New Britain herald., 1925-06-16

didn't want anyone to look through her house! .. And the thought that someone would presently buy 1t and live in 1t was unbearabls tc Gloria.
 Why, 1t belonged to her that house! She had picked out every scrap of wallpaper In 1t every stick of furniturel What right had Dick to sell her house. .?
 Pm going h." Gloria made up her mind, suddenly.
 On the grass lay a clothes pole. Gloria put the sharp iron end of it under one of the sunroom windows. Using 1t as a lever she finally man. aged 10 get the window open.
 She laughed aloud when she stood in the sunroom. No wonder there are so many burglars. If housebreaking is as easy as this!'' she thought.
 She sat down at the piano and ran her hands lightly along the keys in the opening bars of Offenbach's "Barcarolle."
 "No,' she thought, springins up I'd better not play that thing. It always makes me want to cry
 She knew that she was on the very edge of tears.
 Who would have thought, a year ago, that she could ever have fel, this way about a silly old house Gloria looked around her. There | was Dicks chair and the read. ing lamp swung above it. There was the little red smoklng-stand sht had given him. The tray on 1t wal filled with fine gray ash.
 .. She closed her eyes. She could see him sitting there. with ( book in his hands, smoking his old
 Ah. it wasn't the house that Glo, ria was homesick for, she knew, d last. It was Dick she wanted! Dick
 She dropped into his chair. anc laid her head back against the bro cade where his head had rested Tears filled her throat. burned be hind her closed eyelids.
 T mustn't cry!" she told herself T mustn't let myself feel this va! about him! It's going to break n,, heart, if do. ."
 But the house was alive witi Dick.
 The table where he had mad little marks by knocking out hi pipe, the writing desk, the maga zines piled on one broad arm Of hi chair spoke of him.
 Gloria shook herself, and wen upstairs. Her feet made no sount upon the steps. She felt dreadfull. alone.
 On the threshold of Dicks room she paused. His bed was still jus as she had left it made up witl clean linen and the best embrold cred Apillow-cases. He had not slcp at home then, at all! He must b living again with Mother ahd Fath CT Gregory. 1 Gloria looked into the clothes closet. Yes. his clothes were al gone.
 The top Of his dresser va. bare The drawer. were empty. Tn books had been taken from the lit tic bookcase that stood besid Dicks bed /
 But on it stood a large frame, photograph Of Gloria herself in he wedding dress. So Dick had nc l cared to take that along with hin to his fathers house.
 Well, who could blame him !? thought Gloria. T don't suppose h has very many happy memories Q me, after all. .. :"''
 Now that she stopped to think c it, there had been more storm tha sunshine in their life together.
 And the whole thing has bee, my fault" Gloria told herself stern ly. It was the truth =. and hurt.
 She turned to look at herself il the glass, as judge might hay looked at prisoner.
 She put herself on trial. Sh knew she had done none of tn things a good wife ought to do 10 her husband.
 She had never taken care Of hi house never looked after. hi comfort. She had told him blunt that she would never give him family. Children were too great
 She had not even been utterl i faithful 10 him.; hadn't she le Stanley WaySurn make love t
 As Gloria stood there before th glass the telephone rang.
 It startled her. She had suppose Dick would have had the phon taken out of the house. -. H must have forgotten 1t.
 Hello" she said.
 Hello, Glory" May Seymour ar swered her. "So you didn't leav home after ail?"
 '1 did" Gloria said. "l just cam back here this afternoon for 8 fe minutes =. 10 get some things had forgotten. I'm staying at m mothers house. you know
 Wait there for me a few mir utes. will you?" May asked. I'll | right over. want to talk 10 you.
 All right" Gloria replied lis lessly. "oniy hurry. want 10 g. out of ths place. It's spuooky."
 The truth, was that she didn want to see, May. She didn't wal her in the house. She wanted to l alone. there. for while think things out. l oLa knora Moy lnuOh yalrfhleE