far away and his heart was all for his
business. He was dazzled by the fierc,
white light of success, and ne spok,
to Daphne In kind of drowsy hypno
sis. And he spoke necessarily of the
details of his business, or his gam
blings. He could not see how dea'
she was to the very vulgar fractions
OF his speculations, or the mad arlth
metie of his commissions. She yawnet
In his face when he grew eloquen
on the dynamics Of wealth, the highe
philosophers of finance. And h
never knew. He kissed her good-b.
as II he were kissing a government
bond. safe and quiet and all his own.
After one of Clay's visits Mrs. Chiv
Wis found Daphne In brown study
Mrs. Chivvis explained her own al
fairs; and Daphne was so exhauste
with the sultry problems of love tina
Mrs. Chlvvis' business gossip was com
pletely refreshing.
I've been down to the Woman's ex
change" she said, "trying to sell som
Of my needlework. They were YER
nice about II, but 1t means a terribl
amount Of labor for a pittance o
money. You have to pay them S
much year for the privilege of put
ting your things on sale there. The
. they don't guarantee to return 1t 4
: good condition, and they don't guarar
tee to sell It; or If they do they charg
: you 20 per cent for their end Of 1t.
|, II couldn't see any profit In that, s
! I went to one of the jJbbers. He sal
/, my style of work brought good price
, In the big stores. But they won't pa
him much and he'll pay me less.
, ~ was thinking There's none
; in these things and In all sorts @
needle things If you have little cap
: tall"
"That's different" said Daphne
"And I've got some capital now. ID
|, you remember suggesting to me ono
that we might go into business t.
gether-you to furnish the brains an
the money!"
"Oh. didn't put 1t that wayp
anyway, it's true. Well, woul
you?"
LANDS sakel If you're a mind I
furnish the money and the ideas an
q let me count the pennies, I'd like notl
l. Ing better"
"Great What could we go intoT
u "What would you preferr
/ "Oh. any old business that vii
l. keep me busy and make a lot {