The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-23
THE STORY so FAR,

I'm 0ANNA1 NJ 4 M
GLORIA GORDON. beautiful Flap
per, marrics DICK GREGORY, a
7stru.gling lawyer Her idea OF mar
fiegf is guu ana fine clothes
but no work or children
She refuses to do her own house
work. and hires RANOHll.p SWAN
son, altho Dick saws they can't af-
ferd maid And she swRmpr pick
wife debts Tor her clothes and new
Gloria becomes infatuated with
STANLEY MANRURN. an out-of-
work actor Her 'jAEEy" friend,
MAY SEYMOUR wife o. nR JOHN
aSEN MOUR, warns hyr not TO - seen
with Wayburn. She tells Gloria how
SHE herself has been snubbed be-
ssuse - her love affair with jim
'GAREWE
Dick becomes seriously 100 with
pneumonia, puring the DAYS 81 hts
slow recovery Gloria sees WAY hurn
-sronstantlN he tells her he IS going
10 New York 90 get Job. tie needs
fnpueN. Gloria horruwH $500 from
Dicks secretary MISS BRIGGS. Tor
~MAyburn. She tells Miss BriRgs she
needs the money Tor the housc,
Gloria and WRyburn SO driving
md the car oVcrturns Nhyb burn
uisappcurs Gloria, badly hurt b.
taken 10 The hospital. when she g.
better Dick goes 10 her she tolls
him all about her affair with Way
burn and he forgives her. But later,
when she goes home. she begins 20
be blue and unhappy One night
Dick finds her In tears
NOW GO On WITH THE STORY
ssiAHAT'S the matter honeyg' he
w asked. yawulng. what are
aou CRYING aboutG"
Gloria raised her tear.s,aincd face,
My arm aches" she said, And
I'm lonesome"
lonesome Dick repeated. why
should you be Lonesome right here
in your own house with mcg''
- Gloria shifted
Your she cried. 'YOu aren't here
whcn you're asleep, Why don't you
Ktay awake and talk 10 NEE
Dick laughed good.naturedly lie
pulled hts lacquer smoking-stand up
beside his chair. and filled his pipe.
was little short-stemmcd brier
Se that smclled like bonfire OF
Jumn leaves.
lie puffed for while in silence.
DO you want me 10 tell you what
ais you, Glory2" he asked at last.
..sssyhat makes you so restless and
unhappy"
=. There was n troubled look IN Clio.
lria's eyes. She turned her wedding
ing round and round on her finger
neryously.
TELL me- she said
49, Wei ~. you're out OF Job.
Dick answered her.
-. - ~oh. might have known that was
what you were going 10 say" Gloria
snapped You think work Is the
answer 10 everything
:. Dick took his pipe out Of his
: mouth 'It is he said
Marriage Is a. job like everything
else." he went on. hut you don't
work at Il. You'd be happy enough
: IL YOU got up every morning and
made the coffee and got breakfast
You wouldn't have so much time TO
cry about being lonesome IL you had
" dust the house every day. You'd
have something TO look forward to
II you were sitting there making q
ltttle baby dress this minute.
You haven't anything 10 do, That's
4 al that's wrong with you. honey"
He tapped the tobacco from his
pipe into an ash-tray and rose
: g Think it over" he said.
You've got me all wrong.
--,smarty." she cried. 1T isn't busting
: need TO make me happy. It's
dancing
Dick laughed.
Jazz baby he said. "Tied up TO
: q s-o'cIock husband
'well. it's no Joke you
: needn't laugh Gloria answered him
! 1hotiy. Il hate 10 stick around the
house like this every night. slowly
: drying OF dry.rot. ! want some fun,
some parties! II this Is mar
: sied life. ! hate II. So there
We'll I'm sorry. Glory Dick
! said soberIy. "But don't see how
al can help you out.
n lie crossed the room TO the book.
leases and brought her a thick. shah.
by volume. II was Biaubcrts
Madame Bovary"
Here's a story OF another woman
I who hated married life" nc said.
.'Read IT, There's lesson In II for
: you. Glory"
Gloria took the book and hurried
IL across the room.
: II don't want 70 read about life.
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