New Britain herald., 1925-05-11
THE STORY SO FAR.

Gloria Gordon, beautiful napper marries Dick Gregory, a struggling young layer, Her idea of marriage is fun and fine clothes =. but no work or children. She seorns her friend. Lola Hough, for having three babies,
 Dick borrows hls mothers maid, Maggie, to teach Gloria 10 cook. But she refuses 10 learn Later, Maggie, disgusted with Glorias wild parties, quits her job. Then Gloria hires Ranghild Swanson. al. though Dick tells her they can't af. | ford maid
 Then she goes into debt for hun dreds of dollars worth Of clothes, a1d insists upon a new oar. Dick sells his old roadster to make a pay ment on the new one.
 Gloria goes riding in the car with Stanley Wayburn, an actor with whom she is infatuated. They are seen by Mother Gregory. who begs Gloria to mend her ways. Next day Gloria invites Wayburn, May sey- inour wife of Dr. John Seymour, and Mays lover, Jim Carewe, 10 the house. A jolly party is in progress when Dick returns and puts the guests out of the house. Because of her affair with Ca rcwe, May Seymour Is snubbed every where by women. This momentarily worries Gloria. However. she visits Wayhurn in his rooms. She returns 10 find that Dick has been brought home Ill by Miss Briggs. his secre- 1 tary, who is in love with him. Miss Briggs sister, Mrs O'Hara, comes 10 nurse Dick. In his delirium he calls for Gloria, but pushes her away l when she goes to him.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 Gloria went downstairs. She put l on her hat and coat 10 go out of doors. She felt that, somehow. she must get away from the sound of 1 Dicks voice moaning Glory :. Glory It kept repeating itself over and over in her ears.
 Gloria's impulse was always 10 es- cape the unpleasant things of life -- poverty. hard work and sick ness. She hated them with all hei soul.
 1 With a sigh Of relief she opened | the front door and went out Someone was coming up the walk, In the light that streamed out from the hall door Gloria could see that 1t was Mother Gregory. Her face was haggard with anxiety. 1 "What in the world has hap 1 pened?" she asked, as she came ID the front steps, Maggie says Rang hild has been rhonins for me. I've been at the church guild all after noon, sewing"
 Dicks sick. Dr, John says that cold of his has developed into pneu- monia," answered Gloria, She fol- 1 lowed her mother-in-law back into the house.
 Mother Gregory covered her face with her large capable hands, and began to cry.
 "Oh, my dear God" she sobbed. And the very voice of prayer was in her tone.
 Gloria watched her in surprised silence. She wouldn't have believed there was any tenderness or soft ness in Mother Gregory. She had 1 always thought that the love she 1 had for Dick was the grim kind that a Spartan mother might have had for her son.
 l Presently Mother Gregory dried her eyes and started for the stairs.
 Halfway 10 the first landing she stopped and turned.
 There's something I've been wanting 10 say to you, Glory, and l may as well say it now" she said emphatcaly. If Dick dies, remem- ber it's you who've kiliC& him! | He's been all run down from worry 1 for weeks and weeks. Maggles told me how you've worn him out with your rowdy parties and your late 1 hours, And just the other day he 1 had to come 10 his father for 1 money 10 pay for some of your ! folderols, ... If you had any brains you'd know that worry kills more people than hard work ever does, -. It's no wonder to me.
 
 Her voice broke again, and she wont on upstairs.
 Gloria slammed the door behind her and went outdoors.
 Her heart was filled with ha e and anger toward her mother-in- law.
 She walked along the iamp-Iit streets thinking of cruel cutting things she might have said to her. if she had only thought of them in timo' How she wished she had!
 The streets were very quiet. Scarce ly anyone passed, And as Gloria wandered along, a sort of peace stole over her.
 There vas a hint of spring in th' air. The town, itself, seemed 10 be waiting for the caress of a divin' hand that would waken buds or lfhe trees and carly crocuses in th' brown earth.
 Gloria suddenly wanted someon' 10 whom she could go with he trouble - her misery.
 Not her mother. ,.. she hal never con6dnd in her mother.
 N5t May Seymour - nor Stanle' Wayhurn. either They were fai weather friends. There was no sym pathy for anyone in either of them That was Cinch,
 Then Gloria thought of Lolt Hough, Shabby, neglected Lola whom she had hurt and insulte only yesterday.
 Would Lola forgive her? Glori
 knew she would.
 And not only would she forgiv