The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-25

When Daphne heard this she had
to sit down to keep from falling down.
Bayard resuscitated her with a check
for thousand dollars. It meant
nothing more to her than abraca-
dabra. The whole incredible altera.
ton was a fairy story to her. She
made faint attempt to refuse the
gift, but Bayard forced it back into
her palm and closed her fingers on it.
She repaid Bayard with kisses till
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 Chivvises.
Daphne could not wait 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 daunt-
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 displeasure Of "Bayard Kip"
Mrs. Chivvis handled the parchment
with reverence, and permitted her
husband to touch it. It 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 this?" she said at length.
~ don't knc w." said Daphne. "Wnat
would you suggestY"
"You were planning to 60 into bust
ness. Why not use this as capital?"
"Fine What business ought to
start-banking? or battleship build
ing, or what?"
'There's embroidery" said Mrs
Chivvis.
Daphne had to guffaw at that. Mrs
Chivvis did not laugh. II mean it.
she urged; think it over"
"An right, I'll think it 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 fol
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 fine
EN-"
"It's the same with fiances," sale
Daphne.
Daphne had the worst Of it, fol
Leila began to wander again, leaving
Daphne to the society Of Mrs. Chivvis
who kept urging her to invest bel
dwindling thousand before it was
gone. But in the environs Of nois,
riches the schemes of Mrs. Chivvis de
manded such prolonged labor for sucf
minute profit that Daphne remained
cold.
She began to resent Clay's neglec
morosely. The few attentions he pai(
her only insulted her; his mind was 81
far away and his heart was all for hi!
business. He was dazzled by the fierce
white light of success, and he spok,
to Daphne in kind of drowsy hypno
sis. And he spoke necessarily of tn
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 arith
metic of his commissions. She yawne'
in his face when he grew eloquen
on the dynamics Of wealth, the highe
philosophers OF finance. And b
never knew. He kissed her good-b
as If 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. Chivvis' business gossip was CON
pletely refreshing.
1--WE been down to the Woman's ez
change" she said, "trying to sell som
of my needlework. They were yer
nice about it, but it means a terribl
amount of labor for a pittance G
money. You have to pay them 6
much year for the privilege Of pu
ting your things on sale there. The
they don't guarantee to return 1t l
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
went to one OF the jobbers. 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.
II was thinking There's none
in these things and in all sorts {
, needle things If you have little cap