New Britain herald., 1927-12-17

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 Lily Lexington, the spoiled only daughter of the Cyrus LoXingtonS, who live far beyond their means, is engaged 10 a rich bachelor. StaIcy Drunmond. The wedding day is set for early in June.
 The day after he proposes Lily goes downtown to meet llor chum. Sue Cain. She sees q man watch 1 ing her through the crowd Before she sees that he is q taxi driver, standing beside his cab. she fecil herself curiousiy and strongly at tracted towards him. She learns that he owns his own cab in a com pany headed by Roy Jefferson. He sells it to finance q piston ring in- Nention of his. and he and his cab disappear from the downtown streets
 As the days pass Lily realizes that she misses him and is in love witt him. but just about tho time she makes up her mind to break off her engagement to Staley Drummond Mrs. Lexington announces it ari the news is printed in the paper. Less than month before inc wedding. the IeNingtons hire a new ChauffCur--Pat France, Mrs. Lex ington, who knows nothing of the love affair between him and Lily. is frantic when Lily and her chauffeur disappear for long hours together. and Carrie, the housemaid. shows her a picture of Pat that she has found in Lily's drawer. Carrie is the picture, and tries to tell him about Iilys infatuation. But Staley refuses 10 let her. the wedding be- ing so near at hand and Mrs. Lex ington decides to take matters into her own hands 10 get rid of Pat She tells him hell have to wait on table and help around the house. He leaves and Lily leaves with him, de- clding at last to give up Staley and 1 his money for Pat and poverty Mrs. Lexington makes her promise 10 think things over for 24 hours. and , she goes 10 Pats home. where his mother lets her share inc room of ! Pats young sister, Florence. He f-cts a job in Roy .Tetterson's garage, tells Lily the JettersonS will stand up with them when they marry. and are going 10 give them party that i night. Lily. who has met Sadye Jet tcrson. dislikes to go to their house. but says she will
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 CHAPTER NNII
 There was nothing fashionable about the France family,
 They were simple. comfortable people, who lived simply and com- fortable and did not put on airs.
 Mrs. France set the kitchen table at o'clock. with q colored cloth, set cold meat and fried potatoes and hot rolls upon it, and announced that dinner was ready"
 Al'tI "tiN ] HL Nlp'b tuf hI~ilsS for her, and then went across the ! lawn to the grocery store to take 1 charge of it while his father came I in 10 have his dinner"
 He ate it in hi& shirt sleeves, with a white linen groccrs apron tied around him, and his smile that was so like Pats smile flashing at Lily as he talked to her.
 sure you aren't going 10 miss all ! your friends in this new lifcr" he asked very sensibly. Jlc was too clever and honest to pretend that they lived the same kind of lives.
 If they're my friends 1 won't have 10 miss them, will r." asked Lily, smiling back nt him from over the ciearet that she kept pasted on her lower lip while sh" talked If they really like mo they'll still be my friends and Pats, too, won't they?"
 Mir. France shook hs head. Money makes q dicronce in this orll in most cNcrything," he said "Y our fri, nds may think it doesn't and you may think il doesn't but it does. even in friendships For instance, you and Pat won't have tn" money that the people you've always known have. And things like that raise q wall be tween people, in spite ol thcm- sriNcs.'
 ''I don't carc,' tine girl answered. T don't want anybody else while ] have Pat"
 But while she was speaking The thought of Stu cam flashed through her brain. She wanted Sue, and not Sadye Jefferson, 10 stand Ep' with her when she married Pat. She wanted someone from her old life to be with her then. It would sound better, somehow. to people, when they heard that she had married her mothers chauffeur. if Sue Cain was with her at the time. Sue Cain was somebody" she figured, still snob it heart.
 She got up from her kitchen chair. tossed her cigarot into the sink strainer. and went into the narrow little hall of the house to telephone Sue.
 She was not a' homo. "&ho's at Miss Ann Rarn'ys." tho voice at the other end of tn" wire informed Der, and Lily remembered that this Nls he llv her hrilpn cl1nh moi