New Britain herald., 1926-10-05
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but because she knows how to stan,
 up for herself and will not let hin
 bully her. Everyone. else at tn
 place likes Honey Lou, too, iron
 Ann Ludlow. the office vamp. t,
 Joe Meadows. the shipping clerk
 But Honey Lou is half afraid 0 Meadows without knowing why.
 Young Jack Wallack comes tt
 work in his fathers mills, to lear1
 to run them. He falls in love witt
 Honey Lou's beauty and later witt her old-fashioned prim ways
 Brought up by gentle ladylikt
 mother, Honey Lou insists that Jacl meet her family before she goes ou
 with him. She also tells him sht never has taken q drink in her life never petted and smokes only three or four cigarets. When Jack tries to kiss her. she slaps his face.
 But q week later at 9 party giver by Jacks neighbor, Angela Allen Honey Lou drinks two cocktails forced upon her by Angela. "passes out" and makes love to Jack all the way home. He is disgusted with her believes Angelas story that she drank seven cocktails like an old hand and barely speaks to her when he sees her at the mills.
 1 But Angela Allen, all sweetness, asks her to come to lunch with her some day, and Honey Lou begins 1 to look upon her as a friend, On Christmas afternoon, Donegal, a friend of Jack Wallack's, telephones her and asks her to have dinner with him. She has been planning to go to the theater with her mother, Mrs. Huntley, and Margret Moody, her half sister as the guests of Steve MayheW, an interne in the hospital where Margret is bookkeeper. Steve and Margret are staunch friends, but it is Honey Lou that Steve is secret ly in love with. And Honey Lou begins slowly to realize it that Christmas afternoon as she leaves Steve and goes downstairs to meet Tim Donegal.
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 CHAPTER x
 Tim Donegals car was an old one, painted a bright and bilious shade of green, But it was high powered and must have cost great deal of money when it was new.
 50 did these" thought Honey Lou. looking at the silky leopard eI- nnnaoo1 tT1N1-p1 around her knees as they started off that afternoon.
 It was blue twilight when they started The moon came up as they left the town and skinned out upon the smooth country road. Donegal let the car out and the wind sang in Honey Lou's ears and took her words out of her mouth as she spoke to him.
 What do you think this is, the Vanderbilt cup race?" she asked,
 Donegal only grinned and gave her quick sidewise look out of his gay, bad eyes. There was something wicked looking about the Irishman, Honey Lou i told herself - something that made ! her think of the handsome villain | of motion picture play.
 They drove 40 miles that night | before they stopped. Honey Lou did not have the faintest idea where they were when stlioy drove into a slcepy-looking little town with white houses behind trim hedges.
 Where on earth are we?" she asked, as they slowed up and stopped in one of the narrow crooked streets behind one of the small white houses. This one had many -pancd windows that glowed with golden lamplight. Before it hung a small sign that creahed on is hinges in the wind.
 Honey Lou could inst make out the words on it, in old English let .ering, The Copper Kettle"
 Were in Crescentvillo,' Done gal told her. Haven't you ever been here before? This little tav- ,rn serves the best meals of any place in the state.'
 They went in.
 The dining room was as quaint IS room could be, with it's Wind GOT chairs, hook rugs and old-fash- oned chintz curtains. \ canary ,heeped at them from painted age in one corner, and there was spinning wheel in another corner i A wood fire burned in the grate.
 "We're in luck, no one here but ourselves" Donegal said. as they at down
 A bright-cheeked little maid in ,ray gingham and a frily white , .pron served them with piping-hot | oup, baked chicken, cranberry , auce. the lightest of mashed po- , atoes, fruit salad and plum pud- ling. Just as she brought in the pud- ling. alieht with flames and smell f ng of brandy Donegal got up from is chair.
 "Tm going 10 leave you to eat our dessert alone, Honey Lou , 10 said, getting into his oNercoat' I'll get the car filled up with gas . nd be back for you in 10 minutes
 Honey Lou ate her plum pudding { hen she drank her coffee. flt- cen minutes went by. f At last she got up and looked out f the many -paned window Dl- f sctlv across the street was a gas < tation, brightly lighted and cheer ll looking with it's red tanks, and $ white building r Donegal was not there. Ills , reen car was nowhere to be seen. f Just as Honey Lou was turning i way from the table, she caught It's ', reen gloam as it came along the '. Inage street and stopped at the l. m. i When Donegal opened the door V nd came in, she was sitting al 7e table once more, taking another "