New Britain herald., 1925-06-10
THE STORY so FAR.

and fine clothes but no work or children.
 She refuses pointblank to do her own housework, and hires a maid But Dick has to let the maid goi because he cant afford her wages, Gloria had swamped him with debts for her clothes anG a new automo- bile.
 She becomes infatuated with an out-of-work actor, Stanley Way burn. When he leaves town to so to New York, she follows him. But he spurns her. Then she tries to Ind a job as a chorus girl and falls. II Is then that Gloria begins 10 real ize how lonely she is for Dick. But she is afraid to go home. At last, however, she does go. Dick takes her back, but not as his wife. Gloria begins to wonder if he is in love with his secretary, Susan Briggs. While Dick Is out late one night, the house is robbed. Gloria Is sure that Dick spent the evening with Miss Briggs. But next morning she learns that he was at the home of Dr. John Seymour, who had killed himself because of his wife's love affair with Jim Carewe.
 The breach between Gloria and Dick widens. She learns that Miss Briggs is in love with Dick and begs him to discharge her. He re- fuses. Finally Gloria decides to leave Dick. She tells him she's done her best to win him back to her, but is now through"
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 The minute Gloria told Dick she was through with him she was sor- ry,
 She was not through with him! She was just beginning to be inter ested in him as she had never been before in all her life.
 Hoping that he wouldn't take her at her word, she found herself breathlessly waiting for his answer. It came.
 All right. Gloria" he said, And this time, it's for good. Remember. No coming back"
 Gloria couldn't speak. With her little head held high, she marched past him, into the kitchen.
 The steak was burning In the fry ing pan. Gloria took it from the stove, and put it away in the Ice box. steaming hot as 1t was. She tossed the bread-tray with the bread on 1t. back into its box. The asparagus and salad went into the garbage can.
 If I cant be his wife, won't be his cook . that's a cinch!" she thought 10 herself.
 She stood at the screen door look ing out into the yard. There was a strong smell of boiling fruit in the air. Mrs. Donberg, next door, must be responsible. It was the sea son for preserving.
 Suddenly Gloria saw the b.auty of the common lot of woman working for man, and nlm for her. Of their children. And their little homes and backyard gardens. It was a precious thing, the every day kind of love that Dick had once offered her. And that she hadn't had the wit to accept!
 Tears scalded her eyes, and ran down her cheeks.
 Blinded by them, she felt her way upstairs and into her own room. She packed her overnight bag.
 Dick was waiting for her In the hall when she came downstairs. She looked up at him with red-rimmed, swollen eyes.
 "I'll come back tomorrow to pack my trunks" she said, I'm going home 10 Mothers. now"
 No he objected. "We'll do this thing decently. I'm not going to let you run crying down the street to- night. . We won't give the neigh bors any more to gossip about than we have 10! You go upstairs to bed, now. And we'll talk things over to- morrow morning"
 Talk what over?" Gloria asked. You want me 10 80 .. and I'm going. What is there to jabber about? I'm sick of all this talk, talk, talk"
 She drew long sobbing breath.
 There are a good many things we've got 10 discuss" Dick said. Selling the house, and the furni- ture things of that kind"
 Selling the house! And the furni- lure, too. An. Dick must mean business then! He really must be through with her eager to rid himself of her!
 She looked around her at the bright, cheerful house with its cream -colored walls, it's blue rugs, and the yellow curtains that looked as if sunshine were always pouring through them.
 T - l don't want to so away from my house." she said in a whis- per. She couldn't trust her tracner- , ous voice.
 oh, rats" Dick exclaimed. You've never stayed in this house long enough to care for it. Six months from now you1l have for gotten you ever lived in it with me"
 Gloria had no answer 10 that. She went back up the stairs with lag- ging steps.
 She locked herself in her room and went to sleep. When Dick knocked on her door in the morn- ing. she did not get up.
 There's no use in our talking to each other" she called wearily. wen only have another row. . Goodby."
 To Gloria's disappointment, Dick went without saying another word. She lay, listening tensely to his re- treating footballs.