New Britain herald., 1926-11-01

f1OW MUCH DlD l LUSE {. been half afraid of him. But not now-not now that she was Jacks wife. She was as brave as a lioness now.
 How do you do?" she said calmly, looking him up and down with eyes that had scorn in their bright depths.
 Ann Ludlow asked me to come down here and speak to you" she went on, lifting her little chin with it's deep dimple. "So here I am. What have you got to say for yourself?"
 A slow flush ran under his swarthy skin. and he shook his head with it's manc of black hair Nothing" he said stubbornly. Not thing!" He turned 10 leave her
 T should hate" Honey Lou's husky voice flowed on smoothly Ito see you lose your perfectly good job here. And even losing you job might not be the end of it-there are laws, you know"
 He seemed to think that over, standing there with his cap in his hand, and his body shifting heavily from one side to the other,
 What do you want me to do? Get a marriage license? Is that what you're driving at?" he asked in his thick way, after moment.
 Exactly that replied Honey Lou in a quick brisk way that showed she meant business She did mean business, too. She had made up her mind that if Meadows refused to, do the decent thing by Ann. she would go straight to Grumpy" with the sordid truth about them.
 She was just going to open her lips to say so, when Meadows sur priscd her by his sudden yielding. All right" he growled, tell her said all right"
 Honey Lou hurried unstairs to Ann with the good news, and Ann cried as she held her tight and told her she was a darling and the "kindost old shoe that ever lived.'
 It was not until weeks and weeks later that Honey Lou re- membered that she had forgotten to get the snapshot of herself from Joe Meadows.
 Angela and she shopped all week, They bought set of vel low and green Italian dishes. Tall slk-shaded lamps. Spanish tables and chairs. Curtains of net and curtains of lowered damask. A tiny baby grand piano that was made just for small houses and apartments. A perfume table with little sockets for bottles of scent.
 On Saturday noon, on the way home from town they figured up what they had spent.
 Honey Louis face went white and frightened as she looked at the figures.
 Three thousand dollars. and I haven't bought single rug or berstead yet" She almost shriok- cd, "Oh, Angela, Jack will die when he sees the bills!"
 Angela only laughed softly Darling, Jack hasn't been used 10 living in pig pen" she said, Ines been used 10 a nice house, and he ntc n in, mi that he's married. Three thousand isn't so much!"
 Honey Lou sighed. Three thou sand dollars seemed like small fortune to her, as indeed it was.
 Come in and have lunch with me-" Angela urged her when they drove into Summit street. and afterward I'll teach you how to play bridge and you'll forget all your troubles"
 That day Honey Lou met An- gela's mother for the first time. She was a great deal like Angela, herself, except that she was much older. Her blue eyes looked tired and her face was lined, but her hair was the same baby-gold that Angela's hair was.
 After lunch, she telephoncd Su- game Clemens, and the three of them settled down to teach Honey Lou how to play cards.
 "We may as well start right in, playing for money" Suzanne said in her sharp way. Honey Lou will learn the gamo much more quickly if sine knows her mistakes are go- ing to cost her money"
 They played all afternoon until five o'clock came and Jacks black and-nickel roadster swung into the driveway next door.
 Honey Lou cav it and laid down her cards. There's Jack-I've got to go," she said. She almost would rather have stayed. She had never played cards before, and she was surprised to find out how