The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-15

Gloria said with spirit. I'm tired.
and 1 think a sea trip would be the
very thing for me-"
Nothing like il for brushing the
cobwebs out of your BRAIN Myra
commented a. she hung up. Bet
ter make up your mind to go along.
Love to have you"
Now, what did she mean by that,
Gloria wondered . by that phrase
OF hers, brushing the cobwebs out
of your BRAIN?
Did Myra think there were cob
webs in her brain? Had she recog-
nized the troubled mental state Clio
ria was in over Stanley Wayburn?
That was the trouble with
Myra, the thing that made Gloria
hate and fear her. She seemed to
see everything that was going on
everywhere, with those cold. gray
eyes of hers. She never missed a
trick
LORY turned to Ranghild.
IF went away for a few
weeks do you think you
could manage the house alone?" she
asked.
Ranghild went on brushing a
green sports suit as she reflected.
She was thinking that she had done
every bit Of work in the house all
alone from the minute she had
stepped into It.
II think 1 could, Mrs. Gregory, -
was all she said.
Because I may be going away in
a week or so . . to Europe" Clio
ria went on.
The sound OF her own words ex-
cited her. Going to Europe! OF
course she was
She was sure that she could make
Dick scrape up the money for the
trip, somehow or other. She would
be very sweet and appealing with
him and he would give her the
money. Honey caught more flies
than vinegar . 81. &. that was the big
idea!
Cd ORDLESSLY, Gloria smiled
MI at him across the chaos a
siren smile from half-lowered
eyelids and dimpling mouth.
What do you think you're doing
now" Dick asked.
Packing the things that I'm not
going to take with me-" his wife an
swered
Take with you! What are you
doing, leaving me?" He sat down on
the lingerie piled on the nearest
chair.
"Well, I should say mott" Gloria
cried. Did you think I'd leave you
just because you were so angry and
jealous. yesterday? Why, 1 like you
to be jealous E. cause then
know you still love me see?
She battered across the room to
him, and knelt beside his chair
would you miss me terribly If
went away for little while
with Myra Gail?" she asked.
Dick sat up with a jerk.
With Ranghilds help, Gloria
dragged her wardrobe trunk from
the guest room closet, and busted it
Off.
Gloria spent the rest of the day
washing out silk stockings and hand
kerchiefs with soap-chips in her
bathroom. She couldn't wait for
washday, to get these things packed
In her trunk. She was in fever of
excitement.
When Dick came home at half
past five, she was still hard at work.
her hair tousled and her cheeks
flushed.
Dick looked around the room in
blank establishment. Bureau drawers
were flung open. Dresses were flung
across the bed. A pile of lingerie
lay, white as a cloud, on a chair.
with Myra Gail? But. good
Lord, she's going to Europev he
gasped
Gloria nodded.
80 am l." she said calmly, "if
you'll let me?"
Dick made q gesture of despair.
Honey" he said, you can't go.
haven't enough money In the
bank to pay for a one-way ticket.
-. Look here, let me show your
He took his checkbook from his
inside coat pocket.
Less than two hundred bucksr'
he said Hardly enough to pay
the current bills. You know, you've
been hitting me pretty hard lately