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CHAPTER xl-continued.

swell, ! neverl" he gasped. sand
Ill this trip of your mothers and
yours and all the expenses gone for
nothingT was his first doleful thought
He remembered the second mortgage
be had placed on one Of his properties
10 get the money for the vitality impor-
liant 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 own
child.
He was glad to have her back, but
be 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
chow for all the split milk of time,
money and emotions.
At the critical moment Daphne men,
toned that the star whose understudy
she was would earn fifty thousand dol
lars that year in spite of the hard
times. 'Fifty thousand dollars" had
musical sound to Wesley!s ears. If
Daphne could earn a tenth of that he
would believe In miracles.
"Where were you planning to live,
honey, while you're acting? With
Bayard, suppose"
"Oh, no." said Daphne; "we've ru-
lned his honeymoon enough already"
"Who with, then?
"Oh, by myself. suppose"
"Good Lord you couldn't do that
very well--a young girl like YOU"
"Why noti" she said.
He turned pale. This was like being
asked why babies were found under
cabbage leaves. He was an old-fash-
loned father, and he had never been
able to rise to the new school of dis
,ussing vitality important topics with
he children vitality interested.
"Why, why" he stammered, "why,
because nobody does 1t, honey. Nice
girls don't live alone"
Dapbae studied him with tender
amusement. He was so innocent In
his way, In spite of all he must know.
Sht understood what he was thinking
Of. She was sophisticated In the man.
ner of the nice girl of her time and
Ihe liked to treat submerged themes
with clean candor. She thought that
prudery mas q form of slavery.
'If you've Just got to stay In New
York and Just got to work your mother
could stat with you. ! suppose"
'But what becomes Of you and your
bonner"
"Oh, I'll get along somehow. j don't
natter"
This broke her heart. She cried out:
-But you do matter, daddy; you mat
ter terribly. Can't you understand,
daddy, mat Tn trying to relieve you
and make myself useful instead of a
paraslte7 Thousands of women live
alone-professicnal women, art stu
dents, music students, college girls,
aormal-school women, besides the
women In shops and factories. It's
coming more and MORE"
But you're not brought up to
srade."
II wish I had been"
"Wsll. that's a new complaint, any
way, but - well - OF course you
Wouldn't do anything wrong: but IL
tou lived alone you'd be mistudged,
and men would keep throwing tempta-
bod In pour way"
II had plenty Of that when I was
living at home"
'Daphner' he cried out In pain at
lhs very thought.
She went on. educating him with Q
vengeance: Plenty Of temptation and
plenty Of opportunity. daddy. It wasn't
your fault. You gaze me all the pro-
section that anybody could. daddy.
But yoz can't protect people all the
lime. And II was when you trusted
me most that you protected me most.
People are inst beginning 10 realize
that even In penitentiaries the higher
the walls and the stricter the guards
he more prisoners try to escape.
They're sending eouyicts out % work
n rsads row with no guards at al.
lna they q fhnir work Ar oums