New Britain herald., 1927-06-27
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WHAT HAS HAPPENED:

WHAT HAS HAPPENED: Phillip Wynne Tracy " has had a childish engagement with Natlee Jones. Becoming interested in Lyra | Hilliard, an old friend of his moth- CTS. Phil soon finds himself falling in love with her.
 Natlee, overhearing him making love 10 Lyra, breaks her engage ment. The whole affair, however sinks into nothingness because America enters the World war.
 Phillip enlists and is soon in 1 France. Just before leaving. Phil meet Natlee again and they plan to be married. The immediate depart ure Of the troops, however. prevents this.
 Soon after arriving in France Phil | is wounded and is decorated for bravery.
 While convalescent. armistice is declared and as he meets certain ] requirements, Phil is awarded a scholarship in a French university and returns to Paris. His mother. not having heard from him for months. goes to France to hunt him, and Major Aukland, who is devoted to Anne Tracy, accompanies her. UneXpect- edly she comes face to face with her son.
 Mrs. Tracy learns with dismay Dot a French divorcee with a four-year- old child.
 | Phil goes to see Pat and they go to Maximes to announce their en- gagement. Phil wakes the next morning in a bedroom in Pats apartment and is told that having returned from cafe at very late hour. she had asked him in. Here the story further unfolds- CHAPTER XLvII THE COMPROMISE You were much better to me than I deserved, Pat dear. Why are you so good to such a worthless dis abled American soldier as l am ?" T will not have you call any American soldier who wears Frances croix de guerre worth less and besides, I love you.' Pat, you are very sweet. wish I were more worthy of you"
 The maid brought in the cafe all lait which Phil hurriedly drank. He knew he had done something which his mother would find hard to for give. He must get to her at once and fix Up some kind of a compro- mise with her.
 Pats tenderness held him, but at last he started for the Ritz. When Anne Tracy arrived home from her expedition at Montmartre. her first act was to look in Phils room to see If he had returned yet She was not greatly disappointed not to find him there.
 When he did not come to the hotel the next morning, she waited until 12 o'clock. Then she deter mined to brave the annoyance of the French telephone service and Sdll up | at lO dsh litI II SllC hllcN anything about Phillip.
 "Yes, Madame" answered a voice that Anne know was Pats. "Mon- sieur Tracy has just left for the Ritz. think he should be there very soon now"
 Thank you," said Anne, and rang off. For the life of her she could not show that she recognized the voice.
 When she knew that her son would be with her very shortly, Mrs. Tracy became almost panic stricken. What should she say to him? What would he say to her?
 She was not left long in doubt. He came in perfectly unconcerned, but with a look on his face that she had seen so often on his father's- a face which told her without any words that he would brook no ques- tionings.
 Before he arrived. Anne Hunting ton Tracy had definitely come to the conclusion that she would not give her consent to Phillips marriage.
 "Of course if he wants to stay over here and work in some capac- ity in Madame Pats silk factories. why, that's all right. I could not make any serious objection to that, but I do not think l would be do- ing my duty as mother if I gave my consent to such a marriage as he contemplates before he is 21.
 '"The time would come when he would call me to account for allow ing him to do such thing"
 Anne had said all this to Major Aukland the night before, and she had been somewhat paqued because he had made no comment. With characteristic honesty. however, to- day she had realized that John Aukland could have said nothing under the circumstances.
 When Phillip came in. however. and she saw the peculiar gray look on his face that she had seen so often on his fathers she detcr- mined that he must begin the dis cussion. .
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