New Britain herald., 1925-06-06

him about the robbery, and to make one last attempt 10 win him again. Dick Is out, and Gloria has a long talk with Mss Briggs. She accuses Miss Briggs of being in love with Dick
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Miss Briggs stood up then, and faced Gloria.
 The flush in her cheeks had gone, and her eyes were the cold blue of Polar lake.
 What right have you to say such q thing to me?" she asked.
 Glorias laugh was taunting. Well, it's the truth, isn't 1t? You are in love with Dick. aren't you?" she said.
 She could see Miss Briggs breast heave under her plain blue dress.
 What if am?" she asked. "Td never let him know It! It wouldn't hurt anyone. ."
 She seemed to belost in thought for moment. Then her eyes flashed with spirit.
 "I am in love with him-you may as we'll know it." she cried. T do care about him!"
 Gloria wouldn't have believed that such a tone could have been wrung from the sedate and proper Miss Briggs. It was vibrant with tender ness.
 "I do love him!" she said, again as 1, 1t gave her certain fierce satisfaction to say the words she had been waiting to say for years.
 Gloria blinked with surprise. She couldn't imagine Miss Briggs telling her secret to the wife of the very man she loved. There must be something back of it. -. Perhaps Dick loved her. And she knew 1t, and didn't care who else knew 1t!
 And Dick?--Is he in love with you?" Gloria asked. Does he make love to you down here in this office when you're alone with him all day" A queer expression of disguest went over Miss Briggs white face. "Oh, mol" she said. T wouldn't care for him if he was that kind of a man! .. I'm just the woman who works for him. And I'm con- tented to be just that--for him."
 The whole spirit of her love for him was in the words. They filled Gloria with pity for her.
 Miss Briggs" she said I'm truly sorry for you. .. You'd rather hoped to marry Dick all those years when he was a bachelor, hadn't you?" am.
 Miss Briggs smiled wry little smile that twisted her mouth up at one corner.
 q suppose had, without quite knowing it." she said. "Oh, let's stop talking about 1t you'll never speak of it to Mr. Gregory will you? Please, I'd die of shame.
 "We-el, I'm not so sure you ought to go on working for him feeling about him as you do." Gloria answered. DO you think you should yourself?"
 Miss Briggs looked at her long and gravely. She could scarcely be lieye that, in her moment of weak ness she had told Dicks wife tha' she loved him.
 owe felt that way for a goot many years .. and 1t hash done anyone any harm" she said miserably. ~
 Tt has done you harm!" GloriS told her. "If it hadn't been for Dici you'd probably have married iohi ago"
 | "Oh. no." Miss Briggs cried "Yo' i see. this was my first job. MT. Greg ory's been my whole life for years couldn't have thought of marry ing, ,,
 That's just it." said Gloria l , girl happens to work for young Food-looking man, she's so likely U tsu in love with him! She's tn sort of q daytime wife to him. LOOK ing after his comfort. remindin him of his engagements, keepln his pencils sharpened. on' know! used to be a stencsrapne' myself you know ',
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 Heavens, no You should haV s.sr him! old as Methuselah, an crosser than two sticks" Gloria an sVered. well, guess r better D yo,np--teu Dick I stepped in to SC him, will you?"
 Miss Briggs nodded dumbly. sh looked ss if she wanted 10 say some thing else. But before she coul frame the words, Gloria was gon
 She sat quietly at her desk ~he the sound of Gloria's high heels ha died down the corridor. All aropn her was a blankness that left he brain naked to outward impression
 the loud ticking of the clock Dicks private office, the clanglu sound of the elevator outside tn door.
 "I shouldn't have told her" sh thought at last. How did happe 10 tell her .. of all peopleF must be losing my mind"
 She got up and walked, in he small dignity, to the clothes racl