New Britain herald., 1928-01-23

i READ THIS FIRST:
 Lily Lexington. spoiled only
 daughter of the Cyrus Lexingtons,
 jilts Staley Drummond. a rich bachelor older than herself, to
 marry her mothers chauffeur, Pat
 France. Her family and friends drop her instantly. and she goes to live Pat in little flat near his parents home.
 Pat has. invented a new kind of
 piston- ring, and he and his friend. Roy Jefferson, rent a tiny shop
 where they manufacture tho new
 ring Pat works three or four nights
 week. not only in the shop but helping in Roy's garage, and Lily finds life very dull and uneventful. However she still Is in love with Pat
 and is very jealous of his former
 sweetheart, Elizabeth Ertz. One day Lily meets her friend. Sue Cain, downtown and she asks her
 to a party. Lily wants some new
 clothes. and appeals to Staley who gives her his own check to pay for them. Florence France, Pats sister. is bookkeeper In the clothes shop. sees the check, and later on when Lily and Pat quarrel she tells Pat about 1t.
 Lily goes home to her fathers house to find that he has had some business losses and that her mother l and she will have to do all the homework and economize q great deal. Staley is devoted to her, but
 Lily begins to long for Pat: She goes
 to see him and he thinks she has ] come because of newspaper article l on the automobile page that told
 all about his La France piston ring. Lily has not even seen the article and says 50. but he does not believe her. Elizabeth Ertz is at the apart
 ment, apparently helping Pat with
 his housework and although
 Lily sees her there she does not
 question Pat about her. She goes
 home and tries to be contented with
 life there.. On the night before Sue Gains secret marriage to Jack
 Eastman. the pair and herself go
 with Staley to his house 10 ''cele-
 brate" the event. staley tells her
 that better piston ring than Pat 6 l has just been put on the market
 and that he is thinking of putting
 some of his money into the new
 company.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER LII She waited for Staley to say some-
 thing more about the piston ring.
 But he did not. He just went on ! pouring out the champagne into the <; thin shallow glasses carefully. never spilling drop.
 If there Is better ring on the l market than his. it won't be such a bowling success. will it?" she
 asked slowly. "Especially if you put
 lot of money into the other one" Staley shrugged his shoulders un- 1 der his perfectly fitting coat His
 mouth lifted the corners of his little
 blond toothbrush mustache as he
 smiled to himself.
 Well, that's not why I'm doing i it." he answered. 'I'm not an old fashioned villain. Lily. l don't want
 10 ruin your husband just because he is your husband - I probably
 never will put any money into the other company anyway. I just told
 you about it 10 see what you would
 say more than for any other req son. I think" He laughed. And that was the last Lily heard
 Of the scintilla piston ring for a
 long time.
 She did not take any Of the cham i pagne when he passed it to her. T thought you were the girl who
 wanted to be gay ard wild tonight, v
 he said. looking at her in surprise
 And now you refuse my cham ! pagne."
 There's nothing more gay and
 wild than champagne" giggled Sut
 taking hers. What's the matte,
 with you, Lily? Anybody who car i set champagne these days and
 doesn't take it is just plain crazy ! it seems to mo"
 Lily did not know. herself wha; 1 made her so blue and depressed
 After all, what difference did i,
 make to her If Pats marvellous pis-
 ton ring wasn't so marvellous as Inc { had said it was? How could it affect her if it did not sell--and if he 1 went broke on it?
 He was all through with her - | just as sne was through with him. Ten cents for your thoughts Lily" Sue called out gaily, startling
 her from '..em. You look as blue
 as indigo"
 But no one could have called Sue blue at that moment. She was just starting to drink her second glass Of tho wine, and her checks were flushed and her eyes twinkled like winter stars.
 This was great little ca oi yours, Staley." she declared, turning to him. Lets make a night of it after all. Let's load up with some flasks and go out to the new ! roadhouse called the Zulu Hut. You know, they don't give you any forks !, pd vnu ba,o so oot ,J