New Britain herald., 1925-06-26

Homesick and lonely for Dick. she gets the key Of their house from Miss Briggs and goes there to spend the night. She cant bear 10 stay at her mothers for another night. Dick learns from Miss Briggs that Gloria has gone home.
 lNow GO ON WITH THE sToRy)
 Gloria darkened the house, turn ed the key in her bedroom door and lay down to try to go to sleep.
 But 1t wasn't the kind of night for sleep. A ray of moonlight lay like a slim beckoning finger on the wall beside the bed. The darkness seemed 10 be filled with an expect ant hush.
 There was high excitemnet in Gloria. She swung her naked feet over the side of the bed and cross ed the room to the window.
 A large white moon hung low in the sky like a Japanese lantern. It turned the huttering leaves of the poplar trees to silver spangles.
 The world outside seemed unreal ---disturbing in its beauty, but the lonely woman at the window hard ened her heart against its magic. She had a feeling that the only way for her to go on was to harden her heart against everything--nct only against things. but against people, against Dick. She must never let the thought of him into her heart again, she told herself with a kind of dull anger. And then she went on thinking about him.
 Somewhere out there in the breathing night, he was.
 And suddenly Gloria remembered another night when she had stood at another window and wondered where Dick was. That had been long ago--on the night before she had married him. She remembered how he had driven up in the middle of the night and whistled softly in the darkness for her--a low Bob White" whistle. He had begged her to come down stairs for just a sec ond 10 kiss him-and she had re- fused.
 What & fool I was,," she told herself. "and how glad I'd be now if he wanted to kiss me! How glad I'd be. But there's TO chance of that ever again. :"
 The tears that she had felt in her eyes all day-and in her heart overhowed She dropped to her knees on the floor and laid her head down on the window sill and sobbed.
 And then she seefned to hear a low whistle--a long, celar note fol- lowed by 8 shorter one. She held her breath and listened. |. Was 1t Dicks Bob White" call?
 Oh, no; it couldn't be. .. And then it came again.
 Gloria raised her head. Down on tte lawn in the shadow of the trees was a darker shadow. It detsched itself and moved out into the moon light. It was Dick!
 Glorias heart leaped in her breast.
 Dick" she said. And there was a note of relief and sudden happi- ness in her voice.
 Come down and open the door," he said.
 Without stopping ot put on her kimono or slippers, Gloria ran across the room and down through the darkened house where the moon light lay in patches here and there on the walls and floor.
 She unlocked the door and pat tered out onto the porch. She stood there In the mingled radiance of the distant moon and . street lamp just in front of the house. -. Some passing neighbors stopped to stare as she threw herself into Dicks arms. But neither she nor Dick saw them. For they in that moment Tere obvious to all the world except themselves. Dicks arms drew her up. He bent his head and kissed her as If he never would let her go again.
 Then, abruptly he freed her.
 T thought you never were going 10 kiss me again" Gloria said breathlessiy. You said you never would, you know!"
 We say q lot of things we don't moan in this world" Dicks voice answered her. He put his arm around her and drew her into the dark house.
 His hand groped for the lights. Under their glare Gloria saw that his eyes were almost black in his haEgard face. There were lines there that the last weeks had writ ten indelibly.
 we do lot of things ~e don't mean to do. too" Gloria faltered. life seems to carry US along like bubbles along wave, =. Dick, I've done a lot of things l haven't meant to do, ."
 Dick made . gesture of finallty. Well. there's no use talking about 1t now he said, Spilled milk, you know,
 He went into the living room.
 Gloria followed him. Have you come home for good" she vas half afraid 10 ask him that.
 And in an agony Of uncertainty she watched him hll his pipe {. vaitinf tremulously for his ansWer.