The Monticellonian., 1919-03-07
CHAPTER Vi-Continued.

SHAF h VI-COntinueO.
 Her sympathies would ordinarily have been with her brother in any dis pute between him and his wife. But this was dispute between Bayard and love. It was sacrilegious for him to go on reading the Times when his bride had So much more important things to discuss. He heard her dis cuss them as through morning paper darkly, and he made the wrong an swers, and finally he snatched out his watch, glared il in the face. gasped, and attacked the last of his breakfast like traincatcher at a luneh-counter.
 It was thus that he heard Leila wall, "What's to become of me all morn ing?"
 Bayard stared at her sharply, but spoke softly enough Why, I don't know, honey There ought to be plenty for you to do. The Lord knows there's enough for me at the office"
 "Al right" sighed Leila 'Ill be brave and worry through somehow, till noon, with my sweet new sisters help. But we'll come down and lunch with you. About what time do you go out to luncheon. By"
 Bayard's answer was discouraging s'This is one of the three days week when the heads of the firm always lunch at Delmonico's in private room. I'm afraid I can't lunch with you to- day"
 And you'll leave me this whole ter rible day? I can never exist so long without you"
 I'm mighty sorry. honey. But men must work, and-so=forth. I've been Nay too long. The office needs me. ANH I've spent q lot of money, and I've got to go down and earn some more to buy pretty things for my beauty
 This frightened her in Il way he had not expected, and little too far be- yond his hopes. Gloom left her face like cloud whipped from before the sun. She dazzled him with her smile.
 "Oh, know what to do Daphne and your mother and l can go shop ping"
 Bayard's heart Topped. He won dered what on earth more there was In the shops that she could want to buy. She had come to the marriage with her rousseau only partly com pleted, on account of the haste of the wedding. But she had bought and bought in Europe. She had made his Honeymoon anxious by her rapaeity for beautiful things to wear. And now that they had come to New York with their old trunks bulging and new trunks bought abroad bulgng. and had paid humping sum at the custom house, now she was still eager to go shopping
 What he wanted to do was to quit buying for a while and sell something.
 He did not say this. Love was slip ping the bandage off one eye; but it had not yet removed the sugar stick that stops the tongue from criticism.
 Leila grew more cheerful at a ter rifying rate: "Go on to your old luncheon, my dear child, and Daphne and your mother and l will go on q spree in the shops. Then we'll all have banquet tonight and q theater and if we're not too tired, d supper; ' ' bne of those dancing places afterward I'll buy the theater tickets myself. I'll get good ones. l want to save you as much trouble as I can, honey. So run along to your office and don't worry about us But you must miss me frightfully! Will youY"
 He vowed that he would, and he meant it. She was q most mssable creature
 He rose to leave. but she stopped him to say, What play shall We see?"
 This was the occasion for elaborate debate till Bayard gave signs of trum- peting his wrath and boting.
 Leila graciously released him only to call. him back to say that he had for gotten his newspaper.
 "I left it for you. Don't you want to read it?n lie asked. T can get another ht the subway station.'
 She shook her head There's noth- Ing Interesting in the papers. I'm just from Paris, and know more about the fashions than they do.'
 Bayard shuddered little. inly. The times were epic. Immortal progress was being made as never before: an- cient despotisms were turning into re- publics, republics were at war with nc Another constitutions, labor prob 1mS. life problems, all social institu-
 ,Rs, were being ripped up and re- ~1e, all the relations of masters and
 h mistresses. children, wives. ani-
 Yet Leila said there was nothing in the papers Revolutionary news meant tO Ter a change in the fashion in pleeves. the shift of the equatorial wa1Sfline n trifie nearer the bust or