New Britain herald., 1926-05-26
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ing. when he had made it so plain. There had been no lack of tender ness and passion in the last kiss he had given her. when they had walk ened in the quiet, gray dawn only few hours ago.
 She looked at him again. His hat was off and the swift-rushing wind rufflcd his thick blond hair. She had a sudden wild longing to smooth it down with her two hands. and kiss him just there, under the clean curve of his jaw.
 But that was the very thing she mustn't do. He had shown her, had mt he that he was tired of love. ma!;ing-sick and tired of it!
 She tried 10 think of something to say--somethins bright and careless and peppy-the sort of thing that Fay could toss off hy the reel, a funny story or a bit of spicy gossip, or a song.
 But her mind refused to budge. II remained on Fanny and on the let ter that Fay had written him.. and that he had refused to let her see the letter that was tucked into her bag this minute among her powder puffs and Hp-stck and perfume facon.
 Rannys roadster had swung into the dust-clouds of Curzon street, on it's way across town, before Sylvia found tho courage to take that let ter out from it's hiding place, and hold it up for Fanny 10 see.
 She had known all along that she wouldn't read it on the sly. Even after she had put it into her bag she was sure that she couldn't do a sneaking thing like that, no matter how great her curiosity was.
 ~ found this in the pocket of your khaki coat this morning. Ran" she said 10 him, and watched with a sinking of the heart his face slow fly redden with anger as he took the thing from her.
 Holding the wheel tight with his forearms, he ripped inc envelope savagely into two parts. Then in stead of throwing them out of the speeding car, he suddenly flung them down into Sylyia's lap.
 GO ahead and read it, Pandora." he said, and gave q short laugh. You win!-I know darned well that from this point on, I'm never going Ito have anything to myself" He reached out with his right hand and took both of hers into it, and sducez- ed it hard.
 You bad, adorable little sneak thief!" he said, and Sylvia bent her head and covered his hand with kisses before she threw the torn let ter away.
 "I don't want 10 read it now." she cried. flushed and bright-eyed. "Oh, Ranny, you will forgive me for be- ling so jealous, won't you? I can't help it, l love you so! I wish you would go around with binders on, like a horse, so you couldn't even see any other girls but me-
 With their arms around each others shoulder, they drove into the big shady yard that surrounded Jamison Phelps house on Winthrop street.
 Sylvia was suddenly overcome with shyness and didn't want to get out of the car. She had met Ranny's mother and father only twice before, and she had never met his sister, Lolita-"Lolly," as Fanny called her.
 "Oh, Ran, let me go home to Aunt Agony's and get into some other clothes!" she begged, at the last minute. "All the things I bought ages ago, for our honeymoon, are there! I want to put on the very spiffiest thing l have, to meet your family in"
 But Fanny had jumped out and was opening the door of the car.
 "Oh, you! You should worry about the clothes you have on! You , don't need dollIng up any more than q mermaid needs rubber heels!' he comforted her. You're the prettiest thing in seven states. Come .on!' , And Sylyia's last feeling of un- happiness melted away in the glow of warm joy that ran through her at the sound of his voice and the tenderness in his eyes-ah, what Il he had been off-hand with her that morning? Surely he loved her now But she did not feel like the pret' tiest thing in seven states two min . ,utes later when Ranny's handsome white-haired mother rustled crisplS down the stairs of the big house tc greet her new daughter-in-law. She felt very rumpled and rutfiec and dusty in the blue taffeta dres: that she had bought in some tin! 3 town, on their honeymoon trip. ? And when Lolly Phelps came run l ing in from 8 neighbors' house tt 2 welcome the bride and groom, sh' 3 felt still more uncomfortable. She l too, would have like to be fresh anc
 cool and lovely in rippling white, al
 she felt Lolly's dark, discontentec
 eyes taking her in from head to foo f as Aunt Agony said, First i'm , pressions are eyerythlng!" , Were awfully glad it's you tha
 Fanny finally married" Lolly said F and gave Sylvia q cool little kis | from her painted mouth. For ;
 while we thought it was going to bt I that Fay What's-H s-Her-Name that h. , was going to bring home 10 us" |, "Hush! The Naked Bear will ge , thee!" growled Fanny, and Sylvit F laughed aloud.
 q The words brought back to her thu II memory of long-ago afternoon , when she had read "Hiawatha" tt ! the children ill the library. Ram, , had come in just as she was read IT ing the line Flush, the Naked Bea' e will get thee!" and had been mucl | amused by it. And he had told thu Y children a story. himself, that rain.
 afternoon.
 wen have a lot of jolly littl