New Britain herald., 1926-12-09


against her will.
Jack Wallack, who comes to
his fathers mills to learn the bust
ness, falls in love with Honey Lou
| the minute he sees her. Brought
up by an old-fashioned mother,
Honey Lou is mixture of flapper
and clinging vine.
Angela Allen pretends to be a
friend of Honey Lou and tells her
not to take Jack seriously. Jack is
very Jealous of DR.. Steve Mayhem.
a friend of Margret. Honey Louis
sister.
Honey Louis engagement to Jack
is announced and plans are made
| for the wedding.
Jack and Honey Lou have
quiet home wedding and spend
their honeymoon camping at Lake
Tamay.
Honey Lou stops at the Wallack
Mills office to see Ann Ludlow.
Ann tells Honey Lou why she
sent for her. Honey Lou sees Joe
Meadows and tells him he must
marry Ann at once and he agrees
| to do SO.
Honey Lou and Jack settle down
in their own flat with Mary De-
| laney, the cook.
Angela tells Honey Lou she is
going to have party for her and
Jack Saturday night. Honey Lou
goes home and finds Jack reading
poems about little houses in the
country filled with love and happl-
ness, Honey Lou decides to let
Mary go in the morning, do her
| own work, and try to make the
kind of home Jack wants,
Tim Donegal tells Of the card
games he and Honey Lou have
together and Jack forbids Honey
Lou to have Tim Donegal in their
house. <
Honey Lou. angered by Jacks
objections to Donegal, leaves the
flat for her mothers home. Mar
gret tells her she ha, no reason to
be Jealous of Jane Ayres, Jacks
secretary, but to watch Angela.
Honey Lou returns to the flat.
quarrel follows.
Honey Lou moves into the guest
room and further complexities her
domestic affairs by her silent
| treatment" OF Jack.
Honey Lou, on a motor ride with
Angela and Donegal, decides to
follow Jacks wishes in regard to
Donegal.
Donegars arrest delays Honey
Louis and Angela's return until two
in the morning.
The published news Of Doncgaps
arrest in connection with the names
of Angela and Honey Lou, to-
gether with Angela's duplicity,
finally eliminates in the separation
of Jack and Honey Lou.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER LXNI
The sound of Jacks autom obile
horn came again, from the street
outside the red wooden gates.
/ No sound on earth could have
been half so sweet to Honey Lou
| at that moment-nor half SO well
! come.
| It came again-.louder than be-
| fore.
You'd better go and open the
gates" o. said calmly to Joe Mea-
dows. She wasn't the least bit
afraid now.
And then when he didn't move,
she ran past him and out Of the
door into the sunny courtyard. She
pulled back the great iron bolts
| that held the red gates in place,
and swung them wide.
The black-and- nickel car passed
through them and stopped on the
tagging of the courtyard. Jack
| jumped out.
Amazed, he stared at her with
his eyes that seemed almost too
blue in the red brown tan OF MS
lace. He looked as if he might
have Den prepared to see almost
ANYBODY in the world but her.
What are you doing down
here?" he asked sternly.
Honey Lou threw out her hands
in little half-fashioned gesture.
II came down to the mills
she said foolishly. and through his
sternness she saw Jack smile.
II can see that for myself" he
said, but what brought you here?'
Honey Lou shrugged. Don't ask
me riddles" she answered, L never
was any good at them"
Then she lifted her arm and
looked at the little watch on her
wrist. i've got TO go" she said
very family, and stood perfectly
still.
Behind her she heard heavy foot
steps on the stones, and then Joe
Meadows big hearty voice: Good
morning, Mr.. Wallack 49,. Those
bales are all ready, but Clark
hasn't brought the truck back"
Clark was the big burly English
man who drove the largest of the
three Warack trucl1s-a man al
most as big and muscular as Joe
Meadows himself.
Jack seemed not to hear what
Meadows said. He passed on to-
ward the open door Of the shipping
room. At the Threshold he turned
and looked at Honey Lou but didn't
say word.
And Honey Lou stood rooted to
the spot where she was-and didn't
say a word either. She felt as If
she were watching Jack so out of
her life for good and forever.
He turned-'Ind vanished.
After minute Joe Meadows
fgrunted. II guess he thought it
was pretty darned funny-finding
YOU down here with me-" he re-
marked and sauntered over to the
gates to bolt them once more.