New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
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tiny salary.
 At that time she is having the first real love affair of her life. The man in the case is Tony Gaines, an ambitious young lawyer, who wants to marry her. Their engagement ends when he learns that Merry goes out with other men. He goes to Montana to live, and a year later Merry hears that he is engaged to marry a girl there. She tries not to care.
 Helen. her oldest sister. marries and later dies in childbirth.
 Then Cassie, the second oldest, marries her rich employer, Morley Kaufman. Merry envies her her soft easy life, despite the fact that Nor ley is not true to her. Through Cas- sic Merry meets Bill Erskine, a wealthy bachelor. She becomes en- gagged to him, but he keeps putting off the date for their wedding. of them is Liiliet1a
 help make both ends meet. One of them is Lillie Dale, and the other is Q MT. Hefflinger. A year later she marries him.
 1 Jimmy the youngest sister, never ! forgives Mons for her second mar riage. She leaves home and marries Derrick Jones, who lives next door. and goes to live with his parents.
 Bill Erskine goes to Florida, to be with his dying father. He prom ises to marry Merry in the spring, but when spring comes he writes and tells her that he does not think she is the girl for him that she is too young and flighty for him. Mer- ry knows that he hears about her | love affair with Les Purcell, mar ried man. She tells Mons about the letter, and Mons promptly an- nounces the engagement, and writes Bil a letter that she says will make him 'sit up and take notice" e..
 Several days pass by. Then Bill writes to say he is coming to town. i One night. after Merry has been out with Derrick and Jimmy on a Dat" Casio comes to the house, all alone. carrying two bags with her. Merry is sure that she has left Nor lew, at last.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER LII A minute or two later. Mons came heavily up the stairs. and stood in the doorway with her hands on her aproned hips.
 Well, Cassie, what does all this queer behavior mean?" she demand ed to know.
 Cassie yawned and stretched her. self like a great sleek sleepy cat. Then she sat up, and gazed dream fly out of the window. Tt means that I've come home to stay for a while, Mons" she an- swered. .'I suppose that my mothers roof is the best place for me while I'm divorcing Morley"
 She glanced up quickly to see how She knew, as everyone in the family knew that Mons thought divorce one of the seven deadly sins.
 i've thought it all out" Cassie explained, T can have my old room back, and"
 But Lillie has it!" Merry broke in. "She pays Mons ten dollars a week for it"
 "Ill pay her fifteen" Cassie said easily. I'm suing Morley for tenn porary alimony - and l have plenty of money"
 Mons let that pass. What have you and Merely quarrelled about tbis time 2'' she asked.
 Cassie raised her plucked eye brows. "The thing that we always quarrel about" she snapped. His so-called friendship with Mrs. Pell. He took her out somewhere last night and while he was gone packed my trunks. They ought to be here pretty soon." Mons face became longer and longer For Cassie was not the easiest person in the world to live with.
 She had always demanded for her self the things that now belonged to Mons second husband. The top Of the milk for her coffee, the bath room at stated hour, the softest chair in the house, the white meat or the chicken when there was chicken for dinner.
 In short, she demanded the whip ped cream and the silk-backed vel vet of life. She thought that the best was none too good for her! Not good enough, really!
 But so did Mir. Hefflinger, and ten minutes later when Cassie was starting across the hall to the bath- room for her morning dip, MT Hefflinger was just opening the door of his room.
 Now, it so happened that Cassie hated and loathed MT. Hefflinger. Not only because he was her step father, but because he was - In her opinion - loud and cheap.
 As matter of fact, his clothes were not half so loud as Morley's wide stripes, black and white checks, and bright-colored ties.
 Cassies eyes became blank green stones as she looked him up and down, from the bald top of his head to the hem of his purple bathrobe
 She looked him up and down with  a kind of scorn, then she said "Good morning" in cold tone, and walk ed into the bathroom. The door of it closed sharply in his face.
 A half hour later the door was still closed while Cassie sang in her bath, and MT. Heflinger stood scowling in the hall,
 At quarter after eight he was still standing there.
 Well. your sister seems to think she's in her own house, and her own bathroom!n he remarked loudly to Merry, as she slipped past him on her way down to breakfast,
 Merry hoped that Cassie would hear, him and take the hint. But If Cassie heard him she gave no sign. She went on singing "At Dawning," ;r a bieh nasal voice that she her