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, CHAPTER I?Introduclng Ctay Wlm- BOw'? thut sli
Vfm, young New Yorker on visit to credit.
Ctoveland, and Mrs. and Miss Daphne t,. , , .
ir?p ' !She hnd le
turning It ai
CHAPTER II?The acquaintance of the thorn wmtlri
Voung people ripens tnlo love and Wlra- .
WTB and Daphne become engaged. layed. r ortU
I ' alterations In
eCHAPTER III?Wlmburn returns to i Pnrhnna th.
w York. from whence he writes urging ' 1
sphne to marry him at once. She con- takes oftener
ents, and arranges to go to New York
0Dr her trousseau.
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CHAPTER IV?Bayard. brother of
Daphne, writes telling of his recent mnr- WnM////fi
rtRKe und hit departure for Europe with
Ills bride Leila. Daphne and her mother
?re Installed in Rayard'B liat at Now
CHAPTER V- Wlmbum Introduces his /;
affianced and he- mother to luxurious \llljljlllMliWJJnt
New York life. Daphne makes acyuain- IIIIIf(illl!llllll(lt't
tance 01 "Turn" Dunne, man about town. I/////M fItillilt 11:1
lie Is greatly attracted,by Daphne. Uay rd
and his wife return unexpectedly. ]ll[l f jl (
CHAPTER VI?The three women at jf/f// m/m//|v
once arrange a shopping excursion to se- IH1IJI !UllIff
cure Daphne's trousseau. itvll
CHAPTER VII?From Dutllh. fashion- k|; lit jij F
Able costumer, the two younger women rmljd ri
buy expensive gowns on credit. Hay aid IrllHllllllll II
Is furious over expense, seeing hard times 111 III II mm I
.head. Daphne, indignant, declares she siilltVul'MLi
Will earn her own living, and breaks en- ItRIIHIhMI
fakement with Wlmburn. Site has seen \
dsn Kemtile. popular stage favorite, and Ml yluBTU)
elteves she has the si achieve \\lyl]|Mw'
the same success. \A\ltulVl
Daphne answered, stoutly: "It's not ^
foolishness. It's the first glimmer of . v
dense I've ever had. I'm sick of the
Idea of always living on the mercy of
ome man, taking his charity or his ,,
xtravagance. Pvt. always been a drag '
on poor daddy, and I was getting ready
to shift my weight over to poor Clay's
back. Hut I don't think a woman ^
ought to he dependent on a man. I think
she ought to hear her share of
tl le burden." '
As if she didn't!" Mrs. Kip broke %h^p* TVe:r
Out. "As If the home weren't just as * c* te
teuich labor as the office." lon.bln Got
it I.ella attacked her from another di- able gown,
feet ion. "For goodness* sake. Daphne, women the c<
Bon't lose your bend. Don't you ini- Daphne resist
fegine for a moment that a husband "Get thee bel
% ill he happier and love his wife bet- ing to return
tor because she earns wages. The give Bayard c
Murder you work for men. the better ai another g?
?h ey like somebody else. The harder out of my ov
I man works for you the better he married till 1
likes you. Best of all, he loves the trousseau mj
Ionian that tries to break him." an independe
' l>aphneTs answer was a snappy: "I own trousseai
don't believe It! I'd despise a man Even In th
that felt that way." promised to
The three women wrangled with period?a pei
-Wise saws and modern Instances, and wondered If *
xne.v were in u perilous state of tils- it.
Benslon when the telephone rang. Leila She did lo
Answered it and her outcries of tndlg- of losing hi it
nation alarmed Mrs. Kip and Daphne the thought
till they learned the cause. gown.
Bayard had called up to say that Leila woke
the luncheon party must be postponed, a sudden "Co
Out rageous business had made anoth- for the tea-ti
r Insidious attack on love. Mrs. Kip, s
Leila came from the telephone in a Kips by thlni
nt&te of desperation mitigated by the that nice Mi
fact that Bayard had asked her to tea."
take his mother and Daphne shopping "<>h! sham
and buy them and herself something "It's a regain
Worth while as an atonement for his he there. T?
Abandonment. quet club ant
So they set forth again on nnother usually there,
onset against the ramparts of beauty. ^hl n?1
To the silent horror of Daphne and ','nt ^ave ' ,:,l
Ijer mother, Leila was persuaded to accident whu
buy a new coat and a new hat and to to ,l"'* out
J>ey for them by the convenience of coaled her a
opening two new accounts at the sug- w'th \\hi<h >-1
festion of two soapy salesmen. Bay- ),lt' 1
ord's surrender after his lirst battle 'f ',H< k '
had already accomplished the expect- waK
able result. ' k
., ... .. , . , the lid over
Kveryth ng was the very latest thing . ,,
crazy conibit
ami yet was marked down. But Dapli.
> .1 > -.i . ous sorts,
ne priced things now with a new soul. refuse
She was thinking in the terms of ' ,. , ,.
_ . . ? now that the
Wages and toll. , \ . , .
said she had
She was going to earn fifty thousand j<ut w^Pn |
a year some duy, hut she supposed jier s^p
that at first she would earn very little note 0f regr
?twenty-five dollars a week, perhaps. j^p p(nnP(j |
For the first time in her existence ofp j>y H ,np
ahe vividly understood how all these phoned to Tc
fairy tissues were the products of hu- Xhp IUJ
Hiun labor, paid for with wages and to jty ()f fhmnf
be sold for other wages. I'earls were foin Duane
drops of sweat; perfumes were the pUted her inr
algns of weary men; soft fabrics were rpme:nhered
the hard spinning of human silkworms. wprp hn
Bayard was even now racking his (n Pprtntri fo
brain to accumulate what three worn- wanted t
eo were squandering. hlm ?t hlH C(
So Daphne meditated as she had Immediate i
never meditated before and might not breaking an
often meditate again. She refused to j{P asked I
buy a thing. Her mother could only him somewh
explain her mood as a symptom of an that she pre
Illness and advise her to get home to brother's np
'bed. There was something suspicious aroused her
In the condition of a girl who could confirmed hi
look with qualms of conscience or ho- ?
- , - ^ I
petite on such a banquet. Iy while she
At length fatigue and falntness re- j began to f.?e
-minded Mrs. Kip, senior, that she had in n wrong
not eaten and the hour was late. Sho rived and tt
called for her luncheon and they went the living n
?/ v ? *
p
THE Li
_ _ m&m. deem herself by a 6
FMTH """Mr. D???e. .
I I ml 111 peculiar of me to di
I I ^ I I I "I think It's mlgt
lml II "You say that beft
_ I'm going to ask y<
JM 1^^^^ ask you to do me
I | |\| I "That will be dol
II I I! I dous favor," he said,
1 1ml Then she amazed
S quest: "You offen
course I know you di
you offered to Ret I
#r theatrical manager."
Vl Duane's hospltabb
[ | f f Into a grimace of ai
r \ bled, "Oh, yes."
I I p| \ "YOU know Mr. Ttn
' his name is?very w<
DAS| "Mr. Reben?oh,
him fairly well."
1sr7T"y trnirmm ?l Wnnt to go on 1
you dare introduce n
tearoom. Here Daphne ?Imleed i will, ant
attack of eccentricity; a .,1)o you think h
ermlnatlon to go home # job?"
?k to Dutllh the wicked uin|ic him."
ie had bought of him on ....
"Mow ran 1 ever
ft Hip house without re- 'and went 1
id she was afraid that *?ok and s<1' H
be difficulties It she de- 8auwezetl huck gratei
nately there had been uo not ,et K?- r>unne s
the Kown. cited suddenly.
?re is no form that satan Hnphne drew her hi
thun thnt of a fashion* rn' ' w,,h ?t. and h
upon. There was a
thnt made tier unensy
r uncertain as lie said:
"Vou can repay m
'( /.a"' >y?u want to."
wjfcz: HBSflfr "I do. Hut how? ]
<)/ ' y, anxiously, not quite i
il '7 \ her hand free.
ft f[Si- \ Mn*~bT
(IIIJ/jf ' J "Kind? How?"
JlL.ttliyBlle not nnawer
' 71 ,l? "fted her hand v
7 J to ',is ",)s- It was
ill At/ShI 11 fancied gallantry th
Jilll Jflrlirfl 1 \ ' rpRPnt<,<h Itut.
I 'Wl/ll Imlvl/I I \\ n,ade a formal surrei
f JWIl (mitt-lll 1 /I take command. One
1 iJhMiiB 4A\ ,ho oth,'r 8Wppt rour
III iGSBl/Jfl J* and pn'ss,M| h,'r anal
XfUi |. I '111Kf/lffl roughness yet with at
" 1 moved now. not town
f(ill.)w.> d ^h^'r ^vi 11
e is No Form That Satan She backed away a
-ru tu.i . racu 111 a corner. flushed,
ner Than That or a Fa6h"How
dare you? s
?n. . ,
thought wllli nausea
In that shape he offerfl phrase had been usei
inquest of the world. Hut hypocrisy.
ed him and said to Leila: n seemed to fall 1
hind me, satan! I'm go- ear| for he laughed co
this gown and let Dutllb ran j help ll?"
redlt for It. I won't look -jf you touch me I
>wn till I eun pay for It paused, stared
vn earnings. I'll not get eyos. "lio you mean
can buy the rest of my ..(>f course I mean 1
rself. I've decided that ..pm sorry," he sigl
nt woman must buy hei yOU jej ?ie explain?"
n." "You don't have t
ie eyes of ambition this f8V1it for Inviting you
require a fairly long "Oh. no, I beg you i
rlod so lenghty that slit such a cad."
Clay's love would outlast "pien*e go!"
"All right !" he mu
ve him and the thought tllo rooin
i alarmed her more than j.|1P heard his stick
of losing the precious jt from the umbrella J
"There goes my opp<
from her meditation wltfc n>ert Well, let It go!
me along; we must dress f)lt. price!"
ght." * > * -*
. .. i 'UIMu H I ii'iimi in
senior, amused the younf to ? ?oh , . (he
ting aloud: I wonder II duct|on to Mr/Uebe
. Dunne will be ut tht wnnt (tr<
. ,,, , , . "No, thank you, not
ile shame! cried Leila by..
r Intrigue No, he wonl bowe(1 farpwe,
deplume him at the ltac ,,|s m|ni, onU>red
l?he 11 come to you. lie'. dmvn nnd motloned
If It were his house,
t see the start the artiest .... .
. . . , , , . "Miss Mp, may I
phne, who had learned hj ....
' . . , . you? I don t preten
t she had not known how ....... , ,
.. . ? , you women people. 1
otherwise. Daphne eon ..... .
, *, . Just how sincere yo
gltation in the br isknest ? , _.
, , , . _ , much of n ninny you i
he concluded the affair o| |m. robufy?d gQ
wn She folded t up anc |s nf) put_
n the box as f t were ? ? , . . . . .
what I wanted to sav
about to leave on a door . .
hardly nny man tl
Issed t good-by and put h()fl)pr a wom||n ,jnw
It and tied it up with t ,.n.(J ,f hp (>ouId <)n,
.atlon of strings of vurl ho w?s r,,llllv bofhe
make mvself clear?"
<1 to go to the ten party ?Vof ,n fhe , ?
gown was lost, and sin ,, . _
, ?. . "Well, then, I give
letters to write. , ' ..
. . , leave you a hit of i
her mother and Leila hat .
. . .. you want to earn m?
wrote only one letter?t ..
, . .. on the stage or In an
ptful rejection to Putllh ,,, J. . , .
. . .. . . . you will meet a lot
it to the box and sent U , , .
. , feel It their duty to
ssenger. Then she tele Ht the flrHt opporUm|
>m iiane. because you are so p
it quite realize the. temer .
I a man at his club. an< m^t kisses. I'erhi
misunderstood her. Im they're not so part
locence to Its opposite. H< WByi |t'x not because
her as a pretty thing. U that they try to klsi
i7.en?well, he liked brasi cnnse they're ohltgli
rins. When she said tha' G](j superstition?1
o have a serious talk wit! faj8e It Is, or how t
tnvenlence, he made It th? know?but there Is
noment at the cost oi every woman expect
engagement at tennis. meets to offer her
tier if >he would not me<* the technical term?
ere for ten. but she saU are alone,
ferred to see him at hei "That feeling 1? '
nrtment. His Invltatloi going to run Into ev
t<A>
nua^iviuu. *?? iuT?vau?i to force their way I
R. will die out, I Ruppoo
leart was heating excited tent, an yon crowd 1
waited for him and nh? wm t,P one of th
I that Rhe had put hprseli you'll lose. You're
light. When Dunne nrj |0 gtand up in strep
le maid showed him Int< after dark alone. B;
l>q)n Daphne tried to rf> have to make your
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uslnessllke direct nien yourselves in the~fr
ner. Instead of subtly as
nust think It ver] Daphne broke in coldly
rag you up here.' be a very welcome duy to
?ty kind of you.' Somehow It did not sot
>re you hear what Ing to her.. There was g
ju. I'm golug t< tlon. however. In his resp?
a tremendous fa "It will be a mighty v
, to us poor men. Miss Kip
ng me a tremen men haven't the falntes
. ' spoon with women. It's 1
blm with her re for some of them to kee]
Hi yesterday?01 sweethearts and wives su
Idn't tneau It?bul ressed. Then there's ano
me a Job with i if I'm not boring you?1 h
as long a speech siuce I w
? smile hardened boy and recited 'Sparta
axlety. He inuro Gladiators.'"
"Go on, please," said I
ven?or whatevei woman doesn't often get
?U, don't you?" of hearing a man tell the
yes?yes, I knovt these things."
Her sarcasm chilled him
the stage. Would he went on:
le to Mr. Rebeu?' ?.T ???? * *
, ? , . , "uui iu snv iIIisir^v:
it ?u'* to*y? *
grve me a ing lnto buslneHs: when
for a Job he brings refc
they are Investigated: or
repay you f* R lot of questions, and h<
it to him and h< tPlnK Qr when (w<) men
niii n?tflh Hi! c,ub 0T ?,8ew*>ere they a
.ully. jut he <Uc That handshake Itself Is a
eemed to b? er- vesugatlon of character.
ind hark, hut his earb #?|thpr's *nd 1
e followed close PrpJ"d,<,?:s ?? ??on as they
look in his eyes . ?? ubpn 8 n,an niwt
. His voice was J8. 1Bp to be thrown v
deal he Is apt to say. *\N
e easily enough, sbt' tbe ^'"8 t'ul
man most about having to
How?" she asked ^'tb n womnn ,s tbp fp?r
luring to wrench ^'.er eomp^.mse her or
her. That s the first pro!
being kind to out of <h? way; and the,
easier for a woman to do I
vlnee n man that she doesn
with words, hut to*
...... Daphne cried. "In boa1
>1111 IMPI1I 111 llin . .. . li,
an act of old- te 1 e how " 8 don*"
at could aardly r e ay to ^ylnce h
nuinllkc. having ' " L y , - " y?
, , . , , . no 11 know It."
nder, he tried to .... . _
hand held hers. n,|* 1 wns 8in r<> wit
id her shoulders ^ou d,dn 4 know >* "
nst him, without didn't know It at first
rcngth. Mis lips ^l(1?1 think?and now thai
rd her hnnd, hut driving at all this ion* whi
is of her mouth. ??lng Into business comp<
men, play fair. Every no
1 IX. *'< 5ne them, as soon as hi
"* ? self alone with j*ou, wll
head so quickly *nough to Insult you. Hut
touched her hair. man w11' let J?u alone I
and thrust him hlni "lone. Suppose he <h
n his hold. mistaken advance, If yoi
A. "I suppose I "'nslble enough not to get
>r trusting you." besmirched, hut Just
for an Insult." a matter of course uud si
i pleudlng arms.
nd found herself ASTHMA
furious, at bay.
die stormed, and Th?r?no'We.
.? M but relief U often
how often tho A A broughl by_
1 and with what A '
".ram.rlj on M.
ouoriuoiy. now
NEW PRICES? 30c. 6C
'II?I'll hit you."
deep Into her
It?"
t."
led. "Hut won't
to. It's all ray HPl _ ^
I here." * llOS<
not to think that tFlZlt *
rmured, and left the 1
rattle as he took fertili
|ar. She thought :
art unity?ray on- TL
It wasn't worth 1 tlOS'
the door attain chan<
way, that Intron.
Do you still sense
from you. flood- I ThoS
1, then changed I ?
ie room and sat I OTCiei!
her to a seat as
with
say one word to
d to understand
I'm not sure now
u are. Just how
may think rae for V
slly. Experience I^Jr n
?well?anyway? V
this?there
rat would even
tiling to he lmth
ue certain mat
ring her. Do I waad ?
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up. But T must M
advice. You suy
:>ney. If you do,
\y other business,
of men who will
try *> kiss you
Ity. It's not only
retty, for I really
st girls get the
ips It's because
Iculnr?but, anymen
are villains a
i women, but be- I
lg. There Is an I Annr
don't know how U1VUL
rue; no man can
a tradition that
a every mnn she
an insult?that's 1^
-as soon as they
what women are Norfolk, Vjl., I
ery time they try . ,.
Into business. It Columbia,
e, to a certain ex*
Into our field. It
e last privileges
already permitted
t oars and go ont ,
y and by you will
.advances to the
3. C.
ankest mannow."
?
. "That will ^Ca ? T|T
most of us." K.66DS wTW
jnd convlnc- AvrivV A JL
rave conrlc- /4 m
FStJS ft H Break, up
Lf?j! MP a Cold.S,.S;;?
jggl Good for
t.V. k?$ Bronchial
cuV rr. >IL^> Inflammatioi
daphne. "A [ Those who object to liquid me
the chpnce cines can secure Peruna Tabl
truth about
a little, but thanks, f*m riot interested. T
derstnnd you perfectly, but you nee<
It's an old ; bother,' or something like that,
woman go-1 KUy it honestly, the rest would be p
a man asks | palling.
-rences, and. "And now. If von'll forelve me
he answen talking your arm off and If you'll pr
; Is given a (t t,y letting me help you, I'll proc
i meet In a
b'kTdb'V ?* ' Vv N
religion and BjPjjpj /Jv
cnn. i \\\^ A i
s u woman r
vith a good ^ | jV/^)
| k ,
' /' || |r i
Ip. M^you're ^4' .*1
titIon with
the average V '
f you'll let "And May I Arrange for You to N
oe.s make a RebenT**
J could be . , , , .
mad. not to novPr 0 k,ss yoU ?r try t0 """
take It as yoU Bsk mo to'
ay frankly Daphne laughed refreshedlv at
Impudence, anil he laughed, as well
J he might. And they shook hands v
comradeship.
"And may I arrange for yon to rr
1 "I hate to ask yon now I've
right to trouble you. Hut I'm terr
anxious to get u Job."
"And I'm terribly anxious to get
<1 9ft one."
* * "Xmilre. awfully kind." she suld,
HMH ?iiaiM? ? 1 inn ii uMnaa
e who are thoughtful ha
something more than che
remarkable popularity
izers.
e who have investigated
ce nor magic, but sim]
appreciation of values.
e who are prudent are
*s now and insisting on b
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Mr. Robert McDougail, R.
R. No. 6, Liberty, Indiana,
writes:
"I wish to state that I always
keep Peruna In the house. I
think It Is a good medicine to
have on hand. If I commence
taking a cold, I take Peruna and
It breaks It up for me. It i<.
J ' #K.. t>, ^
aiso guvm a.v/1 v?*\? uiuiivuuii
IS. Tubes'* I 1
Peruna has served the Amer
loan people for more than forty
ji years. Those who know its value
| * always have it at hand. Why
not youf ^
Uh- led him to the telephone,
dn't She felt that It would he indelicate
and to listen, and went hack Into the lit*
lain Ing room of the apartment. Thert
Dunne Joined her In a few momenta
for with the terrifying news that Ileben
ove had said thut he tnlKht have a chanct
ala? 1? p'nee her at once If she could coom
to his office without delay.
Opportunity bouncing out at her llk?
a Jack-ln-the-ho* alarmed her. Bui
she faced It plucklly. She put on hei
| hat with trembling hands and went
4i down In the elevator with Doane.
j They went up In nn elevator at on?
fl side of the lobby of the theater and
j stepped out ut Iteben's office door. A
vJ number of somber and despondent
persons of a theatrical complexion
were waiting there also, tho wretched
^B Lazaruses of art.
Dunne spoke to n respectful office
fl hoy, who disappeared through a dooi
^B and returned to beckon him In. With
gH henrf hounding high and bubbling al
W I her throat Daphne entered the theat
rlrnt world hv one of Its most irilHnri
II | portals.
| i The Brent Ueben sat hulklly behind
I ' an ornate table-desk and dismissed
} | a still more ornate atenoBrnpher wltl
I a nod as he rose to ureet Dunne.
Dunne did the honors: "Mr. Rehen,
I I want to present you to Miss Kip*
Miss Daphne Kip."
r Rehen greeted her with suavity and
* his eyes were even more enthusiastic
1 than his words. Daphne was at bei
superlative decree and anxiety gave
her n wlstfulness that was appealing
to Rehen. Women's ehnrms and wist,ce1
fulnesses made up a larye part of hli
wares In trnde.
"Have you had uny experience!**
"None."
"Studied elocution?"
I "Never. I never spoke a piece lx
rlth my llft*"
"Good I Amateur theatricals!"
j I "Never. 1 never seemed to car# ft)I
them."
"Retter yet I What make# yoa thfnl
n< you want to aet now?"
Ibly "Money. 1 want to earn moneyget
rich."
you
_n(j < Continued in Next Issue.)
ve concluded
ince is behind
of Royster's
, find neither
ply commoni
. i
placing their
>eing supplied
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(APPOINTMENT
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i, Ga., Macon, Ga.,
Ala.