New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-12-08

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.
Angela Allen pretends to be q
friend of Honey Lou and tells her
not to take Jack seriously. Jack
is very jealous of DR.. Steve Mayhem,
a friend of Margret, Honey Louis
sister.
Honey Louis engagement to Jack
Is announced and plans are made
for the wedding.
Jack and Honey Lou have a quiet
| home wedding and spend their
honeymoon camping at Lake
Tamay
Honey Lou stops at the Wallack
Mills office to see Ann Ludlow.
Ann tells Honey Lou why she
sent for her. Honey Lou sees Joe
Meadows and tells him he must
marry Ann at once and he agrees
to do so.
Honey Lou and Jack settle down
in their own flat with Mary De-
laney, the cook.
Angela tells Honey Lou she is
going to have party for her and
Jack Saturday night. Honey Lou
goes home and finds Jack reading
poems about little houses in the
country filled with love and happi-
ness. Honey Lou decides TO let
Mary go in the morning, do her
own work, and try to make the
kind of home Jack wants.
Tim Donegal tells Of the card
games he and Honey Lou have
| together and Jack forbids Honey
Lou to have Tim Donegal in their
house.
| Honey Lou, angered by Jacks
objections to Donegal. leaves the
flat for her mothers home. Mar
gret tells her she has no reason to
be jealous of Jane Ayres, Jack 8
secretary. but to watch Angela.
Honey Lou returns to the flat, a
quarrel follows.
Honey Lou moves into the guest
room and further complicates her
domestic affairs by her silent
treatment" of Jack.
Honey Lou, on 4 motor ride with
Angela and Donegal, decides to
follow Jacks wishes in regard to
Donegal.
Donegal's arrest delays Honey
Louis and Angela's return until two
in the morning.
The published news Of Donegals
arrest in connection with the names
of Angela and Honey Lou to-
gether with Angela's duplicity,
finally eliminates in the separation
of Jack and Honey Lou.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER LXv
"Well, to get on with my story"
| Joe began once more. This girl
was quite some kid. Or at least
I thought so. at first. OF course,
YOU know there was only one girl
L ever really
He seemed to search for a word.
There was only one girl who
ever got my goat and that was
you. You know that. Honey Lou,
don't your"
He stopped and looked search
ingly at her with his bold restless
eyes that always seemed to be on
the lookout for something they
never found.
Honey Lou began to wish from
the bottom of her soul that she had
not come here. She ought to have
had better sense.
Here they were alone, IN this
huge place-she and this man who
had always looked at her the way
a hungry cat might look at
mouse. Suppose she did cry out?
Suppose he did decide to make love
TO her in his brutal. rough way. as
he had once before? Who would
be there to see him or hear her -
to stop him?
Go on with your story, Joe"
she said quietly. And perhaps
you'd better call me Mrs Wallack.
80 long as you're working for him.
l suppose you still are working for
him as long as you're here, aren't
your"
He nodded. "Yeh, but don't try
to kid me that you're still married
to Wallack. AIMS been to your
house a half dozen times, and the
last time the janitress told her
that you'd left him. See? I got
your number, you cute High-Hat,
you."
Honey Lou caught her breath
with quick, Kissing intake.
I'm so sorry about you and
Ann" she said breathlessly and
hastily. I'm try to see her. But
right now-Ive got to 60"
He caught her slender wrist In
his big coarse hand as she tried
to rise.
whats your sudden hurry?"
he asked. sit down.
She tried to smile In careless
light hearted way. she tried 10
steel herself against her fear of
Joe Meadows -. Why, it was silly
to be afraid of such a big hulking
brute of a man. Childishly silly.
She ought to be able to handle
him without aay trouble at all.
Flatter him-kid him along.
I'D like to hear the rest of the
story, Joe. But really I've got to
hurry along now" she said, and
even in her own ears her voice
sounded strained and desperate.
She pulled her hand away from
his, and tried to go on brightly:
by the way, what happened 20
Miss Jane Ayres?"
"Oh, she's gone. too" Joe an
swered. He began to walk along
beside her as she turned toward the
door. Through 1t she could see the
stones in the courtyard with the
sun on them turning them to shin
ing disks of silver. She went on
talking just as fast a, she could