New Britain herald., 1927-12-09
Money Love
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Lily I'NiHSlol IS lllt SfOlI'u oliS
 child of the Cyrus Lexingtons, who
 live far beyond their means. Mrs. Lexington's tordest dreams are real izod when she becomes engaged to Staloy Drummond, q rich bachelor older than herself On the day after he proposes she goes down town to
 meet her chum. Sue Cain, and sees
 q man watching her through the
 crowd. She is oddly attracted by him before sine sees that he is wearing
 a taxi drivers uniform. Moved by a
 sudden impulse, she jumps into the cab and he drives her home, Every
 day after that she goes down town 10
 see him, and he drives her home.
 She learns his name is Fat France.
 and that he owns his own cab in a ! company headed by his best friend, , Roy Jefferson. However. he intends
 10 sell tn" cab to raise money 10 fi- nance q piston ring invention of his.
 Lily realizes that she is Tn love l with him But about the time that
 she makes up her mind to break off | her engagement to Staley her moth- CT announces the enga cement, and | the wedding day is s,t for the tenth l of June. Mrs. LcXinEto on hires a new chauf- 1 feur, and when he arrives Lily sees | that he is Pat France. From thc l minute he comes there to work, she realizes that she never can marry i Stalcy. and tells Pat 60. She assures 1 him that she'd rather marry him
 and bo poor than he Staley's petted and spoiled wife. But Pat isn't SO
 sure. One morning when they take
 tho car without asking Mrs. Lex 1 ington's permission. and start out on
 q picnic for two, Fat drives past his home and shows her the little
 grocery store noxt door 10 it. T. be-
 longs 10 his father. and Lily catches
 glimpse of a sweetfacod. old | fashioned looking woman standing
 In the doorway. Pat joints hor out
 as his mother and asks Lily if she
 would do what his mother does , take care of a house and help her
 husband in his business, besides | Then he Introduces her to Roy Jet i terson and his wife, Sadyc. whom { Lily dotests on sight. although she i has just told Pat she'd love all his 1 friends. They tell her they've heard 1 ''so much about her" and while Lily
 and Pat are settling down to their , | picnic breakfast in the country later, ' he tells her he never discussed her i with them, but that certain Eliza !,
 beth 1irtz did. Lily asks who Eliza | i beth t,rtz is. 1 tNOW GO ON WITH THE STOEY) { CHAPTER KY ! Fat grinned sho"pishlv. and actu- ' ally llushod as hc began 10 open a ' fin of sardincs with his pen knife. 1 . He kept his eyes on it as ho an- 1
 6wercd Li!y's question. | "Why, ! don't know how to tell i you who Elizabeth F.r,z is. She's i ! iust-Eiizabcth E.rtz.' he said awk-
 Wardly. Shes train"d nurse and a
 great friend Of Sldya Jotterson's. An awful!y nice. sensible sort of girl" "l"s, but that's not what want !
 to know.' Lily fixed him with her !
 .arge, luminous eyes. What l want !.
 70 know is how shc knows enough {, about me 10 talk me over with those 1 1 J"''arsons. She's never seen nc { ! she doesn't know me" Shes seen you," said Pat, pour- 1 1 ing coffee from the thermos bottle , i into two cups. You remember q , girl who was talking 10 me one day | l when you ca"" un 10 my cahn \ | short little girl with big blue eyes?" 1 Lily nodded. her hair, like q gold. |
 en plume In the sun that came eift- | i ing down through the new gr en ! i leaves above them. ] "Ics. l remember her." she said. , and then asked sarcasticalv: "She has beautiful big blue eyes. has she, 1 Pat" "fou'vc noticed them, haven't you?" | She remembered how she had
 asked him questions about inc small l plain girl the day she had found her 1 talking 10 him. and how he had re-
 fused 10 answer them. She remem- ! bcr"d how jealous she had been that 1 daT-and she was jealous now in just the same way.
 Shes great friend Of yours as vel as the Jcttersons. isn't shc?" sh" asked, and Pat nodded.
 \ man very often is as tranenar-
 "n' as sheet of glass 10 q woman particularly if he happens 10 be in { lov" with her. as Pat France was
 with Lily. And so she saw through 1 him without half trying.
 " ou'Vc been going around with ] her for long time. haven't you?" sh" wanted 10 know. You and she i and tho Jettersons must have had
 jolly times togethcr--the four of i you"
 { We havo,' said Pat misorablv. 1 and then came cut with the whole i truth, as if he were tired of being i rrosa-questioned. And I'd probably ! nav" married her if I hadn't hap | pen 10 see you that rainy day in ! Alberarle street. Wed been 1 going around together for nearly two y"ars-shc and l." { And have you gone around qith
 her much since then"
 Pat shook his handsome he1d.
 with ifs crisp waves of unr,lly hair. . 'l'N" never tel"phoned her since. or
 made date with her." he answered.
 huSkily. "That's how eho happened
 'o com" down town 10 ser mo that
 day when you saw lis Sho won-
 dcr"d vhat was tho matter with me.
 Thought I must be sick or dead or
 something. I'd forgotten all about
 her to tell the truth"
 Lily studied him with narrowed
 'EeS as he broke q roll in two but
 tered it and ate 1t hungrilv. Would
 you go back 10 her if l married
 Stal"y Drummond ?"
 pnt