New Britain herald., 1929-07-29

| her. "I love you and all that, but you're 8 dreadful dumbbell. Cant you see there's a plot for a play, or a novel, in this 1ngersoll kid Why throw the thing away on a newspaper yarn? Why not collah- | crate on something worth while? Whats a bonus from the old man, a measley little $50, when we can make 8 fortune? 1 tell you, Molly, we can knock Broadway dead with the stuff that brat spilled tonight!' l. But tell me" she besouSn.. "Rd, you're infuriatng. You haven't tod me a thing. You simply talking your head off. ] don't know what it's all about
 Nc? Listen, then" solemnly Red began. Perry Ingersoll fell in love with Bernice Bradford "Yes, yes." Molly nodded And because she was gay and charming, and very, very wise, this young Ing ersoll found her captivating. She was different from all the nice little girls he'd known. The good girls, who smoke a lot and drink a little, and pretend 10 be very, very bad. was just herself. Beautiful. and lov- ing, and shining. So 1ngersoll fell in love with her, did he?"
 Well, he thought he did, amended Red, and that's pretty much the same thing, as near as I can make out. She was just the glitteringest thing that had ever come into his fife. And. when she gave him a little attention. he fell like a Tod of bricks. Did I tell you he wrote poetry to her? Called her his golden girl, and all that trash His Glamorous. Golden Girl. Doesn't it give you a pain. Molly?"
 "No,' she said. "I think it was rather sweet of him, Red, and awfully pathetic"
 Red chuckled. Just horn lit- tle romanticist,' he chided, And you a newspaper woman, Molly!' "GO On.' she pleaded.
 "Well. as ] was saying, young Perry Ingersoll got a poetic pas sion for this woman, and pretty soon he started glorifying her. Wanted to marry her. But Bernice knew how to play her cards better than that. An adoring kid might be some use to a girl in her pro- fession, but what the heck could she do with sophomore husband?"
 You say he knew about Bar rows?' questioned Molly
 "Oh, Barrows darn near broke the poor sap's heart" rejoined Red. The kid was so jealous he couldn't see straight. That's why he was ready to swallow Bernice's proposition, hook line and sinker."
 What proposition ?"
 Don't be in such a hurry" he instructed. "Ain't l trying to tell you? First. you see, the kid was imploring Bernice 10 marry him, and she was laughing at him. Then. when he'd given up hope. and made ip Ills lllllfu Sit ultdllL II, Suc SiI- denly turned the tables. One night she asked Perry to marry her. l can imagine the poor boob's heart busting with joy, when Bernice promptly took all the joy out of life.
 For consideration, she says. And then she outlined her scheme.
 Now, Ingersolrs the sort of chap that would cry. and carry on like woman. But he's welcher at heart. If he wasn't, he'd never have consented 10 her proposal. And consent he did.
 "Bernce knew he was infat tuated with her. and that she could twis, him right around her bejeweled little finger. She knew, too, that he was broke and desperately in need of money. There seems to have been something about gam bling debts at the university. and the kid was afraid of an expose.
 Well, Bernice said shed marry him, and give him a few thousand besides, if he'd be a good little boy, and do exactly as she told him. And then she confessed that Bar rows was beginning to tire of her. | Not that she gave hoot whether he loved her or not, Oh, no. Der nice wasn't one of your senti- | mental models. l don't suppose | shed ever given snap of her | ),,t there was lot of money in the ! Barrows outfit.
 You remember Barrows aunt |. was supposed to have provided the | defense fund. Well, that wasn't l his own aunt She was his wife's | aunt. And for Mrs. Barrows' sake. ! the old lady would go through any thing Barrows' wife's people ! wouldn't stand for any scandal. l And Bernice knew the game from to z.
 But this was to be high class blackmail Nothing small-timc about Bernice. Barrows was too well known to have his private life concealed from anybody. It wouldn't . do Bernice any good to say she didn't know he had a wife.
 That being that our heroine reckoned a husband would be q good bet And this night I'm tell. ing you about how she laid her cards on the table.
 "'Well get married she told young 1nSersoll, and then youll threaten to sue Barrows for alienation of my affections
 "At first the kid didn't get il. And then she tells him she means