Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-04-04

/ Wesley took Leila by storm with his
lavish and whole-hearted praise. He
had not seen her before. He gathered
her to his breast, then held her out
at arms length to praise her and to
praise Bayard for bringing her into the
family.
Mrs. Kip did not delay long the as
sault on Daphne's position. But Wes-
ley said:
We've had long talk and / guess
she's pretty set in her way. She's
good girl, though, mamma. And she
knows her own mind better than we
do. Anyways, it's her own mind Let
her have her way and if anything goes
wrong she can always come back
home"
His wife boiled over. It made her
feel as much at home as an old kettle
on stove to have her husband there
to boil over on wesley Kip, are you
going to set there and encourage that
girl to ruin her life and her reputa-
ton without doing anything to protect
herr"
"Oh, I guess she's not going to ruin
anything. After all, the best way to
| protect folks is to trust EN-"
1t was bald plagiarism, but Daphne
made no complaint. Wesley got into
trouble at once, however, by making
the suggestion that his wife remain
as a companion for her child. Mrs.
Kip took it as sign that he wanted
to get rid of her, and Daphne refused
to take it at all.
Wesley sat bordering in silence for
a while; then he rose and, mumbling,
BE back in a little WHILE" took his
hat and went out.
They wondered what mischief he
was up to and what folly he would
commit. BE came back in half an
hour with smile of success.
II guess it's all right. been think
ing about all the different things been
said. We don't want Daphue living
by herself and she don't feel like she
ought to trespass on Leila's home; so
[ got an idea and went down and saw
the janitor or superintendent or what
4
it be there was somebody in this build
| ing wanted to rent a room to a nice
| girl. And he said there was young
couple felt the rent was little nigh
and had an extra room. So we went
/ up and took look at it. Right nice
| young woman, name of Chivvis or
something like that; said she'd be glad
| to take my daughter in. I was think
/ ing that if Daphne was up there she
could see Bayard and Leila when she
was lonesome or anything; and she'd
be handy where they could keep an
eye on her If she got sick or anything."
The three women looked at him in
amazement. He had solved the riddle
/! that bafied them all and had compro-
missed the irreconcilables.
'I'll bet the place is sight and the
woman freak" said Mrs. Kip. sIet's
go have look at her."
So all four went up in the elevator
to the top floor. They were about to
/ ring the bell of one of the big front
apartments like Bayard's but Wesley
| checked them.
"It's in the back"
The women exchanged glances and
smiles behind the important shoulder
blades of Wesley, the manager. He
rang bell and young woman opened
the door. AS Leila said afterward:
"She had the whole map of New
England in her face, and her middle
name was Boston"
But she was young, in a placid, Pu-
ritanical way, and she looked exceed
| ingly clean and correct. Her very
smile was neat, exactly adjusted be-
/ tween those of the gracious hostess
and of the landlady.
Mrs Chivvis led the way to the room
! that was for rent. 1t took Daphne at
once. Spotlessness is the first luxury
i in a rented room and Puritan beauty
| has a grace all its own. The mahog-
any bed with it's twisted posts, the ex-
cellent linen and the honesty Of ev-
erything won her completely.
i She felt sense Of relief from the
rather gaudy beauty of Leila's apart
ment. She felt that Mrs. Chivvis, who
showed such fine restraint in her fur
niture, would be equally discreet in
minding her own affairs.
"Pn take it," she said; "that is, If
you'll take me-"
Mrs. Chivvis said she would. She
said it with a New Englandish parsi-
mony of enthusiasm, but her eyes were
kindly and Daphne decided that she
thought nice things but lacked the
courage to say them.
/ Daphne moved at once into the Chiv-
Wis apartment what belongings she had
brought on from Cleveland, and her
mother promised to dispatch the rest
Of them as soon as she reached home.