New Britain herald., 1926-06-08
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SYLVIA STARR has been en- gagged to RANDALL PHELPS for nearly a year when he asks her 10 break their engagement. He frank | ly tells her that he's in love with 1 her best friend, FAY SHIRLEY.
 Brokcn-hearted, Sylvia gives him Iup, much to the satisfaction of her AUNT AGONY, the shrewd spinstcr |who reared her. She encourages Sylvia 10 marry PETER WILK, a sober-minded bachelor who's in love with her.
 1 As the time draws near for the. marriage of Fay and Ranny, Fay tells Sylvia that they have decided ,lhat they don't really, care enough for each other to go through life to- Cether. A. q Sylvia discovers that Fay IS still seeing a great deal Of her old beau, EDDIE CARTER. On a moonlt May night Peter gives a picnic in Sylvia's honor. The young guests play hide-and-seek Hike children. in the dark woods, land Sylvia find, herself paired off Iwith Ranny. He tells her that, after Ia1l. shes inc only girl in the world for him. Afraid that she may lose him again if she doesn't take him irow. Sylvia suggests that they run away that very night and get mar ried. And they do!
 Before many months are past, sylvia finds that her dream of wed- ded life is very different from 1 Rannv's. His real life is spent with | Eddie Cartcrs' crowd Of poker IpIaycrs He loses heavily and Sylvia keeps house on next 10 nothing, do- ling all her own work. And he sees rather too much of Fay.
 The day after Sylvia tells Fanny ithat they're going 10 have baby in Ia few months, she finds Fay Shir- 4Icy's Handkerchief and q carved hairpin of hers in Ranny's car, and takes it 10 her.
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 CHAPTER XIX Fav never turned hair ht inc sig of tho tnll-tala things she had Iloft in !" nny's Phelps car two Inigbt@ ago.
 She simply raised her green eyes 10 Sylvias $ face in q slow smile and drawIed her lazy Thanks"
 "But you needn't have bothered Ito trot way over here with them ,honey." she cooly added, "I wasn't in any hurry for thcm.' and she vavned comfortably and stretched out her arm for cigarct from the itabIe beside the bed. Have Ismokc?'
 Sylvia looked at her with un- willing admiration as she refused lthe cigarct. The cool nerve of her. Most girls would have hlushed and stanmcred and tried to explain how ithnv had happened to be with married man in his automobile late at night. Nine women out of ten would have made up some silly tale Ito explain how they had happened |fo drop their hairpins and handker- chiefs there. But not Fay Shirley! She said nothing at all, but si ply reached out for the things land tucked them out of sight under her lacy pillows.
 In half minute she was talking tn her lively way about something
 else, and g. ia was left 10 draw
 her own conclusions as to how she
 had happened 10 be in Eannys car
 that night!
 Al first she was tempted 10 ask Ranny Ghout il.
 But on second thought she made ,up her mind never to~mcnton the
 affair to him. For he. seemed to lhayc forgotteu Fay these days.
 He seemed to have forgotten
 everyone but herself He belonged i,o her as he never had belonged 10
 her before.
 Every night he came home for dinner at The Nest, before SIX
 o'clock. Afterward he would help Sylvia with the dishes and then they
 ,vouId settle down to read, or go Tor
 o walk, winding up at the moves in all probability. II was like me
 magical time of their engagement
 when Ranny had seemed to wan
 no one but her.
 And Sylvia was forced 10 admit
 that Aunt Agony had been righ' Lvhen she said: 'Nothing makes man settle down the way a chilG
 does" ,...on
 For the mere prospect of father
 hood had sobercd Fanny and mad' him settle down in a way Una , seemed nothing short of mirac'' to Sylvia. ,.oo4a. "Youre a reformed character Rannv Phelps. Do you know It! she asked him gaily one day as sh'
 sat on the arm of his chair with ne oh o,l against his hair, "A m%onll % / ago l was afraid I was going 10 ios'
 YOU to Fay after all. You seemed to be so crazy about her"
 He stopped her lips with KISS "sorret Fay" he said, T have. But if he had forgotten Fay sh was not going to let him forget ne e so easily. o-..,e For one afternoon late in Octobe the doorbell rang, and SylVla' Wh , had been peeling carrots TOT u''l ner. wiped her hands, took off ne apron and hurried to the door,
 There. in the hluegray dusk 0 the a~tumn atternoon stood ray with her arms full Of Yello, chrysanthemums. She came III 'n, , ing the air of the living room Wlu Q the freshness of the outdoors sh had come from.
 . "Go aread with whatever vol y were dojrg, honey" she said, kiss
 ing Sylvia on both of her cheeks Q If you were cooking, let me go ou ? into the ..itchen with you, an - Eelp." She followed sy.yia into tn e cheerful little blue and whit = kitchen. but she did not attempt |
 |help her. . Instead she settled herself on Q chair and proceeded to smok