New Britain herald., 1927-06-30
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WHAT HAS HAPPENED:

WHAT HAS HAPPENED:
| Phillip Wynne Tracy " has hat
childish engagement with Natlee
Jones. Becoming interested in Lyra
Hilliard, an old friend of his mother
he falls in love with her. Natlee
overhearing him making love te
Lyra, breaks her engagement. II al
comes to nothing. however. because
America enters the war
| Phil is one of the first to enlist
Just before leaving for France, h.
meets Natlee again and they plan &c
be married. The iIAmediate depar.
ture of the troops. however. prevents
this. The regiment is sent to the
front soon after arriving in France
and Phil is wounded. receiving the
croix de guerre for bravery.
! While In Paris he comes face tc
face with his mother. who has come
TO France to hunt him. She is ac-
companied by Major Auckland. who
Is devoted to her.
| Mrs. Tracy learns that Phil intends
to marry Pat. a rich French Divorce
She refuses to give her consent tc
the marriage.
Phil compromises with his mother
If she will refuse Major Auckland
proposal of marriage. he will give
up Pat for two years. She agrees
and they take passage for America
| Mrs. Tracy invites Natlee to theil
home the first morning after Their
return. Phil is somewhat upset by
the change In Malice. She is ap.
parently frivolous in manner and
dress and he is jealous Of Jerry Ken.
yon. who has paid ardent attention
J to Malice.
Natlee makes the excuse that she
has some errands 10 do. and leaves
the house l4urriedly. Phil follows
her to her car.
Here the story further unfolds-
CHAPTER LIv
OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE
! Are you talking to me or at me
Wynne Tracy" asked Natlee Jones
throwing up her head in her char.
acteristic way and looking Phillip
straight In the face.
Her eyes we're now dry, brigh,
and hard. whichever you were
speaking. I'll tell the cock-eyed
world ] do not intend to tune In my
radio on your station. Good morn.
ing"
Quickly the car smashed into gear
almost knocking Phil down as the
tenders came winthin an inch of hit.
ting him, and its sudden speed pull.
led his hand off the door where Nat.
lee was sitting.
Before he had braced himself or
his feet, Natlee was out of ear shot
As Phillip returned to his mother
he fell back into his blase mood
Everything was all blah again. One
by one he had noticed that his ex-
pected thrills had been only the veri-
est commonplace. His arrival In
New York had given him nothing.
His old home had only evoked a
. sadness, for 1t brought back memo
ries of Rod-and Malice! Natlee
seemed to be the greatest disap-
pointment of all.
True, she might develop into
something that would prove anus
Ing, but at the present moment he
seemed decades older than she. Her
ideas and conversation were some
thing that might become a bore.
WAS Natlee having trouble with
her carr" Mrs. Tracy asked serenely.
II think, Mum. she was having
more trouble with herself. I think
she was weeping a little. She said
she missed Rod greatly.
That makes me think. the car
she was driving was much like the
one YOU gave me so long ago. I
wonder II by any circumstances she
might have purchased it. I think
I'll go around and see If they've
sold it,
Phillip kissed his mother and
left the room sedately. The moment
he was out OF sight Of the house
however. he unconsciously quickened
his pace. To find out who had bought
his blue roadster seemed to him the
most important thing In the world
at present He wanted to get his
hands on the wheel Of it again.
At the salesroom he was told II
was bought by NJ. Jerome Kenyon,
and he took the information almost
as personal insult. That fate should
parcel out one Of his most cherished
possessions to his rival while he was
away tramping through the rain and
mud of France. was joke he didn't
like.
Fortunately. there was a smart
model of an English car Of the same
color on the floor. He bought it then
and there. but his heart sank as he
wrote the check. The contrast be-
tween his feelings as he gave orders
to have the much better car sent
around to his house and his memory
Of that day when he and Natlee
went driving up the street at 65
miles an hour in the one his
mother gave him. was too great.
This was just another car. The
other was pure. unadulterated joy,