New Britain herald., 1925-06-03
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THE STORY so FAR:

 young lawyer. Her Idea of marriage is fun and fine clothes :. but no work or children! She refuses to cook or keep house. And she swamps Dick with depts for her clothes and a new automo- bile. Gloria becomes infatuated with Stanley wayburn, an actor. She and wayburn, with May Seymour, and Jim Carewe, make jolly four some. wayburn is offered a job on the New York stage. Gloria lends him S2oo of Dicks money to help him out
 Dick almost dies with pneu- monia. When he recovers, Dr. sey- mour, husband of the fighty May sends him away for rest. Gloria refuses to 20 with him. because Mother Gregory, whom she hates' is going
 As soon as Dick and his mother Ileave on their trip Gloria sets out for New York. She goes straight to Wayburn. But he spurns Gloria. and tells her that he has just married his leading woman, a Russian &C., tress. Then Gloria tries everywhere to land a job as a chorus-girL but fails. At last she comes home 10 Dick, He takes her back into his house, but not as his wife.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY | At that the smouldering anger in Dick burst out. He brought his fst down roiselessly on the thickly padded tablecloth in front of him.
 You ought to be ashamed Of talking about a decent girl that way. Gloria% he said. And the way you treated her just now was about the rottenest thing I ever saw. :. What do l care?" Gloria cried wildly. Who's Susan Briggs that I should bow and scrape to her! She needn't think she can go jazzing around with my husband, and have me treat her like tin angel!'
 Dick looked at her from under his lowered brows.
 "You think I'm 'jazzing around with Susan Briggs?' he asked shortly.
 Sure I dol" Gloria's tone was airy. :. You know I'm not" Dick said quietly. You know I'm not the . kind of man who chases women 7 You know run away from them If I'd known Susan Briggs was com ing here tonight to eat, I'd have gone somewhere else. And you know n that, tool"
 Gloria gave a short. ugly laugh fl You can bet your boots sh' knew you were coming here though" she said "1'll bet sh' - even knows where you go to ge shaved, and where you buy you >, collars everything about you 1 She makes a study of you. An she came here tonight, knowin that you'd show up If she just wait ed long enough And sure enougf you did!"
 "I hardly ever eat here" Die answered. 50 she couldn't hay guessed was coming here, in month of Sundays. Come on' let go. I've had enough of this!-D YOU want to come back to the offic with me, or are you going home" :"
 I'm not going back to the Of flee" Gloria answered shortly, An left him.
 She didn't want to go home either. After Dick had left her sn walked slowly along West Nal street, looking into the shop win dows and the lighted lobbies or In moving picture theaters.
 Suddenly she saw two faces ths she knew in the moving thron around her little blond MT Wing and Gretchen Geist. The tW were chums. Gloria had playe cards with them dozens of time They had been at her house tc lunch, often.
 And now she smiled at them greeting. But the smile froze on he lips.
 For both women looked her fu in the face for moment. Neitht smoke, Then they looked sharp away. And the coldness in the eves were like a slap across Gloria face. She smarted under it.
 She stood. quivering. for Tor moment. Here was a new prooieh
 These women must have heal the story of her love afair VII Stanley Wayburn . these "ome who had been her good friends c she couldn't lose them! They we the people with whom she Won have to live her life. now that sl had come back to Dick!
 Asa drowning man clutches al straw. Gloria's thoughts turned Mother Gregory. She would have 20 10 Dicks mother and ask h Ito stand by her. As long as DICT own mother was her friehu' ho U would dare to believe the story In she had left Dick for Stanley Wa burn!
 Gloria looked at the clock m iewelry store. Half past nine. | late to see Mother Gregory tonigi
 She would go to her first tni in the morning, though.
 In the meantime. she could te phone May Seymour. May wo' be sure to know whatever Eos was "out' about her. May was born news pad.
 There were scores of people
 this town of ours who "knew fact that Gloria Gregory n left her husband. and had T away with Broadway actor nan stanley wayburn.
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