The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-12

fascination.
Mary Rose raised her eyebrows.
"One of these days, you'll go walking
into drhg store or a restaurant
with him, once too often" she pre-
dicted. "And some one will see you,
and break the news to his wife"
F'lossie shook her head, where the
golden hair .rippled softly like sea
waves on a calm summer morning.
ooh, nor she answered lightly
we're awfully careful. l don't be-
| lieve a soul at the office even
suspects that he's in love with me.
And suppose Dex's wife did find
out about it? Dex wouldn't care!
He'd be glad if she got peeved at
him and divorced him."
HE would not" Mary Rose told
her gravely. There came before her
vision of Hilary Dexter-dignified,
prosperous and self-made. A, pillar
of society. He was anything but
the type Of man who leaves his
wife, his home and children for an
other woman.
HE never would, IN a thousand
years" Mary Rose repeated. Hell
play around with you, F'lossie, if
you're crazy enough to let him, but
if it ever comes to showdown, he'd
stick to his wife, you'd see. Men
are like that"
Men are like what?" Flossie
questioned her.
"Oh-they believe in safety first"
her sister explained, somewhat halt
ingly. They like to be respectable
Ito be looked up to by their family
and their friends. Dexter'd have a
conniption fit if any one found out
that he was flirting around with a
girl in his Office
Flossie laughed her scorni as
that so? Well, that shows all you
know about it!' she retorted. HE
told me tonight that he loves me
better than any one on earth"
Except himself Mary Rose put
in. "A man of his type always cares
more for himself than he does for
anybody else. And, anyway aren't
| you ashamed of letting him talk
that Way to you? Think if Dad had
lived. and some girl had tried to
take him away from mother
''That'd be mothers fault, for not
keeping him in love with her!S No
man ought to be tied 70 a woman
who doesn't attract him." the
younger girl answered. When a
woman gets old and ugly, why
shouldn't her husband leave herr"
Mary Rose stared at her. That's
the most terrible thing 1 ever heard
any None say, in all my lifei she
cried. IF that's the way people
did, the world would be a fine place
to live in
she stopped abruptly, as the door
Of the room opened and her mother
came in.
What are my girlies quarreling
about?' she asked, her gentle blue
eyes going from one to the other.
Gracious! l could hear you way
in my room, with the door closed
I'VE weren't quarreling. We were
| just arguing" Flossie answered, Jug
! Cling the truth. She picked UP her
perfume bottle and put it in its elabo-
rate box.
What's that you have?" her
| mother asked curiously, and crossed
the room to look at it. French
perfume. My, but it's strong! Where
did you get it?"
ooh, nowhere" F'lossie answered,
taking it from her and putting it in
her top drawer.
Mrs. Middleton looked wounded.
Mother dsked you where you got it,
F'lorence?"
Whenever she was very serious,
she called Flossie Florence" Her
voice trembled a little as she said
it now.
"Well. then, got it from Alice
James," fibbed Flossie. "She didn t
like the smell of it after she'd bought
it."
But I thought you and Alice
weren't on speaking terms, any
more" her mother said,
1--WE are, though. We made up to-
night"
Then, struck by an inspiration,
Flossie told another Gunblushing lie.
That's where I've been all evening
over at her house." she said.
you weren't. really, were your
Mary Rose asked, when the two girls
were in bed and their mother had
kgone.
"Of course not" Flossie con-
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