New Britain herald., 1928-01-27
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 Lily Lexington, spoiled only daughter of the Cyrus Lexingtons, jilts staley Drummond. rich bache- Tor much older than herself, to mar ry her mothers chauffeur, Pat France. Her family and friends drop her and she goes to live in a tiny furnished flat with Pat, doing her own work and having no friends but his friends. Roy Jefferson and his wife Sadye, whom she detests. 1 Pat has invented a new kind Of piston ring that he and Roy want to make and market. They do this, putting every nickel they have into the venture. and Pat works night and day. leaving Lily alone and very melancholy.
 One day she meets Sue Cain. her former chum, down town. and Sue asks her to party. Lily accepts and finds she needs some new clothes. She gets some, and when she has no way of paying for them. telephones Staley Drummond. who gives her his check. which is seen by Pats sster. Florence, who is bookkeeper in the shop where she buys them.
 Lily goes on meeting Staley day after day and bumps into the Jet tersons and Pats old sweetheart, Elizabeth Ertz. nurse. of whom she is very jealous. But none of them tells Pat anything about their meeting with her and Staley until the crisis comes. It comes on a Christmas eve, when Pat happens to find a jeweled watch that Staley has given to Lily. They quarrel, and Lily goes home to her parents. who have lost great deal of their money and do not live so we'll as they once did. Staley is eager to have Lily d. vorce Pat and marry him, and Lily wants to do it. sure that Pat Is through with her, especially after 'she visits him and learns that Elizabeth Ertz Is helping him with his homework and is very friendly with him. She threatens to sue Pat for divorce and name Elizabeth as correspondent. and is delighted when Staley tells her that he has bought Pats piston ring company for very little.
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 CHAPTER LVI1
 staley leaned back against the end Of the sofa and deliberately clipped the end from one of his fine. fat. ex- pensive cigars. very slowly and de- 1 liberately. He smiled to himself as though he were enjoying the thought of tho story he was getting ready to tell.
 Well" ho began. his narrowed eyes on the yellow flames that danc- ed in tho grate. your husbands 6 piston ring was . good little ring, right enough. But this scintilla one was % much better that his didn't have . chance. And besides. he didn't have any money to advertise his. He didn't have a Dutchman's chance to put it over. and so he was pretty glad to sell out to us for a song. So was Jefferson. They won't have anything left out of their ven- ture by the time they pay everybody what's due them.'
 He shook his head. 'No, they won't have a dollar of profit. Not a dollar"
 Not dollar. Lily repeated to her self.
 She had been hoping all along that Pat would not have any money left when he had paid his bills and clos ed his books.
 But now that she knew that this was just what was going to happen to him, she was unhappy and de- pressed over 1t. She knew how Pat had slaved over that piston ring. How he had sold his cab, his own little run-about car. borrowed on his life insurance. worn his old clothes until they were shamefully shiny. and made her wear hers so he could put over" that piston ring that was to make them rich and contented.
 She shook her head mournfully. He won't have dollar" she echoed aloud. Why. he'll just be broken hearted. staley."
 And then another thought came to her. Docs Pat know that you're behind the company that bought him out?"
 Staley shook his head. "No, I don't imagine he does-although I don't know. The president of the company is man named Jennings He swung the deal. It's nothing big and important, you understand. Both companies were tiny ones" All this was very puzzling to Lily She knew almost nothing about money and business deals. What she did know was that Pat had given up his cherished dream of success and prosperity when he sold out to the Scintilla company-and, knowing Pat as she did know him. she was sure that he was as blue as the ocean over it.
 | Poor Pat!" she said, unhappily and her eyes went to the clock above the mantelpiece, ;. :. Half past nine.