The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-02-27

repeated lay before her. The un-
touched proofs omitted never line.
never a wrinkle. One of the pictures
looked straight at her. She recalled
that once she had stood back Of the
photographer and her father had
caught her eye and smiled just as the
bulb was pressed.
She made him smile like that. What |
would his expression be when he
learned that she had listened to rea-
son." ceased to be his daughter, and
become Tom Duane's--
She shuddered back from the word
and the thought. She forgot both In
the joy of reunion with her father.
| All the philosophers and. VISIONS and
luxuries were answered by the logic
/, Of that smile.
! She lifted his pictured lips to hers
!, with filial eagerness and her tears
battered ruinously on the proof. She
was satisfied to be what the jeweler
in Cleveland had called her to Clay
Wimburn--"old Yves Kip's girl"
Suddenly she remembered Weth-
erell and his messages to Leila. She
felt so renewedly vlrtuous herself that
Il seemed her duty to go down and re-
4 buke Leila for her apparent philan-
dering at Newport. She was also GU
!, rious to see how guilty Leila would
! receive the news that Wetherell had
, asked for her.
| But she found Bayard at home for
luncheon and she was neither mad nor
mean enough to confuse Leila before
him. And this was rather for his sake
than Leila's.
Leila was just informing Bayard
that the Butcher had delivered the
mornings order no farther than the
freight elevator, and instructed his
boy to send the meat up only after
the money came down.
Bayard had no money and the cha
grin of his situation was bitter. He
snarled at Leila: "Tell the cub to take
the meat back and eat 1t himself.
Then I'll 60 over and butcher the
!, butcher"
Leila dismissed the boy with q
faint-hearted show of indignation.
. Then she came back and said, "And
: now we have no meat to eat"
Bayard was reduced to philosophy.
the last resort of the desperate:
! swell, the vegetarians say we ought
! never to eat meat, anyway. We're
poor, but, my Lordi we're In grand
: company: Look at this cartoon OF
: Cesare's In the Sun--Father knicker'
4 booker turning his pockets inside Out
nd No L., VnRL
n city has to borrow money on short
A time notes at high interest to pay its
i own current bills.
0 "Look at Europe. All the countries
a over there were stumbling along un
4 der such debt that they wondered
how they could meet the interest oil
o the next pay day. And now they arr
d mortgaglng their great-grandsons
It property to pay for shooting theil
a sons.
J. "It's the old Thirteenth Command
ment that we've all been smashing
It to flinders. And, my Godi what |
& punishment we're all getting AM
y it's only beginning"
They sat down to O pitlful meal
1 meatless, maidless, mirthless--hardl.
more than the raw turnips and colt
4 water of Colonel Sellers. Leili
H fetched what victual there was.
\ After the meal Bayard shrugge,
Into his overcoat and left withou
j kissing his wife or his sister goodby
Daphne and Leila went out to tn
| kitchen, set the dishes In the par
and the pan under the faucet. Lell
turned on the hot water. Daphne wa
glad to be ut work.
there's one good thing about
4 small meal" she chirped, at make
less dishes to wash" Then, with q
I much trepidation as IL she had bee
: the accused instead of the accuser sh
4 faltered: "Oh, say, Leila, do you r.
A member a man nanled Wetherellf"
4 Leila dropped a plate. She said
i was hot. But other plates had bee
hot.
\ "wetherellf wetherellT" she POI
a dered, aloud, with an unconvincin
y uncertainty. ~ believe / do remen
= her meeting somebody Of that nam
2 English, wasn't he?"
: "Very."
: ooh, yes. He was at Newport
9 think. Whyp
.oh, nothing. met him last nigl
and he thought / was you"
lot "How could he?" Leila gasped. "N
don't look the least alike"
1T was In the dark"
ODD "In the dark Good heaven
nes Where?"
ray Already Leila had gained the weat
err gauge. Daphne mad to confess h
IKE outing with Duane, the crash of q
eat collision and the return to Yonke
her In wetherell's car. Leila took adva
Ind toee of the situation 10 interpoIate I:
rn ! Good heavensl How could 20
nge