New Britain herald., 1928-01-21
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 Lily Lexington. spoiled only daughter of the Cyrus Lexingtons. jilts Staley Drummond. a rich bach elor older than herself. to marry her mothes,s chauffeur. Pat France. Her family and friends drop her in- stantly and she goes to live with Pat in a little flat near his parents home. Pat has invented a new kind of piston ring. and he and his friend, Roy Jefferson. rent ! tiny shop where they manufacture the new ! ring. Pat works three or four nights week. not only in the shop but 1 helping Roy Jefferson in his garage: and Lily finds life very dull. How ever. she still is in love with Tat and is very jealous of his former sweetheart. Elizabeth Ertz.
 One day Lily meets her friend. Sue Cain, downtown and Sue asks her to a party. She needs some new clothes for 1t, appeals to Stafey. and pays for them with his check. , lOItlits T dt eictOIs eNCS the check: and when he and Lily separate later on because of gift of iewelry that Staley has sent her. Florence tells Pat about the check.
 Lily goes home to her fathers house to find that he has had a nervous collapse due to some b.si- ness losses, and her mother has no servant. Between them she and Lily do the housework, and Lily finds life there none too pleasant. Staley is attentive, but as time goes on she begins to long for Pat. But when she visits his flat he not only tells her that reconciliation is out of the question. but does not try 10 conceal the presence the1e of Elizabeth Ertz who seems to be siv- ing him a helping hand with his housework. Moreover. he tells her flatly that she has returned to him because there mas been a piece in the newspaper telling about his sue cessful piston ring. She denies this. but goes home and tries to content herself with Staley Drummond. On a February night they start out for an evening together, and Lily. who disiikes to be alone with him, sug- eests that they go some place gay and wild"
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 CHAPTER LII
 The some place gay and wild" that Staley picked out was q restau- rant called the Club Casanova.
 It resliy was not,G club. except in the sense that 1t vas a night club and that membership there could be bought for a hundred dollars. Moreover. practically anybody who had 3. hundred dollars to throw away could belong 10 the Club Casanova,
 Its out In the country about 90 miles" Staley said that St. Naien- tines eve. ss he started his smooth going. soft-purring car. and 1t swerved out of the driveway with the low hum of its motor as quiet and steady ss the hum of bees over field of sun-soaked clover.
 The night was cold. and sll around Lily were the cres m colored panther skin robes that he had tucked around her, Tn the little cut glass vase fastened against the win- dow frame were fresh white gar- denias. like the ones that he had brought her to wear that night Their fragrance filled the inside of the car.
 Lily gave sigh ak she leaned back and touched her cigaret with the silver cigaret lighter that; was attached to the dash. All these lux urious things were pleasant-there was no getting away from 1t,
 It<was pleasant to get into q car that was like the coziest, most lux urious little room that ever was. Pleasant to lean back against the soft cushions-and to be on her way to a delicious dinner that she had not had to get herself.
 She sighed again. "Oh. Staley, I've worked 50 hard all day" she said. its such a job for me and mother to keep that pig house in any kind of order. It seems to me I've been dusting and sweeping and tearing around all day. And yet we didn't get the silver polished or the kitch- en floor scrubbed-and I'm 60 tired
 She saw stsley smile to himself in the half darkness, $ he put out his lett arm and laid It around her shoulders.
 Well" he said. humor ously, T know I'm not much of A fellow, but my wife will have a. pretty good time just the same. She won't have to work her lovely fingers to the bone. anyway" And he buncked Lily's fingers together and kissed all of them.
 After a minute she drew them away. His touch irritated her just as it always had.
 Lets go and get Sue and Jack" she said to him as brightly as she could. She did not feel half so bright and cheerful as the lovely rippling tones of her voice sounded. She could have groaned at the thought of the long evening ahead of her with Staley-but with Sue and Jack along 1t would not be half bad.
 Do you really want them?" Sta ley sounded disappointed. T thought I'd have you 70 myself for once. wanted to talk 10 you seriously"
 That meant that he wanted to pin her down about tartine her divorce