New Britain herald., 1927-12-02
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 Lily Lexington is the spoiled only daughter of the Cyrus LeNingtons, who live far beyond their means. She realizes her highest ambition when she becomes engaged to Stalcy Drummond, a rich bachelor older than herself. On the day after he proposes, she goes down town 10 meet her chum, Sue Cain. On the way she sees q man watching her, and feels herself oddly attracted by him before she notices that he Is in the uniform of a taxi driver. Moved by some sudden impulse, she jumps into the cab and her friendship with him begins.
 She learns that he owns his cab and is going to sell 1t to raise money to finance q piston ring in vention of his. He tells her he will go into some other kind of work until the invention is successful, to keep himself afloat. and Lily is down. hearted because she knows she won't see him after he stops driving inc cab. Her friend, Sue Cain, tells her shes foolish to even glance at a poor cab driver when she can have q man like Staley, provided she really cares enough about him to tolerate him as q husband. About the time Lily makes Up her mind to ha hnn1Sf u-it StlI1r lnp I1ln nt h9t announces the engagement and the wedding date is set for early in June. Staley becomes suspicious of her when she takes Pats identification card from the cab and he comes to 1 the house for it. She denies having has if. Then, one day--the last day of cab driving for Pat--StaIcy passes them in the road. In her oX- citemcnt. Lily leaves the cab with out paying her fare. and rushcs 10 Staley's car, hoping he won't notice { that it's Pats car. But Pat comes driving up alongside for his money. and when he's gone Stalcy asks her to be honest with him for once and tell him how friendly she is with Pat She tells a lie and says she isn't friendly with him at all. But in that moment she decides 10 forget him for good. and thanks fortune he's selling the cab.
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 CHAPTER TX 1 No woman ever tried to make her. l self care for a man more than Lily | tried to make herself care for Stalcy 1 Drummond during the first few days of that warm and balmy May.
 A hundred times q day she told herself that she was the luckiest girl in town to be getting him--and that she was perfectly happy
 She wore his flowers. and ate his chocolates, and read the books that he brought her.
 On the first Sunday in the month she went 10 his house on Walling- ford Heights with her mother and father. to have dinner.
 Staley's house was very beauti- | full house, with moss green carpets and very old Italian furniture and very wonderful old silver and paint ings in it. There was a little con servatory at the southern end of it, and the big, luxurious rooms wer, filled with flowers-pale-pi pink and yellow roses and carnations that sent spicy, sweet fragrance into the air.
 The table was a long, narrow one covered with d satiny yellow cloth and the water glasses and salad plates were clear yellow glass. Sc were the roses in the center. and SC were the littln ash trays that were sci on the table with the coffee
 What fun 1t would be to live ir this house with someone you Wur, wild about thought Lily. and th,I reminded herself tha. there couldn't he better pal than Sialey, NLo was always cheerful and entertaining who was the best sport in the world
 What fun it's going to be to liy, in this house, Stalev." she said, with out the flicker of an eEclash. "Iti the most beautiful place i've oycl seen, Only--I'd like to furnish parr of it myself. I wish you had two oi three bare rooms for me to do"
 Stalev laughed. "l'l clear out q couple of them for you" he said "i' you like
 He means fl, too" Mrs LcXiug ion said in her fOrCctul, convincjnl way as they rode home that night "Therc's nothing in the world toe good for you as far as Staley goes And you're d very, very fortunat, girl, Lily Lexington, l hope yu know your uck,'
 "T do" answered Lily. She fell soothcd and Contontcd tonight Witl the memory of the beautiful quiet house still in her mind. Why. jus 10 live in place like that would b, q joy. And the parties she conlc give in 1.-the clothes she Woulc have,
 "I'd love 10 go 10 Europe on m, honeymoon she thought drcamiy "Fll make S'aley take me" She de. cided that in an instant.
 "Yos, you're very lucky. Baby her father echoed in his deep, slow