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those twoP" he asked, tightening his hold of her. "A couple of jolly little youngsters who'd race down the street every night to meet me ."
 Yes, and who'd scratch up all the furniture, and turn the house into a boiler-factory when 1t came to noise! No thank you, sweetie! I'm afraid I'll have to squclch your fond hopes ." She wriggled out of Dicks arms and got 10 her feet.
 Dick, with his hands gripped, stood looking down at her,
 Honey" he said, you're just cheating yourself when you mako up your mind not to have children. Why don't you want them?, ..., What do you think marriage is for, anyway"
 Glory laughed stridently.
 How do I know what marriage is for? l didn't invent it." she cried. Its not my idea of worldly bliss, let me tell you. I've scen too much of 1t the last couple of months."
 She walked out Of the room.
 T sec by the paper that Myra Gall is going 10 Europe again" Mother Gregory called to her from the sunroom. My goodness, she must cost that husband of hers a fortune in steamship tickets alone!"
 Gloria stretched herself la2ily on the chaise tongue in the sunroom.
 Well what's the difference go long as he can afford it?" she ask ed. Its a relief 10 hear of d gener- ous husband once in a while. Most of them are terrible tightwads."
 Mother Gregory looked up sharp ly,
 That's a queer thing for you to say" she said sharply. I'm sure Dicks generous with you gen. crous to a fault. AS far as l can see he refuses you nothing you ask for"
 Gloria smiled, eXaspcratingly.
 T haven't asked him for much yet" she drawled.
 In that instant she made up her mind that she was going to ask him for something, though -. q trip to Europe to shop in Paris with Myra Gail.
 Ranghild opened the glass doors
 
 Mrs. Seymour on the telephone, maam," she said to Glory.
 Mays voice was fearful. Have you been asked to join this big new club they're starting the Home Womcn's club, it's called 2" she asked,
 Gloria said she had,
 Well, l haven't" May almost shrieked into the telephone. T think I'm the only clubwoman in town who's been left out, Every body l know is joining but me. :" She broke down completely. Gloria could hear her wildly sob bing. She had not known that May could take a snub this way. May had always seemed 10 be hardened against the unkind. things that were said about her and her love affair with Jim Carewe.
 'Ier em talk" she had always told Gloria, recklessly, "When ' they're talking about me and Jim they're giving somebody else a rest"
 And she had shown the world of gossips a shining armor of defiance. But now that armor was utterly gone. May was defcnseless, sudden ly in the face of this new snub.
 "Oh, I know what's the matter with the old hens who started the club" May went on presently in a choky voice. They think I'm abso- lutely beyond the pale because lunch downtown with Jimmy once or twice week. They might know that there's nothing to the whole thing by the frank, open way we See each other. Why, you know there's nothing wrong between me and Jim, don't you. Glory?'
 "Of course, I do," Gloria said in- Idignantly. She was very glad that she had been asked to join, how ever. For the first time since she had known her, Glory had a warm friendly feeling for Mother Greg