New Britain herald., 1929-08-17

serious.
 ! You don't actually make love tc ne-do you, Red? You're just sorr of casually affectionate. Of course you put your arm around me, some. times And you hold my hand in the theater. But I shouldn't cal that making love- Should your" Red looked startled. Good lord, Molly. you don't want me to make love to you, do you"' She laughed at his alarm. No, she said. T think it would be simply poisonous. l should prob ably want to slay you" No joking" he told her solemn ly, You wouldn't want to start something we couldn't finish, would you. Molly?"
 She shook her head
 Because, he continued soberly T should love you so fiercely, my dear. So unrelentingly. So terribly I think you would be afraid to be loved the way l should love you"
 
 derful,' she murmured.
 He looked at her sternly.
 Don't cheapen yourself, Molly. Loves nothing to play with"
 "Oh, l didn't mean exactly that, :" she declared. setting her cup down nervously. T. I think your won derful. Red. I wouldn't have you change for anything. like you just the way you are. Besides, there's your mother, Red. You know you have to think about her"
 He laughed shortly.
 " I wasn't talking about marriag", Molly. l was talking about love-"
 "Oh." she said. And then, after a moment, T don't think you're the kind anyhow"
 'No," he agreed. T don't know as I am."
 He came and stood in front of her. and taking her hands, drew her to her feet. Then, for a moment, he put his arms about her
 And then, abruptly. he released her.
 Red went away early that evening. And after he had gone, Molly sat Tor long while, oil the cubist sofa, 
 It was time, shn told herself srimly, to call a halt. Two men in l single evening. And both of them making love 10 her. She had even 'ather encouraged Red Poor Red! He couldn't marry her, if he want- d to. Why make Red miserable \nd Bob! H" probably had feelings %. Most likely she'd been leading Jim on. Not really meaning to, of curse.
 Molly, like most attractive yomen, played a game that is more VT les uoc- Aye. S>ne women annot help batting men. They arc .ot purposely ruthless, nor intcn- tonallv interruptions. They have inherited an art which 1ve had direct from the serpent f was a talon which Molly en- ioyed upc9neciously. It is, moro yer. the W9r of women when they oep men dangling. And Molly, 10 | intonts. was dangling Red and Scb. Not because she wanted to- ut because she couldn't help it. ! t wasn't, she felt, quite honorable.
 Now if l were only married.' he thought 'evorHthing would be ! II. ."''. E W7''' '' try to r7"l-o ] we to me. And Red wouldn't get II bothered. "rr+ .'""'' 'r-o','t roHrrv rro," she : ?oaned, and put her head in tho 1 illows. And shed an angry tear or ,vo. Suddenly she eat up strai~ht. and Un~ her feet detormincdly to the Cor
 m ask him." she cried. "1'u ' cor to Y " r'o ,;~-and I'll asl; im," Hurriodly shc packed her bag, She couldn't let him know shn was com ;g. It would be better to surprise i'm.
 Che telephoned the South Station, n1 reSn"ved q drawing room on the .idni~rt. She would be in Now orll h"'0re he was awake in the ornin~. She would telephone him. 1d ask him 10 take her to break st.
 Then rh" would ask him right raiGht out.
 "J9ck. will vcu marry mo?" Juet Ie that And she would be ex- ic;t about it, too.