New Britain herald., 1925-06-05
THE STORY so FAR,

Gloris Gordol beautiful fappsr, marriss Dick Gregory, a struggling lawyer. Her Idea of marriage Is fun and fine clothes but no work or children.
 She refuses pointblank 10 do her own housework, and hires maid. But Dick has to let the maid so, be- cause he can't afford to pay her wages. Gloria has swamped him with debts for her clothes and a new automobile.
 She becomes infatuated with Stanley Wayburn, an actor. She lends him money, and finally, when he leaves town 10 go to New York. Gloria follows him. He spurs her, telling her he has just married a Russian actress. Then Gloria tries to land a job as a chorus girl and fails. Discouraged, she comes home to Dick.
 He takes her back, but not as his wife. One night Gloria leaves him to work late at the ofiice with Susan Briggs, his secretary. While Gloria Is at home alone. the house is rob bed. Dick doesn't get home until aI- most morning. Gloria wonders if he was with Miss Briggs all that time But next morning she learns that he was at the house of Dr. John Seymour, who had killed himself be- cause of the love affair that existed betwen his wife May and Jim Carewe.
 Gloria goes to Dicks office to tell him about the robbery, and to make one last attempt'to win him again. ENow GO ON WITH THE STORY
 "Mr. Gregery's gone out to lunch" Miss Briggs told Gloria, But he ought to be back soon. If you'd like to, you can sit down and wait for him. You won't disturb me at all."
 She went on with her typewriting. Gloria giared down at her smooth head, bent oyer the machine. | .. She guessed she had per feet right to sit in her husbands office. without waiting for Miss Briggs permission! And if she wanted to disturb Miss Briggs, she could do that, too. Watch her!
 She took off her hat>and, tossed 1t down carelessly on Miss Briggs desk. It bounded of onto the floor
 Gloria picked 1t up and handed it to Miss Briggs.
 "Just brush that thing off" she said impudently.
 Miss Briggs looked up at her in Itsurprise. Then she flushed deeply But without a word she wiped the dust from Gloria's hat with hand towel that she took from drawer of her desk. Then she hung 1t on the rack be- hind her.
 Look up our burglary insurance while you're on your feet, MISS Briggs!' Gloria snapped.
 From under her thick lashes, she watched Miss Briggs go to the hies on the other. side of the room' ano look for the insurance papers. Here they are. Mrs. Gregory, she said quietly. as she handed then to Gloria.
 And nov call Up the police ant tell them we had a robbery at ou house last night" Gloria directed her. "Tell them all our table silvel was stolen. It was worth about $20' in case they ask you"
 Miss Briggs stood looking doTr at her for a moment.
 wouldn't it be better if you talked to them yourself, Mrs. Greg ory?" she asked in low tone "They're sure to ask lot of ques' lions that I won't know how to an swer."
 Gloria met her look, coldly. "Wil you please do what told you to-? she drawled.
 Miss Briggs bit her lips. It wal on the end of her tongue to tel Gloria that not she, but Dick, wal her employer. But, because o' Dick, she said nothing.
 She picked up the phone ant called the police. They asked dozen questions, and at last Gloris took the instrument from her, ant answered them.
 "Ill send a man out right ava! to look things over" the deep, mas culine voice at the other end of th' wire told her. There have been lot of burglaries in that neighbor hood lately"
 As Gloria turned away from tn telephone, it suddenly dtcurred t' her that there was no one at in house to admit the man from polic headquarters when he got there.
 "Oh. we'll" she thought, careless ,v what's the diff3 He can com hack later" She didn't want hin going through her house, now, any way. The beds were still unmade although it was afternoon, and th dirty dishes from yesterdays luncI were still piled in the greasy sink
 For some reason or other, an oi English poem thst-her mother use to tell her when she was lazy, nash cd into Gioria's brain. It told aoou q collier's sloppy wife, who loved | gossip and hated to work one eve ming he was killed at the mine. An when they brought his body nom "the slut ran up to make the eea'