New Britain herald., 1925-06-23
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up into her eyes. ..sH
 You broke into the house the other day, didn't you?" Dick asked, suddenly.
 Gloria nodded.
 "Why?' '
 She shook her head. She knew that if she tried to talk, she would burst into tears. ... ..
 It was almost sunset and pie nickers who had come to the park for supper, walked past them With baskets on their arms. Somehow or other the women were better look ing than the men. Perhaps it was their ready-made smartness.
 But anyway, besides Dick, the men looked fiabby and weedy 10 Gloria .. or else too fat and solid. .. Why. she wondered, had she never seen how much better he was to look at, than any other man alive? -. .s
 Not that he's so handsome" she remarked to herself, but he's so
 himself!" She loved him for the simple fact that he was Dick, For his face, because it couldn't by any possibility be anybody elses . . and for his mind that was so ut terly sound and decent.
 Tt took me long time to find it out" Gloria went on thinking, but I know 1t at last, now, when it would be better if didn't"
 Wasn't that just like Life. though? It was full of such tricks. Giving you what you wanted just a little too late? Like Val cntine coming the morning after Valentine day . and In a plain envelope! ..
 Gloria rose. well, this time I'm really going" she said, unsteadily. Dick rose with her, and they walked slowly out of the park to- gether close together as lovers walk, and yet worlds apart!
 The following day, Gloria started out to so job-hunting again. A slir of paper with two or three want ads" on it. was folded away in hei purse, along with three sl0. bill! her last weeks salary.
 She walked along Main street looking in the shop windows. Int
 hats, as always, lured her. So die
 the crisp summer dresses, with theil
 sashes and lace.
 In the window of departmen store was a display of lustre bowl lovely orange and sea-blu' ones. The very thing for the man : tel in the living room!" Gloria ex
 claimed, looking at one that glowe' like the sunrise.
 Then. with a jerk, her brain toll
 her that the living room no longe belonged to her. Dick was going t sell it and everything in it to tn couple who were looking at tn
 house that is, if he could. . Gloria walked on, down tn , street.
 She didn't feel at all like goin {. felt like Mrs. Richard Gregory that morning and she couldn f step into the role of Gloria Cor = don" looking for place to worl 3 She didn't want 10 work in a office. She wanted to so back { her own house. She told hersel
 truthfully that she had felt Hike , fish out of water" every minut since she had packed her trunk 5 and left Dick.
 ! At the corner of Main and Chest nut streets, she met little, blon } Mrs. Wing.
 To Gloria's amazement she cam
 up 10 her and seized both hands 5 Hello Glory Gregory" she criec Its so nice 10 see you again! - Where have you been keeping your self, for goodness sake? .. Jus
 the other day the girls were askin what had become of you!" Gloria stared at her in astonish 5 ment.
 [ She remembered perfectly th 9 night when she had tried to spca t 10 Mrs. Wing, and Mrs. Wing turr , ed away her little blond bead. 9 But why hold that agafHst her
 . It was nice to have friend ;. and it warmed Goria's heart { = have Mrs. Wing welcome her th
 way. People were queer, inaXpl Q cable things, but there were a!s ] necessary to each other.
 So Gloria smiled back. Eve bee
 down in New York the last te
 wceks," she said grandly. - Did you hear about May Sc! s mour's husband?" Mrs. Wing aske' U Terrible thing, wasn't it?" e Dreadful" Gloria agreed, An
 poor Mays left town. Did you hno n that?"
 e Mrs. Wing nodded. The be e thing she could do under the ci v cumstances." she said wisely, " never could see what you saw
 May Seymour. She was so rattl u brained and well, call it uncol l- ventional. That's the kiu1est vol d for her."
 d She pressed Gloria's hand whs IS she left her. Now, do come to st 0 me-" she said warmly, Won y you?" e-