New Britain herald., 1926-10-14
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honey LOU 1unIley IS private sec retary to old Grumpy" Wallack, head of the Wallack Fabric Mills.
 Grumpy" hired Honey Lou, not only because she is clever, but be- cause she is pleasant to have around. Everyone else at the mills likes her too, from Ann Ludlow, the office vamp, to Joe Meadows, the shipping clerk. But Honey Lou is half afraid of Meadows without quite knowing why.
 Young Jack Wallack comes to work in his fathers factory to learn the business. He falls in love with Honey Lou's beauty the first time he sees her, and later with her sweetness and prim old-fashioned ways. Brought up by a gentle widowed mother, Honey Lou Is a combination of modern flapper and clinging vine. She has never "petted" in her life or taken drink. But she does sometimes smoke, and her lips are always painted.
 At a party given by Jacks neigh bor, Angela Allen, Honey Lou drinks two cocktails, thinking they are fruit punch. She passes out, makes love to Jack, not realizing how she is disillusioning him. Neither does she know that while she was uncon- scious, Angela called her "hardboil- ed" and told Jack she had not two, but many, cocktails.
 Angela pretends to be her best friend. She "rushes" her, takes her to tea, drives her home from the office, and warns her against taking Jack too seriously. For Jack, who had stayed away from Honey Lou for weeks after the drinking party, begins to see her again. He is wildly jealous-first of Tim Donegal, a fried of his who falls in love with Honey Lou, and of Steve Mayhew, a doctor whom Honey Lou's half-sister, Margret Moody, introduced into the family. One night Steve comes to see Honey Lou, and Jack Is furious about it. Then a few nights later Honey Lou dances in a Charleston contest at a neighborhood movie, just for lark, and Jack comes in and sees her. Furious with the way she Is ex- hibiting herself in the public eye, he dashes out of the movie. Honey Lou does not see him again until he goes away on his vacation and fi- nally she makes up her mind to leave the Wallack Mills, and forget him if she can.
 (NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) CHAPTER XVIII
 Honey Lous last two weeks at the Wallack mills seemed to drag on and on and on.
 "Every day seems like a week" Honey Lou told Margret on the night before the Fourth of July. The were walking along through the hot darkness of Chat ham park. There was rot a breeze to stir the dusty leaves on the trees and above them 8 red moon glowed like a ball of fire in the sky. [ "Ann's so slow about getting the hang of things at the office" she went on listesly. T am positively worn out trying to teach her 10 walk and talk quietly when shes in "Grumpy's" private office. He hates to have any noise around hut the noise he makes himself"
 One-Armed Annie had gone to old MT. Wallack as soon as she heard that Honey Lou was leaving and had demanded her job.
 And believe me, I'll be a private secetary with accent on the word nrivate," she had told Honey Lou i triumphantly. "What's the use in being a private secretary to a man unless you know all his private business. I'll bet hat that in three days I'll know more about "Grumpy' that you ever did"
 She was as good as her word, or | even better. For she opened all oi "Grumpy's" mail. including the let ters that were marked 'personaf and strictly personal"
 Not only did she open them, but she read them all, too.
 Grumpy" had letter from son Jack this morning." she told Honey Lou on the morning of the fifth ol July, "and where do you suppose he's spending his yacation?'
 q never could guess in the wide world" Honey Lou answered, sit ting down at her desk. T think I'll clean out these drawers today She began to unlock them.
 well, he's right up at youi friend, Angela's place, in the couh' try" said Ann, land she had whole crowd of people there ovel line Fourth. Funny she didn't asF you, wasn't it? I thought you an' she were so chubby.
 She waited to see how Hone! Lou would take the news.
 But Honey Lou did not give her self away by single word or Hook. She went on placidly clear out the top drawer of her desi | as if nothing else in the worl' mattered to her just then.
 Funny thing that Angela didn' aske me up to her house, too," sh was thinking, especially whel we're such good friends, sh and l."
 Aloud she said quietly: Ann,
 wouldn't open Mir. Wallacks prl yate mail if I were you-'
 "He never notices that l do It. Ann broke in. He just reads al his letters and starts dictatlhe He's q nice old bird, but .he asleep from the neck up, If vol ask me. No wonder the mills ar on the Fritz. We aren't dolni half the business this year that W were doing five years ago. ID going to tell Grumpy what
 think of his business method some day. You see if I don't"
 Honey Lou laughed. Aou T going to talk yourself out of s,irrt,+y good job. too, tlrSt lhlH