New Britain herald., 1926-10-25
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| mills except Joe Meadows, the ship ing clerk, who makes love to her against her will 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 prctends to be a 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 q friend of Margret, Honey Lou's half-sister.
 A few nights later, while Honey Lou is taking part in a Charleston contest just for a lark, he stalks out of the theatcr where the con- test is held, furious because Honey Lou was making a holy show of herself" as he says. Honey Lou decides to leave Wallacks and goes to work with Margret in the office of Holy Cross hospital One day she goes to tea with Angela and meets Jacks mother, whom Jack calls The Head because she man. ages everything at home. She tells Honey Lou that Grumpy is not sat isfied with his new secretary, Ann Ludlow the office vamp. The next day Jack asks Honey Lou to work for his father, who is at home sick, with lumbago, and Honey Lou promises that she will. 1 Honey Lou is asked by Grumpy 1 to bring the mail from his office to 1 his sick bed. 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 I hear about | you and Jack running around to- gether?'
 Honey Lou is angered by his | question and decides to quit her | lob but is argued out of it by the | fact that Grumpy finally admits that he considers her good enough 1 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 raided by dry agents and Honey Lou escapes with Jack Wallack.
 Jack tells Honey Lou that he thought she was tricking him and ends all by telling her that he loves her and wants her to marry him. Honey Lou tells her mother that she IS to marry Jack Wallack the next day, but her mother asks her NO "S'iL ollu ldNB d wedding,
 Honey Lou's engagement is an- nounced and plans are made for the wedding. She meets Angela Allen downtown shopping and An gela persuades her to charge some shoes under the name of Mrs. Jack Wallack, Jr.
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 CHAPTER XXvII
 Why haven't you called me up, Angela?' Honey Lou asked, as they sat waiting for the slippers to be boxed and wrapped.
 Angela sent her a wistful smile from her soft, sweet eyes. 'Nhv haven't you called me-to tell me you were going to be married ." She half sighed the words. T waited for you to-"
 She looked down at her hands in their smooth white gloves T saw { Jacks mother today, and she told ( me it was going to be little we'd ding she went on. But I'd thought you'd ask me to it, some ; how. We've been such awfuny good friends, you and l." {
 T do want you to come" Honey ( Lou assured her, but I thought you wouldn't want to come. It's , going to be such little wedding - ' just Jacks family and mine. I'd 1 love to have you though, if you'd { like to come"
 She knew she ought not to ask 2 Angela to the wedding. There was I no real reason why Angela should be invited to it and yet it was y perfectly plain that Angela, for C some reason of her own, wanted to C come to it. ,
 'I'd love to come" she was say f ing now, as she got up. A wave of the valley lily perfume that she f always used came from her clothes f in fragrant wave. I
 She was always beautifully { dressed, scented like a flower, and ' clean-looking as new fallen snow. Gazing at her, Honey Lou won C dered for the hundredth time why { Jack Wallack had not married c Angela long ago.
 She must ask him about 1t, some i time, when they were married. They had been so wrapped up in t each other for the last six days s that they had scarcely spoken of U but themselves.
 Isn't that wonderful little S breakfast coat?" Angela asked as l. they started to the door of the luxurious shop. a
 It was on a figure in a glass case. s A cunning coat of lace over flesh I colored satin. It tied with little blue silk bows all down the front, s and there was spray of moss 2 roses on one shoulder q
 Honey Lou gazed at it wistfully. t Sba b,J a cuddan mortal longing