New Britain herald., 1927-12-10

the shelf in barber shop-that lit tie table" He laid one of his straight l blunt fingers on q gold-toppcd bot ;le.
 That's a powder table" Lii, '|ld 1 him, laughing. And l use all that stuff as you call it, on my face, Mr. Pat France. Cream and perfume end powder and lipstick. The oil in that bottle you're touching is for my hair l. smells like a lemon groye.'
 She pulled ont the gold stopper , and sniffed at il. "Thal's what makes my hair so nice and sweet she said, smiling up at him. And all the rest of this makes nc nice to look at--for my Pat to look at. Pat groanod aloud. He had picked up scent bottle Of black glass and was looking at the price-mark past i ed upon the bot om Of it.
 "Eighteen dollars Whew" He 1 whistled. "It would take me three days of hard work to earn that one i rottlo of perfume for you, Lily ] He set it down. his fac" drawn into ! lines of discouraGomont and hope i lcssncss.
 But Lily langh"d at hip. Then i I'd have 70 got along without per ! fume or uen vanilla instead. i Wouldn't I Pat"' she asked. She 1 swaycd toward him an inch or two. and was where she wanted to be ] in his arms.
 And thus it was that Carrie came upon them. q few minutes later. as ! she passed the open door on her way upstairs to her own rcom--one fig ure. their arms cl%sped around each other. their lips locked deaf and blind 10 everyone but them selves.
 They did not see her or hear her. ! and she went on up the sta Ss. She locked her door and began to pack i her yellow tin trunk. '. . She had changed her mind about staying with the I.exing- ons until Mrs. Lexington iischargcd her. after all. What was there in staying. she asked herself, i when tn. only man she had taken a fancy 10 in years had fallen in love with the daughter of the house?
 4 half hour later she walked out of the side door. leaving behind her the tin trunk and th" six weeks back pay together with a note ask irg Mrs. Lexington to send both of tEsm to her brothers house in Ap- plo'on court, on the west side of th" town.
 Pat saw her go from the window of lis room above the garage and thought nothing Of i.
 Lily saw her too. and knew why she had gone. She ran downstairs and found the note she had left for Mrs. Lexington. She tore il open "a find out if Carrie had written any thing about herself and Pat in if. She had. She hAd written everything she knew ahout them.
 "Dear Mrs. Lexington" she had written. in her neat, round hand, Miss Lily has just told me to leave the house. and I am going. She Is iealous of me because Pat, tho chauffeur. likes me too well to suit her.
 "Plcasc send my trunk and the SgG you owe me right away 70 my brothcr's house. where I am going. , Iii, name is Charlie pctri", and his address is"
 Lily read no more.
 She slipped the note into the pocket of her dress and carr ed il upstairs 10 her own room. She lock ed the door and carefully wrote an other note in tarrlc's neat hand leaving out the bit about Pat and herself.
 Then she sealed it and took il downstairs 10 her mothers desk. II lid not occur to her that she was doing a dishonest thing-commit- ling forgery writing T lie:
 She smiled to herself at her ow1 clovrrncss as she lnid it down upor pile of bills for her own wedding rlothcs-for princess slips of apple. blossom pink and robins egg blue for sill; stockings. satin slippers paste huckles-for gloves and dress rs and hats. All of it raiment fol Staley Drummond's bride!
 If l marry Pat I'll have enOugl clothes for while. anyway sht said gaily 10 herself. pausing at th' hall window 10 look al the garage il the back yard. Ii had become ; place of dreams and enchantm cnt- that plain "nd ugly little building lccoueo f housed Pat. Mrs. Lexington came hon" iron Der lun rh"on a' church at o'clock
 Sho non home all rrmef anC