New Britain herald., 1927-06-07
My Sons Su|0ee[; Il /! q! t.!
WlDA McClONE GIBSON

Splendid" said Mrs. Tracy
Rodney and Lyra, Bernice ant
William can go with me-and you
Phillip. can bring Natlee in your
roadster"
Tally one for Mother" said Phi
to himself even while he boiled In
side.
He knew that his mother had
noticed that Natlee hadn't spoken
to him since she came IN and she
was taking this way of getting even
with him for the trick he had play
ed upon her. Well. he wouldn't give
her the satisfaction of letting her
know she had scored.
Come on, Natlee," he said, catch
ing up her white velvet evening coat
with its white fox collar.
She allowed him to put it on her
without speaking.
He let the others get off first and
then as he helped her into his car
he said: DO you know you have
not spoken to me tonight, Natlee?"
Il waited until I could have time
and place to say what was coming
to you"
I'm the meantime may I say that
you have never looked so sweet as
you do tonight?"
Look here, Wynne. you cannot
head me Oft in that way. know
l am looking we'll, but didn't do 1t
for YOU. knew 1 was going to your
mothers party in the role of the
red-headed step-child and / deter
mined that whatever those snobbish
females that ! have known ever
since I went to kindergarten with
them would have to say about me
they would not be able to say 1t
about my clothes"
"They certainly could not" agreed
Phillip fervently.
How did you get your father to
let you buy frock that would show
those fascinating dimples just be-
low your shoulder blades?"
HE didn't buy it-Aunt Julia
gave it to me. And. Wynne, she in
sisted that l should wear this pearl
SHE Sdlu IL hOulQ pC iAllilO any " ~
some day"
She hesitated thinking that she
! had allowed this arrogant young
man sitting beside her by flattery
| to take her mind away from what
she had determined to say to him.
She rather disliked herself for be-
ing susceptible to anything Wynne
might say to her.
Encouraged, Phillips right arm
was stealing around her. She
quickly jerked away.
Don't do that, Wynne," she COM
manded.
why not. Nat? Didn't tell you
that I stipulated when I bought this
car that it should be a perfectly safe
one for a left-handed driver?"
That's not funny. Wynne, and
I'm not going to laugh at it be-
cause I know you are saying all
these foolish things to get me good
natured. But ] saw through your
silly plan to get me to the party
Immediately. l see through all your
silly plans. Do you suppose that l
do not know that your mother
never sent me an invitation to this
party by Rod?"
well. what made you come then
if you thought she had not invited
you"
Phil was goaded into saying some
thing not quite fair or gentlmanly.
because, Wynne, thought even
If she didn't want me that you did,
she answered a bit pathetically.
"And don't you think so now.
dearo?" his Tracy vanity made him
ask.
NO. Wynne."
"Wen you must have had some
reason beside that for coming for
you are here.
"If you thought, as you probably
did, that you would be treated like
red headed step-child I should
have thought you would have stayed
away even If you were sure. that l
had gone to some elaborate maneu-
vering to get YOU here"
"At first. Wynne. I wanted to
come for that very reason. but I'M
mediately when you did not come to
see NE and help me to carry out
your 'maneuver' / knew that some
thing had changed your mind and
you hoped I would not come.
This afternoon on the avenue ]
was sure that something was wrong.
Your face settled into lines OF such
obvious discomfort and disappoint-
ment, but l didn't think 1t was any
thing connected with me. / thought
you were unhappy because you
knew you would have to dance at
tendance on your mothers friend"
CHAPTER XIV
Malice Sizes Up the Situation
THAT evening, Wynne, I kept
looking out at the old elm tree, for
"At last, as the clock struck 10.
Father all at once seemed to sense
that had been very nervous ever
since dinner.
"'You had better go to bed. Nat
lee he said. I don't know what's
the matter with you. You have
fidgeted around like a hen on a hot
gpiddle all evening" l was glad to
be dismissed to my room, Wynne-
l had been afraid to so before for
fear Dad would suspect something.
THE window of my bedroom
looks directly out on the old EN-
tree. and although l knew you
would not come that night. I sat up