New Britain herald., 1926-06-17
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SYLVIA STARR has been engag g led 10 RANDALL PHELPS for ( year when he asks her to free him because he's fallen in love with hel .chum. FAY SHIRLEY.
 Heartbroken. Sylvia gives him I'D ito the great satisfaction of AUNT AGONY, the old mail who reared her, Aunt Agony calls Ranny shift, less and says he'll never be true tc any woman. She urges Sylvia tc marry PETER WILk, the brother of her best friend, MISS SARAH WILK.
 Aunt Agonys opinion of Ranny seems 10 be inc correct one, for he and Fay suddenly break their en- gagement. and he marries Sylvia after all. The pair settle down in q tiny flat that Sylvia calls The Nest, and before long Ranny is back with his poker playing Cronies. gambling away most of the family funds. Then he has second love affair with Fay, but when Sylvia tells him thai she's going 10 have a baby. he turns over a new leaf, And Fay au- nounces her engagement to EDDIE CARTER and marries him.
 Shortly after the birth Of JUN IOR, the baby, Ra ny returns 10 his old ways and Sylvia has to give mu- sic lessons to pay the household cN- penses. When MOTHER PHELPS finds this out she is furious and living, but 10 make Ranny stand on his own feet FATHER PHELPS, disgusted with Ranny's laziness. takes THOMAS BOYLE, the bus band Of Ranny's sister. JOLLY, into his real estate firm. As far as Sylvia can make out, Ranny spends most of his time at the office making love to MRS. JANE BRACKErT, a di- vorcee who is in the employ Of Father Phelps.
 One afternoon Mother Phelps asks Sylvia to sing al a musicale tea that she gives. Sylvia does. and Fanny makes such g fuss about her doing it that she Is afraid 10 tell him that she has sent q song that she wrote, When Everything's Said" 10 a song publisher. Fanny says that womans place is in the home, and that Sylvia has plenty to io taking care of it and the baby. But he doesn't seem 10 mind her ryt, .it,r +n 1-1 !, for his new car! Sylvia wishes that he would let her use her money 10 rent a house, instead of the hot lit He flat. Then Sarah Wilk offers her he house where she and Peter live for the summer while they are al their farm.
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 Fanny wouldn't hear of taking the Wilks' hou~e for the summer 
 Not only that. but he was furious because they had even dared 10 offer it to Sylvia.
 What do they think W" are? Damned beggars?" he wanted 10 know. "We have a home of our own: What do We want with theirs 9" He gave the table a violent blow with his open hand as he spoke.
 They were at supper-hc and Syl- via-in the close little dining room The awnings at the windows seemed only 10 shut in the heat and make the room hotter than it had been all day. The air was SD still that the candle flames did not flicker in the center Of the table and Sylyia's dress, damp with pcrspira- tion. stuck to the back of her chair.
 But it's so terribly hot here in the flat" she pointed out. timidly. looking across the table at Ranny's handsome face, flushed with his anger. We haven't even a porch for the baby. and I don't believe hell stand the heat I'D here all summer. Ii would be wonderful if he could hsvo q back yard to play in
 How about the park ?" Ranny broke in, leaning forward to light his cigarct at one of inc candles. You could wheel him down there and stay all day. coul int you ."
 Sylvia knew that it was useless 10 arge with him, Hc surely knew that sho couldn't spend whole days in the park when she had 10 give music lessons 10 twenty pupils every week of her life. He must realize that she couldn't sit on g park bench and still do her homework. too; her washing and ironing and cooking and cleaning, the thousand and one things that have to he done in home, even q tiny home like the wee Nost.
 So she said nothing, but inst sat there looking at him elpIcssly with her big, e-gleaming eyes.
 Stung by her silence, Ranny went on: "Bnt don't let mo stop you, Go ahead and telf them youT take the house. if you want 10, only don't count mc in on if. If you move into Peter Wilk's house it ends things between you and me for good,
 "I won't live with 2 woman who gets herself Eossipod about" he added. growing more and more angry, and people would gossip about you if you moved into Peter Wilk's house. They're Eoseiping about you now as f. ia."
 He stopped. for Sylvia's face had gone as white as ivory in the candle glow. and her chin began to work 1s if she were going to cry
 "Who's gossiping about me and Peter Wilk" she asked
 The mere thought of ~landcr her frightened her more than anything else in the world rould have frfightened her. not only because of Ranny's threat to leave her if she eyer were gossiped about. but because Of the baby. He could not have a mother who was whis- pered about, above the tea cups and card tables Of her women friends.
 Well. there hasn't been any real gosSiD vel " RaDuy WAS forrpd to