New Britain herald., 1926-10-19
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cause Snc IS pleasant 10 nave around. And Honey Lou likes everyone at the mills except Joe Meadows, the shipping clerk, who makes love to her against her will at every oppor- tunity.
 Tack Wallack comes to work In his fathers mills to learn the busi- ness. He falls in love with Honey Lou's beauty the minute he sees her, and later with her sweetness and lovable charm. Brought up by m unworthy. old fashioned mother, Mrs. Huntley. Honey Lou is a rare mixture of flapper and cl!nging vine.
 At party given by Angela Allen, she drinks her first two cocktails, i thinking they are fruit punch, and passed out" While she is uncon- scious, Angela calls her ''hard-boil- ed" and tells Jack she had not two cocktails but seven. Jack believes her, and for a long time does not go to see Honey Lou.
 Angela pretcnds to be her friend after this, and tells Honey Lou that Jack is not the kind of man to be taken seriously by any girl, and hints that he once had love affair with her and then dropped her.
 Jack begins 10 call on Honey Lou again, but the matter of the cock tails is never cleared up. He is in tenscly jealous of Honey Lou; and one night when Dr. Steve Mayhew. a friend of Nargrets. comes to the house in Margret's absence, Jack angrily tells Honey Lou she shouldn't have seen him and goes away. A few nights later while Charleston contest just for a lark, he stalks out Of the theater where the contest is held, furious because Honey Lou was making a holy show of herself" as he says. Honey Lou decides to leave Wallacll's, and office of Holy Cross hospital One day she goes to tea with the willy Angela and meets Jacks mother, whom Jack calls The Head be- cause she manages everything at home. She tells Honey Lou that "Grumpy' Is not satisfied with his new secretary, Ann Ludlow, the office vamp. The next day Jack asks Honey Lou to work for his father, who is at home sick with lumbago, and Honey Lou promises that she will.
 Honey Lou is asked by "Grumpy' to bring the mail from his office to his sickbed. At the office she has an encounter with Ann, who ac- cuses Honey Lou of stealing her job. Later, "Grumpy'' startles her by asking. "What's this I hear about you and Jack running around together?"
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 CHAPTER XXII A puzzled frown drew Honey Lou's eyebrows together in straight black line across her white forehead. She bit the end of her pencil nervously.
 "Why, Mr. Wallack, I thought. you knew all about Jack-all about your son and me-" she faltcred. She could feel herself blushing hotly, as she spoke, and she began to shake a little.
 Then, all at once, her gusty little temper got the better of her.
 What right had this man to ask her about her friendship for his son, anyway? After all, she was not his slave, just because she worked for him for thirty dollars 1 a week, It was no business of his whom she saw or what she did outside of the Walack mills. She was free to do as she liked, wasn't she?
 l She pulled herself together, to tel him so. Her chin went up proudly, and her brown eyes blazed.
 T don't see how 1t concerns you, Grumpy. anyhow" she said furi- ously. Surely it's my own affair what I do with my spare time, and your son is old enough to look after himself any day in the week! Why i don't you jump on him instead of. i on ne"
 | q HAVE" Grumpy roared,, bring ! ing his fist down on the arm of his chair. i've told him he'll leave my secretary alone, or I'll know the reason why! I've found out why YOU left your job last July-on ac- count of him. And I say I will not have these office friendships! l will not have them.'
 He broke off for a minute and
 eiped his perspiring forehead.
 "I told him so-and l tell you so, now! I will not have the Wallack mills turned into. a matrt- monial bureau! DO you hear me?"
 Honey Lou's soft little mouth hardened. "I'd be stone deaf if l didn't" she said cold'y and began to pack her pad and pencils into her bag.
 She would not stay here q mo- mcnt longer to be scolded and naeged She would leave this man, and she would leave him now-and 1 for good!
 She got mp and picked her royal purple hat up from the chair where she had laid it.
 "I'n send Ann Ludlow back to you" she said, not looking at the bulky figure in the chair. She turned to go.
 Hon Lou, you're making a mis- take" Grumpy's voice, much soft cned. came to her. You needn't get up on your high horse and quit mc, just because I'm trying to look after you and keep you happy in your job"
 "Keep mo happy" Honey Lou turned on him q look of deep scorn. That's a fine way 10 keep mo happy-by telling me I'm not good enough for your son"
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