New Britain herald., 1926-08-26

almost any time by descantng and datng upon her long hours of wakefulness when others sleeping.
 Sympathy flowed freely at hearing of her weary vgis, her intemnabe but futile efforts to get to sleep her toss ings and turnings on her bed of unrest.
 Partly because of physical tendency that way and part y by of nururing, pampeng and aggravatng the disease Mrs Prentiss chronicay and happily insom nlac.
 Which explains why one night she prowled about her bedroom in her not very fetching mdVctoran nightdress and gazed out window after another.
 For her bedroom had windows facing three ways, which enabled the wakefu Mrs Prentiss to note conditions the houses of her neighbors either side well the street.
 And from window that looked vest she could see late as it was sundy gongs that thrilled her curious soul And when the gongs had ceased and hint of them left two tiny specks of light Mrs Prentiss thought the show only to have reopened two or three times
 Breathlessy she watched, and though her soloquzed exelamations of homey dcton, such "For the Lands saker My goodness!" they nonetheless pressed the whole gamut of human surprise and wonder ment.
 Gaybroo Harbor was one of the most beautiful bits of natural charm Long Island and one of the most desr able locations for summer colony.
 The Harbor was harbors have way of being crescent shaped and down to the middle of its curving lit tie stream of pleasant water.
 Though really tiny river, the stream was called Gay brook and was pretty as it's name
 Now this arbitrary provision of nature divided the liar into halves socially well Geographically. Not far from the shore, bridge miniature Rao connected the land the two sides of Gabrook but except for that there was great gulf fixed
 On one sde the north sde the collection of estates and dwellings called Harbor Gardens and the other side Iarber Park.
 United municipality geographically and patriotcaly the two yet divided socially at least in phases of the social life.
 Harbor Park there first and it held the railroad ton the post office the church. the clubhouse the ment halls and the places of many of the rich and great whose greatness the direct result of their riches They of wealth, with wives of extravaganza, with spoiled children and pampered servants. They for the most part of hearty good fellowship, of outdoor habits and convval tastes
 there h9d the other side of the bridge the modern institution known artist colony.
 As of their brilliant minded youths put it. "n Harbor Gardens you find who do things In Harbor Park you find men who do people,.
 Yet they together in many ways They all belonged to the and only country club they all went to the and only church and they all shopped at the stores Har Dor Park. In fact, there outward and ordinary signs of friction or dssenson but the Park people felt they worthwhile than the Gardens people, while the Gardeners as they came to be called knew they perior to the Parkers.
 So the Harbor people lived and ourshed with the silent bond of the Habor holding them together and the subtle bar of the bridge dividing them.
 Mrs. Prentss she of the insomnia, resident of the Gardens The widow of artist she had lived in their attractive bungalow, covered with honeysucke and Vr gnia creeper and furnished with wicker things and rush rugs
 Next door to her. toward the west was the far more pre- tentious bungalow of the Perry Heahs It indeed twotory house, but when Heath told that bungalows didn't have than story he merely replied "ThS bungalow has"
 He was an artist was Perry Heath, and though his pie lures not of great value, they graceful little aquareles and found ultimate not ready sale in the New York shops.
 That is they had done so but with the recent fad for mo pictures at a the water color Ohelo began to find his occupation going.
 Yet, in a way, didn't matter much, for MyIa his wife, had always had money and recently by of an cle's death had inherited lot more Heaths work rather desutoly anyway. He painted when he felt like it. and the rest of the time he spent the water it. or else he ran down to New York for few days.
 An impulse, irresponsible existence hs but his tStc temperament baked at dates fixed hours and he was far from being alone in that attitude
 Myra Heath, acknowledged beauty, of the ash blond Saint Cecilia type superior and sefcontained by ture Many called her cold, others opned her nordnaey calm exterior covered flaming Vesuvus of temper if not temperament.
 No caught sign of jarring note between hus- band and Wife, yet no sign of affection If they did not wash their dirty linen in public neither did their air their clean linen here and this absence of anything to talk about caused the gosspS to talk vouby about them.
 The neighbor Mrs Prentss. was deeply curious and spent much of her insomnia at her west window hoping for cloud big mans hand to appear that she might draw some conclusions as to the family status
 So far, she had been unsuccessful The Heaths lived most naturally and ordinarily Now and then they had par ties Now and then they went to parties He went to the club she went to bridge games and they both went to church. more exemplary couple could not be imagined. Yet Mrs Pentiss perhaps in the yagaes of her insomnia