New Britain herald., 1926-10-06

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 Honey Lon Huntley is private sec retary to old Grumpy Wallack, head of the Wallack Fabric Mills.
 Grumpy" hired Honey Lou, not only because she knows how to stand up for herself and will not let him bully her. Honey Lou Is a favorite with everyone else at the place, from Ann Ludlow, the office vamp, to Joe Meadows, the shipping clerk. But Honey Lou is half afraid of Meadows without knowing why.
 Young Jack Wallack comes to work in his fathers factory to learn the business. He falls in love, first with Honey Lou's very real beauty, and later with her prim, old-fash- toned ways. Brought up by a gen. tie. ladylike mother, Honey Lou in- sists that Jack meet her family be- fore she goes out with him. She tells him she has never had an in- toxicating drink in her life, nor been on betting party. When Jack tries to kiss her, she slaps his face and refuses to speak to him until he begs her pardon.
 But week later, at a party given by his neighbor, Angela Allen, Hon. ey Lou drinks two cocktails that she believes are fruit punch, passes out" and lets Jack make love 10 her all the way home, After that he leaves her conspicuously alone. and Honey Lou wonders why. She does not know that .gela told Jack that she drank seven of the cock tails, and called her "hardboiled." For Angela is all sweetness and saintly gentleness when they meet.
 Tim Donegal, a friend of Jacks, begins to be attentive and he and Honey Lou go on long drives 10 neighboring towns, where Tim seems to have some mysterious errands. One night they are in the Magic Lantern restaurant with Honey Lous haf-sister, Margaret Moody. and her friend, Dr. Steve Mayhew, when Jack and Angela come in with q party Of friends. They all meet on the dance floor and Honey Lou gives Jack cool little nod. He looks surprised when he sees Don- egal with her. and she wonders that Donegal never has told him of their friendship.
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 Chapter XI
 Honey Lou felt the eyes Of Jack Wallack's crowd" on her as she and Donegal swayed and dipped past their table in the corner
 People always looked at Honey Lou. She attracted the eye the way dancing flame will catch hold of it-because she was all sparks and light and motion.
 Alta girl, Red Heels." a stout. settled looking man muttered to heg as she and Donegal broke into a double-time tango beside his ta- ble. stomp your boot"
 He clapped his fat hands in time to the sobbing rhythm of the saxophone.
 Honey Lou drowned at him. The next minute she forgot all about him in the utter joy of dancing. :. The music seemed to throb within her, to the very tips of her toes. She loved it.
 Tim Donegal, like most worthless young men, was a dancing fool" !, 4 gigolo.
 Honey Lou had never known what it really was to dance until she slipped into Doncgals arms and began to dance with him one night a few weeks before. Since then they had danced together two or three times every week. On Sat urday nights they usually drove i down to Crescentville to have din ner at the quaint little inn. And Donegal always left Honey Lou i alone there while he went out into the town for quarter of an hour | or so.
 Honey Lou had asked herself again and again where Donegal went when he left her. She had tried to ask him several times. but somehow she had not the courage., to do it.
 Another queer thing was that there were always two leopard skin rugs in the car when they started out and only one on the homeward trip. It was very pug zling. Very.
 But the mystery of Tim Donegal W nothing compared 10 the mys' tery of Jack Wallack. Honey Lou actually lay awake nights wonder ing why he had kissed her the night of Angel Aliens party-and then dropped her cold.
 She found herself puzzling her head about 1t now as she swept around the floor of the Magic Lan- tern to the soft and haunting mel ody of The Countess Maritza."
 Play. gypsies. Dance, gypsies!
 Play while you may
 Were gypsies, one and all.
 "I say"
 The music stopped on lovely golden note and she and Donegal went back to Margret and steve Mlyhcw.
 Honey Lous chai. faced the room. As she dropped into it, she saw Angela Allen and Jack com ing across the dance floor toward her. The smile iroze on her lips and the laughter and light died out of her eyes. Ncrvously she reached for her vanity case and began to powder nose that needed DO powdcring.
 Look who's here" she said un- der her breath to Margret.
 She wished she had stayed at homo tonight. It made her ache all over to sec Angel Allen and tIr tn