New Britain herald., 1928-03-17


 T au n duty bound to dstari her HON. You admit l don't lie, and vel
 "7hvr- are H orse things than
 lying Jack Stutrtt+ Interrupted Jil, ~Gi-. with fury Fl would have HrsH I huH -reI fi'n.s more decent , oG Hpur part 10 h1Ne liad like 6 gentleman 1u1 protected rLs s#nc'ity "t >osr home. But To. you couldn't iie I}ah Don't talk to me about lQty-yoI, N &ose fin, -eLs- ol daty : toward $ aou3aH tn.,ke> you forget yo#r RJ5t Las a !a-z-rT and tesiines' Go 10 your "oi43aa. Jack stuart! S,ac, yon''e had a little money tho on. woman, HoH- wife. isn't enough. OA, that cursed money, I curse th' day tts4t Fat Sweeney ever paid 1t 0 Tony and yol, II las 1rohen up our noma and is ruiuius Tony He doesn't draw q sober breath any nore Go, Jack-e0 70 your woman. yehos- good name Is so precious 10 you, Forget that youHe got q wife, IS Tn going 10 forget from now on ! frat I've got husband, or eyor had or..
 With which HlIa declaration JE stuart. sobhing in hysterical aban- don. flung ou. CT tha room eie had aasiguated only fw days before IS their Hove coop. and dashed into ono Of the suite used for the chil- dren and the tHo maids. Sha had al ready transferred much Of her pr sonal stuff into this room. It Vas the final break ID fLair domestic relations. They spok" fo each other and pretended happy relationship before friends anl sc aqaintauces. Both "@rc m1s6ranlE unhappy. and tried to dull th"lr misery in partles. dances and bridee playing-ona continuous social nhrl
 1 During this period Jlll MAS sesn. night after night dancing with Francois Le Tar,e. or playing cards with him, They seemed always to be together. at ca hare' partleS-and at picture shows. Sht never went with him alone. but ot this fact Jack was unaware L. Tar'c Wa, the on man of whom h. "as ]ealous. and he vas mortally jealous Of him.
 As for himself, Jack seemed to be the full moral support and social prop Of Ni'a RaveIle. so far as con- cerned the better classes Of the so- cial circles. When Jack was present Nlta was preSent-soclally. Without him she was scarcely recognized Jill, of course. was well aware oi this friendship. What she didn't SOC she imagined her imagination i was vivid. Like Jack and the hnga- boo he had built up in lis mind about Francois L. Tarte, her ilnag- i inings went far.
 Tony Justin, as Jill had SaII. rarely drew q sober breath. H. spent lis money la>ishly, foolishly Talk to him. father Pat. plead- ! ed old Peter and tlier" WAS that in 1 his >olco which tugg"d at th" heart ! of the priest, Father Ryan, more than anyone else. perhaps, knsw how lonesome Peter Jusiu's life had become. all alone with just q hoHse- keeper in the old home. Hher" for so ,uany years the voices of his rhll- dron had consoled for the loss of his wife.
 Prter 1ongpj for Jill and h"r babies. The twins. especially, Peter and Paul. were the joys of the old mans life. He spent much Of his time at the Deuuison flat. playing aih his grandchildren. But Tony : way of living since he had acquired q competence. worried Peter fH- cacdinelv. Father Ryan shook his i head with sad miseiNIng.
 "It's very difficult hr said to his old friend. AS many of the young people of today have succuult'ed 10 tn hIra Of tn bright lights, There's no reasoning with thenI They ar" speed drunk, II is th' age of 'h' airrlane. automobile and radio. There is no time for meditation. for tn old-time pleasures. It's 'c'mon hurry up. let's go,' Drinking and fasl riding Fast. speed. That's tn word on eyerytodys' tongbe--sp@ed ear that won't travel So miles ah hour is q crab a Horm,' and ice wagon.
 Peter Justin sighed.
 "1'm afraid 4 was an unfortunate, 3nstead of a lucky day. when Jack and Tony acquired money" he said dolafully. "Tt caIue too easy, Money earned hv years of hard work and careful saving doesn't carry di-sipa- t1on with il in Is spending. II iS appreciated
 .Tsir. money easily come by as tn thr cases of jack and Tony. l~ s54lv -pent: and easily spent money. I've observed. buys 2 lot Of ltisBH~ dersfardInrs and worry. When Jach and JiI were hu~tiirg 10 make ends uJ-at they had no time 10 quarrel And Tony ner.r comes hom" any faor,. TGc has his apartment up town in 2 swell block. along with crowd Of monay-srending fools. and hg's ,f' worst fool of 'ern all''
 Tn.p fi4 Father Pa, realize there Z l,
 Isatrr Justin. Iogahlc. .asy-goiug old Peter who never had been able 'o stc anything but good in anybody or any'hlur ur-Wheu Peter started 1n' nndtng fault with humanity nd its affairs then things must, indeed, hat- come 10 a sorry pass
 IT MAS early }0 February that inc event tfanspir~i which 'crashod the works" a.s Tony would have es- pressed # for any possihl" adjust mon, in the home affairs of 'h' Stuart-. Itll re~aiyed 3n ofter, from in, ilpLcros'or or hotel in Pittsburgh. If Srbn a ,res k for h"r@elf, and s-3" for Professor L." 7ar'e.
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