New Britain herald., 1928-01-28

She stood 3t the door. watching for Staley. and thinking how she would have liked to follow Pat into the darkness.
 Hes gong back to The Ertz,' she told herself. wretch edlv, Hes in love with ner nov, and SO he hates me"
 On 3 warm March day, some three weeks later. a plain. cheap little white envelope with her name writ ten. across it ln very beautiful handwriting. came to Lily in the mornings mail
 The writing had familiar lcok. and suddenly she remembered where she had seen 1t before-on the gro- cery slips from Mrs. Frances gro- cery store It was Pats mothers s writing.
 The letter within had no heading. It started right off with a sentence that went sraight to the point.
 Pat is getting ready to give up his flat. and there are two or three things of yours in it A pale-pink chiffon slip. 8. lavender silk cushion, and box of things that you used to make up your face with. Also flask and a silver cigaret box. l sup pose the cigarst box is yours I cannot imagine a woman owning H whiskey flask, out if 1t is yours, please let me know, And please come after the things"
 It was signed simply Mrs. Trance"
 Lily leaned back in her chair and blew a long plume of cigaret smoke , at the ceiling. 7. Both the flask and the oigaret case belonged to her. They had belonged to staley prummond and he had given them to her on one of their secret lunch con parties
 She remembered that his initials were on them. too, and that she had not smoked all of the cigarets in the case or touched any of the liquor in the flask.
 She had seen them when he took them out of his pocket one day at the Park Lane restaurant. and had admired them. The case is too small for aL mans case" Staley h. d told her, and pushed them across the table to her, Keep them both like to think that you have some thing of mine"
 While she was thinking about him the telephone rang, and running to | answer 1t, she found him waiting for her on the wire. It was a mar velous day for drive, he said. and he was going to take the whole day off and go out into the country if ] a certain beautiful young lady would go with him. He had come l thing to show her. he added. Something I had made for you" he said, and Lily, always thrilled at the thought of getting some new piece of Jewelry from him, fairly tNlled as she answered that she would adore to spend the day in the Country-whlch was certainly not her idea. of the place to spend any time at all ever. She hated the coun- try Especially at this time of the year. when It was all mud and bare wet bushes
 T hope you're not planning . picnic anywhere" she greeted Sta ley, when he came driving up to the house III his open car a half hour later, because the ground Is too wet and cold 10 sit on-or even to stand on while we boil steaks and make coffee and things" She knew that that was Stale-'s favori'e form Of r1cnie-the kind where he could cook 3. lot of food c-er 3 smoky | fire.
 All right. ell find a tavern then. CT something.' he agreed, and
 ss he leaned forward to start h,. motor he slipped a ho1 into he1
 hand, Within vas the most beautifv, sapphire and diamond bracelet she had ever seen
 And you designed it. ! knowr she cried. looking at him with eye; that shons like The jewels. "Oh, yo, d9rllngt' Really, he was wonder.
 full, she said 10 herself. slipping i, over her gloyed hand. He was al.
 ways thinking Of her. Away. thinking af ways 10 spend m1ley or
 her. And the best of if w3s
 that he had 90 much of if to spend
 And 90 it happened that it was no'
 until the next day that Lily renern
 hnred Mrs Iranres : note agaln,
 She renlenn 'rered II late 1p th. . morning, when she Tae making ths