New Britain herald., 1926-06-21

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 want me to do for you today?" h.
 asked, bending over his wife to kis' her.
 Fay quickly lifted her coffee cuI
 to her lips so that he couldn't toucf
 them. And Eddie kissed her on hel freckled cheek.
 Don't come home for dinner un. less you want to eat alone tonight,
 she said to him coldly, "because
 won't be here"
 Edie stood gazing down at hel
 with his hands in his pockets as il he wished he had nerve enough tc ask where she was going to be. But after a tense moment, he turned on his heels and walked out Of the room, looking more unhappy than ever.
 ! Fay threw glance of scorn and hate at his departing back.
 Then her face slowly softened and she raised her eyes to Sylvia's. questioningly. as she lit her after breakfast cigaret.
 Tell me, what's on your mind? ?'' she said softly.
 Sylvia dropped her eyes so that the thick lashes made a bluc-blacll shadow on her cheeks. One nervous finger traced the pattern of the en- broidery that covered Pays break fast tray.
 Then. suddenly. she threw her chin up and asked the question that she had been trying to ask for fif- teen minutes:
 Did Fanny come back to Lolly's party after he took me home last might, Fay?" she asked. r Fay nodded, green eyes wide.
 "I'II say he did!" she answered slangily. "but he didn't stay long. He collected that Elsie What's-her- name, and they dashed off in his automobile That was the last I saw of 'em. Eddie and I left the party early"
 Sylvia said nothing for several minutes With quiet eyes she watched Fay begin to dress for the day.
 Well" she said at last, and there were tears in her voice, he didn't come home all night, anyway. l haven't the faintest idea where he Is, and-and l don't know whether can stand it much longer!" She pressed her hands against her temples as If her head ached un- bearably.
 Fay could see that she was shak- ing all over. She came to her and put her arms around her.
 We've all got to stand something In this world" said Fay, who hardly ever was serious about any thing. For instance, I don't know whether I can stand living with Eddie much longer, hate him sol"
 AS Sylvia looked at her, startled, the trim little maid knocked on the door and opened it.
 Someone on the wire for Mrs. Phelps" she said. and gave Sylvia the eXtention telephone that stood on Pays beside table.
 Lolly Boyle's clear little voice spoke in her ear: "Sylvy, I'm at mothers house. Dads had a stroke, and the doctor doesn't think he's going to be with us"
 Her voice broke, and then she went on bravely: Mother wants you to come over here. and bring the baby. Dad wants to see the baby right away, please!"
 'Is Ranny there?" Sylvia asked.
 But Lolly had hung up.
 CHAPTER XLII
 What did Lolly tell you? That Fanny is over at his mothers asked Fay. who had turned around from the mirror to listen.
 "She hung up before I had time .o ask her" Sylvia answered. She was running rapidly through the pages of the phone book, looking for he number of a taxicab company. Father Phelps is very i'll, and I'm going right over"
 Don't bother to call cab" Fay stopped her, as she took down the receiver once more, "I'll run you over to the Phelps in a minute. Just wait until I get this eyebrow on straight" She went on drawing a inc arch over her eye, with a soft brown pencil.
 Fay's brows and lashes were | 'olorless. It took her half an hour every morning to darken them.
 Sylvia watched her now, as she | Nta1~ ~f ,-4t toJy white cream and began to rub 1t | 'ver her freckles. Then she powder d over the cream. and when her 1 complexion was dead white, she overed her mouth with orange-red ip paste. The effect was bizarre, lot to say startling.
 "One of my worst nightmares is ream that I'm on a dessert island ;ith looking man and no lake-up!" she said suddenly to Syl. ia, with a giggle. Can you feature worse?"
 Then her face sobered. "The one eason why I stick to Eddie" she ,ent on. "is because he likes me no natter how I look. He's seen me tithout a scrap of rouge on my face, nd still he's strong for me. I'd ever dare let any other man on the ace of the earth see me as I really m! If I did. he'd probably start and never stop"
 She began to whistle cheerfully s she packed her makeup into a liver box on the top of her dress r. Then she picked up gold top ed atomizer from her dressing able, and sprayed herself generous y with perfume. There, now, uess I'm ready to go out and face ny fellow-woman!" she announced heerily, and picked up a green ports hat and sweater from the Iindow seat.
 Now just look at you!" she ex- when she and Sylvia were lcked into the flying roadster. with he baby between them on the seat. You paint not neither do yOu