Ellis County Capital (Arnett, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1919 Page: 2 of 8
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land meets pretty Daphne Kip whose brother is in the same office with
Clay in Wall street After a whirlwind courtship they become engaged
Clay buys an engagement ring on credit and returns to New York
Daphne agrees to an early marriage and after extracting from her
money-worried father what she regards as a sufficient sum of money
for the purpose she goes to New York with her mother to buy her trous-
seau Daphne’s brother Bayard has just married and left for Europe
with his bride Leila Daphne and her mother install themselves in
Bayard’s flat Wlmburn Introduces Daphne and her mother to luxurious
New York life Daphne meets Tom Duane man-about-town who seems
greatly attracted to her Daphne accidentally discovers that Clay Is
penniless except for his salary Bayard and his wife return to New
York unexpectedly The three women set out on a shopping excursion
and the two younger women buy expensive gowns having them charged
to Bayard
CHAPTER Til— Continued
Leila said nothing but thought hard
Bayard was silent Later the door-bell
rang and a young sewing girl brought
two big boxes from Dutllh’s They
were so big that there was no conceal
Ing them Leila made a timid effort to
escape with hers but Bayard was full
of a cheerful curiosity:
"What’s all that honey!"
“Oh It’s Just
little t thing I
picked np today at Dutllh’s
“What Is It a scarf or something!
Give a fellow a look at It"
He began to untie the knot Sealed
across the cord was an envelope with
a statement Bayafd tore it free
Leila snatched at it Bayard laughed
and dodged her Leila pursued It
- was a ghastly game of tag for her and
Daphne and her mother looked on in
guilty dread Bayard whooping with
laughter dashed ‘Into his room and
closed the door held it fast while Leila
pounded and pleaded with him
His laughter was quenched sharply
- There was a silence He opened the
door and walked out a sickly pallor at
his lips the statement in his hand :
“This can’t be right honey : ‘Bayard
Kip to Dutilh debtor Peach-blow
satin gown — two hundred and seventy-
live dollars' The price Is ridiculous
and I have no account there"
“He — he insisted on my opening
one”
“But I don’t want to open any ac-
counts I pay my bills In thirty days
or discount them tot cash I can’t pay
this In thirty days Every penny I
can see ahead of me is laid out”
' “I — I'm sorry” Leila faltered “You
aid the times were getting better
“I thought they were I hoped they
were But they’ve gone bad Again Be-
sides I was trying to cheer you up
- to give you a happy honeymoon And
I bought you everything you saw
abroad And It wasn’t enough I When
will you get enough clothes I”
Leila bad stared incredulous at the
calamitous result of her tender Im-
pulse to beautify herself In his eyes
Then tears came gushing and she ran
to her room and locked the door
Bayard did not follow her He
turned for comfort to his mother and
t Daphne He noted the other’ box
'’'Daphne had not dared to open It
Bayard ripped the envelope from its
cord and read:
j “Bayard Kip to Dutilh Dr Parch-
' ment-toned gown for Miss- Daphne
Kip two hundred and seventy-five dol-
lars” i'' He was parchment-toned himself as
he shook the statement at Daphne
’ and whispered huskily “What’s this!”
Jk Daphne could not muster any cour-
age She explained with craven re-
' morse “I saw a gown that I—-I needed
“'there and I — I — He offered to let It
on your account till I could get the
money”
Bayard was choked with wrath and
a terror greater than hers
w'i “I go to my office and work like a
fiend all day and I come home to find
that my wife and my sister have run
me Into - debt for— five hundred and
fifty dollars And the firm the big
firm I work for had to extend a note
‘for seven hundred and fifty because
we couldn’t meet it I”
' His mother tried to stem the tide of
Bayard’s rage to turn his wrath with
a soft answer:
V “I guess it’s all my fault honey The
dresses looked so pretty on the girls I
Urged them to take them You ought
to aee how beautiful they are Go put
’the dress on Daphne and let your
brother see how sweet you look In It”
- “Sweet I She looks sweet In It 1 It’s
beautiful I And that justifies anything
‘‘Lord what did you make ’em out of
"atfcese women I"
-i Mrs Kip nudged Daphne and whis-
pered “Go on put the dress on let
'him see you In It” r
She spoke with great canniness but
Daphne stared at her with derision
'and edged away and spoke In a tone
as biting as cold blue vltrloL
“Put it on’-mother I - Do you think
Td ever wear the thing! I’ll send It
back tomorrow morning at daybreak
-And ni never take a thing that any
'man pays for as long as I live”
? Bayard roared at her over his shout-
' 'dsr: 7 “Yeti' won't take anything that
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young New Yorker on a visit to Cleve-
any man pays for eh! What are you
going to live on — air!”
’ She answered him grimly “There
are several million women In this
country earning their own living and
I’m going to be one of them”
His comment was a barking “Hah I”
She lugged the box away to her room
Bayard flung himself Into a chair and
listened to the cauldron of his own
hateful thoughts Gradually they
ceased to bubble and stew He could
hear now the muffled beat of Leila’s
sorrow' He resisted It for a while
sneered at It raged at It and then at
the cruelty of the world
Leila’s sobs had stopped now and
Bayard listened for them anxiously
Perhaps she had died of grief A lasso
seemed to have caught him about the
shoulders It was dragging him to the
door
He went there at last and listened
He heard a low whimpering unendur-
ably appealing He tapped on the door
and called through It
“Leila honey love forgive me I’ve
seen the little gown It’s beautiful
You shall have It — and a dozen like It
Please forgive me and love me again
And I’ll buy you anything you want
Please Please don’t keep me stand-
ing outside your door Honey 1 Leila
love 1"
The door opening he slipped
through to take refuge with his Leila
A moment later the doorbell rang
Daphne checked the maid whose ears
had been fascinatingly entertained
and told 1 her that If the caller were
Mr Wlmburn he was to wait outside
In the halL It was Wlmburn and
Daphne went out to him He greeted
her with the zest of a young lover
Daphne gave him a cold cheek to kiss
and then pulling her engagement ring
from her finger placed It In his hand
“What — what’s this Daphne!" he
stuttered i
“It’s your ring I'm giving It back
The engagement Is off— Indefinitely”
“For heaven’s sake why! What
have I done!"
“Nothing Neither have L But Pm
going to do something” -
“What are you going to do Daphne!”
“I don’t know — but something”
“Don’t you love me any more!"
“Just as much as ever — more than
ever And Til prove It too”
“Prove It by putting the ring back
on”
“Never 1 Send It back and save your
money That’s what Pm going to do
with wbat I’ve bought Kiss me good
night and go please” -' -
She left him outside and closed the
door as lovingly as she could
While Clay waited for the elevator
to come up and take him down he
stared at the ring with sheep’s eyes
tossed It and caught It awkwardly
and laughed and almost spoke his
thought aloud :
“Funny thing I haven’t paid for It
yet Got an Insulting letter from the
Jeweler too this very afternoon”
But Daphne was thumbing the tele-
phone book to see If she could find
Tom Duane’s number
CHAPTER VIII
She failed to run Duane to earth in
the telephone book She was at a loss
for another source of directions She
was new to New York and did not
know bow to set out on such a pur-
suit She went to her room and found
her mother there dismally engaged In
writing a letter to her father breaking
to him the dreadful news that the
trousseau was to cost far more for far
less She was asking for extra money
at once Daphne smiled bitterly and
said : “Rub It out and do It over again
mamma There ain’t goin to be no
trousseau No wedding bells for me”
Mrs Kip rolled large eyes In Daph-
ne’s direction and looked deaf Daphne
held out her denuded engagement fin-
ger In proof that she and Clay were
detroth ed
“Good gracious 1" was Mrs Kip’s
profane comment “Why on earth did
you — "
“Because Pm too expensive for him”
“What are you going to do — go back
to Cleveland and tell everybody that
you’re not going to get married after
all this trouble!”
“No Tm not going back to Cleve
By RUPERT HUGHES
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land and I am going to get married —
but later much Inter” '
“I hate conundrums” said Mrs Klpl
“Better tell me the answer for I won’t
guess What are you going to dot’
“Pm going to lend a band” said
Daphne “Do my share Get n Job
and earn my board and keep”
“Heaven help us I You’ve gone
crazy J” Mrs Kip exclaimed “You get
to bed and you’ll feel better In the
morning I’ll finish my letter”
She added unbeknownst to Daphne
a postscript as long as the letter con
tradictlng all she had Just written and
urging her husband to come East
once and take charge of his unruly
daughter She dropped It In the mail
chute and it fell into a bottomless pit
along with her other hopes
Daphne and her mother were uneasy
at the prospect of the breakfast en-
counter with the bridal couple There
had been a sense of strain the first
morning But' now a bitter quafrel had
Intervened — that first ugly quarrel
when the wedge of finance Is driven
between united hearts
Bayard and Leila however arrived
at the table all smiles more amorous
than ever Leila wore a triumphant
smile such as Delilah must have worn
the second time she went out walking
with her big beau '
It was plain to the anxious eyes of
Mrs Kip and Daphne that Leila had
emerged from the quarrel with all the
loot and aggravated power
She had taken advantage of her hus-
band’s trust and abused his generosity
recklessly with no more evil motive
Indeed than the wish to beautify her-
self In his honor and yet with reck-
lessness i
It was not altogether Leila’s fault
if the lesson she learned perhaps un-
consciously from the combat was
something like this :
“I ran my husband Into debt with-
out consulting him His listless love
woke from its torpor and enchanted
me with a first-class demonstration of
its energy He stormed I wept thrill-
ingly He apologized begged to be
permitted to bring me some more nice
8he Went to Her Room and Found Her
Mother There Dismally Engaged In
Writing a Letter to Her Father
things Ergo when home life grows
dull I can always stir up the fire by
buying something we can’t afford
When I want anything I must get It
I shall be scolded then kissed and
treated with awe If I hadn’t bought
It I wouldn’t have had It nor the
bonus that goes' with It If we had not
quarreled we should have missed the
rapture of ‘making up’ ”
This Is one of the first lessons that
certain sorts of husbands teach to cer-
tain sorts of wives
When the man of the house had de-
parted for his oglce and the waiter
bad carried off the breakfast relics
the three women were left alone In a
completely feminine conclave They
faced life like three Norns: the old
mother the new wife and the deferred
wife each from her coign of disadvan-
tage The two married women turned on
the maid with common resentment
They were married and dependent and
she had her Independence They were
Tories and she a Whig It was their
privilege to rail at things as they were
but It was their religion to frown on
changing them Mrs Kip senior spoke
for Mrs Kip Junior
“Now Daphne tell us what Is this
new foolishness all about!”
Daphne answered stoutly: “It’s not
foolishness It’s the first glimmer of
sense Tvs ever had Tm sick of the
Idea of always living on the mercy of
some man taking his charity or his
extravagance I’ve always been a drag
on poor daddy and I was getting ready
to shift my weight over to poor Clay’s
back But I don’t think a woman
ought to be dependent on a man l I
think she ought to bear her share of
the burden”
“As If she didn’t r Mrs Kip broke
out -“As If the home weren’t just as
much labor as the office”
Leila attacked her from another di-
rection “For goodness’ sake Daphne
don’t lose your head Don’t you Im-
agine for a moment that a husband
will be happier hnd love his wife bet-
ter because she earns wages The
harder you work for men the better
they like somebody else The harder
n man works for you the better he
likes you Best of all he loves the
woman' that tries to break him”
Daphne’s answer was a snappy: “I
don’t believe It I I’d despise a man
that felt that way”
The three women wrangled with
wise saws and modern Instances -and
they were In a perilous state of dis-
sension when the telephone rang Leila
answered It and her outcries of Indig-
nation alarmed Mrs Kip and Daphne
till they learned the cause
' Bayard had called up to say that
the luncheon party must be postponed
Outrageous business had made anoth-
er Insidious attack on love
Leila came from the telephone In a
state of desperation mitigated by the
fact that Bayard had asked her
take his mother and Daphne shopping
and buy them -and herself something
worth while as an atonement for his
abandonment
So they set forth again on another
onset against the ramparts of beauty
To the silent horror of Daphne and
her mother Leila whs persuaded
buy a new coat and a new hat and to
pay for them by the convenience of
opening two new accounts at the sug-
gestion of two soapy salesmen Bay-
ard’s surrender after his first battle
had already accomplished the expect-
able result
Everything was the very latest thing
and yet was marked down But Daph-
ne priced things now with a new soul
She was thinking In the terms of
wages and toll
She was going to earn fifty thousand
a I year some day but she supposed
that at first she would earn very little
— -twenty-flvq dollars a week perhaps
For the first time In her existence
she vividly understood how all these
fairy tissues were the products of hu-
man labor paid for with wages and to
be sold for other wages Pearls w ere
drops of sweat perfumes were the
sighs of weary men soft fabrics were
the hard spinning of human silkworms
Bayard was even now racking his
brain to' accumulate what three worn
en were squandering
So Daphne meditated as she had
never meditated before and might not
often meditate again She refused to
buy a thing Her mother could only
explain her mood as a symptom of an
Illness and advise her to get 'home to-
bed There was something suspicious
In the condition 'of a girl who could
look with qualms of conscience or ap-
petite on such a banquet
At length fatigue and faintness re-
minded Mrs Kip senior that she had
not eaten and the hour was late She
called for her luncheon and they went
together to a tearoom Here Daphne
had another attack of eccentricity
stubborn ' determination to go home
and send back to Dutilh the wicked
gown that she had bought at him on
credit
She had left the house without re-
turning It and she was afraid that
there would be difficulties If she de-
layed Fortunately there had been no
alterations In the gown
Perhaps there Is no'form that satan
takes oftener1 than that of a fashion-
able gown In that shape he offers
women the conquest of the world But
Daphne resisted him and said to Leila
Get thee behind me satan 1 I’m go-
ing to return this gown and let Dutilh
give Bayard credit for It I won’t look
at another gown till I can pay for it
out of my own earnings I’ll not get
married till I can buy the rest of my
trousseau myself I’ve decided that
an Independent woman must buy her
own trousseau”
Even In the eyes of ambition this
promised to require a fairly long
period — a period so lenghty that she
Pondered If Clay’s love would outlast
It-
She did love him' and the thought
of losing him alarmed her more than
the thought of -losing the precious
gown -
Leila woke from her meditation with
sudden “Come along we must dress
for the tea-fight”
Mrs Kip senior amused the yonng
Kips by thinking aloud : “I wonder if
that nice Mr Duane will be at the
tea”
“Oh I shamle shame 1” cried Leila
“It’s a regular Intrigue' No he won’t
be there Telephone him at the Rac-
quet club and he’ll come to you He’s
usually there”
She did not see the start the artless
hint gave Daphne who had learned by
accident what she had not known how
find out otherwise Daphne con-
cealed her agitation in the briskness
with which she concluded the affair of
the Dutilh gown She folded It up and
laid It back In the box as if It were a
baby she was about to leave on a door-
step 8he kissed It good-by and put
the lid over it and tied it up with a
crazy combination of strings of vari-
ous sorts ‘ j
1 Copyright by Harper A Brother
She refused to go to the tea party
now that the gown was lost and she
said she had letters to write
But when her mother and Leila bad
left her she wrote only one letter— a
note of regretful rejection to Dutilh
She pinned It to the box and sent It
off by a messenger Then she tele-
phoned to Tom Duane
She did not quite realize the temer-
ity of calling a man at his club and
Tom Duane misunderstood her Im-
puted her Innocence to its opposite He
remembered her as a pretty thing If
she were brazen— well he liked brass
in certain forms 'When she said that
she wanted to have a serious talk with
him at his convenience be made It the
immediate moment at the cost of
breaking an engagement at tennis
He asked her If she would not meet
him somewhere for tea but she said
that she preferred to see him at her
brother’s apartment His Invitation
aroused her suspicion - Her Invitation
confirmed his
Daphne’s heart was beating excited-
ly while she watted for him and she
began to feel that she had put herself
In a wrong light When Duane ar-
rived and the maid showed him Into
the living room Daphne tried to re-
deem herself by a businesslike direct-
ness “Mr Duane you must think It very
peculiar of me to drag you up here”
“I think It’s mighty kind of you'
“You say that before you hear what
I’m going to ask you I’m going to
ask you to do me a tremendous fa-
vor" “That will be doing me a tremen-
dous favor” he said
Then she amazed him with her re-
quest : “You offered yesterday — of
course I know you didn’t mean It— but
you offered to get me a Job with
theatrical manager” - -
Duane’s hospitable smile hardened
Into a grimace of anxiety He mum-
bled “Oh yes”
“You know Mr Raven — or whatever
his name is — very well dbnt youT’
“Mr Reben — oh yea — yet I know
him fairly welL”
“I want to go on the stage Would
you dare Introduce me to Mr Reben!”
“Indeed I will and proud to do It”
“Do you think he’ll give ’me a—
a Job!"
“HI make him” v
“How can I ever repay you!”
Her hand went out to him and he
took It and squeezed It and It
squeezed back gratefully But he did
not let go Duane seemed to be ex-
cited suddenly
Daphne drew her hand back but his
came with it and he followed close
upon There was a look In his eyes
that made her uneasy His voice was
uncertain as he said : ' 1
“You can repay me easily enough
If you want to"
"I do But how! How!” she asked
anxiously not quite daring to wrench
her hand free
‘By — by being— by being kind to
me” - -
“Kind! How!" ‘
! He did not answer with words but
he lifted her hand with both of his
to his lips " It was an act of old-
fangled gallantry that could hardly
be resented But manlike ' having
made a formal surrender be tried to
take command One hand held hers
the other swept round her shoulders
and pressed her against him without
roughness yet with strength His Ups
moved now not toward her hand but
toward the sacredness of her mout(i‘
The future eeeme bright to
Daphne aa ahe la given what '
ehe believes Is the opportunity
to realise her ambition So few
diffieultlee are In the way at the
beginning that aha cannot see
ttose that may loom up In tho
future
(TO BB CONTINUED')
Impress Left by Romans 1
The old Romans and still older
Celts have left their traces thickly
strewn In the place-names of the coun-
try through which the victorious al-
lied armies advanced during the latter
part of the war Valendennes was
named after the Roman emperor Val-
entlnian just as Orleans was named
after Emperor Aurellan The mark of
the Celt la seen in the dan or fortress
of tho ever-famoue - Verdun and
though now contracted out of exist-
ence in the towering old city of Laon
tho stronghold of the Merovingians
The River Meuse pA-hape the river
most connected with war has the most
peaceful of names Mens bring Cel-
tic for the River of Meadows
Shun Heedlasanesa
Tho nerve-racking chase after self-
gratification or material gain often
blinds to the nobler sentiments and
the cold perhaps unintentional slight
Inattention or rude though J thought-
less rebuff wounds still further an al-
ready sore and bleeding soul whose
flagging end dejected spirits might
have with a sympathetic glance a
smile of approval or a welcoming ges-
ture been set all a tune the harmony
to be passed along— Great Thoughts
Don’t stay upset I When meals don’t
fit and you belch gas adds and undi-
gested food When you feel lumps of
Indigestion pain flatulence heartburn
or headache you can get Instant relief
No waiting I Pape’s Diapepsln will
put you on your feet As soon as yon
eat one of these pleasant harmless-
tablets all the Indigestion gases arid-
ity and stomach distress ends Your
druggist sells them Adv '
Conquers His 8hyness
- A certain surgeon who was very
young and rather shy was Invited to-
dinner by a lady who was at least
fifty but frivolous enough for twenty
She Imagined herself very clever
when making rude remarks At din-
ner she asked the young surgeon to
carve a fowl and not having done so
before he failed lamentably Instead
of trying to cover his confusion tho
hostess called attention to It pointed-
ly by looking down the table and say-
ing loudly:
“Well you may be a clever surgeon
but If I Wanted a leg off I should not
come to you to do It”
“No madam” he replied politely “but
then you see you are not a chicken
—Stray Stories
GREEN’S AUGUST FLOWER
Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by a disordered stomach
and Inactive liver such aa sick head-
ache constipation sour stomach
nervous indigestion fermentation or
food palpitation of the heart caused by
gases in the stomach August Flower
Is a gentle laxative regulates digestion
both in stomach and Intestines clean
and sweetens the stomach and alimen-
tary canal stimulates the liver to se-
crete the bile and Impurities from the
blood Sold lip all civilized countries
Give It a trial— Adv
High Cost of Eating
“Is the ban off on meat!” asked tho
stout man In the restaurant '
“It Is sir” replied the polite waiter
“Bring me three dollars worth of
beef then”
- “Sorry sir We don't servo any half
portions”
H You lie:! a f'sJIclii
You ShoallHiti tta But
Have you ever stopped to reason why
it is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised all at onoe drop out
of sight and ere soon forgotten! Hie
reason Is plain — the article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer This
applies more particularly to a medicine
A medicinal preparation that has reel
curative value almost sells itself as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited to those who ere in need of it
A prominent druggist says “Take for
example Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root a
preparation I have sold for many yearn
and never hesitate to recommend for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
sults as many of my customers testify
No other kidney remedy has so Urge n
ale”
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation the success of Dr
Kilmer’s Swamp-Root la due to the foot
eo many people claim that It fulfills al-
most every wish in overcoming kidney
liver and bladdet ailments corrects uri-
nary troubles and neutralises the arie
acid which causes rheumatism -
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post - Address
-Dr Kilmer A Co Binghamton N Y
end enclose ten cents also mention this
neper Large and medium aim -bottles
for sale st all drug stores — Adv
The Kind '
“Sam has certainly cut loose with
his troubles”
“Why what’s the matter with him!”
“He has shooting pains and a J limp-
ing toothache” i - '
8A-TAN-IG THE GREAT TONIC
and blood purifier Qnlokly relieve
kidney troubles stomach and liver oom-
plalnta The great home remedy Every
bottle guaranteed or money refunded
Sa-tan-lo Medicine Co 824 Butts Bldg
Wichita All druggists— Adv
On Another Track
“What’s become of all the young
men Edith used to have In her train!”
“Oh one by one they switched off”
State of Ohio city of Toledo local
County— aa
Frank 3 Chaney makes Ofcth that he le
senior partner of the Arm of P 3 Chaney
that eannet be
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE
FRANK 3 CHENET
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
ON Of
mrjgrmcnoa this th day of December
Sari) A W Oleaaon Notary Public
HALXS CATARRH MEDICINE la tak
en internally and acta through tha Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System
Druggists Tto Testimonials frea
F 3 Chaney Co- Toledo Ohio
First keep thyself In peace and then
thou ahalt be able to keep peace among
others -
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