New Britain herald., 1927-12-22
N1o~2~ By Beatrice Burton lVxOllVv AOv C Author
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! 70 marry Stdley bEu!iiiliodu, IlsI
 bachelor much older than herself
 She is fond of him, but realizes she does not really love him the da. ! after she accepts him, whe she be-
 comes instantly and violently infatu- | ated with ta2icdb driver whom she
 sees down town when shs goes tc
 meet her chum Sue Cain. Forgetting
 all about Sue. she jumps into his | cab and he drives her home. She | learns that hts raMe is Pat France and that he owns his owr cab in B company headed by his friend, Roy ! Jefferson. He tells her that he Is go- 1 ing 10 sell 1t to finance & piston
 ring that he has invented and he
 and hts cab vanish from the streets. ! Lily misses him terribly, and de- 1 cides she cares 100 much for him to
 marry Staley Drummond, But Mrs. 1 Lexington announces the engage ] ment, and the date of the wedding Is set for June tenth. Then, on May chauffeur, and it is Pat France. He admits to Lily that he could not re- sist taking the job just to. be near her, and she tells him how much she loves him. Things reach eli max when Carrie, one of the house. maids who IS Tn love with Pat. tells Mrs. Lexington and Staiey about the love affair. lily admits nothing to Staley, who refuses to let her break the engagement. But she tells her mother how much she cares for Pat and Mrs. Lexington humiliates him so that he leaves the house. Lily leaves with him, and the next day, despite the protests and ploadings of Staley and her family. she marries him. Mir. Lexington gives her check for s20O when her mother re- fuses to let her have any of her clothes from the house.
 On the following Sunday morning, Pat spends several hours at Roy Jet terson's house, and Lily goes finally to get him when Pats sister Flor ence, tells her dinner is ready. Sadye, Roy's wife. says Pat has just left, and Lily sees another visitor at the house--EMzabeth Ertz, sa- dye's chum and a former sweetheart of Pats. In jealous rage she goes lack to the house and locks herself In her bedroom all day. Next morn- ing she gets up late, and refuses to look after Frances grocery store while Pats mother gets her break fast.
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 CHAPTER XxVI
 Pats mother pushed her steel trimmed glasses up on her forehead and peered at Lily with narrowed eyes.
 Later on. when she came to know her better. Lily was to find out that whenever she wanted to see plainly she did that-pushed the spectacles up out of her way and sauinted hard with her bright blue eyes.
 Well, now, that's not going to hurt you-te stand behind this coun- ter for minute and wait on a GUS toner or two, my dear child" she said, in her gentle, sensible way, I'm waiting on you when l go over to the house to get breakfast for you? Isn't that so? And somebody's got to be in the store while I'm gone. I can't leave it, otherwise" She spoke patiently. as if she were explaining to a bad child why 1t must do certain thing.
 And Lily looked like naughty child, in spite of her 2o years, as she stood facing her with sulky eyes and poutinE mouth. She tossed her head. Never mind. l can get my self something 10 eat, thanks" she said, and turned to go.
 She did not know how to set about getting herself even the simplest kind of breakfast. But she certainly was not going to stand there in the store and deal out soap and Su- gar and spinach to cash customers! That was lead-pipe cineh, she told herself. as she pushed open the side door that led into the Frances neat. grassy yard. with it's grape arbor, its lawn swing and It's bed of spring flowers.
 Mrs. France made no attempt to stop her. But a gay. full voice from the front door halted her just as she was stepping out onto the grass.
 Hello, there folks.'
 Lily swung around. etill holding the edge of the screen door in her hands. Sadye Jefferson, with child cIinging to each hand. was just com- ing in, cheerful and wholesome-look- ing in green house dress and white canvas slippers
 My laundress ran out of scap," she said to Pats mother. "so l came over 10 get some"
 She walked over to the shelves and began to take down bar after oar. Charge six bars Of this to me- she went on. Six bars for 50 cents, eh?"
 Then she turned 10 Lily. Well, how's married life going, Mrs. Pat7" she asked, in an effort to be as friendly as possible.
 Lily answered her through get teeth. Beautifully"
 Then, without another word or look, she went out at the side door.
 She was on the verge Of tears when she walked into the clean, sunlit kitchen of the little house. The coffee pot stood on the back of the stove, and on the ta.Ile was tray covered with 8. snowy napkin and set with china. There was tiny vase on 1t, with one early rosebud from the bushes outside the kitchen door. and beside it the morning pa per was folded neatly, Mrs. France had done everything she could to make that breakfast tray attractive.
 But Lily looked at it with un- happy eyes, and gave it contemptu- ors little push with one hand.
 Then she went upstairs and stood in the doorway of her roera, looking