New Britain herald., 1925-05-01

lOllOble or ll'I bN n. Al lNlS lllnb shc begins to he jealous Of Dicks secretary, Miss Briggs. Gloria goes driving with Wayhurn in thc car, md i, scon by Mother Gregory.
 Oue day when Gloria believes Dick 10 he out Of town on business she invites WHyburn. May Seymour, and Mays loycr Jim Carcwc, to the house, Dick comes home uneX- pcctod2y FuriousIy angry, hc turns 10 Gloria 10 demand if she actually dared 10 ask Wayburn 10 his house. NOW 60 ON WITH THE STORY
 Glory tossed her head wiIfully.
 "Yrs, ] did ask Mr. Wayhurn here" she answered. Was that such 2 terrible thing to do? ., To have a few friends in to cheer mo up? You hike off on business trip, n,er suggesting that go along, Ncyer thinking that might possibly be lonely here And then you set sore because I don't spend my time crying over it,"
 She pulled herself away from Dick.
 He turned toward the ha' May and Jib stood there. still waiting to sec what was going 10 happen.
 May, this is your doing" Dick said, his voice trembling. He put one hand on the back of tall Jaco- bean chair 10 steady himself.
 You know that everybody in town is talking ahont you and Jim ho went on, so you want to drag my wife down 10 your level. D.. Wcn you're not going 10 do fl, I forbid you ever 10 come here again, You, or your lover either. Now get out both of you!"
 May burst into careless laugh ter.
 | "Oh, We're going but not hccause you say so We were just leaving when you came" sho cried saily And don't you be SO sure that ] framed this little party today. Ask your wife whose idea it was, 1 Come along Jimmio''
 The pair Of them went. leaving 2 dead silence in the house behind them.
 At last Dick broke it.
 Glory. I wouldn't have bcIiel cd fl of you," he said. mopping his damp forehead His eyes were fixed on his wife. Glory. with bent head, stood in the doorway. ! Both she and Dick seemed to have forgotten that Stanley Way burn was still in the room. : "I don't see what there IS 10 make such a fuss about" Glory, said, pouring childishly. There's nothing 50 disgraceful about my having two or three people in to lea, in broad daylight, is there?" "Tca?" Dick gave q short lauGh. "Thc house smells like q distilI~ry not a tea room. Was it tea you were drinking from those highball glasses 2"
 . He inaicatrd the two empty ones that stood on his smoking stand,
 "Oh, Jim brouCh' that stuff along You know how he thinks he has to drink every flc minutes CT he isn't having a good timo" Glory said easily, san and l really didn't want any Of it."
 S'a1 and I. ... Dick turned and looked intoutly at Wayburn as f he had Just seem him for the first tinc in L;s lie. Under the cold steady sazo, san hnod uneas,ly in hi' chair
 He pu' out ono hand, and chose z fresh IEarot from the silver boy basIIo him, With seeming careless ness ho struck a match 10 it, Hc leaned hack, puhlng idly,
 Bu. hls wary eyes nover lef Dicks face.
 Glory felt as if time. itself hot stopped. S1n hold her breath.
 Her eyes went first 10 one man then to the other. She coud set that each was taking the other measure -. like two prize fighter l in the ring.
 i Suddenly 'shp remembered tha Dick had once told her that he ha' a savage temper He had said tha inc reason he never fought will people was because he was afraid c his own physical violence when hi blood was up .. because he va afraid he might iniure his adVorsar, without fully knowing what he Va doing
 She had scarcely believed hin 'Aon. She saw now that it was tn truth that he had told her abou himself,
 Glory coud toll from the set 0 his jaw that his teeth were tight clenched. His face was ashen, [ She saw that he was deaf, bln' and numb to everything hut his owl anger that he was quite cap able Of killing Wayburn then an, there,
 Sh" could scarcely recognize il him the quiet, seIf-contained DicI she had always known tn husband who had pampcred an spoiled her,
 With a kind of horror Glor watched him slowly cross inc room and stand before his own arm -chair where Wayburn sat smoking. Fas cina'od, she waited, not daring f move a muscle.
 What was he going 10 do l Bul Dick did nothing. He stoo perfectly quiet, looking down at th actor. Glory saw that the hand Ina he'd Wayhprn's cisaret was shakini
 Finally Trck's voice cut the still ness like a knife edge