New Britain herald., 1928-01-11
M By Beatrice Burton
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bachelor. She throws him over a few days before the wedding to marry her mothers chauffeur. Pal France. and her family and friends all drop her.
 Pat has invented a new kind o1 piston ring that he and his friend Roy Jefferson. intend to make and to market. Pat goes to work in Roy+s garage and later the two men rent a tiny machine shop, where they ln' tend to manufacture the ring. Lily, with no friends but Sadye Jefferson, Roy's wife, and Pats parents and sister, Florence. finds life very dull indeed. The summer goes by with her working hard all day and every day learning to cook and wash and iron.
 She welcomes an invitation from her former chum, Sue Cain. to come and play bridge one afternoon. But she needs some new clothes and tries to charge them at Angouleme's shop, where she has always bought clothes, oEly to learn that her moth- CT has given order that she can no ! longer charge things to her father. She takes the clothes out of the place anyway. and when a store detective comes for them. she telephones staley Drummond in despair, and asks him to pay for them. He does with his own check. and later Florence France. who takes the job of bookkeeper in AngouleRe's. sees it and scolds Lily for letting staley pay for her things. But she does not tell Pat about it.
 Pats former sweetheart, Elizabeth Ertz, sees Lily leaving Staley's car. but she says nothing to Pat about it. Roy Jefferson bumps into the two of them on the street, and he says nothing to Pat. One day when 1t is chilly, Staley buys Lily some fox furs, and that night Sadye Jefferson finds them in Lily's room and shows them to Pat and her husband. Pat thinks Lily has charged them, and l she promises to take them back to the store. where she got them. She returns them to Staley. who tells her she ought to leave Pat instead of staying on with him in the dull, hard d-working existence they ehare. She makes up her mind that she will.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER NL11I 1 Lily came home to the little flat that November night with her mind fully made up to leave it--and Pat within the next day or two.
 She made little face as she sniffed the odor of frying cabbage and pork chops that filled the hall as she went up the steps. She fitted | her key into the lock and stepped into the living room.
 It was in darkness. and the sec ond she put her foot over the thresh- old she knew that someone was there. with her. /. There was no sound. no movement. nothing but darkness. and yet she knew it be- yond a doubt.
 {! She went cold al, over. and her ! flesh began to creep,
 l And then, as she reached for the electric light switch, Pats Noics came to her from out of the dark ness-"Lily
 1 She knew it was his voice, and yet it was not like his voice. It was thick and low. II frightened her,
 | What's the matter. Loyer?' she found herself asking anxious'y. as the lights flashed up. and while she was saying il she told hersel, that that was no way to talk to q man whom she was about to give up for another man.
 He was sitting in his easy chair and his right arm was handaged from shoulder to wrist with folds and folds of cotton gauge. His face was white and draw Looking a' him. Lily knew how much she loved hjm--as she had not known it fol long time.
 Instantly she was across the room and down on her knees beside him Why, darling. what's happened 2"
 He tried to smile as if whateyel had happened did not matter. "Oh ' was trying to crank that car o Rows and the thing flew back anr gave me 3 nasty knock he ex plained. Broke my arm. the Do, says
 And here you were, sitting al alone in the dark. while l was on eallivantlug Lily told him, all pit. and tenderness now. where a mo ment before she had been as har, and cold as steel "oh, Pat. I'm s' sorrv. What can do for you7"
 There were } dozen things tha she might have done for him. if sh' had known what they were an' how 10 do them. She might haN, tucked pillow under the handage arm. in its spllnts and sling Sh'
 might have made him go 10 bed am she might have given him a glass o hot milk to make him sleep
 But Lily had none of the instinct of 8 nurse or ] comforter And s' all she did WIS 10 put her arm around Pat and tell him how SOFT she was, again and again. runc'u ating her words with quick lttl' kisses
 That was just what Pat wanted however, He .ay back in his chai with closed eyes and smiled peace fully.
 Cant do much work for 3 coupl' of weeks, l guess, dearest" he kalt to her prese ntly. his free hand run ming over her soft, bright hair q she sat on the floor with her heN on his knees. Eve done all I cou,, do on the piston ring. anyway. fo 3 while. and we're going 10 try tl start selling them right after th
 first of the year So there uasn'
 much for me to do right now tX cept help Roy in tie garage"