New Britain herald., 1925-04-15
THE STORY ITO FAR

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 Beautiful Gloria Gordon marries Dick Gregory lawyer, for the money she thinks he has. Her Idea of married lfe Is to live in luxury and style, and never to have chill dren, After the honeymoon Gloria re- fuses point-blank 10 do any house. work. Dick borrows his mothers maid, Maggie, for her.
 Gloria meets Stanley Nayburn, an actor whom she once loved. Wayburn calls on her. Dick sees him leave. But Gloria tells him that Wayburn was only an interior decorator.
 Next day Dicks mother ineists that Gloria leave restaurant with her, when she finds her lunching with May Seymour u-- married woman, and Mays lover Jim Car ewe.. The senior Mrs. Gregory and Gloria have a pitched battle over this. Gloria returns home to find Dick Ill. The next morning while he is still sick, Gloria suggests a party. Maggie interrupts to tell Dick that Miss Briggs wants to sec him. Gloria asks who Miss Briggs is.
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 Miss Briggs is my secretary" Dick answered.
 Please ask her 10 come up- stairs, Maggie" he went on. T told her yesterday when left that If ] wasn't able 10 come to the office today, she'd have to bring my mail out here this morning. Is there any kind of table around that she could use for her typewriter
 T suppose she'll have to use my spnet desk. I hope she won't scratch it," Gloria said.
 She was taking the ornamentt and blotter from 1t when Miss Briggs knocked on the door.
 She was small, plain woman Of thirty or so. Her one good point was her eyes, Gloria saw at glance They were back-lashed blue ones tired and shadowy.
 How do you do, Mrs. Gregory, she smiled when Dick introduced her to Gloria.
 What a marvellous voice!" tho girl thought. Miss Briggs voice was low and silver-sweet as a flute She began to unpack her type writer.
 Gloria had never thought of any other woman being in Dicks life.
 And yet, this Miss Briggs saw more of Dick than she herself saw of him..
 She was all alone with him elgh or nine hours every day in his of fee.
 .. And Gloria could tell, iron the way she had looked at hin when she came into the room, tha her whole life was bound up il Dick. She wondered if Dick knep it. Probably not :.
 Probably Dick didn't want t' know it. Men were not interested 1 in plain little women of thirty . What they wanted was the Glori kind of girl the ones wit scented furnished hair, skin lik satin, and little useless, pink-tippc hands. Exquisite toys of wome .. And she was going to go O being that kind. ...
 With sudden determination Gloria went to the telephone an called an employment agency.
 Pardon me, ma'am."
 It was the voice of Maggie be hind her. Gloria wheeled sharply.
 Pardon me, but if that's tn Finnish employment agency your calling, there's no need for it, Maggie went on. MT. Dicks moth CT phoned me first thing this morn ing and told me was to svA O here as long as you needed me particularly as MT. Dick was sick.
 ''Is that so?" Gloria dropped tn receiver in her surprise. Then sh put it back on its hook and wake into the living room. She was think ing hard.
 Please come here, Maggie" sh called in a few minutes.
 What would it cost to get up midnight supper for about thirt people?" she asked when Maggi stood before her. Chicken sala' sanwiches, French pastry and co' fee. And how much help would yo need to serve such a supper?"
 "Oh, wouldn't want to be botl cred having any hired help around