New Britain herald., 1928-01-09
M By Beatrice Burton NlO1eV lxOv 0 of "sauys Shoulders" Honey
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q rich bachelor. She throws nm over few weeks before the wedding to marry her mothers chauffeur, Pa. France.
 Pat has invented new kind of piston ring that he and his friend. | Roy Jetterson, intend to market. He goes to work in Roy's garage. and later in the tiny machine shop, where they plan to make the won derful piston ring. Lily. living with his parents and sister, Florence, next door to the little grocery store that the family owns, finds life very dull. Finally she Quarrcls with Pats mother and insists that they leave the house. So they rent little fur nished flat, where Lily learns to keep house in hit t-or-miss fashion, and is very lonely.
 1 She welcomes an invitation from i Ter former chun. Sue Cain. 10 play bridge at her home one day after she has been married for four months. But she needs some new fall clothes 10 wear and tries 10 charge some at Angoulemes smart shop. Failing to do this, she carries them out of the store and wears them. When store detective comes for them she becomes panicky and telephones Staley, who pays for them with his own check. Later l Florence Franc-. who is bookkeep- CT at Angoulcme's, although Lily does not know it at the time, sees the check. and tells Lily she ought not to have let Staley pay for the clothes. Lily keeps on seeing Staley, who urges her to leave Pat and start her life over again. Pats former i sweetheart, Elizabeth Ertz. sees them together, and later Roy Jet terson's wife, Sadye, whom Lily dis likes because she is a friend of Miss Ertz, finds Stale y's card among some roses that he has sent Lily. She scolds Lily, too but it does no good. After d quarrel with Pat she leaves the flat. spends the night at his mothers house. and next day tele- i phones Staley and asks him to take her to lunch. moro 10 get even with Pat than for any other reason. As she meets him in front of his office building she bumps into Roy letter son. who stares but does not speak. l Staley asks her if she cares whether <, he saw her.
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 CHAPTER NI.I 1 It came to Lily with the force of a stunning blow that she did care if 1 Roy Jefferson saw her with Staley i and told Pat about it. She cared, and she cared a very great deal. She stood on the sidewalk and watched kim maIe his way through 1 the crowds, and her eyes were misty with worry and doubt. . 1 Would he tell Pat"
 But even if he tried to tell Pat, would Pat listen 10 him? Would Fat let anyone come 10 him with word against her? She very much doubt cd it.
 You didn't answer my question: I Staley said to her, taking her arm and starting along in the silvery October sunshine with her. Does it make any difference 10 you if that ! man saw you with mo or not? What is it you're afraid of? That he will tell your husband?"
 Lily shrugged her shoulders. He won't tell him." she answer cd. ''At least. ] feel sure that he won't. His wife was at my house on, day when you sent me some roses with your card Tn them. and she | saw it and gars, me q good talking to. But she didn't breathe a word to Pat. thank goodness
 No one hal breathed word to Pat. she went on thinking, as Staley helped her into his big closed car and tucked rug around her knees. Elizabeth Ertz had seen her with Staley that first night she had met him and had not told. Neither had Florence told him about the check that had paid for her clothes at Angouleme's shop.
 Evidently a man is always the i last person to hear about his wif,, and another man." she said to her self. watching the big crowds in the streets as the big car sped along them.
 And then the thought came 10 her that perhaps tha: rule worked botn ways-and that possibly people were keeping from her the truth about Fat and Elizabeth Ertz. ! What are all your dark thoughts'" Staley asked. laying his hand on hers. Gosh, how cold your hands are, Lily.'
 She laughed. And. gosh. how cold am. myself." sbe said. This suit isn't the warmest thing in the world. ] would have worn the brown chif- ion velvet coat that you paid for. but it's not much warmer than this. and besides, it was at home-and l slept away from home last night" Something in her tone made him give her a narrow questioning look. "You did""
 Lily nodded. "Yes, ! did" she an sworrd. and her head dropped to- wards her shoulder. Her lashes dropped. too. throwing a dark shaJ- ow on her check. She was very love- ly and very sad 70 see.
 My husband went 10 party without me-" she explained, chang ing her story to suit herself. And ! when he come home he told me he had taken another girl home from the party-and then when l objected he got sore and left rne all alone in the flat in the dead Of night"
 Good Lord." she heard Stajoy say unier his breath. His jaw tight .ned and his lips came together in T straight line. The hand that held hers crushed ii until she could have cried out with pain.
 But she did not. She sat perfectly