Jackson County journal., 1919-03-14

| 10 nave.
Daphne ,rejoiced. All luxury was
music to her. Fine clothes, fine foods
on fine dishes, fine horses, motors, fur
nitures, fine everything, gave her an
exaltation of soul like the thrill Of q
religion.
| New York was heaven on earth. The
streets were gold, the buildings of jas.
per, and the people angels-good
angels or bad, as the case might be,
but still angels. She wanted to be an
angel
Among the squads of men and WON
en- camped about the little tables she
| made out Sheila Kemble again, in q
knot of elderly women of manifest I'M
pOrtance.
isn't that Shella Kemble?" Daphne
asked.
Eyes. that's Sheila," said Duane, and
he waved to her and she to him. He
turned back to Daphne. lawfully nice
girl. Like to meet her?"
"Tm crazy TO-"
"Td bring y'eu together now, but
| she's completely surrounded by
grandeS DANES"
He named the women, and Mrs. Kip
gaped at them as if they were a group
| of Valkyrs in Valhalla. It startled her
to see them paying such court to an
actress. She said so.
"All great successes love one an
| other" Duane explained. "Those old
ladies were geniuses at getting born in
the best families, and Sheila has
earned her place. She looks a bit
like your daughter, don't you think?"
Mrs. Kip tilted her head and studied
Miss Kemble and nodded. She made
the important amendment. "She looks
like she used to look like Daphne"
That's BETTER" said Tom Duane.
Miss Kip might be her understudy."
"How much does an understudy
get?" said Daphne, abruptly.
Il haven't the faintest idea % Duane
exclaimed. mot much, 1 imagine, ex-
cept an opportunity"
'Is it. true that Miss Kemble makes
so much?"
I'D like to trade incomes with her.
that's all. Her manager, Reben, was
| telling me that she would clear fifty
thousand dollars this year."
Mrs. Kip was aghast. Daphne was
electrified. She surprised Duane with
another question: "You said Miss
| kemble was married?"
| "Yes, and has children, and loves
| her husband. But she couldn't stand
1dleness. She's just come back to the
stage after several years of rusting in
small city,"
Daphne fired one more question
point-blank: do you think I could
succeed on the stage?"
why not?" he answered. "You
have-wfth your mothers permission
great beauty and magnetism, q de-
| hgntful voice, and intelligence. Why
| shouldn't you succeed? You would
| probably have a peck of trouble get
tlng started, but Do you know
| any managers?"
Il never met one."
"Well, if you ever decide that You
| want to try it, let me know, and ] can
probably force somebody to give you
job"
"rll remember that" said Daphne,
darkly.
She said nothing more while the
| luncheon ran it's course.
The women got rid of Tom Duane
gracefully-Leila asked him to put
them in taxicab, as they had still
much shopping to do. They rode to a
| department store, and Leila started
another account. They rode back to
the apartment. There they found q
day letter from Daphnes father to hsf
mother.
"As you see by papers big Cowpef
flrm failed today for ten million dol.
lars this hits us hard you better corae
nome not buy anything more situation
serious but hope for best don't worry
well love. WESLEY
Mrs. Kip dropped into a chah. The
shock was so great that it shook frs
from her groan of sympathy for he,
| husband.
your poor father! And he's worked
SO hard and been so careful"
Bayard came home late for dinns,
ana In a state of grave excitement
The great Cowper wholesale establf,b.
ment had fallen like steeple, crush.
Ing many a house. Indirectly it had
ratified the windows of Bayard's firho.
mad stopped the banks from grantiae
an important loan. Bayard spent a
PAD day downtown. The news of hIs
1atners distress was heavy blow. But
ne tried to dispense encouragement To
the three women who could not quite
realize what all the excitement was
about, or why the disaster of a bic
chaln OF wholesale stores would be of
any particular Importance to them.
Bayard was just saying: 81 tell YOU.
Leila honey, l was the wise boy when
GRABBED you, for now I've got Won.
ana L need you. Thank the Lord I'm