New Britain herald., 1927-11-29
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 Lily Lexington is the spoiled. only daughter of the Cyrus Lexingtons, their means Lily realizes her high est ambition when sine becomes en- gagged 10 Staley Drummond. a rich bachelor many years older than her self. On the day after she promises 1 to marry him she goes downtown 10 meet her chum, Susan Cain, and sees man watching her through the moving crowd. She feels herself odd | ly attracted to him before she sees that he is a taxi driver. Then, nov ed by some sudden impulse. she jumps into the cab and asks him 10 drive her home. She talks to the ! driver. and he tells her that he is | driving cab, not only because he is "hipped' on autom obiles. but be- cause he wants his mornings free 10 work on a piston ring that he is in- venting. Lily takes his identification card bearing his name, Pat France, and his picture, from the cab.
 Later that evening. when Staley is al tho house, he calls for the card. sure that she must have it. Staiey i hears their conversation. and Is sus- l picious of Lily. And she Is insulted, she says because he thinks her cap able of having a love affair with q cab driver when she is engaged to q man like himself.
 | The next day Staley goes out Of i town and Lily instructs Carrie, her mothers housemaid, to tell him 1 she is i'll and can't talk to him if he phones. Then she goes out 10 hunt up Pat to confess 10 him that she , took his identification card. He tells I her il doesn't matter. because he's l giving up taxi driving on the first of the next month anyway, 10 devote himself to his piston ring. He is off hand and indifferent. and Lily de- : cides to forget him and goes 10 q 1 luncheon at the house of her friend, i Ann Barney. where she tells every one that she is going to marry Staley. On the way home she admits 10 Sue Cain that she doesn't love Sialey and is in love with another man. On the following day she points out Pat to Sue, who's horri- fled at her "school-girl crush" Lily i leaves her, deciding to have Pat drive her home.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORl' CHAPTER VI
 Like most born selfish people, Lily could not see why she couldn't have anything or anybody that she wanted.
 One of the things she liked 10 say vas that if you wanted a thing hard enough and long enough in this world. you got it.
 But 50 far she had never had 10 long very much for anything. 1if" had poured it's gifts into her lap. and she had looked them over with an indifferent eye. She was "fed un' with everything. because she bad had everything.
 Now for tho first tilnc. she want, l something that she couldn't have she wanted inc friendship of Pat France, who drove taxicab for r living. Besides that one thing. + seemed to her nothing else mattcrel very much. She was in love for the first time. Franticllly and com pletnly.
 AS she started across the side walk toward him, Sue came running down the steps behind her anG caught her by one sleeve.
 lilly. you've taken leave of your senses." she cried. You're not run ming after this man. are you? You must be crazy. Please do get into my car and let me drive you home. v Lily wrenched herself away frof, her. Sue. you make me awfrlly. awfully tired" she said. "Youd se" a moving picture that told the story Of girl and taxi driver, anr you'd say. How romantic. Why can't som mcthing like that really hap pcn?' But just because it does han pen, and happens 10 me. you think i,'s terrible. You think it's crime not to have money and position-' "Yss. and so do you.." Sue came , hack a' her, her eyes snapping. You think more of money and power than anybody know, Lily Lexington And just let somebody try to take any money or power away from you and see what hap: pens,"
 "Oh--fish," said Lilly, expressing what she thought of Sues lecture. She left her and started toward the cab. once more
 Pat France was standing beside it, and as she came up to him he shook his head.
 I'm sorry--you can't ride in this cab tonight" he told her. gravely. "I'm going home this minute" I.ily's eyes pleaded with him. 'It wouldn't take you long 10 run me home" she said. But all he did was 10 go on shaking his head stub "9rnly.
 Then, as she stood looking at him
 a jumped into the seat and started
 is motor. The cab gave a perk and
 artad away, and Lily was left or
 '" curhstone looking after if vitf
 ,"nrise and wounded eyes.
 Maybe you'll ride home with n' Now?" Sue sang out from the plum colored coupe. and she climbed into if without word
 Neither girl said q word all th' way out to Montpelier road. Lily, 1T her corner Of the velvet -covcre' seat, smoked one god-tipped cigar ot after the other. as if her life de pended upon smoking cigarets. SUI hummed 'In a Little Spanish Town and battlcd the traffic.
 But at the end of the drive, a: