New Britain herald., 1926-06-21
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 man who Is in love with any wom
 an but the one who is his wife.
 He has an Affair with Sylvia best friend, FAY SHIRLEY, just
 before her marriage to EDDIE CARTER. a fat and prosperous broker. This affair ends when Syl-
 via tells Fanny that she is going to
 have a baby and for time he set 1 ties down and behaves himself.
 But shortly after the birth of RAINY. JUNIOR. he returns 10
 his old habit of poker playing and promiscuous love-making, just as Sylvia's AUNT AGONY had pre- dicted. And Sylvia has 10 give piano lessons 10 help make both ends meet. She goes on with her singing ! lessons, too, but Ranny won't let her sing in public because he is jealoug of her voice. as so many i husbands are jealous of their wives accomplishments Sylvia writes a popular song, When Everything's Said" and saves the money to make down payment on a house. The tiny flat where they live is no place 10 raise baby as she realizes.
 Fanny goes joy-riding one night with a strange girl. Sylvia returning from the home Of MISS SARAH WILK with her brother, PETER WILK. sees the pair together in the car. and later Ranny admits that he picked up" the girl. A week later they meet her at party given by his sister JOLLY BOYLE. and Sylvia learns that she is ELSIE LEOPOLD, a bachelor girl who owns a little gift shop. That night Ranny becomes angry when one Of the men. WOODY KING, makes love 10 Sylvia and takes her home. (NOW GO ON WITH THE STORM
 CHAPTER XII
 Fanny held Sylvia's arm in grip Of steel as they crossed the lawn that was like a sheet Of silver under the moon. There was q high wind that night, and above it's howl they could hear faint snatches of music from the house they had just left.
 Fanny jumped into his waiting car ahead of Sylvia, leaving her to scramble in as best she could, with out any help from him.
 Then, without waiting for her to get settled in the seat, he sent the TaUbe ahead with such suddenness that she was thrown violently against him.
 He made no apology, and they covered the first three blocks of the homeward journey in stony silence. Then. without checking his speed or taking his grim eyes from the road. Ranny began to speak.
 Low as his voice was, it was say age. He seemed to grind the words from between set teeth.
 How long has this sort of thing been going on?" he growled.
 What sort of thing" asked Syl- via, feeling just as guilty as if she actually had let Woody King make love to her out on Lollys back porch
 Your letting every Tom, Dick and Harry kiss you," Fanny an- swered. You must know what sort | of thing l meanl Don't try to pull i the innocent gag"
 In the darkness Sylvia flushed | painfully.
 You know I never let fellows i make love to me, Randall Phelps!" i she cried, indignantly. You ought ! 10 know me well enough to know that I don't lot them,"
 "Hah" he laughed. I'm just be- ginning to know you! I'm just be- ginning to find out about you! You might get away with this tale to- night if Eddie Carter hadn't told me about the party you went on with Fay and those two birds of hers-or f you hadn't been seen coming out of Peter Wilk's house that night with him! You might have pulled he TTool over my eyes"
 He stopped, choked by his own anger.
 Beside him, Sylvia said nothing at 1ll. She knew that if was worse than . Iseless 10 argue with Fanny when < 1e was in mood like this-useless o protest her innocence. Words would only fan the flame of his anger.
 He was speaking again above the . noise of the wind that rushed past |, hem: Don't get it into your head hat you can act like Fay and the est of those wild women and get lway with if, because I won't stand or 1t, so paste that in your hat!"
 It was on the tip of Sylvia's '' ongue 10 say: "Yes. and how about 'ou? l suppose it's all right for you o fuss around the way you do! l | impose it was all right for you to ; oul-kiss that girl tonight-that { llsie Leopold girl who goes joy-rid- ( ng with strange men!"
 But she said nothing of the kind. 'he kept perfectly still in her ' orner of the seat.
 For one thing, she hated to quar- h el with Ranny. She would wait $ ntil tomorrow, when he was cold { ober. and then she'd explain 10 him ] LOW Woody King had taken her by t urprlse and kissed her!
 For another thing. she was de- ighted that he was jealous of II Woody. for didn't it prove that he till loved her? Of course it did. she old herself, iv
 AS meekly as an Indian squaw h ollowing her red-skinned lord. she ollowed Ranny up the stairs of { he apartment, to the door of The { Test
 He stood aside to let her pass into ' he little hallway anu then went l ack down the stairs to put the ar in the garage, as she sup { osed. f
 But q minute later she heard s 'anny start the car and drive away own the street. '
 She ran to the window and reach q it just in time to see the tail-light f his Tauhe WhiSkinp around tho |