New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
M By Beatnce Burton lvlOllcv lAOV C Of Shoulders"
 Hollywood Girl" Etc.

marry Staley Drummond, wealthy
 bachelor much older than herself.
 She throws him over few weeks
 before the day set for the wedding
 and marries her mothers chauffeur.
 Pat France. Her parents refuse 10
 have anything to do with her or
 him.
 Pat has perfected a new kind of
 piston ring that he and his friend.
 Roy Jefferson, want to put on the
 market. Pat goes to work in Roy's
 garage and later on the two of them
 rent tiny machine shop where they plan to manufacture the piston
 ring. For a while Pat and Lily live with Pats family. consisting of his
 mother, father and sister Florence. Then Lily quarrels with Mrs France and she and Pat get flat of their own. For four months she tries to be a good wife ard housckeeper. seeing no one from her old life and having nothing ;n the way of amuse- ment.
 Then one day she meets Sue Cain, her former chum. down town. Sue is giving a bridge party that after room and invites Lily to come to it. So Lily goes to Angouleme's smart shop and charges some clothes to her father. The store refuses to let her have them, by her mothers or ders, after they are all wrapped up. and Lily suddenly decides to take them out of the store anyway. She does, and when a store detective comes to the house for them. only ] to find her wearing them, she tcle- 1 phones Staley Drummond and he makes out a check for them. The next day Lily goes to the Frances house and Florence tells her she has 1 just taken a jon as bookkeeper at Angouleme's. However. she seems not to have seen Staley's check. and ! Lily is relieved. She meets Staley again and he sympathizes with her and Lily begins to feel dreadfully sorry for herself-especially when the France family sends her a wash i ing machine for wedding present. She vows never to Use 1t. but does finally. Pat is working just as hard as she is, often until late at night. and life seems very dull. Then q let ter comes from Staley asking her to | meet him the next afternoon at five. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER NXNVJH It did not strike Lily Lexington France that she was doing a high ly dishonest thing when she tucked Staley's letter into her coat pocket that rainy October day and ran down to the drug store to telephone | him.
 It did not strike her that. when he wrote that letter to her, he was do- ing the wicked and interruptions | thing we call ''breaking up" anoth- CT mans home-Pat Frances home. Or that he was trying to break it up. at least.
 As a matter of fact. she scarcely stopped to consider the right and wrong of what she was doing. I It simply seemed to her that here was chance to have good time an exciting time-a thrill" orce more. Something to break into the l dull gray life that she had been liv- ing for four months within the four walls of the little flat.
 Her voice shook with excitement hut mt ho nyil. smelling. dark telephone booth al the rear of the drug store and gave Staley's telephone number. | Hello, you.' she said 10 him when he answered. ''The postman 1 just brought me your note-and [ can meet you tomorrow afternoon. lut why make it so lateo Five o'clock is just the time when l ought 10 be at home starting to get supper. Couldn't We make it a l bit earlier? Lunch time?" It was so long since she had had 1 lunch in a smart restaurant. So i long since she had sat at q candle l lighted table. with an attractive man gazing with admiration at her from his side of it. the way Staley Drum- mond always did. So long since a ! waiter had lowered over her to ask Ter if the mushrooms under glass. or the broi!ed lobster were just as they should be. So long since she had worn orchids. . Stalcy al ways brought her orchids.
 
 he was asking her now. That's a great idea. It will give us all after ! noon to talk-and I particularly want to talk 10 you. Why. yes, lets meet at the same place, only at one instead of five"
 And so they planned if. ! The next day was another day of , icy rain and col1 high winds. It was pouring when Lily opened her eyes 1 10 a world of darkness before dawn 1 at six o'clock. and she dressed 10 the i wild music of rain beating against her bedroom windows.
 | The kitchenette was cold. and fl 1 looked checrless even when she had set the table and lit the gas stove i for the coffee pot.
 [ ''oh my Aunt Eliza. but how I'm going 10 hate getting np in the cold | all winter long 10 cook this break fast for you," sh" groan"d 10 Pat whon hc cainn out 10 cat his toast and grape fruit. ''I didn't ming if ! so much on su,nme, mornings when i the sun was shining. hut this huSi- | ness Of getting up in fha middle of darkncs Brrr!" She shiyered. She | a'od it.
 | Pat laid blue shirt down upon thn table. "Yon didn't get this shirt . very clean" hs said. Better v@sh | if over. Baby before I wear it." TIo sat down and picked up his napkin and spoon.
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