New Britain herald., 1927-12-28

dewy with sleep.
 Pat frOWnrd, one eve on the little tortoise shetland gold travelling clock that belonged to Lily and stood among her toilet things on the dresser.
 "Sure, l love you," he answered abruptly: "But--look at the time. I've oversl"pt. and l should haN@ been at work half an hour ago. Have l any clean clothes or haven't r."
 Lily glanced at the clock, It was five minutes past eight.
 "Why don't you get yourself an alarm clock ?' Sh" asked, although she knew that hc had decided not to spend an oX.ra dollar for "n alarm clock. Daylight coming into the room always wakoned him. he had told her.
 Lilly, have l any clean clothes'' He was impatient now.
 Lily fell back into her pillows an1 shut her eyes.
 I'm not going to answer you when you use that tone to me- she said. sull"nly.
 Sfo waited for him to como and beg her pardon--to gather her into his arms and hold her tight and kiss her a> if he never would stop.
 But he did not come near her. She stole another quick glance at him. He was tying his neckti" under tho collar of yesterdays shirt and the clean, w"ll-groomed look that had first drawn her to him was gone, in spite Of his bodily cleanliness and his careful close shave. He was ScoWllng al his re" floction in the glass.
 She closed her eyes, and mo- mcnt aftorward she heard him go out of the room. Surely he wasn't going without kissing her when he knew she WAS awake.
 The sound of the living room door opening came to her -- then the opening and closing of the door that led into the hall. He was gone! For a moment Lily was angry, Then she began 10 SC" that she had been in the wrong. Sh" really should have sent those clothes 10 1 the laundry. After all, ii was part ol i her job to sec that clean things were ready for him every day so ! ,t nj Inc world 1 of men and business and keen com i petition, looking his best. She sat up in bed. throwing OH the sheet and blanket that covered ! her.
 | Two minutes later she was Ill th' shower, and thrc" minutes alter tilA she WAS drawing on her long pearl gray chiffon stockings. Sh" ran ! comb through the bright tiulf 0 her hair. Fifteen minutes ai'e eight. Pat WoulI just be order'n; his breakfast ili the little rcstauT ant on Bovle street.
 "I'n catch him, all right she sal' 10 herself. picking up her hat An( coat and flashing out of the apart mcut she was going 10 E' down 10 the restaurant and kiss hiu before he went away for tn" day She would tell him that she ha' reon a bad wife to him, and beg hi pardon.
 Lily was vary vain, and she al ways pictured herself as Sh" Noul' look doing certain things.
 Now. as she ran down the stree
 under the blowing trees, she pic
 tured herself op'ning tho Scr""l
 door of the restaurant and tlp-tocln
 up behind Pat as he sat at tH
 counter. The walfrcssoS would Snnl
 as shc laid hnr nand over his on th
 whit"-enamelcI counter to SurprlS , him as he sat there reading his pa
 DOT while he waited for his co:fc
 to cool
 But Pat was not reading his papc
 when she opened the swinging door
 of the small white lunch room. ! He was talkia.; to a girl who sa
 reside him. A girl who's" blue ha
 and jacket seemed vaguely familia
 10 Lily. Then she turned her h"a 10 answer Pat. Jt was Elizabct r trtz.
 Elizabeth F,rtz--Lily backed ol of the door and stood on the sid, walk, too stunned to know what to.
 "Perhaps I ought to go back an { sit down and act as if nothing wcr wrong," she said to herself.
 But she wondered if she coul' And besides, why should S'' behave as if nothing wcr" VT, now that she stopped to thin , about it?
 Everything was Wrong' Ger Q tainly everything was wrong who } q newly y-marrlcd man was m"ctn s his old swcthCIrt for breakfast - { sitting close 10 h"r-smlliOG
 her
 ! "1'll bet it happens every mornin . too" Lily went on thinking. worl ' iny herself up into a towerir rage. That's why he gets up an'