The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-02-04

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her to take her breakfast at the lunch |
counter, to Chamber on the high stool !
and ent the dishes of hastc--a cup of |
coffee and n ham sandwich. Ii was !
pleasant to wander about alone In this |
atmosphere of speed, the suburban
trains, like feed pipes, spoutlng
streams of workers, the outbound
trains drawing their passengers to far
OF destinics rs If by suction.
At length 1t was time for the train.
Daphne went TO the rope barrier OPP
posite the door of entry and waited
In ambush for her father.
At length she made out rather
shabby man carrying his own luggage.
1t was her father. He looked older
and sccder than she remembered. He
did not expect TO be met. He was
looking idly ut the new station. lie
had not been to New York since 1t had
been thrown open.
She ran to him. He dropped his old
suitcase on the toes of the man follow
ing him and embraced Daphne with
| fervor. He devouTed her with his eyes
and kissed her again and told her that
she was prettler than ever. All about
them there were little groups embrace
ing and kissing. There was wonder
full business In reunions.
| When her father said, 81 haven't
had my breakfast: have your" she lied
affectionately, "No."
Lets have some breakfast to-
gether."
"Fine." said Daphne. even go to
the Biltmore."
"Kind of expensive, isn't itT he
asked anxiously.
"It's my treat" she said.
This amused him enormously. $50
you're going to treat, eh2"
"Yep," she said.
"where did you get all the money!"
"Fm working lady now"
He laughed again and shook his
head over her.
"What did you mean by saying you
were working lady2" said Wesley
when they were seated Mt the table
and breakfast was ordered. "Your
mother wrote me something about hav-
ing a little disagreement with you.
She seemed to be right worried, so
thought I'd better run on to see If l
couldn't sort OF smooth things over.
I'm glad you came to meet me. We
can talk without interruption for once.
Tell me all about It,"
She told him the whole story of her
decision 20 Join the great social rev.
oil thnf 10 frnntnfv from IA
slavery of ensluving the men. Her
peroratlon was her new watchword /:
II don't want to take any more money
from you"
"Why, honey" he protested II love
10 give II to you. l only wish / had
ten times as much, | couldn't dream
of letting you work. You're too pirty
What's that young Wimburn cub mean
by letting you work?"
ooh, he's bitterly opposed to 1t, Sc
gave him his ring
"Well, | neverl" he g6sped. "Ant
all this trip of your mothers ant
yours and all the expenses gone fol
nothing?" was his first doleful thought
He remembered the second mOrtgag,
he had placed on one of his properties
to get the money for the vitality impor
tant wedding festival. And now there
was to be no wedding. The son-in-lav
who was to have assumed the burden
of Daphne's bills was banished
Daphne was again her fathers owl
child.
He was glad to have her back, bu
- | hn Gould haya uyigbad that gba bon M
gone away, since he paid the freigh
in both directions. And now here wa
/ himself In New York and nothing (
4 show for all the split milk of time
money and emotions.
. At the critical moment Daphne mer
toned that the star whose understud
p she was would earn fifty thousand do
lars that year in spite of the har
n times. Fifty thousand dollars" had
p musical sound tQ Wesleys ears. J
+. Daphne could earn a tenth of that h
- would believe in miracles.
u Where were you planning to llvt
n honey, while you're acting? Wit
Bsyard, I suppose"
"Oh, no." said Daphne; "we've n
lhCl MS nOlltglHNOn tubuSH ulItuhy
" "Who with, thenT
ooh, by myself, | suppose"
Good Lord you couldn't do thi
J. very well--a young girl like you"
in why not?" she said.
He turned pale. This wns like belr
H. asked why babies We're found undo
ID cnbbage leaves. He was an old-fasl
+ toned father, and he had never bee
able to rise TO the new school Of di
Of cussing vitality important topics wit
the children vitality Interested.
=, why, why" he siammered, "wh
because nobody does 1t, honey. Nj,
ne girls don't live alone"
,g Daphne studied him with a tend
amusement. He was so innocent
= his way Ia spite Of all he must kno'
at She understood what he was thlnkiI
,d Of, She was sophisticated in the ma
ner Of the nice girl of her time. an
ly gta lil-aI "a t7.nut eg4Ir,avrraI tbartl