New Britain herald., 1925-04-09

lawn. She heard him laugh as she threw up the window.
 1 Its our wedding day." he said. l "Ten minutes after twelve, How's my bride?"
 Oh Dick, how wicked of you." Gloria said, exasperated. Don't you
 know It's bad luck to see your bride
 on your wedding day before the
 preacher makes her yours? And be-
 sides, what will the neighbors think
 If they see you?"
 "Oh, bother the neighbors! They
 won't be your neighbors after tomor-
 row, anyway" Dick replied in a
 stage whisper. Look here, want to
 kiss you. I've been thinking
 about you all evening during that
 doggoned bachelor dinner ."
 With bang, Gloria shut the win
 dow, and went back to bed.
 She lay there waiting for the sound of Dicks departing roadster. But there was no sound anywhere except the lonesome shriek of
 train in the distance. At last she got up and looked out of the window. Dick hadn't moved. He was still waiting for his kiss. Gloria opened the window. 'Why in the world don't you go homer" she asked grossly. ,, Dick didn't answer at once. He stood twirling his hat in his hand.
 "Oh, have heart, Glory" he said finally. Come on down to the front 7 door for just a minute. l must kiss you, dear! Think, It's our we'd
 ding day"
 $ Gloria hesitated. After all, where was the harm in one little kiss In the dead of night? In another twelve
 hours they would be man and wife. "All right, I'll be right down." she whispered. " She put on her bathrobe and '' thrust her bare feet into slippers p She tiptoed out into the hall. Halfway down the stairs she - paused. e This was not the thing to do! e She was making herself cheap 5 "easy." The way to hold
 man was to keep him guessing, TIC II kiss him so seldom that love-maklne would never lose it's tang and fla
 vor. ...
 a A man was a born hunter. Ht
 loved the chase. AS soon as he go' . what he wanted he was off at tor '- speed for something else, for some " body else. ..- Well. she. would keep Dick run h' ming after her! She would never g' ss to him as she was going now! Never le She turned and ran back to he 7' room. A
 "Dick." she called softly from th T. window. He came out from tn S 5, shadow of the porch. lo Darling, I'm not coming down, IT. Gloria said. "I just can't. It wouldn 'g be right You shouldn't have aske' me to do such horrid thing Ln Without answering, Dick crosse lo the lawn and started his car oy Gloria lay in bed listening to tn Id sound of it. She heard it for Ion Ell time, and she knew that DICK ha 'o out on Commonwealth avenue or take one last look at the house n Iss.. had built for her.
 ve
 us What a boy he was!
 CT At twenty she was more Worldi se wise than Dick, in spite of his thir'
 years and his reputation, as laWye 1t He was like wax in her hands sn ". could make him utterly miserable [ ng refusing him a kiss, And when sh
 was tender he would willingly 2 ,re through fire and water for her! H rls said so. , , ole When she did kiss him, si
 was never thrilled by it. What e'
 cited her was the power that XII we gave her over him!
 Yes. Dick was made about her | he would give her anything she ask! nd for. And she was not going to ,od slow in asking for the things sl
 wanted leisure, love and iu
 ury. But above all. luxury!
 in .E
 Ing Gloria's first thought the" ne
 morning was This is my weddll the day" ,-
 Her second was This is the Ia low morning I-shaH have to wake up
 thts dingy old room, thank goo
 ness!"
 dde She hated everything in it, fro ow. tbe battered brass bed to the init nit ton ivory toilet set