The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-22

Flirting With Your Best Friends Husband
AT Times The Most Harmless Thing In
The World But In This Instance =
Well, Read The Story
Ol9ss NEA Service Inc

The WOrld-but In Inns instance
Well, Read The Story
things mundane Had Uncle Win remembered to order the
champagne? Had Derek really wanged the biggest suite on
the Empire She wanted it She meant to travel in state Inc
other two times she had crossed with Aunt Phoebe she
had had muggy little cabin deck No more OF that
thank you!
g" I, Lila, take thee, Derek ~"
It was funny but weddings were all exactly alike. Shed
been bridesmaid twice last You got bored with
the ritual Isn't it pity there wasn't kick to it! How
solemn the clergyman sounded!
The organs crashed into the occasional now She faced
about rumphantl She knew she looked her best That
photographer had kept her standing for ages though the
idiot She just bit tired. She could do with
cocktail this moment
Down the aisle they went Lila kept her eyes down. She
didn't believe in this beamingbrde stuff Occurrences was
more her style, anyhow.
No lingering outside here, as at Gypsys wedding Lila
and the gauntlet Of old ladies and disappeared
in the of shining mbed car The reception was
at Sherrys Lobster thermdor Curved glasses brm
ming with golden bubbles High nervous laughter An or
chestra drumming above it all.
"Come along, Sweets let's get out Of this That was
Dere frowning looking at his watch Were riding bit
close the wind" Las laughter rose higher and higher
They must come-they must all come to see them off
She vanished reappearing in dark blue costume which
effectively showed off her slender rounded figure She had
la orchids for her silver fox Her makeup was
Ia triumph She looked fawlessy young, sophisticated
amused
The suite packed to the brm with roses, with tele
grams exotic fruit tall baskets Derek goomed around
hands in pockets waiting for the signal winch would ca
"Why not come along? Why not all of you ;" Lila
forgetting the occasion her honeymoon She wanted
to make it wholesale cruise.
At last they dfted away and the two left to hang
over the ships edge alone.
Happy dearest?"
Her voice was decidedly pettsh. Nerves crept into it.
the excitement had died down and the audience had
disappeared. #
"Tm wreck. Honestly. What day!"
Her face white blur in the early dusk He caught
"v re going to make go of it, aren't sweets? Not
like of these others you listened closely, you
might have caught note of anxiety in his voice. 1t
lif he pleaded for reinsurance.
"What? Oh yes of course?" Lila hardly listened She
had gone back nothe brightly lighted with its
lamps and flowers and drawn silk curtains stewardess
rustled past her.
BEG pardon, madam!" There were teegrams
roses more boxes Derek was being tiresome Lila de-
cided with all his solemn talk She didn't any sense to
The engines far below, churned into life: whistle
brayed Silently the big boat moved from the pier Life
was beginning for Lila and Derek
The ferry carrying Gypsy Tom in the shining little
|car, slipped through the September night
Look, Tomr' Their had been the first on the
boat they had splendid view of the harbor. Look
that must be-yes it is the Empiric Lila's boat"
The majestic ship fairy cargo +t Of tw ink lights
sad lightly "You ought to be going to London and Paris
too, instead of to little shack on Long Island"
him. "As if didn't love Wsding HalIow AS # ID give
|up our two weeks there for London or Paris"
It's crude, Tom reminded her. Its just dunes and
scrub oak and water -"
Gypsy interrupted him to say ecstatcally: and
that delicious salty SMELL and sunsets the beach, and fish
frys and lying for hours the and being lazy Why
II love it, and you know it."
The young husband grnned at her. He lkable
when that smile crnked up his sunbrowned face with its
crown of fair, curling hair.
$50 you're satisfied, woman, you'll"
you're darned shouting am" It just well Mrs
More wasn't around to hear her daughters choice of
words. ssa f@.5 s.s
The ferry bumped into the slip and Tom drove experty
into the downtown streets of the city, They would
another bridge and find of the main arteries which led
down Long Island, and they would stop when they
tired, hours later, at pleasant little inn they knew
half way down. for dinner They planned to reach the
beach house before midnight There everything had been
put readiness for them by Toms elder sister, Rosna
who had place several miles away. The Wading
Hollow place. cabin and some acre SO Of ground
young Mr. Viewers sole heritage He had into the
property some years before the death of maiden aunt
Gypsy had spent several weeks there the before
under Rosnas chaperonage and had fallen in love with
the place.
Rose said she'd put up curtains" Tom said cheer
fully "You won't know the shack it's dressed up for
YOU"
IF you've changed stick or stone Of it," Gypsy
warned him mpressivey IT" never speak to again It
was perfect as It was"
Tom drove one-handsd fashion. His free arm held his
small wife in It's They left houses behind left the
AAA~ -. -