New Britain herald., 1926-09-30
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each other. But when he tries to 1 kiss her, she flies into a rage and slaps his face. Later he apologies, when Honey Lou explains to him | that her old fashioned mother has | brought her up to believe that girl lets only one man make love to 1 her-the man she marries. | One night, when Honey Lou and Jack are leaving the office, they meet Angela Allen, Jacks next-door | neighbor. Honey Lou is sure that Angela is in love with Jack and tells | him so. Bue he laughs at her. A week later Angela writes to | Honey Lou to ask her to dinner at | her home on the night of Jacks 1 birthday. Honey Lou can't make up her mind whether she wants to : go or not. i (NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) CHAPTER VI l Tn the end, 1t was the worldy-wise | little Ann Ludlow who settled the l question of the party for Honey Lou. Little Ann, who poked her snub nose into everybody's business, and was born newspad, besides. On Monday morning, Honey Lou l took the unanswered letter of invi- | tation with her when she went to the office. She left it lying on her l desk with her handbag and her | gloves while she ran down to the dressing room to hang up her hat l p, ,,1 1 back, she found Ann sitting on her | desk, calmly reading it. She went up to her and took tho sheet of heavy, cream-colored paper out of 1 her hands.
 That's my letter. Ann" she said. | frowning. She was furious with Ann for prying into her affairs. Now she'll tell it all over the i office--that Pm going around with Jack Wallack," she said 10 herself tucking the letter into her hand 1 bag. Ann had the grace to blush.
 T shouldn't have looked at that 1 letter, I suppose she gigglcd But you shouldn't have left it l | lying open on your desk. either. | | You know my fatal weakness for 1 i finding out what's going on in the | world. I should have been Gum | shoe Cert, the Girl Detective in- stead of a humble stenographer."
 You certainly should" Honey Lou agreed with her heartily. She i looked down at the letter in her | hand.
 Would you 20 next Saturday night?' she asked, after a moment. | Would you, Ann. if you were r"
 "Would go?" Ann repeated, her ! eyes like big green marbles. Would I? You bet your gay ! young life I'd go. I'd buy me the
 doggiest dress in town, and I'd | knock that Allen dames crowd | for a row Of eyebrow pencils. ! You've got the grand old highbrow 1 look to you, and if you had some . decent clothes you'd sure stop the show" She turned on her high shiny heels and teetered back to her own untidy desk.
 And besides, Shrinking Violet" she called out to Honey Lou as she hunted for her chewing gum in the pen-tray on her desk, If you | don't go, Jack Wallack will think you're afraid to meet his high-an'- | mighty friends" Honey Lou did not answer. But | | she thought over what she had said. i and that night at supper in the i flat she told her mother she had | made up her mind to go 10 Angela , Aliens dinner party, after all.
 What will I wear, though?" she | l asked, looking from her mothers | l face to Margrets, with a puzzled | frown. She had never been 10 q
 dinner party in all of her twenty | years.
 "Oh. little party dress" Mrs.
 Huntley answered easily, some
 thing bright Colorcd and fluffy. I'll ! run down town in the morning and | get some silk and we'll have Miss ! Sadler come and make it up." ! What color?" asked Honey Lou. 1 The frown between here eyes had vanished, and her face was glow l ing with soft and sudden happi- | ness. After all, there is nothing more pleasurable 10 woman than planning her first dress for her first party.
 Pink? Don't you think pink i would be lovely? A very pale shade?' Mrs. Huntlcy asked Her eyes were dreamy and Honey Lou knew she was thinking of her own Kentucky girlhood.
 T once had a pink dress, all looped up with chiffon rosebuds."
 she said, and got up to clear the
 table of it's dishes and remnants of food.
 The next night when Honey Lou came home there was brown paper package of soft pink crepe on her bed, and another of ivorv- colored lace. She caught up q fold of the crepe and held in to her cheek for a second, before she went out into the kitchen where Mrs. Huntley was sitting bent over | fashion magazine,
 Just look at this, Honey Lou" she said, looking quickly rn ond then down again as the girl came
 and stood beside her.
 Honey Lou looked. Tn, v
 dress that had caught her mothers
 eye was 0 fluffy gauzy thing wlth | wide ruffled skirts. Honey Lou shook her head | doubtfully.
 That looks like ball dress. Mother" she began. Isn't it too fussy for a little party?" She was thinking of the plain black velvet dress she had seen on Angela Allen | the one time she had met her.