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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1925.
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A Wife's Confessional
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REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
IIHHIHfll'll't"
Row Fanny
' Kalherlne's Trap
' My throat muscles constricting
nith fear, I gripped Katie's shoul
der tightly.
"What Is It, Katie:" I demanded,
keeping my voice, however, to the
whisper she had used. "What has
happened ?"
Sha hung her head and tried to
ihng her apron over her head. But
in sudden and angry comprehension
I caught her twisting hands.
"Ti ll me at once what you are
cr.ung about." 1 whispered sternly.
i,nd through tears like a spring
freh-'l file stammered out:
my Meesis Graham, your
.poor Katie fee! so bad, shut oop In
ilot room vile dot vomans down
s'airs orklngs In my keetehen.
Your poor Katie eat hor heart out
rtAii.T rHioN sr.imric
STRIKES HAPPY MEDIUM
This, suit strikes the happy me
dium between the severely tailored
and the ornate and is a most con
venient outfit to have in the ward
robe. It is of blue rep bound In
vlf-colored silk and trimmed with
a narrow white collar, a blue silk
tlo and black bone buttons.
"Vou non't have to eat it out any
longer," I said dryly. I was angry
, nongh, because of the fright she
had given me, to smack her sound
lv, but. fortunately, those salutary
methods of discipline are no longer
permitted to chatelaines. I knew
the swiftest method of restoring
Katie to usefulness was to set her
"to work. "Mrs. Ticer has gone
'home," I began, "and you "
I never had a chance to finish
the sentence. Katie wriggled out of
my, hands and was half way down
the stairs by the time I regained
my breath.
"Tank you. tank you," she was
repeating. "Now I go down and
scrub my keetehen so I can get to
work feeding dinner.'
"But Mrs. Tlcer just scrubbed It,"
I said, and Immediately afterward
ehided myself for the breath I had
. wasted.-
.Madge Awaits Developments
"Ya-ah. hr scrubbing!" Katie
ejaculated, stressing the pronoun
Contemptuously. She disappeared
. -into the kitchen before I could re
prove her, even If I had thought it
wree to meddle further In a feud
which, after all, did not concern
iiire. But I laughed to myself with
an imaginative vision of Mrs.
Tieer's face should she return and
find Katie scrubbing the floor over
.which, she just had finished tolling.
Then, with a glance at my wrist
watch, I saw that the ten minutes
which I had allotted myself before
trying the experiment with the key
to' Lillian's room were almost up,
and I hurried noiselessly to my
friend's door. Going through with
the pantomime I had outlined to
Katherlne, I opened the door cau
. tlously.-saw that Lillian was asleep,
reached my hand Inside, took the
key from the lock, closed the door
again, locked it, and dropped the
key into my pocket. Then I went
directly to the window seat which
"ICaTherine had pointed out, and
curled myself upon It, making sure
Into that the curtains completely con
cealed me, nhlle ghlng me a good
iew of Lillian's door.
I was resigned to a probable half
hour's wait, for 1 knew that Kath
erlne would not lie down for her
feigned nap until the ten minutes.
upon which we had agreed had
passed. There was also the possi
bility ihat my -wait would be In
vain, that the girl, Funny Vow ell,
was not shamming, after all, But I
let neither possibility detract from
my watchfulness and kept my eyes
fixed upon Lillian's door until they
began to ache with the strain.
It was the faintest possible noise
which suddenly brought me to more
rigid attention, al lthought of my
discomfort forgotten.
Katherlne had left slightly ajar
the door of my room in which she j
was guarding her queer patient, and
though from my position I could
not see the door moving, I was yet i
aware that someone, something was
pushing that door back and moving
through it. My imagination visual
ized the waif standing behind it,
peering up and down the corridor
to see that the coast was clear, But
her survey must have been a rapid
one. for the next second she came
down the hall, a ghostly figure in
her night attire, with bare feet pad
ding noiselessly along the runner.
We must have misled her com
pletely, I thought jubilantly, for
there was no hint of fear or hesi
tation in her manner. Looking
neither to the right nor left, she
went swiftly to Lillian's door, put
her hand upon the knob and turned
it. When it did not open, she ex
erted more strength upon the knob,
then, dropping it, turned and made
her way back along the corridor,
still with her face turned steadfast
ly ahead.
"Isn't It Time You Stopped?"
Katherlne had given me no In
structions for this contingency, but
I reasoned that the little nurse
might, need me for the unmasking
of the girl, who had deceived us
by her pretended amnesia. Slipping
from behind the curtains. I followed
her down the hall. A loose floor
board, which somehow she had
missed, creaked loudly beneath me,
and I caught my breath, expecting will Brighton Pan
her to whirl and confront, me. But I Cooking fruits and acid vegetables
apparently unheeding, the went j 1p. an aluminum pan will brighten It,
steadily on to the door of my own while alkali composition will dls
room, in which she had been shel- color it.
tered ever since her arrival at the
farmhouse.
Katherine was nowhere to be
sen, and fighting back my nervous
fear of the girl, I followed her
across the threshold. Just Inside
the door stood Katherine, and,
waiting only for me to get inside
the room, she gripped the girl's
shoulder tightly.
"Don't you think it's time you
stopped this foolery?" she asked
sternly.
Gossip's Corner
mi.M.I I SKIRTS SMART
The fringed skirt Is extremely
popular, the fringe varying from a
silken strand to inch strips of the
material.
EVENING GOWN
Silver fringe completely covers a
graceful evening gown ol white
crepe.
TO FLAVOR SOI PS
Dry celery tops in glass Jars and
use them to flavor stews and soups.
Buy in Quantities
It is economical to buy soap In
large quantities so that it may dry
out and harden during storage.
To Set the Color
A little alum in the water in
which you wash any cloth of bright
colors will help set the color.
A Chlnpe Touch
New evening gowns of black satin
are on simple lines completely cov
ered with Chinese embroideries.
To Thicken Gravy
Two level tablespoonfuls of flour
nil! thicken a cup of liquid for gravy
and sauces.
I
I Will Remove Glue
To remove glue from fabrics, soak
j In hot water and vinegar or In vine
igar alone. Should vinegar' affect the
color, sponge with diluted ammonia,
followed by chloroform.
House lighting
Avoid flickering or dazzling lights,
as these produce eyestrain and head
ache. The light should come from
above and over the shoulder.
Sassafras Oil
To deodorize gasoline for cleaning
purposes, add a few drops of oil of
sassafras to each quart of gasoline.
, Sandpaper Vour Hat
Spots of dirt and grime may be
removed from a light felt hat by
rubbing with the finest- grade
sandpaper.
mm
Vfe
of
Varnish on WaUs
The walls of an ordinary kitchen
or bathroom may be made water
proof by coating the ordinary wall
paper with a thin coat of varnish.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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Ay JWy mW
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy
looked out of the upstairs window
and jwondered how they could ever
caca pe.
"Mr. Grabby Is guarding the front
door, while Mr. Tinkle has run
home to .get a ladder!" Raggedy
Ann mused out loud. "Just as soon
as Mr. Tinkle returns with the lad
der, Mr, Grabby will climb up here
and capture us. then he will puff
Mr. ; Wangle Witch's magical f or
getfulness powder upon us and we
will forget, that we are Raggedy
Jknn and Raggedy Andy!"
; "He,, ho! Indeed! You will!" Mr.
Grabby said, for he had hard Rag
gedy Ann. "And Mr. Tinkle and I
will just sit around In easy chairs
and 'smoke oor pipes while you do
the cooking and everything and
Raggedy Andy chops the wood and
mikes the fires and cuts the grass
and runs errands and everything!"
"Oh dear!" Raggedy Ann said.
"here comes Mr. Tinkle with his
ladder now!"
"Aha! Aha!" Mr. Grabby cried
Mr. Tinkie came up with the long
ladder. "Now we shall soon have
the Raggedys and we will make
Raggedy Ann cook us the biggest
dinner you ever saw!"
"Turn! ; Turn!" Mr. Tinkie said.
"We will have pies and cakes and
everything nice all the time, Mr.
Grabby! Won't ft be fun not to do
a lick of work?"
"The lazy creature!" Raggedy
Andy said.
"It will be very nice!" Mr. Grab
by answered Mr. Tinkie as he help
ed him to raise the ladder to the
window.
When the ladder was up to the
window. Mr. Grabby said to Mr.
Tinkle, "Now then, Mr. Tinkie, you
watch " the--front door so the Rag
tedvs wtll not run out and I will
climb' p and catch them and puff
lb magic powder on them, then
we shall put them to work. Raggedy
Andy can build a nice Are and Rag
k rdy Ann can cook us the lovely
dinner!"
80 Mr. Grabby began climbing
the ladder.
When he had climbed up three
rungs, Esggedy Ann put her head
out of the window and called to
Mr. Tinkle. "Oh, Mr. Tinkie." she
tld, "don't you think Mr. Orabby
Intend fooling you?"
"Dear ma aua. Raggedy Ann!"
Mr. Grabby cried. "Don't be silly!"
f'But I am not sllty! Raggedy
Ann said. "And if Mr. Tinkie Is
wise, maybe he will not trflst you
to climb the ladder and capture o
for fear Mr. Grabby Intends fool
ing Mr. Tinkle!"
"How can Mr. Grabby fool m?
Just tell "mV ha"t Misa Raggedy
Abb!" Mr. Tlnkia asked.
"Why! Very easily if he is a mind
to do so!" Raggedy Ann replied.
"Mr. Grabby might climb up here
and puff the powder on us and have
me cook a very fine dinner and
never unlock the door so you could
get in to have some!"
"Mr. Grabby does look sus
picious!" Mr. 'Tinkle said as he
caught hold of Mr, Grabby's foot.
"He has a very red nose!"
"And so have you, Mr. Tinkle!"
Mr. Grabby Bald as he tried to get
his foot away from Mr. Tinkie.
"There!" Raggedy Andy cried.
"Now I spect. you can see for your
self Mr. Tinkie! And even if he did
unlock the door, who Is to say that
Mr. Grabby would not puff the
magic powder upon you as well as
Raggedy Ann and me."
"That Is quite tru!" Mr. Tinkle
said as he pulled upon Mr. Grabby's
foot. "Just you come down Mr.
Grabby and let me climb up!"
But the harder Mr. Tinkie pulled
upon Mr. Grabby's foot, the harder
Mr. Grabby held on to the ladder
until the ladder wabbled so much,
it was an easy matter for Raggedy
Andy to take the broom and push
the ladder away from the house.
And, as soon es he did this, Mr.
Grabby fell right upon Mr. Tinkie's
head and they were both bumped so
hard, they forgot all about captur
ing the Raggedys.
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.THE STORY SO FAR!
Gloria Gordon, beautiful flapper,
marrtea Dick Gregory, a struggling
young lawyer. Her Idea of marriage
la fun and fine clothes i . , cut no
work or children!
Bhe refuses to cook or kp house.
And aha swampa Dick with aebti
for her clothea an4 a new automobile.
Gloria becomes Infatuated witn
Stanley Wayburn, an actor. Bha and
VVayburn, with May Seymour, and
Jim Carewe, make a jolly four,
some.
Wayburn is offered a job on tne
New York stage, Gloria lends mm
$200 of Dick's money to help mm
out,
Dick almost, dies with pneu
monia. When he recovers, Dr. 8ey-
mour, husband of the nighty May,
ends him away for a rest. Gloria
refuses to go with him, because
Mother Gregory, whom she hates,
la going.
Aa soon as Dick a W nia momer
leave on their trip Gloria sets out
for New York. She goes straight to
Wayburn. But he spurns Gloria, ana
tells her that he has just married
his leading woman, a Russian ac
tress. Then Gloria tries everywhere
to land a Job as a chorus-girl, but
falls. At last she comes nome 10
Dick. He takes her back into nia
house, but not as his wife.
NOW GO ON WIT0 THE STORY
At that the smouldering anger in
Dick burst out. He brought ma nst
down noiselessly on the thickly
padded tablecloth in front of him.
"You ought to be ashamed of
talking about a decent girl mat
way, Gloria" he said. "And tne way
you treated her just now was about
the rottenest thing I ever saw. . ."
"What do I care?" Gloria cried
wildly. "Who's Susan Brlggs that I
should bow and scrape to her! She
needn't think she can go JaMlng
around with my husband, and have
me treat her like a tin angel!"
Dick looked at her from under hla
lowered brows.
"You think J'm 'Jazzing around
with Susan Brlggs?" he asked
shortly.
"Sure I do!" Gloria's tone was
airy.
"You know I'm not," Dick said
quietly. "You know I'm not the
kind of man who chases women.
You know I run away from them.
Tf I'd known Susan Brlggs was com
ing here tonight to eat, I'd have
gone somewhere else. And you know
that, too!"
Gloria gave a short, ugiy isugn.
"You can bet your boots she
knew you were coming here,
though!" she said. "I'll bet she
even knows where you go to get
shaved, and where you buy your
collars ... everything about yod!
Phe makes a study of you. . . . And
she came here tonight, knowing
that you'd show up if she just wait
ed long enough And sure enough,
you did!"
"I hardly ever eat here,"
answered. "So she couldn't
guessed I was coming here,
mnn h Of Sundays. Come on
go! I've had enough of this! Do
you want to come back to the office
with me, or are you going home?"
"I'm not going back to the of
fice," Gloria answered shortly. And
left him.
She didn't want to go home,
either. After Dick had left her she
walked slowly along West Mam
street, looking into the shop win
dows and the Hgntea loooies ui i
moving picture theaters.
Suddenly she saw two faces that
she knew in the moving throng
around her . . . little blond Mrs.
Wing and Gretchen Geist. The two
were chums. Gloria had played
cards with them dozens of times,.
They had been at her house for
lunch, often.
And now she smiled at them In
greeting. But the smile froze on her
Hps. .
For both women looked her full
In the face for a moment.' Neither
spoke. Then they looked sharply
away. And the coldness in their
eyes were like a slap across Gloria's
face. She smarted under it.
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AH the tight places aren't in
Scotland.
Short words, most of them, with
an occasional long word to vary the
monotony, feature this puzzle. Few
letters are unkeyed, which makes
this so much easier to solve.
HORIZONTAL
1. To decn,
4. To enliven.
lft. Grief.
IS. Strange
ine nf the Greek pecpH (pi.)
To joke horses together.
'H-faphinned chin covering.
,-pF.rja! lipt of food.
What, all boys wish to become.
Wily.
Warm.
2b. Within.
27. Egg of a louse. .
19. To be sick.
3". Masculine pronoun.
Portion of a lock.
Triangular sails.
To butt or strike violently.
Toting oys'er.
I 39. Currant.
I 4". Rodents.
I 41. The ocean.
j 42. Collections of facts.
4,1. Cleft.
! 44. Mentioned.
I 44. Wind,
j 4. A handful.
51. Pitcher.
I S?. Flat canopy over a pulpit (pi.).
I M. Drone bee.
I 5.i. second note in scale.
Witticism.
Nevertheless,
To exist.
! 6n. To recolor.
I sl. Conjunction.
Metal.
Entrance.
Stiff.
Head of Catholic church;
State of being a man.
Rragged.
"5. Female sheep.
"t. Stops.
77. Before.
VERTICAL
1. Keeps.
?. Metal in rock.
2. Street car.
4. Preposition of place.
5. Beak.
i. Frosls a c:U?e,
?. Insubstantial.
6.
S9.
Thick shrub.
9. Half an em.
I'i. To serve.
11. 1 "nit.
12 Appreciates.
14 Laft word of prayer.
16. Imaire.
19. Taking turns.
22. Nothing.
24. Possessive pronoun.
2i. Woolly surface of cloth.
Slight flap.
29. Some.
30 Hca-dgear.
32. River va'ley.
34. Wild duck,
3 5. To obliterate.
Kfi. Swift.
SS. To scatter.
41. 1'ncooked.
44. Family nanie.
45. Part nf verb ."to be."
4i. To wager.
47. To attempt.
49. To rry com uli ey.
5". To go before.
52. Residing p!ac ot a corn.
53. - To place.
5. Legend.
f5. Points.
To eat.
1. Helps.
62. Dips.
84. Musical sound.
65. Simpleton.
67. Eggsof fishes.
65. Period.
7". Ry.
72. Hypnotic force.
74. Like.
must talk, why
things straight?"
"Didn't you run away with Btan.
ley Wayburn?" There waa aurprlse
In May's voice. She, (00, believed
the story of -Gloria's desertion of
Dick. '
'Of course not! Don't be. silly!"
Gloria said sharply. "I went down
10 New York to go on the stage, 1
didn't even aee Stan Wayburn!-
That was a lie," she told her
self bluntly, as she left th tele
phone, and began to undress, "but
it's my story and I'm going to stick
to It!"
She would never let anyone know
that she had followed Wayburn to
New York and that ha had turned
her down! She could never raise
ber head again and look people In
the eye, If they found that out!
Gloria tiptoed out Into tha hall
and half way down the stairs. She
thought she heard the sound of
Dick closing the door. But no one
was In the lower hall. The clock
thera struck twelve slowly and
boomlngly.
Where was Dick? Why didn't he
come? . . . Surely he and Miss
Brjggs couldn't bs working until
midnight
. Suddenly as Gloria stood there on
the stairs, aha was afraid.
The empty house seemed to be
filled with strange sounds and rust
lings. The pantry door creaked. . .
And waa something or somebody
moving In the dark dining-room?
With her heart In her mouth,
Gloria dashed back upstairs to her
room. She slammed and bolted the
door behind her.
The lights lii her room were blar
ing. Without stopping to turn them
off, she plunged in"to bed and pulled
the covers up over her head like a
frightened child. 1
She lay trembling for long min
utes, listening for the sound of
Dick's key in the lock. . . . Where
In th world was he at this hour of
the night? Why didn't he come
home? He had no right to leave
his wife alone In the house half the
night while he was out, doing . . .
what? That was the question!
Surely h e and Miss Brlggs
weren't still working in Dick's of
fice! Where were they? Together,
somewhere? . . . The questions
swarmed like bees in Gloria s brain.
She forgot her fear. Anger toward
Dick took its place.
She swung her feet over the side
of the bed and stepped out onto
the rug. Then she put her head out
of one of the open windows and
looked up and down the street. But
it lay empty and still under the
hushed calm of midnight.
As Gloria stood there, she heard
a sound in the house, itself! It came
from downstairs ... the harsh
tinkle of metal against metal. Some
one was at the silver in the side
board drawers! Burglars!
Gloria pressed one hand tight to
her breast. She .felt as if her heart
were jumping out of her body .
It beat so fast! She tiptoed acj-oss
the room to the door that led into
the hall. She put her ear against
It and listened for a long time. But
there waa no further sound.
Gloria began to wonder if she
really had heard a noise, downstairs
or not. Perhaps her tired brain had
been playing her tricks. . . .
Well, as soon as Dick came she
would find out if anyone had been
In the house. She wouldn't be
afraid to go donwstalrs to the din
ing room then. But why didn't he
come? .. .
didn't stop to dust or make beds.
But, leaving the house Just as It
waa. Gl6ri closed tha door of It
behind her, and started out. Sha
waa going to tee Mother Gregory!
She'd let her, know whose fault It
waa that Dick's , marriage was a
flsale! , ".-.;". 1 .
She was through talking to Dick
, ,-( through pleading with him to
treat her decently. Gloria told her
self. But she knew she we only try.1
Ing to bolster up her vanity. Under
all her bravado, sha knew that tha
fact of the matter was that Dick
was through with her! ... She had
seen It In his eyes the night she had
come home from New York. She
had heard It In the Indifferent lone
he used when he- talked to her. And
his Indifference was maddening her.,
She couldn't stand It!
She had always had love and In
dulgence from Dick. He had treat
ed her like a beautiful, spoiled lit.
tie girl, And now he hardly looked
at her.
Gloria's heart was heavy as she
rang the doorbell of the old Greg
ory homestead. Maggie opened the
door for her.
She found Mother Gregory eating
her substantial breakfast of ham
and eggs, rolls and coffee. Her face
was flushed with too much food.
"Well, Gloria!" she cried In her
rich, full voice. She got up from
the table.
"She nut her well-rounded arms
about Gloria and gave her a peck
on either cheek.
"Cme upstairs and talk to me
while I get dressed," she said,
steering Gloria out of the dining
room, She nodded her head In the di
rection of Maggie, who waa listen
ing with all her mUrht,
"We'll talk up here where Hag
gle can't hear every word we say,"
she told Gloria In a stage whisper
as they mounted the wide stair
case. "What did you come 10 see,
me about, Gloria?"
She knew That this was no friend
ly call the girl was making. She
knew that Gloria didn't like her
any more -than she, herself, liked
Gloria, She was sure that Gloria
hadVcome on a special errand. ,
asleep. Dick hadn't coma home)",
, pother Gregory all but tell Into
a chair that stood opposite Gloria.
Her eyei wera wlda. and her mouth
atood open with surprise..
"I can't believe It!" she cried at
last, "And how do you know when
the hurglar waa In the house?"
1 "I heard, him," Olorla answered,.
"I thought J heard Dick come In
and I ran downstairs. Then I eaw
some one In the dining-room and I
rushed back to my room and locked
myself up, , . . I was scared to
death!"
"You couldn't have been so ter
ribly frightened," Mother -Gregory
mused, "or you woman t nave
dropped quietly off to sleep, at one
o'clock, as you said you did,"
At that Gloria flared up. , '
"Well, I'll tell you Just; how
frightened I was. If you wu'nt to
know, Madam Gregory!" she said,
furiously. "I was jso frightened that
I'll nover stay alonn In that boitije
again, after dark! . . . And tf your
son wants to have a love affair wltt
his ofllce girl he'll have to work at
It daytimes!"
"Glo-ree-a!" exclaimed Mother
Gregory In the severe tones of the
vice president of Ihe Home Wom
en's club, "you re vulgar:
"Vulgar nothing! I'm Just telling
you the truth about your beautiful
eon!" Gloria sneered. "When I mar
ried him 1 thought he was a plaster
saint, too! But I've found out all
about him. . . . Look at those!"
She pulled some of the "Roxle."
and "Lucie' love letters and pic
tures from her handbag and threw
them Into Mother Gregory's lap.
Dick's mother laughed her com
forlable deep laugh, as she picked
them up.
"Roxle and Lucie Gilchrist!" she
said. "They were both In love with
Dick. First Roxle was and' then
Lucie! They're both married now,
though. And Lucie has a baby! . . .
Dick had a lot of girls In his day,
Gloria. But that doesn't prove that
he isn't what you call a 'plaster
saint!' "
Gloria's lip curlecL.
"All right," she said, "But you
can t explain his staying out most
of last night with Susan Brlggs!"
(To Be Continued)
pie stood, quivering, for a long
moment. Here was a new problem!
These women must have heard
the storv of her love affair with
Stanley Wayburn . . . these women
who had been her good friends. Oh,
she eouldn't lose them! They were
the people with whom she would
have to live her life, now that she
had come back to Dick!
A" a drowning man clutches at a
straw. Gloria's thoughts turned to
Mother Gregory. She would have to
Gloria got back Into bed, and lay
waiting for him. Oh, but wouldn't
she pan him when he did get home,
though! The very idea! Leaving her
alone as If she were Lola Hough,
or any other faded, middle-aged
wife!
She'd let him know she wasn't
going to be treated like this. . . .
She'd leave him first! That's what
she'd do. She had done it once, and
she'd do It again! . . .
The next thing Gloria knew it
was morning. Her room was filled
with the. warmth and sunshine of
early June. Through the open win
dows came the sound of a neigh
bor's lawn-mower and the sweet
smell of fresh-cut grass.
Gloria smiled and stretched her
self like a tiger-kitten. Then she re
membered last night. She frowned.
Softly she went out Into the hall
and listened at Dick's door. No
sound within! She opened the door
and peeked Into the room.
The bed had been slept in. Dick's
pajamas lay on the rug beside It,
I where he had stepped out of them.
There were ashes In the tray on the
1 kort.ide. table. He had been home
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to s'and by her. As long as Dick's he narJ gone that morning without
n mnther was her frleno, no one .ovinr goodby!
would dare to believe the story that 1 ' O,orl(. ciosh the door of his
tmd left Dick for Stanley way- ,
burn! j "I II be jiggered If I make nis
Gloria looked at the clock In a ; er f,Mn lip the place!" she
jewelry store. Half past nine. Too , gai(J (0 hergPf -He can't treat me
The girl curled herself up In a
little ball on the hard leather win
dow seat in Mother Gregory's room.
It was a room as plain as the wom
an who -slept in It ... a woman
who scorned silk underwear and
make-up as only Mother Gregory
could scorn them! There were no
cushion in that room, no ruffled
curtains, no dressing-table laden
with perfume and powder boxes.
Mother Gregory stood before the
walnut dresser and began to hook
herself into an elaborate black
dress, made in a style that had
been popular when Drck'waa a
baby!
"What, did .you cpme to see me
about, Glory?" she asked again.
"We 11," Gloria began, "last
night we were rpbbed of every bit
of that lovely flat silver you gave
Us for a wedding present! Some one
broke into the house." j
Mother Gregory threw up her
plump hands.
"My stars! . . . Dick's reported
It to the police, of course?" she
said. "Why, that silver has been in
the. family for a hundred years!"
Slowly Gloria shook her pretty
head.
"No, Dick hasn't reported It to
the police. Dick doesn t know any
thing about the burglary," she said
calmly.
Mother Gregory
with her sharp black eyca.
"You see," Gloria went on with
out flickering an eyelash, "it all
happened in the middle of the night
when Dick wasn't at home."
"When Dick wasn't at home!"
Mother Gregory echoed in a loud,
surprised tone. "Well, where on
earth was he at that time of night,
then?"
"That's what I want to know,"
Gloria answered, "but 1 have every
reason to think that he was with
Miss Brlggs."
The words exploded like a bomb
in the quiet room.
"With Susan Brlggs!" Mother
Gregory repeated. "With Susan
Brlggs! Oh, no, Gloria!"
Gloria shrugged her shoudlers.
"Have It your own way," she
said. "But I know that I found
them having dinner together on tho
auiet, last night. I left them at nine
o'clock. They said they were going
to work for a while at the office.
And at one o'clock when I fell
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late to see Mother uregory um.a.n.
. . . 8he would go to her first thing
in the morning, though.
In the meantime, she could tele
phone May Seymour. May would
be sure to know whatever gossip
was "out" about her. May waa a
born news pad.
. .
There were scores of people In
this town of ours who "knew for
a fact" that Gloria Gregory .had
left her husband, and had run
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While she was waiting for her tub
to fill, she went downstairs to the
dining room. The drawers of the
sideboard were piled one on top of
each other on the floor. They were
empty.
So there had been burglars In the
house last night! And they had tak
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had been Mother Gregory's wedding
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No one knew where the nasty bit
of gossip had started. But It flew
all over town on the wings of the
Kind
I Gloria's card club heard It, and
voted Gloria out of the club.
I Inia Hough heard It and nald It I mufst nave the house when
j wasn't true. She dsended Gloria. 1 tn, Pnter0 alone!
Ma Kevmour heard it, and said ; n-hv. eh mlahl have been shot
she didn't blame Gloria for going.
Mav. herself, would have been glad
to escape to New York for few
weeks. For the gossips were pusi
with her and Jim Carewe again.
Sure they've been talking about
you," she told GtorW cheerfully
that night .on the telephone. "Tliey
' f,ay you ran away with Wayburn.
,and that Dick went donn to New
York and brotignt you nomt.
Gloria sighed dismally.
"What a tale!" she said. "It they
Gloria shivered. Then It was the
burglar she had heard taking he
silver out of the sideboard drawers!
. . . And It muBt hava been the
burglar whom she had eeen moving
stealthily against the dsrkness of
h fUninu-room. last night! He
if she hadn't run upstairs when' she
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Gloria burst into tears of panic
1 tha terrible thought.
. well, she'd tand no more of
Dick's neglect. The ery Idea of hla
.niinr her hom alone at nine
nVlm-k at nleht to a durk house!
And then Vavlng her albna In It
until 'wav past midnight! She bet
he'iT nuer.let hlin do stunt like
that arain to her. ....
Sha bathed and dressed. She
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Softly she went out into the hall and listened at Dick'a