New Britain herald., 1927-06-29
CHAPTER LII A BRAND NEW NATLEE

' Contrary to his expectations Phil slept very we'll the first nigh at home. The day had been gruel' ling, what with getting off tho numberless pieces of baggage tha' Mrs. Tracy had brought home witt her. and opening the house with 1t: tragic memories for both of them Phi1Sand his mother went to theil rooms right after dinner. His old room! He was almost ready to go 10 the window and call across the hedge to Rod. In fact he did raise the sash and stood for long while looking over at the darkened house. It was all SC 1 strange.
 i New York had seemed very diff. ! ferent city from the one he had Jeff almost three years before. Even the old house outside and in was un- i familiar to him. It was only when he stretched himself out on his bed his old iron bed that he had never allowed his mother to replace with something better-that he gave 2 sigh of relaxation which nearly ap- preached content. 1 As he lay there. all the time he 1 had been away dimmed in his mind and it was as though his childhood bed had only brought back the years the happy years he had nightly rested upon 1t in the dreamlcss sleep of youth.
 Rod. Natlee!! All the boys and girls that had come to that fateful party-all of his own crowd. Lyra! Even now he felt the ghost of her kisses upon his lips and his passion kindled. It was as she had told him it>would be. an exquisite memory.
 He went to sleep idly wondering whers-she was.
 He w&s up early the next morn- ing and. was quite surprised when he reached the breakfast room to find his mother already there. She was standing by the window and she seemed much interested in some- thing that was going on outside.
 He joined her.
 A girl was getting out of bright blue roadster in front of the house. She was short-almost too slender. She was wearing a much shorter dress than was the fashion in France. but he thought her legs a good excuse for any lnpropriety in that direction parth,s1aEly as the short narrow skirt would. Tn her case, pass that impropriety on from the one who was wearing it to- the one who was gazing upon it.
 50 that is the young American girl" he remarked casually. "She is certainly something new to me"
 "She' was all in reseda green ex- cept for nude hose and black pumps. Her soft green hat was crushed over the eye which was nearest to him; he could not see her face.
 "So that's the latest thing in flap pers we've been hearing SO much about. is 1t. Num-"
 Phil had hardly gotten the sen- tence past his lips when something about the gallant way her tip-tilted 7
 You don't mean. Mother. that's Naslee?"
 ''Yes. Son. she's coming here. I invited her to breakfast with us aft CT I went to my room last night"
 Good Lord. I can't see her now. I'll have to get out of this"
 Phillip was all a-tremble at the thought of meeting Natlee. You can't go now. Son." remonstrated his mother.
 Tt wouldn't be quite sporting. would it? She looks about 12 years old. Mother. didn't know her at all"
 At this moment Miss Jones" was announced.
 Phillip felt as though his knees were made of mush. He wondered if he were glad because she wasn't married after all.
 Natlee came ins sand greeted both Mrs. Tracy and Phil as though they