New Britain herald., 1926-06-18

green jewels, too, cold and glittering
 with anger.
 Did you ever see anything like Eddie in your life?" she asked Syl- via sharply as the door closed be- hind them. All he wants to do is eat and drink-the pig"
 Sylvia, bread knife and loaf ir hand, turned 10 look at her in sur prise. Was she really talking about her own husband this way?
 ''I don't know whether l can keeT on living with him or not" Fay groaned, sinking into a clair beside the kitchen table and dropping her head down on her arms. "I just hate the very sight of him! Will you please tell me why l ever married him?"
 Sylvia knew perfectly why Fay had married Eddie Cartcr-for his money!
 She knew, too. what was wrong with Fay this afternoon. She was in the thrOes of one of tho love affairs she had been having since the time she was sixteen. She was in love with the riding master named Jim.
 Shell soon be over it," she thought. comfortably as she cut boiled ham for Eddie's sandwich. Her love affairs are like Ranny's
 short and sweet!"
 You don't know how lucky you arc,' Fay told her, raising her un- happy eyes. T know that Ranny 1 treats you rough and never gives you red cent. but you should wor- ry! You're crazy about him, and that's all that matters, really, to d woman--- just 10 have someone around that she's crazy about"
 Her eyes narrowed suddenly and she dropped her voice almost 10 q whisper By the way l want you 10 do me d favor. 1 want you to tell lie for mo-" she said softly. The other night when I got home i from that spree with Bill and Jim, ] Eddie was there waiting for me. He'd come back to town because Of Ranny's being sick. you know"
 Sylvia nodded, and Fay went on ! in that husky whisper:
 Well, Eddie looked out and saw 1 Bills car, and--I told him you were along on the party, He thinks you're an angel, you know, and l knew if l told him you were with inc he'd think everything was all fright. So f he says anything 10 you about it, just pretend that you were { with us. will you?" She laid her jew i nled hand on Sylyia's arm, plead ingly.
 "It isn't what he says 10 me that matters" Sylvia answered. frowning, ''hut what if he should say anything to Fanny about it? Ranny'd kill |mo.'
 The minute she went into tho liv- ing room with Eddie's sandwich she tItnow that he had said something about the trip 10 Ranny already. for she never had seen anything so black as the angry look that he shot at her as she passed him. The door had scarcely closed up- on Fay and Eddie an hour later before he turned to her. fairly brstlirg with anger.
 1T hear that you and Fay had q nice party last week. he said to her in a voice that shook with fury, "Who were the two men you were with?"
 q wasn't with them on any nartv" Sylvia began. and then she fold him the whole story of the af- fair at the inn. He listened to 1t with an unhelieying smile.
 "Now tell me another bedtime story" he said, scornfully, when she had finished. You could sell me oil stock. I'm that stupid, but don't ask me to believe q story like that His tone was insulting.
 Sylvia flushed bright scarlet. No one had ever called her a liar be- fore. and she didn't quite know how to take it,
 Aunt Agony knows that what l say is the truth. Ranny," she an swercd him at last, with quiet dig nitv. "She saw Fay drive up with those two men that day. She heard her invite herself to lunch. You know I haven't the slightest bit ot interest in any man but you--don't you?" She came 10 him and put her arms around him.
 But he showed her aside. Throw on your brakes!" he said roughly and refused to talk about the affair any more, or to listen to her. He didn't so much as say goodnight when he stalked off to bed. The next day he and Eddie Car ter drove up to Lake Muskegee to join their fishing party and SylYla returned to Aunt Agony and the baby.
 "Well.' Aunt Agony snapped when Sylvia told her how Fanny had refused to believe her. "Why should he think that you didn't want to run around with Fay and those two withholding men? You asked thom 10 lunch here, didn't you? Ana vou're so thick with Fay, besides! 'Rirds of q feather flock together i you knoW!'
 The first week in October sarah Wilk gave a party for the women sewing guild of her church. 1 She asked Sylvia to sing
 q don't know how l can refuse her" Sylvia said anxiously to Ran Inv. "She's done so many loFelS things for me- q, .
 "Oh. go ahead and sing!' Fanny growled. "Ive told you that it's hu- initiating to me 10 have my wire go around singing in public-but don' mind anything that I say! DO as you ploase-you will. anyway!' ..
 Sylvia couldn't see why 1t shouid huminate Fanny to have her sing for their friends. Perhaps Lolly was right and Fanny was jealous of her voice!
 She loved to sing.
 It was pure joy to her to open Il,o,, 1iDs and hear the round golden