New Britain herald., 1926-11-18

[ flat, 1t was true. He had his morn- ing bath there. and his breakfast. He came home late at night and slept there.
 But that was all. What he did with himself all the rest of the time Honey Lou did not know, and she did her level best not to care.
 Angela will soon be back in town, and then she'll explain every- thing to him as she promised to-" she told herself every day. But I won't say another word to him!" She could be just as silent and stiff-necked as he could! She'd show him!
 In the meantime she went mo- where and saw no one except her mother and Margret. But she would not talk over with them the l disgraceful affair that had led to , this situation. She couldn't. She couldn't talk 1t over with anyone. Just to think about 1t made her sick with misery.
 Then toward the end of April the doorbell rang long and loud one afternoon. There came a rush of flying feet on the carpeted stairs that led up to the flat-and Su- zanne Clemens and Daisy Deane banged on the front door.
 Honey Lou could hear their light-hearted chatter as she hur- ried to open 1t. and her heart went out to them in warm thankful ness. How decent of them to come to see her in her disgrace! The incest part of 1t was that they did not seem to think she was in disgrace.
 "Wherever have you been keep ing yourself?" Suzanne asked, kiss ing her on both of her cheeks. I've thought you must have gone out of town with Angela after you became famous in the newspapers. !" She laughed her thin silvery little laugh, and stretched herself out in a long chair with her eternal cigaret.
 "Tell us just what happened" Daisy said. Was Tim Donegal really bootlegging or did he just have some stuff in his car to drink?
 T honestly don't know" Honey Lou told them, looking from one to the other with her appealing eyes, I've been 80 miserably unhappy about the whole thing that I just tried to forget it-I thought you girls would never speak to me again."
 Suzanne flicked the ash away from her brown Mexican cigaret and laughed.
 "Deary, everybody gets into the papers nowadays" she comforted her. Dean Inge and Peggy Joyce and the Queen of Roumania, and the Prince of Wales fallin' off his horse, and Jack Dempsey and everybody. You should worry about being in the papers! It's the style!"
 T do worry, though" Honey Lou confessed In low tone. She was very close to toars, under the warm sympathy and friendliness of little Suzanne. And Jack does. Ho hardly speaks to me-"
 That's doggoned shame" Su- game agreed. But just sit pretty and walt. He'll get over his peeve. That's what I'm waiting for my little old last years husband to do. I haven't even laid on eyes him for a year, but I haven't given up hope. One of these days I'm going to go and find him and drag him home by the scruff Of his neck"
 Honey Lou shook her head and her voice was wistfuL "Yes. but Suzanne, you hadn't disgraced your husband, and have, you see. You didn't get mixed up in a bootleg ging scandal like I did"
 Hor thoughtful eyes were on the little pile of rouge stained cisaret ends in the ashtray beside Su- zannn's chair. What I don't under stand is how they found out l was with Tim and Angela" she said. q didn't tell soul who l was with that day. Not a soul"
 Daisy Deane spoke up suddenly. Don't you suppose Angel told the people down there who you ?" she asked. "She probably thought that as long as she was going to be dragged into lot of scandal, you might just as well be dragged along with herr"
 Honey Lou thought that over