New Britain herald., 1928-01-09

more. You can go back to your people and live there quietly until you're free. And then you can marry me-"
 Lily drew her breath in sharply. l She tried to thing of anyone's arms but Pats arms around her, and couldn't bear the thought. T, She tried to imagine an.one's kisses but his. and the thought of them was hateful to her. . The whole thought of being married 10 anyone i but Pat was hateful and bcastly to her. somehow.
 l "I loyc him. she said 10 herself, drawing her hands out of Staley's grasp. And then without warning she began 10 cry with her head down against the velvet cushions Of the scat.
 She was crying because she was jealous of Elizabeth Ertz and be- cause she was unhappy over having c,iarrelled with Fat the night before. 1 But Staley misunderstood the cause of her tears. The whole thing l looked perfectly simple 10 him. l Here was the girl he loved crying i because she was unhappily married 10 q poverty stricken chauffeur who couldn't buy her the ordinary ne- , ccssities of life. .and who ran out with other women and neglected | her. 10 boot. That was the way , it all looked to him.
 Now. conc. come. you nusn't cry" hc tried to soothc and ccm- fort her. batting her hands again. Its not half so bad as it might be. Suppose you'd becn married to France for three or four years and had child or two before you found out that you couldn't live with him :? That would have been q real trag- edv'
 With his left hand he drove the car into the parking space behind the Adria,ic hotel where he was planning to take Lily to lunch.
 Although he remarked. 'it wouldn't make any difference 10 me how many children you had, or how long you'd been married I'd care for you just as ] do now. ] guess l must be pretty much in love with you. Lily"
 He pulled clean handkerchief from his pocket and offered it to her. Wipe your eyes. dear. and we'll go in and have a bite 10 eat" he said. And aftcrward. whether you like it or not. I'm going to take you down the street to Hyde and Hyde's and s.e that you get some furs. . WhT. you're freezing" He pressed his lips to the icy hands that he held.
 That night when Lily went back to the Frances little white house there were two silver foxes slung around her graceful shoulders. Pats mother. who knew almost nothing | about expensive clothes. did not even notice them.
 But Florence. who Sat sewing by the window seat III the tiny dining room. gave them a curious glance when Lily walked into the room | ''i sI'+ loohVh Ht JLbIy, WHOEt cheeks were flushed with excite nent. and whose neck fairly dripped with strands of pcarls-the eapen- sive kind that are made in France and cost almost as much as the real ones. Florence knew the value of every day in Angouleme's, that jew ol-boX of q store.
 "lou look as if you'd been out on shopping trip" she said point edly.
 Lily laughed. "You mean because I'm wearing these fursr But thcy'rc | not n-W,' she ti3hed lightly "They are some that l had all of last wjn- t,r."
 Sh" could sec Florence watching Der, looking her over. all the time sh" said gool-hy. 10 Pats mother and locked her little overnight 2. She knew that Florence did not be- Hey" h"r-an1 hat she was prob- ably thinking of the golden-brow clothes that Staley Drummond had paid for at Angoueme's a month before
 But sh" did not care. Florence could prov" nothinr--and as for herself. she had the furs and inc wonderful imitation pearls And that Was th" important thing.
 Tn" little flat was dark and cold when sh" unlo"N"d inc door Of i, an hour later. The bed was unmade Sflli-iust as She had leaped out of il the night be.oro. Stal.v's last offering of roses vas uiJted in fl q vase. There was d fine film of dust on ev"ry' hing.
 In an hours time she had strai@htcncd il up, and was cooking supper for Fat
 The table was set the evening paper lay folded at his place, and 1hr afternoons loot Of silver foxe. "ni pearls gre sa fcly hidden in a dresser drawer. Every few minutes slI" would go into the bedroom and try them on before the toilet glass
 S.al"y had told her that he rich. dark fur brought out her blend Colorinc. and he was right. , Too bad I can't have nice thines Q wear always" she decided. "]