New Britain herald., 1925-04-16
THE STORY so FAR

marries Dick Gregory, q young law yer. Gloria's idea of marriage is plenty of fun and fine clothes .. but no children.
 She scorns her friend, Lola Hough, who has three babies and seems happy despite the fact that her husband, Bill, is Q gambler and drunkard. '
 Gloria has mysteries when Dick suggests that she do her own house. work. So Dick borrows Maggie, his mothers maid, to teach Gloria to cook. Gloria refuses to learn.
 Stanley Wayburn, an actor whom Gloria once loved, calls on her. Dick sees him leave the house. Gloria tells Dick that Wayburn Is an in terior decorator.
 Next day while Gloria is lunch ing with May Seymour, a married friend, and her lover, Jim Carewe, she meets Mother Gregory, who an- grlly sends her home. She finds Dick there, Ill.,
 While Dick and Miss Briggs, his secretary, are at work in the house next day, Gloria plans a wild" par ty and invites Wayburn. When the party is at its height. the actor ar rives.
 Gloria hopes that Dick won't recognize in Wayburn the man she told him was an interior decorator. But Dick does.
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 For sesosS Gloria thought she was going to faint.
 The bright room whirled around her. She caught hold of lapel of Dicks coat to steady herself . She tried to smile,
 What did you say, dear?" she gasped. There's such a racket in the room that l can scarcely hear your voice.
 Dick did not return her smile. His face was stern.
 q said" he repeated slowly. "l said that the man l saw leaving the house the other afternoon is stand ing over there by the door. How did you ever happen to asf him here tonight man who had sold us a few lampshades? Ol is he a friend of yours?''
 Every word Dick said fell or Glory's heart like a hammer blow
 . Still she coul find no an swar.
 She had had no idea that Dicl had seen Wayburn's face when h. had mets him leaving the house th' other day!
 How could she ever exriail to Dick that she had lied 10 hin when she had said that Wayburl was decorator calling about th' lampshades?
 ... How could she tell him thu truth ?'That Wayburn really was al actor, who had had no business t' be in Dicks house that day mak ing love to Dicks wife!.
 .. Well, she just couldn't. An that was all there was to if.
 No. The only way out was f bluff it through! To tell an other lie to cover the first one!. And that ought to be easy enougf
 So Gloria threw back her shinin head and laughed.
 You're seeing things, Dicky! she cried. You're lit. Tha isn't my lampshade man or any body like him! That's Stanley Way burn, who played here in stock a last winter. Don't you remembe him? You're cuckool Jus plain cuckoo! '. I'll have to GU off your drinks tonight, can SC that"
 She left him. Dizzily she threade her way through the dancers [ Wayburn's side.
 The air In the hot rooms wa heavy with the smell of perfum and alcohol. It made her giddy. How nice of you to come" Glor smiled up at Wayburn. He took he hand. The hard pressure of h palm thrilled her, somehow, She felt as if he had taken her i his arms.
 | The pearls on Glory's breai stirred as she sighed deeply. Come along" she said. T wal you to meet my husband" Together they went back to Dick
 corner. He was in a brown stud Dick" Glory said, "I want yo . 10 know an old friend of min Stanley Wayburn. You've heard { him, of course. Some day Sta