New Britain herald., 1926-06-30
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year when he asks her to free him, because he's fallen in love with her chum, FAY SHIRLEY.
 Heartbloken, Sylvia gives him up, to the great satisfaction of her AUNT AGONY, who brought her up. Aunt Agony says that Ranny will never be true 10 any woman. and 1 she urges Sylvia to marry PETER 1 WILk, sober bachelor who adores 1 her.
 Aunt Asony's opinion of Ranny | Isems 10 he correct, for suddenly he drops Fay and marries Sylvia, after all. But their married life is un- happy almost from the start. For ] Fanny hates 10 be tied down. and he returns 10 his bachelor habits of drinking and gar ling, and falling ! in love time after time-usually with ! Sylvia's own friends. He gives Sylvia so little money for the house that she turns music teacher to keep up the tiny flat where they live.
 The first baby. JUNIOR, dies. and Sylvia has a nervous breakdown. She refuses 10 live again in the flat, and refuses to see Fanny, who no longer loves her, so she thinks. But he finally persuades her to come back to him, and he promises never 10 look at another woman.
 He keeps his promise, so far as 1 Sylvia knows, for a whole year. ! When Sylvia the Second is born in 1 the Little White House that they buy, Sylvia feels that her cup of joy is full 10 the brim. Then BA}S DELANO comes 10 visit her. She knew Babs in library school when she was q drab, shy girl. and she is not prepared for the new Babs all paint and powder and flirtatious- ness. Right from the start she be- gins 10 ''vamp" Fanny, and one night Sylvia finds her in his arms. She leaves and goes 10 Aunt Agony's house. There Ranny comes 10 her the next day, and asks her 10 di- vorco him. She refuses to. and late that afternoon Babs comes to see her. She tells Sylvia that she adores Ranny, and must have him, but Sylvia only says that she. too, loves R8nny and won't give him up. The next morning she goes to her own house to get some clothes for the baby. While she is dusting and cleaning ID the place she finds railroad timetable, and rushes up- stairs to see if Ranny has packed up his clothes to 20 away.
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 CHAPTER LYII
 Sylvia was half afraid to open the drawers of Ranny's Chiffonior.
 With her hands gripping the glass knobs, she stood looking down at them, holding her breath for one panic-stricken moment.
 Suppose that there should be nothing in the drawers, when she did open them. Suppose that Ranny had packed up his clothes and gone away.
 Suppose that the timetable, tuck. ed into her pocket now, meant that he really had left her. What on earth would she do then? What would she do?
 With a quick jerk she opened the drawers, one after another, and gave a keen sigh Of relief. Not q thing was missing from them.
 All the shirts that she had wash ed and ironed, herself, were in their neat piles. The socks were rolled into smooth. silken balls, and the neckties were folded in the top drawer and covered with an old handkerchief to protect them from dust.
 Rauny liked her to keep all his things in perfect order and she did, She even pressed his trousers for him. No matinee idol or movie hero received better care from his paid valet than Ranny Phelps received from the wife he no longer loved.
 "I know he doesn't care about me any more. l know he cares about Babs and yet" thought Sylvia. She co ldn't bear 10 give him up, even in her thoughts As Aunt Agony said: Where there's life, there's hope,"
 Sylvia picked up one of the tics he had worn and strokcd it between her fingers. She loved it, because if was his, and because he had worn fl, as she loved everything that belong ed 10 him.
 The telephone ringing in the low CT hall, startled her from her gloom She ran down to if and picked up the receiver.
 II was Mother Phelps on the wire.
 Good morning. Sylvia dear" she said in her cheerful coatralto, "how are you? And how's the dear baby"
 The baby's just fine. Mother Phelps" the girl answered,
 She realized that her mothcr-in. law didn't suspect that anything was wrong al the Little White House. Evidently Ranny had kept his tongue between his teeth, for once.
 T called to ask you 10 a vanish- ing luncheon" Mother Phelps went on. You know what vanishing luncheon is don't you?"
 Sylvia opened her lips 10 say that she couldn't go to a vanishing lunch con, or 10 any other kind of lunch con. But Mother Phelps went right on talking, withou. waiting to he answered:
 "Tn tell you about it. I'm hav- ing eight to people to lunch on Thursday, Then each of my guests has 10 have seven people 10 lunch next week. and the next week each of those guests have 10 have six people for lunch. and"
 Sylvia broke in at this point "T'm sorry. Mother Phelps, I cant pos sihly make it." she said, raising her voice. "I cant possibly come"
 There was silence for a second, 1. then her mother-in-law's voice lgain: "Oh, Tn sorry. Another en- l