New Britain herald., 1928-01-31
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:, elor, to marry her mothers Chauf- | fcur. Pat France. Her parents and 1 neighhors drop her. and she goes to live with Pat in a cheap little | flat and do her own housework, which she detests.
 Pat invents new kind of piston ring. and he and Roy Jefferson rent 8 tiny machine shop. where they in | tend to make and market 1t. Pat works three or tours nights a week. and Iily has a. very dull time With no friends but Pats parents, his sis ter. Florence, and Roy's wife, Sadye. Fat puts all his money into the pls- ton ring. and Lily struggling along on nothing a. week. begins 10 regret her nasty marriage. However. she IS in love with Pat, and is wildly jealous of his former sweetheart, Eliza beth Ertz, 3 nurse.
 One day four months after her marriage, she meets Sue Cain, her elrlhood chun, and Sue tells her that Stalev is still in love with her. Lily, who needs some new clothes and cannot afford them, telephones Staley, who gives her a. check for them, and so their old affair begins again. Florence France, who WorkS in q shop where Lily buys hor things sees Staley's check, but says nothing to Pat about if. The Jettersons see her with Staley. but they say no'h- ing. Neither does Elizabeth Ertz, when she happens to see them.
 But on Christmas eve Pat finds cut about them, himself, when he discovers icNeled watch that Staley has sent 10 Lily. They anar- rel and Lily goes home to find that her fathnr has had business losses and that the family must live on very little. After q month away from Pat she longs 10 see him. but when she goes 10 the flat she finds Ellza- beth Ertz helping h:m clean it. Angry. she goes back homo and con- scuts to see Staiey'S lawyer about q divorce. About this time, a. com pany, backed by Stalcy. buys out Pat and Roy Jefferson for very l't- tie. leaving Pat practically penni'esS' He gives up his flat and his mother sends words to Lily that she had better come and get a silver "hls- key flask and cigaret case of Sta ley's that she left there. When Lily goes to get it, Mrs, France tells her that they arc at Roy's house. l1ly finds Roy alone, and asks hlm for the things before Pat seems them.
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 Roy paid no moro attention 10 L.ilys bare hand on his sleeve than he would have paid to d snowflake there in the dead of winter.
 He did not even glance at her. but wont on twisting a piece of wire that he held in his blunt grease stained fingers. Finally he shook his head.
 q told you I'd send you the things" he repeated, Stubhornly. and l will. As soon as Sadye gets back I'll have her look them up, and I'll send thnm 10 you"
 Lily grolned 10 herself. That was the very thing that she did not want to have happen. If Saaye looked through tho bags she would recognize Staley Drnmmond's inl- tials on the flask and tho cigaret case the instant she laid those sharp little bright eyes of hers on them.
 And then she'll probably run straight to Pat or The Ertz with th" story" thought Lily. in despair. And if The Ertzs lawyer ever iindh out that Stalny gave mo things like liquor flasks- good night.
 She simply had 10 got those things, And not orly did sh" have 10 get them in order to protect her self from Tho. Ertz, she told horseli but she had to get them right away By the ti,lc Sajye Jo''Irson came home it would he too laio. Sadly" must ncycr snr th'nt-ncHcr. never know about thom.
 She pattod the flannel sleeve o' Eoy's shirt again. Look here, Roy, she said, plcadinGlN. "W"'Nc always h.en awfully good friends, you and l. Why won't you do me thls one favor. Why won't you go upstairs and bring me those things? II wouldn't take you two minutes 10 do il. Plea plcaSo--for me
 But Roy shook his head again. "Sadyc would have a fiji If l went paving through those bags with hands like this" he said, turning them over so she could see how greasy th" inside of th" fingers WIs.
 Well, then, ict me run mp and hunt for ihem," lily was b"ginnttg. when there Was a quick tap tap ot high heels on the brick walk, and Sadyc, herself, cam" around inc corner of thc huuso.
 The early spring day was Marrl. and there was | IrftI" muStaclo of perspiration on Sndy"'s npp"r lip.
 She was flush d aS If she had been hurrving. Her eyes seemed 'o loap like flames hen She sJr Llly. nhr was standing lu@t as cloSo tn Roy IS she could looking lnto hls facc anEioJs,v. and holding hlz slon'e in her fingers. 2 she rle9d"J F'th inn
 Well how do you do -" she asl d. dunpiaE her baer an1 bundles down upon I wooden hrnch that stood hesl5e the door tIar Hords, were courteous enough. hUt her NoiCc did not Sr"1n tu care he" rhr Wt-.
 ' csme to scr N"U.'' tll ,oI1 t,, her. Mrs. Frlnr" sals ther, B -rj- Yer flask and rjcarol ras' of min" in those spitca~"s of Pats tlut Hou l"t her store in yomr garrct and I'd 'ili" them, if itG not loo much frOu- blo to get them Tor me-
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