New Britain herald., 1928-01-07
M0 By Beatrice Burton IvlOllcv LOvc "HoneyL
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elor. She throws him over few days before the day Set for her we'd ding and marries her mother's chauffeur. Pat France.
 1 Pat has invented a new kind of piston ring that he and his friend. Roy Jefferson, intend 10 make and market. They rent a tiny machine shop and Pat spends some of his time there and some in Roy's ga- rage, working late at night very ! often. Lily finds life dull and dis agreeab ble living with Pats parents and his sister. Florence. in their lit- 1 tie house next door to their little grocery. Finally she quarrels with Pats mother and they get flat Of 1 their own.
 For four months Lily struggles to be a good wife ard housekeeper. seeing almost no ore. Then one day i in the fall she meets her former i chum. Sue Cain. down town. and Sue asks her to card party. She ! accepts and goes to Angouleme's shop and tries to charge some clothes to her father. She finds that her mother has given orders that she cannot use the charge account, and in despair she carries the clothes out of the store and wears them. Then. when store detective comes for them, she telephones StaIey prummond and asks him to pay for them. He gives the detective his check for them, and next day L''y learns that Florence France is book keeper at Angouleme's and IS al- most certain to see the check.
 Staley writes to her asking to see her again. He sends her a whole shelfful of cosmetics when she says she has none, and sympathizcs with her because her hands are so rough- cncd by hard work--particularly by washing the clothes every week and scrubbing the floor. He convlnceS her that she Is unhappy with Pat and tells her to think things over tefore he sees her again. He sends her some roses that Roy's wife, Sadye, sees. Sadye scolds Lily about them. and Lily refuses to go to a party that they have. But Pat goes. and when he comes home. tells Lily that he took his old sweetheart, Elizabeth Ertz. home. Lily becomes furiously angry.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER NIL There never. yet was q woman in love who was not actually beside herself with jealousy at times.
 And Lily France was exactly that as she stood facing Pat. her hus- band. in the doorway of the flat that Sunday night. She was jealous to the point of frenzy. Her face was white, and her eyes looked black as they blazed at him. Her breath came unevenly.
 Do you m gan to say that you've just left that Ertz creature-anh then dared to come home to me: she asked him. putting her hands 10 her throat. It felt tight. and as 1T u were filled with fluff; her heart leat suffocatingly.
 "Where else would come Lut home 10 you?" Pat asked. reason- ,v enough. He was very calm. "Ihls 'is my home. isn't it? And you're my wife. after all." :.
 Lily gave a laugh that sonndeo like a sob. "Yes." she said bitterly. but I don't know how long thls IS going 10 be yopr home-or how much louger I'm going to be your wife"
 She let that sink in, and then she rushed on:
 Don't fool yourself into thinking that you're the only one Of ''s whos yick and tired of this marriage. i'at France, Don't think that I'm not inst ss ttractive 10 other men as YOU are 10 that Ertz lemon. Don't think that haven't plenty or chances to step out, myself. because I have!"
 Pat frowned--not angrily. but m , thoughtful, puzzled way. He closed the hall door behind him and stood with his shoulders against It. ne took her by both Of her wrists ind pulled her close to him. looking hard at her.
 Now. what do you mean py thato" he wanted 10 know.
 IiIy smiled 1t him scornfully. "That. my darling husband, she said. .is some more of my own busi- Ecss."
 And. with sudden twist of her sh houlders, she wrenched herself away from him and flew into the bedroom, slamming and locking the door behind her.
 She threw herself down across hcr he'd. sobbing hysterically into the pillows. Above the sound or h"r own crying she heard Pat knocking on the door and begging her to let him come in.
 Now and then she caught bits Of what he vas sayirg-at leas- throw mo my pajamas and a com torter' sleep cn inc couch. but I've got 10 sleep somewhere
 And then more knocking.
 Lily paid not the slightest bit Of attention ;o him. She went on sob hing quietly into the pillows, and presently she heard him go down he hall.
 She sat up then in the shaft of moonlight that lay across the bed in wide band of silver. Pat and that Ertz walkIng along in that siivery light, under the leaflcss trees. side by side. She thought Of them that way and her sobs broke ou, again. Pat and that horrid 1iitle woman!
 Then the whole flat seemed 10 shake with the sound of the front door being violently closed. Through the thin walls cam" the faint echo cf footsteps on the stairs then inc tiull thud of the street door being