New Britain herald., 1916-07-28
How Madge Scored Point Two.

How Madge Scored Point Two.
 The little episode Of the salad dress ing put an effectual damper on the saiety of the dinner which Dicky, Grace Draper and I were discussing at the country inn. Piqued at her failure to monopolize Dickys attention, she had asked him to make certain favorite salad dressing of his, and thus revealed to me the fact that she and my husband had 1unched or dined together with sufficient frequency to make her familiar with his tastes.
 Remembering Lillian UnderwoOd's warning I had been able to meet the situation with smiling nonchalance, to the discontinue of the girl, and to the bewilderment of my husband. But the revelation of the extent to which the friendship of my artist hus- band and his beautiful model had been carried daunted me. I remem bered nisera bly, that this very trolley trip home with it's acCOmpanime ment of dinner at the country inn, had been planned by Dicky for Miss Draper, and that my presence with them was due to an accident.
 
 careless, friendly chatter with which I had enveloped the entire journey, but the zest of the conflict for whice Lillian Underwood had armed me was gone If it had not been for my promise to her, think I would have given up the fight against Grace Draper's machinations at the moment when she coOed her request for Dicky's favorite dressing.
 We were all thoroughly g1ad-at least I knew I was-when the dessert had been discussed, and we found ourselves outside the inn once more.
 Gee, it's a peach of a night!" Dicky exclaimed as we walked back to the trolley.
 I murmured an assent, but I hardly knew in what words 1t was couched Miss Draper did not answer at all. It was 8 wonderful night, warm with the languor of September, fra grant with the heavy odors of ripen- ing fruit and the late autumn blos- soms There was the moon, but the long summer twilight had not yielded entirely to the darkness and the stars were especially bright.
 'eWon't You Drop Me?" 1 A night for lovers, for VOWS given l and returned, 1t was this, If ever q 1 night was. What a wonderful jour ney this would have been for me If only this other woman were not on the other side of my husband! Then with savage resentment realized that she might also be thinking what pos- l abilities the evening would have held 1 for her if I had not been a. third on the little Journey.
 What Dicky was thinking I dared not guess. Whatever it was, I was sure that his thoughts were not dangerously charged with emotion as were mine and Grace Draper's. I waf f1erce1y glad of his trresponsibflity for the first time.
 Come on, girls, Here's Cresthaven I've got @ brilliant idea. We'll ge, one of these open seagoing f1ivYerE they have at the station and motor tc Marvin luxuriously Beats waiting for a train, all hollow"
 I opened my lipe to protest agains tho extravaganza, then closed then without speaking, flushing hotly a the danger I had escaped Nothing would have 90 embarrassed Dicky and delighted Miss Draper as any display of financial prudence on my |I part,
 "Oh. Mir Graham how Wonderful.' Miss Draper gave the impression o1 finding her voice mialaid somewhere about her, and deciding suddenly te