New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-07-26
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| MEhINI I4OSAI1y pretty anu gay
as her nickname, is a born flirt.
She has no ambition beyond having
good time and plenty of beaux.
At 20, she fails in her course at
business school, to the great dis
appointment of MONS, her mother.
When her father suddenly dies, she
takes a Job in LILLE DALE'S
beauty shop. At that time she is
having the first real love affair of
! her life. The man in the case is
TONY GAINES, a serious minded
young bachelor who wants to marry
her.
During their engagement, Merry
goes out with other men and let's
! them make love to her, and when
! Tony finds it out, he stops coming to
see her. Presently he leaves town
and goes to Montana to live. Merry
returns his ring and tries to forget
| him.
HELEN, her oldest sister. mar
ries BILL HEPWQRTH. They set
! tie down and presently have a
! baby. CASSIE. the second oldest,
marries MORLEY KAUFMAN. the
rich broker for whom she works.
! JIMMY, the youngest. runs away
with DERRICK, JONES. a college
boy who lives next door to the
Locke family. But, although she
fibs about her age, the marriage
license clerk refuses to give them a
! license. so they return, unmarried,
to wait until jimmy is eighteen.
Through Cassie and Morley,
Merry meets BILL ERSKINE, a
rich bachelor along in years. He
falls in love with her, sends her ex-
pensive gifts, lends her money, but
keeps putting off their wedding
day. Finally Merry decides to be
married in September, but Bill
comes to town on Labor Day and
! leaves three days later without say
/ ing a word about the wedding.
| At a house party at Morley's
| lodge in the woods, Merry meets
/ CABBY MARSH. He and Merry
have a Filtration and Cabby kisses
her one afternoon while they are
dancing. Morley's sister MURIEL,
ses It, and after that she snuhs
Merry numerically. Merry is
glad when the party is over ana
she can go back TO the shop.
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CHAPTER XXXV
Merry came home at nightfall
with her eyes softly shining, and
bunch of dropping violets pinned on
the front of her dress.
She hummed a gay little tune TO
herself, as she unlocked the front
door, and ran upstairs to the room
that she shared with jimmy.
The little sister was standing by
the window doing" her nails. Her
simple system was to cut them
straight across the top, and then let
| Nature take it's course. jimmy was
almost without personal vanity
As Merry opened the door, she
| glanced up and her pointed little
face sparkled with anger.
Sweet trick you played on me
this noon. wasn't it?' she asked
Leaving me flat in the middle OF
| the street, without a cent for a
/ bite of lunch - Just to go racing
off with that man! I declare,
| Merry, you seem TO go out of your
/ head whenever there's a man in
sight"
Merry was in no mood for a
quarrel. She was far too happy to
| do anything but smile and shrug
/ her shoulders.
She had had a beautiful after
noon. After she and Cabby had
lunch, they had gone for a long
! Dive out toward Westmoreland.
j Then they had come back to town,
and Cabby had bought her the vio-
! lets and some tea at Paulais' bright
little shop.
! Not only that, but he had made
nesday night! And life was be-
ginning TO open its petals and
bloom for her again. like a flower
slowly opening on motion picture
screen.
For life, to interest Merry Locke,
| had to have man and a thrill in
4 it. somewhere. She was what less
alluring women would call "a
mans woman"
"Oh. I've had such a wonderful
time!" she sighed happily, taking
! off her new fall hat and unpinning
the violets, Didn't you think Cab
! by Marsh was wonderful looking?"
Il didn't have time 10 look at
him. before you snatched him
away" answered the outraged
jimmy, who secretly thought him
extremely handsome and would
liked to see more of him.
"Cassies here" she added, as an
after-thought, "She and Mons have
been closed up in the kitchen for
an hour. and they wouldn't let me
in - | suppose Cassie's singing
some more grief about Morley"
Ten minutes afterward when
Merry went down to the kitchen
the door was standing open, how
ever. Mons was moving around,
getting supper. Cassie, with a
handkerchief pressed to her eyes,
was sitting at the table.
Married life isn't what it was
80 years ago-I know that" Mons
was saying, apparently in answer
to something Cassie had Just said,
Women used to stay at home and
mind their business and have their
babies, those days, They didn't
have time-to go around making
eyes at other womens husbands"
This Mrs. Pell has two chill
dren." Cassie retorted in a muffled
voice.
well. what about you?" her
mother asked briskly, You haven't
And that's where you make your
biggest mistake, my girl!-Whats
marriage between a man and a