New Britain herald., 1928-01-14
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 Lily Lexington, spoiled only daughter of the Cyrus LeNingtons. jilts Staley Drummond. a rich bachelor much older than herself, n few weeks before the day set for her wedding. and marries her moth- l CTS chauffeur, Pat France. Her fam | fly and friends drop her instantly. and she goes to live with Pats par ents and his sist ar, Florence, in their small house next door to their gro- cery.
 Pat has invented q new kind of piston ring, and he and his friend, Roy Jefferson, rent a tiny Wachine shop. where they intend to make it. ' Lily, with no friends but Roy's wife, Sadye, whom she detests, finds life very dull. She and Pat rent flat Of their own and she tries to learn 1 were back in her old idle, lazy life. l However, she still loves Pat, and is frantically jealous over his ordinary friendship with his old sweetheart, | Eliza beth Ertz, whom he runs into every now and then at the letter sons house.
 | One day she bumps into her old friend, Sue Cain, and Sue asks her to card party. She accepts. and then finds she needs some new clothes. She buys them with the aid Of Staley, whom she finally tele- phones and their old affair starts up again. this time in secret. Florence France the attersons. and Elizabeth Ertz. all know about il. but no one tells poor Pat
 Things reach a climax the day be- fore Christmas. when Pat. who has been home with a broken arm, Gis- covers watch that StaIey has sent to Lily for Christmas present. along with a message that it twill count the hours until they are to- gether again."
 He tells Lily, who had intended leaving him later on anyway. to go: and she suddenly discovers that she doesn't want to- But she sees there is nothing else to do. At home she finds that her parents have gone away for the holidays, leaving things in the care of slatternly new servant
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY l CHAPTER NLN1 Lily did not miss Pat the least bit that first night in the Montpelier road house.
 ! It SC smed so wonderful to her just to be there again that there was no room for anything in her mind but an enormous relief.
 After the hard work and poverty of Pats little flat 1t was like sink ing into deeply cushioned chair to rest.
 All around her the big. comfort able house. with its rich furniture its thick. soft rugs and it's velvet draperies, was. like a box of cotton ! wool.
 T couldn't have believed life would ever be so easy as this again, she sighed comfortably 10 herself ss she settled herself down on the couch before the living room fire and stretched out her sllppered fee, to the blaze
 No supper to get No dishes tc 1 wash No milk bottles to he set o,,, on the back porch. Nc alarm clock to Win1. No coffee pot to he filled tor the morning. Nothing tc do Not thing
 I It's heavenly" she thought loll. ing back in th" pillows Of the couch and idly turning the pages of 2 magazine
 At sever o'clock Hester Belle. tbe slat'ernly little 1ra,d. came in and announced that her dinner va, ready
 'J'I have i' here before the fir. cn card table" Lily told her. With. cut looking up from the margarine she was reading.
 But 'hs table ,r the d,n,ng toon IS all set" sad Hes,er Belle, sadly Water poured and everything read, 'c hc scr, ed "%
 Lily set her 'a" "<r told YOU Ie have my dinner in tlals room on : card table she rep. ated, and he, voice vas as chilly aa the sound o' cracking ice.
 From the corner of her eye ah. could see that Hester Belle was etrI ln her faded ralico apron and cap
 Put on black dress and apror hefor" you serve ne. too she add ed. Does Mrs. Lexingf on lei yo, wait on table looking like this? I'u sure she doesn't"
 Hester Belle looked blank. anf her gooscherry- coIort I eyes scene, more like gooseherries than eyer Her Iaw dropped. ard she shook hel head
 Y do the cooking only W hen Mrs l,eNng'on is home" she explained
 T cook swell
 Then she threw 2 pistfm loo, 9o"n the hall towards the k,tcIier door Dinner all ready Be spoilet {