New Britain herald., 1926-10-26


 Jack Wallack, who comes to his fathers mills to learn the business, falls in love with Honey Lou the minute he sees her. Brought up by an old-fashioned mother, Honey Lou is a mixture Of flapper and clinging vine.
 At party given by Angela Allen, Honey Lou has two cocktails which are her first taste of liquor. She passes out" and Angela takes ad- vantage of her unconscious state to turn Jack against her.
 Angela pretends to be friend of Honey Lou and tells her not to take Jack seriously Jack begins to call on Honey Lou again, but he is very jealous and one night when Dr. Steve Mayhew comes to the house Jack is very angry. although Steve is a friend of Margret, Honey Lou's sister.
 A few nights later while Honey Lou is taking part in a Charleston contest just for a lark, he stalks cut of the theater where the con- test is held, furious because Honey Lou was making a holy show of herself" as he says. Honey Lot goes to work with Margret in the office of Holy Cross hospital. One day she goes to tea with the willy Angela and meets Jacks mother, whom Jack calls The Head, because she manages everything at home. She tells Honey Lou that "Grum- py" is not satisfied with his new secretary, Ann Ludlow, the office vamp. The next day Jack asks Honey Lou 10 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 hear about you and Jack running around together?'
 Honey Lou is angered by his question and decides 10 quit her job, but is argued out of it by the fact that Grumpy" finally admits that he considers her good enough for Jack or anyone. Honey Lou meets Angela. who tells her that Jack Wallack is taking her out to dance that evening. Honey Lou calls up Tim Donegal, determined to have him take her to the same place.
 Honey Lou goes with Tim to the restaurant and he has been drink ing. The place is raidcd by dry agents and Honey Lou escapes with Jack Wallack, Jack tells Honey Lou that he thought she was tricling him and ends by tell ing her that he loves h and wants her to marry him.
 Honey Lou tells her mother that sh, is to marry Jack Wallack the next day, but her mother asks her 10 wait and have a wedding. Honey Lou < fIltpfto 10 S'ill'''i'N'' VI and plans are made for the we'd fling.
 She meets Angela downtown and she persuades her to open a charge account under name of Mrs. Jack Wallack. Jr.. and to put the shoes she is buying, along with some lingerie, on the account But at home with Margret. who secs through Angela, she decides to take back the lingerie and Margret pays for the shoes for a wedding gift. Steve Mayhew's gift of sew ing cabinet is received but Steve does not come to wish the bride happiness. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER XNIIu
 It was still raining when Honey Lou got home. A steady gray downpour that darkened the sky and chilled the air.
 But within the little flat, every thing was warm and bright and cheerful. The rooms were filled l with red and gold leaves, with golden rod and purple iron weed ! that Jack and Honey Lou had !, brought from the autumn woods, 1 two days before.
 The wreath of orange blossoms | for your veil came while you were i out. Honey Lou" Mrs. Huntley told ! her. as she helped her out of her |. wet coat. My, but you're like d drowned rat. - 1 DO wish it would | stop raining. You know what they say-Lucky the bride that the sun shines on, luckless the bride that the rain falls onI"
 Honey Lou only laughed. "Yes, | but it isn't raining rain to me it's raining orange blossoms," she /, cried, and ran out through the ! kitchen to the little pantry beyond. | What did she care if it was raining. |
 In white box in the refrigera- tor, lay her bridal wreath of tiny | starry white flowers among their | glossy leaves-her crown!
 As she knelt before the ice box, looking at it, she heard someone | come running up the back stairs and there, when she opened the kitchen door, stood Jack! He had a big brown paper bundle in his arms. It was wet with rain, and so was he.
 "Oh, but you mustn't see me til the wedding!" Honey Lou told him, and tried to shut the door on him. It's bad luck-and mothers hay ing a perfect fit now, because it's raining. That's bd luck, too! You mustn't come in."
 But Jack was too quick for her He put one of his feet into the crack of the door and pushed his way into the warm clean kitchen.
 He dropped his package on the table, beside the frosted cakes that stood there in readiness for the l,.a l