New Britain herald., 1927-12-19

Their wedding journey Was tri too--pity makes people do disastrous things sometimes-Dut her eye hap pencd to light upon q photograph of Pat that stood in a frame all made of little shells upon the mantel shelf just above Staley's bowed head. Pat, with his eyes looking out at her from the frame, and his dark handsome head thrown back upon his shoulders in that half-dcfiant way of his.
 Pat, l can't give you up" she said to him in her heart.
 "Staley," she began, laying her hand on his coat sleeve, T wouldn't have had this happen for anything | in the world. Wien I told you Ia ! marry you there wasn't anybody else cared two pins about, and then the 1 very next day l saw Pat and fell for him. It wasn't my fault was it, i But I'm just as sorry as l can be-
 And you'd better be sorry.' It vas Mrs. LcyinG,on's voice, sharp and bitter. And you're going 10 be sorry-sad and sorry-bofore this things over. Sorry for yourself, yourg lady, that's what! You not falling into any bed Of roses when you marry this France," she sniffed loudly.
 MT. Lexington pattcd his wilful daughters shoulders again. "We 1 just want you to he happy, baby girl" he said. "Wc just want to be sure yoa'rc doing the right thing for vorrsclf. If you love Pat and haven't any doubts about him, we want you i to have him.
 His wife groancd. "Now you're not saying what I told you to say to her, Cy," she walled. "Why do"'t you tell her that sho's got to come home with us and stay there for two or three months unti! all the gossip about her and Stalev has blown over? That's what you promised i you'd say"
 | Iily's father looked as if he were ashamed of himself for a moment. "Ycs l know" he said, after n rausc. "But we want her to be hap ny, don't we? And sha couldn't have Teen happy the way things were Eo- ing ali home, or sfe wouldn't have come down here to be married, would she? Would she, Ellic?'
 His bctter-half alared at him. "Wcl. for 22 ycara we haven't done anything but try to make her nap nv" she sniffcd. T guess that's the trouble. Sht's had too much. Shes snoilcd and wayward and willful, She doesn't know what she wants"
 "Oh. don't T." Lily said 10 her self with a glance at Pats picture sho knew what she WaOted--Nhom she wanted. She wanted Pat and nothing else in the world, she told herself.
 "Therc's no rso scoldinG me and arguing with me- she said, quietly My minds made mp to marry Pat and the only thing [ regret is what I've done to S-alay-"
 He was facing her now under the orango-colorcd electric lights of the little rarlor. and the radiance pour inr down upon his face seemed to deepen and sharnon the lines around his month and nose. He held out his hand.
 "Aftcr all. irs better to find out how vau feel aho@r IT." now. Idly, than a fcv month. from now h." said sohur,y. "A broken marriage is worse than a broken engagement, l ruoss. from all r,ar. Good bye" He was on his way to the door when shc called him hack. She had something bright a~I ring In her hand end she dropped it into his -hcr cncaecmcnt ring and all th" other icwclry he had given her from lime 10 time. IT, took it, shorod il into his pocket, and went out of the house.
 Mrs. Lexington got ur from thc couch. "Wc may as Hcil go, CE," she srtd, looking past Lily. "Nt cant do anything vth her-and its Ter own fault. We've never mad" her mind us or 1i~trn to reason about ,nnything. so why sN9ud w. expect her to. now? Goodbye, Lily
 "Good-hvc," tho girl answered. "You won't f,1l 'hiS way few months from now, Mother, whc' you see how happy aud contcntcd l am with Pat And, by the way, would you and Agnes pack up all my clothes and send them down hero? I'll nccl thcm.'
 Mrs. Lexington shook her head. "No. your husband can buy your clothes from now on" she answered. "Thcre are lo- of those things that can Gp back to the store, so your father won't have 10 pay for them. They weren't bought for Pat Frauc.'s $ wifi" Lily. But I'm glad to hear there is something you want after all. besides your precious Pat And as the time goes on, Nou'll find that there are lots and lots of things besides him that you want--and that hell never ho able 10 get for you. Then you'll remember that l tried