New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
M By Beatrice Burton NIOneV | AOv f of
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of the Cyrus Ledngtons. Is engaged to marry Staley Drummond. a rich bachelor. She throws him over . few weeks before the wedding to marry her mothers chauffeur. Pat France.
 Pat has invented q new kind Of pi lon ring that he and his friend. Roy Jefferson. intend to put on the market. Pat goes to work in Roy's garage, and later in the machine shop where he intends to make the piston ring. He works all day and late at night. and Lily finds life very dull. living with Pats parents and his sister. Florence. next door to their little grocery store. Finally she quarrels with Pats mother and insists that they leave the house. So they rent pttle furnished flat. where Lily leafns to keep house in hit-or- miss fashion. seeing neither Pats family nor her own.
 1 Then one day she meets her for mer chum. Sue Cain. down town, and Sue invites her to card party. Lily charges $500 worth Of clothes at Angouleme's smart shop to wear to the party, and when she cannot pay for them. telephones Staley prummond and he makes out . check to pay for them. Later Lily learns that Florence is bookkeeper at the shop and wonders if she has seen staley's checks and knows that Re paid for the clothes
 Pat sees the expensive garments and wonders where and how Lily got them. She tells him that she got them from Angouleme's on approval and must pay them t75 cash. Pat gives it to her. although he can't af- ford to. and with 1t Lily pays her debts at the neighborhood delica- tessen and starts to trade at Pate fathers store. The France family. eager to be friendly. send along . wedding present of . washing ma chine, which is far from Lily's idea of an ideal gift. However. she learns to use 1t. One day she has a letter from Staley, meets him, and he tells her he has decided she is not happy or she would not have come to him in her trouble about the clothes. He sends her flowers one day after he has told her he means to have her eventually. and Roy Jetterson's wife. Sadye, coming to the flat, sees them. She picks up Staley's card too. '~ (NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) l CHAPTER XXXIXu
 "'Mr. Staley Stanwood Drum- mond'," said sadye. reading from the card in high triumph. What an aristocrstic name. LII"
 Lily gritted her teeth. =. It made her perfectly furious to have Sadye see what was written on the card. And 1t always set her nerves on edge to hear sadye call her ''Lil." Coming from sadye's lips. "Liw sounded 70 common somehow or other. To Lily. at least.
 "Lil. that's the man you were go- ing to marry when you took up with Pat. isn't it?"
 I Lily nodded Erimly. She could have slapped sadye's face and turn ed her out of the flat at that mo- ment with great pleasure.
 "Hmm," Sadye unused. Well, he doesn't seem to get over hts yen for you. does he?" Her sharp littlc eyes took in the great bunch of pale pink roses once more. She seemed to be figuring how much they must have cost. in her own mind.
 "If l were you, LII, ! certainly would send those roses right straight back to him." she said. nodding her head wisely. T certainly wouid-I know Pat France. and I don't be- lieve he'd want his wife to be ret ting presents from another man, even if it was just a bunch of flowers"
 Lily thought guiltily of the bath room shelf, with all the beauty aids that 6taley had sent her when she told him she had none. What would Pat say if he knew that the very powder on her straight little nose was the gift of another man and of Staley Drummond. in par ticular?
 You know, . married woman can't be too careful" Sadye was say ing now. "It takes so little to make people talk"
 "Oh. Sadye, keep quiet!" Lily was exasperated with her. For heavens sake. who's going to know whether Staley Drummond sent me flowers or not, unless ! tell it-or unless you do"
 sadye shook her head. Not me! I'd never tell tim no trouble maker" she said. turning the fash- ing rings around and around on her fingers. Sadye had lots of je~elry.
 Anything I've got to say I'll say right to your face" she went on, and then she said 1t:
 T don't know whether you make a business of seeing this man or not'-she waved Staiey's card in the air-"but if you do, you're a very , foolish girl. Pat worships the ground you walk on, and if he ever had any cause to doubt you 1t would kill him, think"
 i1iIy uCllOCtdtVIy lcoh lIlc CdIu Out of her fingers. tore it up. and threw the pieces down behind the gas logs , in the grlte.
 q can't keep a man from sending me flowers" she said, and then as she turned around from the marNel- piece a startling thought came tc !, her. Sadye knew more about I herself and Staley Drummond thar $ she was letting on. Something ir l Sadye's face told her so. I "Sadye." she said quickly. Ina: I Florence France said anything te , you about me lately?"
 Sadye's pink face became more l deeply pink, and she began to blinl [ those sharp little eyes of hers.
 "Wcll--"