New Britain herald., 1925-06-22
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' organ, u MthibIly lSul-'oto'N VPNia tor. But Forgan makes love to her. and she gives up her position.
 Gloria's family, headed by Aunt Dorcas, decide to have a counsel to settle her tangled affairs for her. Not knowing this, Gloria goes with her father and mother 10 Aunt Dor cas- house for Sunday dinner, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 Dick walked slowly into the hall. He picked up the telephone and gave the familiar number of the Gordon home. He could hear Cen tral ringing 1t, -.
 Then, resolutely. he snapped the receiver back on its hook, and set the little instrument down on the table.
 He stood there looking at it. With his hand raised 10 his lips. he pressed Gloria's handkerchief hard against them. That bit Of cam- brio seemed to hold some of the fragrance of her in its scented folds. Her hair had smelled of mi mosa flowers.
 Dick put out his hand again for the telephone, But suddenly. he snatched it back, as if the little black instrument had been flame.
 There was subdued panic in the speed with which he snapped off the lights, and left the house. He flung himself into the little blue car. and backed it down the drive way. "If I'd stayed a minute longer. I'd have called her up :. told her 10 comc!' he said disgust edly to himself, as the car rolled along the road.
 He took out his watch and looked at it. Ten o'clock, |. Too early to go to bed on moonlit night like this.
 He drove amlessy around the dark streets where the trees made black shadows along the sides . |. every street a Lovers Lane/to- night, The same moon that had looked down on the lovers of Baby lon and Ninevch looked down on the couples that were abroad tonight the immortal Two. a Man and a Girl. rg And then almost without sur prise, Dick found himself turning into the street where Gloria lived. He seemed to have known all along ] that this was where he was go- ing, -.
 He passed the house, with his eyes straight ahead of hirn, But halfway down the street he turn"d in his seat and looked back at the gray, blurred outlines of it. There was a light in the window of GIo- ria's room. -.
 The blue car slowed down and almost stopped, Its brakes screamed in the stiffness of the street.
 Then, suddenly, it shot forward in salient flight. Its tail-light wink cd like q small, evil eye as it turned | the corner.
 , Not knowing whose car 1t vas, l Gloria heard it as she stood before her dresser getting ready for bed. , She looked at herself in the mir i TOT, . What was the good Of all l her beauty she wondered, when Dick wasn't there 10 see it?
 Her haIr might just as well be i drab instead of rcd gold in all it's deep waves. And her mouth why should it be shaped for kisses, when he had grown tired of kissing 1 her? -. Gloria turned away her head, so that she couldn't see her reflection.
 Shc put up her hand, and turned out inc light, with a vicious little movement. Then she lay down or the bed, and tried to sleep. |. II Was past midnight, before she fin ally dropped off,
 The next morning dawned to tht sound of slow dropping rain on thu leaves outside her window.
 She ran downstairs, through th early Sunday morning hush of th' house, and brought in the newspa per, The Help Wanted" column Q. they were what she wanted.
 She went quickly through them and marked two or three that look d promising She'd go downtowl first thing in the morning, and fin something to do. .. That was th thing. 10 keep busy! To keep iron thinking,
 When she heaEd her mother mov ing around in lhe kitchen. sh dressed and hurried downstairs { help her,
 We won't have much for break fast ... just some berries and toas and coffee. thought" Mrs, Cor don said. Your Aunt Dorcas al ways has Alch big dinners ths we'll all bc sick If we eat too much now.
 Wl,h q shudJer, Gloria remcm hcrcd that they were going 10 Aur DorraH house for dinner.
 Al one o'clock they went. Aur Dorcas. flushed and beaming, weI ,omrd them with her best manne as Head of the House. Uncle Henr! small and silent, stood behind he k And as Head of the House. AuT DorcaS look her place behind th platter ot stuffed roasted veal the dinner table Aunt Dorcas al ways caryed.. just as she alwas droNc the family car,
 Cousin, Lulu and her young hus band. George, were there, too. Tn new baby, they explained, was taH ing her nap upstairs on Aunt DoI cas- bed.
 What au- you going 10 nam her." Gloria asked innocently.