The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-16
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dOLRiA GORDON. beautiful flap
psr. msrrtss DICK GREGORY. a
Young lawyer, Gloria's idea % mar
rage Is plenty % run and fire
clothes , but no children
She scoTns her friend, LOLA
her husband. BILL 10 gambler
and a drunkArd
Gloria has Mysteries when Dick
suggests that she do her own house
work SO Dick horrows MAGGIE,
his mothers maid, 20 teach Gloria
STANLEY wAYBuRN, an actor
whom Gloria once loved. calls on
her, Dick sees him leaVo the house.
Gloria tells Dick that wayburn Is
an interior decorator,
Next DAY while Gloria 10 iunehing
with NAY SEYMOUR, married
friend. and her lover. jim CAREwE,
she meets MOTHER GREGORY. who
sngrily sends her home, She finds
Dick there. IN.
While Dick and MISS BRIGGS,
his secretary are at work In the
wild" party aud invites WAyburn
When the party Is at It's height. the
actor arrives.
Gloria hopes that Dick won't rec
okniEe In Wayhurn the man she told
hinl was an interior decorator. hut
NOW GO ON WITH TIE STONY
TOR second Gloria thought she
L was going 20 faint.
The bright room whirled around
her She caught hold Of n lapel Of
Dicks coat TO steady herself
she tried 10 smile.
What did you say. desrG' she
gaSped There's such a racket IN the
room that / can scarcely hear your
voice"
Dick did not return her smile. His
face was stern.
Il said" he repeated slowly. II
aid that the man saw leaving this
house the other afternoon is stand
inE over there hy the door, -. How
did you ever happen 10 ask him here
tonight a man who had sold us
a few lampshadesg or Is he friend
OF yours
Every word Dick said fell on
Glory's heart like a hammer blow.
-. SIN she could find no an.
swsr,
She had had no idea that Dick had
seen wayburn's face when he had
met him leaving the house the other
day.
How could she ever explain
10 Dick that she had lied to him
when she had said that wayburn
was a decorator calling about the
lampshadess
How could she tell him tho
TRUTH That Wayhurn really was an
actor. who had had no business 20 be
in Dicks house that day making love
20 Dicks wife,
Well. sho just couldn't! And
that was all there was 10 ~
No. The only way out was 10 bluff
Il thru To tell another lie to
cover the first one,
And that ought TO be easy enough
60 Gloria threw back her shining
~ head and laughed
You're seeing things. Dicky-' she
cried You're lit -. That isn't my
lampshade man or anybody like him!
That's Stanley Wayburn, who played
here in stock last winter. Don't YOU
remember him? -. You're cuckoo!
Just plain cuckoo III have 20
cut off your drink. tonight, / can
see that
She left him. Dizzily she threaded
her way thru the dancers 10 Way.
burns side.
The air in the hot rooms was
heavy with the smell Of perfume and
alcohol. II made her giddy.
How nice OF you TO Gomez Glory
smiled up at Wayburn. He took her
hand. The hard pressure OF his palm
thrilled her. somehow. -. She felt
as IL he had taken her in his arms.
The pearls on Glory's breast
stirred as she sighed deeply.
Come along" she said. II want
you to meet my husband
Together they went back TO Dicks
corner. He was in brown study.
Dick" Glory said, II want you
10 know an old friend OF mine. stan
ley wayburn. You've heard OF him,
Of course. Some day Stan is
going to back the Barrymore broth.
ers right off the boards. . Come
out into the dining room. Stan, and
IN give you drink while nobody's
looking"
Dick watched them as they went.
Glory could feel his angry eyes
upon her.
THERE was sick. shaky feeling
u at the pit Of her stomach.