New Britain herald., 1926-07-16
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ANTHONY GAINES, wealthy
 young lawyer To fall in love is nothing new to Merry. She has been
 a flirt since the time she was six
 teen-but she's more serious about
 Tony Gaines than she ever was about anybody.
 A few days after they meet,
 Tony begs her to run away and be married. But she refuses to. She
 explains to him that she has all ways been so tickle that she's afraid to trust her own feelings now. So Tony, half disgusted with her, decides to wait for six months.
 In the meantime, Merry fails at business school, to the great dis appointment of her mother, who wanted her to be a secretary like CASSIE, her sister, who works for MORLEY KAUFMAN. broker, with whom she's in love.
 Merry decides to go on with her course at the school, but her father dies suddenly, leaving nothing to his family but the house where they live. So Merry takes the first
 
 MADAME DALE'S beauty shop.
 One night when Tony's mother returns from a long visit, he breaks an engagement with Merry. Cassie, who has heard how rich Tony is from Morley Kaufman, warns her Ithat he really doesn't intend to marry her. If he did, she says, he would have brought his mother to call on her and given her an en- gagement ring, too. Merry thinks it over, and decides that Cassie's right. Hurt and angry, she lets DERRICK JONES. who lives next door, make love to her that night, as he had many @ time before. The next time Merry sees Tony. | he asks her to go to his own home to meet his mother, and gives her the ring that had been his mothers 1 engagement ring. Ashamed of her self for not trusting him, Merry tells him about Derrick Jones' and | he goes away without making any | comment at all But a week passes without a word from him. On Sun day, Cassie urges Merry 10 spend 1 the evening with her and Morley Kaufman, and Bill Erskine, a friend of his. They go to the Blue Admiral | Inn. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XIX
 The lights and music of the Blue Admiral Inn were not far behind them when Bill Ersl5ine took an- other of his fat cigars from its sil- yer paper wrai per and struck a match to it. The heavy smell of | it began to fill the car. In the dimness Merry made a little face, and leaned forward to l let down a window. The night air, cool and sweet with [ perfume of wet fields and orchards, swept in and she drew a deep breath of it.
 The rain had stopped at last, and ithc stars were shining through a rift in the clouds. The beauty Of the night stirred in Merry's heart almost like pain.
 For an instant she forgot where she was For an instant she was with Tony Gaines once more in his 1 blue roadster. with his arm around | her and his hand gripping hers on l ! the rim of the steering wheel as l they swept along under the stars. Irony, Tony" she whispered l softly.
 Then the thick voice of the man | beside her jerked her back to reality.
 Nasty night to drive" he res marked to Morley Kaufman. Bet ter take it easy. or you'll skid, | sure!" With that he popped his ! expensive cigar back into his mouth and puffed on it furiously Don't you worry about me, Bill | Morley tossed back over his shoul- der. He was bent low over the | wheel a dark figure against the | rain- -fecked windshield. Bills sudden laugh was like a | bark. Don't kid yourself that I'm worrying about you." he said frank i lv. "Its myself I'm worrying about! | Myself and Little Sister, here! | wed hate to be in a smash-up right | now. wouldn't we, Little Sister, | We're having too good time, back i here"
 Speak for yourself, Bill!" Merry ! answered pertIy, and he roared | with laughter. { You don't have to worry when Morley's driving, Mir Erskine, | ' Cassie's voice came from the front | scat, low and gentle. Hes won | derful driver. Just wonderful He | drives the way he does everything i else"
 Merry smiled to herself in the | darkness.
 She wondered what Mons would | say if she could hear Cassie now, l Cassie. who never gave anyone at home a soft answer or word oi l praise!
 "If Morley Kaufman ever marries her. he'll get the surprise of his life," she thought. 'Hen wonder what struck him, first time Cassie 1 gets on her high horses"
 In the front seat of the speeding car. Cassie was snuegled against Norlev's shoulder now. Her voice ! drifted back to Merry, so soft and low that it was only broken mur- mur. II was hard 10 believe that Il was Cassie's voice.
 They covered mile or so in silence. Bnrs cigar glowed like a tiny torch. Finally he opened the door of the car and threw if out whore if hit the pavement In Ilnnc shower of sparks,
 He began to tell Merry about himself He travelled all over the country for firm that made sun proof paints. it seemed.
 "I get here 10 your town ahou' .: , ,,oo,." he said but believe