New Britain herald., 1927-08-24

l touch the hand she held out to him
 A look of jealousy and distrus' flashed into his eyes as he looked from her to John Nye. together there in the seclusion of the little private dining room, not IS inches apart from each other.
 "Hul-LO Nye!" he said without . smile. And then he leaned towards Sally, and without warning, kissed her upon her mouth.
 Hello, Babel" he said to her. but his gaze never left John Yves face.
 See, that's how things are be- tween us!" was what that steady gaze seemed to say. more plainly than any words could have said them.
 Sick with anger and shame, Sally stood looking at him.
 There was nothing she could do or say. .. She couldn't cry out to John Nye, and tell him that she 1, didn't care a snap of her fingers lOi leu ClodH, anu tLdl eiio io'Su him to kiss her-that he never had kissed her with her unspoken or spoken consent in all her life.
 After all. he probably doesn't care whether Ted kisses me or not. It's nothing to him." she said to herself. when she could begin to think clearly again.
 All the same she hated to have him think that the exchange of kisses between herself and Ted Sloan was a habit of theirs.
 Well, so here you are!" Millie's gay voice came from the outer room and her blond head shot around the door. What are you all doing in tere? Hello. Johnny, going to stay for supper?'
 She came swaying into the room, all slenderness and curves, all per fume and color, all warmth and radiance and lure.
 : She walked straight up to John Nye, and stood just as close to him as she could. looking straight up into his eyes. It was a trick that she had learned from watching Greta Garbo on the screen, and Sally had seen her practice it in her own room 1 dozens of times.
 But John Nye was utterly indif- ferent to it and to her. His dark eyes were quite cold as he looked down at her.
 No, I can't stay tonight, Millie." he said, I'm sorry" | He went.
 Millie followed him as far as the , brown car, and stood there talking ! to him for a minute or two. But he started the motor running as if he i were in a hurry to be off, and after a bit Sally saw him raise his hat and wave. Then Millie came slowly Up the steps and into the house.
 "The big High-Hat!" she snapped, when she was inside the hall and closing the heavy oak door behind her. Sore at me, suppose. because I went out a couple of times with Davy Davdson."
 She came close to Sally, who was standing in the doorway of the din- ing room.
 When your Boy Friends gone, l want to ask your advice about something" she said in a low tone. and went upstairs to go back to bed. She usually rested all day Sunday.
 It was Ted Sloan who put the brilliant idea into sally's head.
 Sally had been telling him how poor business was in the House by the Side of the Road, and he him self had seen how few people came there that Sunday night.
 Your place lacks pep!" said Ted. who knew some of the rules of sell ing, picked up in his own business of selling automobiles. Now, you take this place down the road, the Lark. as they call it."
 Don't talk to me about that roadhouse" groaned Sally. They have a thousand dollars to spend where Aunt Elm and I haven't a thousand pennies. They hired couple of professional dancers late ly. for instance. A couple of Span iards who know the tango and the"
 That's just what I'm driving at'' interrupted Ted. "All kidding aside, Sally, you're the best dancer I ever saw. If you'd do some exhi- bition dancing here. you'd draw the crowds. Not at first, but pretty soon people would hear about you. . . Put on sort of one-act show! That's the idea! And you could do it, all alone, and 1t wouldn't cost you penny"
 He was going, and Sally walked beside him out to where his car stood in the darkness of the drive way.
 Don't talk like simp, Ted" she said sharply. You know I'm not good enough to dance in public"
 Not good enough." There was a pause while he turned to look in- tently at her. In the moonlit dark ress her skin was like cream satin, her big eyes big and shadowy.
 You're beautiful" he said. his voice thick and husky. and sudden ly. without warning, he kissed her again. Not the way he had in the afternoon, for John Yves benefit, but with certain hard impatience, lending her head back and taking her breath away.
 "Now. don't get gay with that Wye gink!" he said when he had let her go. Because I won't stand for it."
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