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\ “Well. for goodness sake. what‘
,did you want to get married for. if
‘. you couldn't aflord to keep up a
.’- home?" Glory asked with sudden
- fury. She was tired. and she was
sure that Dick's mother hated her.
“Your mother thinks that I ought
to spend my whole life cooking. so
you think so. too! Well. I'm not go-
. ing to. . . d'you hear? I'm not go-
ing to fry all the color out of my
{3 cheeks standing over a. red-hot stovo
- for hours and days and years. . . "
‘ Gloria's voice rose in a scream.
s . Then she burst into wild sobbing
1' and ran upstairs.
‘b 3‘ She threw herself on the bed in
their room. and waited for Dick to
. come to her. She wanted him to
' .Zpomfort her. to forgive her. and to
‘ tell her she could have a. cook.
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. But he didn't come. She listened.
’ No step on the stairs.
. Then Glory began to laugh. Noi
as she had ever laughed before in
all herlife. but with great gasps
that shook her from head to foot.
_. And as she laughed tears rolled
fl“. , down her face.
. _, . . . All at once she was aware
.“’~' of Dick standing at the foot of the
. 'bbd. He had a big pitcher in his
'..“-"""-~ undo. Then she feitlthe sting of
loo-water in her face!
It choked and blinded her. But
she went on laughing and crying.
She tried to stop. She couldn‘t stop!
Presently she heard the low ruin-
bio of Dick’s roadster under her
windows. . . And the next thing she
.. knew it was broad daylight. She
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“WW lay in her own bed. very tired and
‘. ;l.. .1 hungry.
I“ "What's happened?” she asked
herself. For she felt blue and un-
happy as if something dreadful were
hanging over her. Then she remem-
bered last night.
"Dick!" Gloria. called, “Oh. Dick!"
Immediately he appeared in the
. doorway. His face was covered with
' . . lather. and he held a shaving brush.
3 ‘ "Dick Gregory, why did you throw
, that water into my face last night?”
-”‘ Gloria asked. Dick grinned.
"Because I thought you had hys-
terics. and I guessed right." he
cheerfully answered. “I went out
and got Doc Seymour. and he gave
you some pills to put you to sleep.
or you'd probably be crying yet. . .
or laughing. I'll admit that the
. laughing got my goat."
"Well. don't you ever dare to
throw one drop of water at me ever
’ again. no matter what I do," Gloria
' said solemnly. "or I'll walk rght out
1' ‘ of this house and never come back.
. ” D'you understand?"
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f]... , Instantly he was beside. her bed
i. holding her close. stroking her per-
" fumed hair.
"Darling. I was a brute to do it.
but I’d always heard that ice water
was a sure cure for hysterics . . ."
Dick stopped talking and put a
finger to his lips in warning. From
the stairway came the tlnkle of
dishes and the aromatic smell of
fresh codes.
. Maggie, Mother Gregory's maid.
walked into the room carrying a
huge tray!
.. “Here she is! The world’s best
oookl" Dick said with a flourish.
“Mother has promised to lend Mag.
gio to us for a few weeks until you
get your bearings, Glory."
"Indeed. I wanted to come Mr.
Dick." Maggie said heartily.
“I phoned mother last night that
. you were ill. and Maggie came over
i - .. first thing this morning," Dick ex-
plained when the _door had closed
upon Maggie's broad back. “And
she sent word that you are not to
worry about her. She says she can
. get along beautifully. alone. for a
, few weeks."
It had not occurred to Gloria to
worry about Dick's mother in a
maidless house. She seemed so
large and capable. . . so adequate
to any of the small worries of life.
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There was breakfast for two on
the big tray. . . chilled grapefruit,
shirred eggs and coffee with thick
cream.
Gloria beamed at Dick over the
rim of her cup. Her eyes were soft
as a child's once more.
"'Darling. I was dreadful last
night. wasn't I? Tell me I don't
deserve such a. duck of a husband,"
, she cooed.
' hand. She was yield and ador-
able now.thet she actually had a
cook in the house.
For she had had her own way. as
_ she always had since the day she
was bornl
”I’m afraid my Glory is a spoiled
child." Dick said, but his voice was
deep with love. ‘
“Next time she has a tantrum I'm
. going downtown and play poker all
night with the boys." he dnlshed.
Gloria gave a gasp of surprise.
This from Dink! '
“Just you try staying out nights!”
also cried. "Just you try to pull any-
thing like that on me! Do you know
what I'll do?‘ ' -
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Dick laughed good-naturedly.
"Well. what would you do if 1
cemmitted such a crime?" he asked.
‘ "Break a butter dish. or something
' like that 7"
"'I’d be off in a flutter of dust,
right back to my mother and fath.
erl And you’ could keep bachelor's
s hall here all by your lonesome,"
I-{Gioria told him. "I'm not going to
" ho like poor Lola Bough. waiting
-. ' alone night after night for Bill to
' atop gambling and stagger homel"
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our
. She meant what she said. She'd
know him a thing or two!
Lola Heugh. with her tired wrin-
kled face. might have to take such
‘ treatment patiently. But she. aerssu
- didn’t. Not for a minute! .With her
' looks!
‘ Besides she knew she could man-
' ago Dick. He was helpless. because
-’ '.. of his love for her. -
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"As soon as Dick had left for the
office. Gloria put on her kinsono
. -* Maggie was singinl
. chree" as she washed dishes.
"mule." Gloria said politely.
« "I‘d like you to plan all the meals
mime you're here. and order .the
sees as well. war that be too much
She patted~Dick’s big ty
sass work for you?"
' consider“!-
-"Hll-flm”um
3””
come here to teach you to cook and
keep houae.'f she . . "She al-
ways does her own marketing. And
she can cook the grandest'mealsl" ‘
"I know." Gloria said. ”but I'm
different. I don‘t know a'th'ing about
running a house. I couldn't plan a
meal if my life depended on it. N“!
I wouldn't know a tender chicken
from one as old as the hills."
"All right." Maggie said. "I'll do
it for you,
Gloria breathed a smile ‘of relief.
She ran upstairs and started the
steaming water for her bath.
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A month ago 12 o'clock would
have found her out on Washington
street. on her way to lunch with
,hundreds of other pretty girls who
worked for a living.
Now she .was Mrs. Richard Greg-
ory. pampered and idle. She hadn't
s. trouble in the world! Her great-
est worry was to decide what kind
of earnings to ,wear with the dress
she had chosen for that day.
An. this was the life -.. . s this was
what she was born for! ' .
She smiled at her enchanting face
in the glass. as she rubbed perfum
behind her pink ears. .
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The telephone rang.
"Hello, sweet thing!" It was May
Seymour's light voice that came
over the wire. "I heard you were '
home. How‘s married ‘life ?”
“Wonderful of course! Ion should .
just see all the things I bought in
Montreal! Come over. can't you? I
have.the darlingest bottle of per-
fume for you-Chinese waterlily.
Right from Paris it camel" Glory
said.
“I'll be right over to get it," May
laughed. And by the time Gloria
was dressed. May's smart little car
was at her door,
Gloria brought treasure - after
treasure from the unpacked trunk
lip sticks that were indelible. gera-
nium rouge, stockings the color of
sunburnt skin. a three-strand pearl
necklace, and the new fur ,coat.
She held the cost up for May to
admire.
"My dear. you remind me of the
Queen of Sheba, and nobody else
but!" May exclaimed in her cheer-
ful slangy way. "I've got to trot
along now. I have a heavy date with
the hairdresser. But first I'm going
to open this wonderful perfume
you've given me, and douse it all
over my coat. Mmm! Isn't that the
most heavenly smell? . .. . Just
think angel, you wouldn't have all
this sudden wealth if it hadn't been
for me!"
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It was true. For Gloria had met
Dick through May and her husband.
May and Gloria had gone to busl~
ness college together. Then May had
found a Job in Dr. John Seymour's
office and had married him. And at
one of their parties. Gloria had first
seen big. quiet Dick Gregory. and
had marked him for her own.
Her eyes were dreamy as she
thought of that long-ago night. ..
Dick had driven her home from the
party. and had .roughly' kissed her
good~night at the door.
She had known instantly that he
meant it . .. ,. that he was not Just
“petting."
"I can marry that man!" she had
told her mirror that night. with the
memory of Dick's hard kiss still on
her mouth. "I can marry that man
and all his money. if I want to!"
Well. she had wanted to .4. . . and
so she had married him. .
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After May had gone. Gloria put
on her hat and the new fur coat to
go to see her mother. She hadn't
telephoned her since she had come
home.
"Don't bother about getting lunch
for me." she told Maggie. "I ate a
big breakfast. and I'm afraid of get-
ting fat."
“Have just a cup of tea and I. bit
of salad." Maggie said. She couldn't
understand these women who were
afraid to eat. lest they gain a. few
pounds. She thought they‘d all look
better if they had a little flesh on
their bones. »
But Gloria shook her head.
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As she walked down the street.
she met Lola Hough.
‘ She was wheeling a baby buggy
with one hand and carrying a mar-
ket basket with the other. Behind
her trotted the twins. Billy and Bet-
Lola's tired face was wre'athed
with smiles under her last year's
hat.
"How nice to see you!" she kissed
Gloria warmly. "Are ~ you all set-
tled in your lovely new house? I
walked past it the other day. and .
Ithought how lovely that big back
yard will be for your babies—when
they come." - .
Gloria raised her eyebrows.
“I hope you're not going to be
one of these foolish women . who
can’t be bothered with having chil.
dren." Lola said. She had caught
the look on Gloria's face at the word
“babies." «
Lolalrsised the hood of the buggy.
Inside. in a little nest of pillows. lay
Teddy Hough. who was not quite a
year old. lifelong lashes lay in a
dark shadow on his cheeks. Little
gold wisps of‘hair ‘curied from un-
der his bonnet.
"Isn't he a love?” Iiola asked.
"Nice baby." was allGlory could
find to say. She said good-by then
and walked on.
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The little helm of her girlhood
looked shabbier than ever. ,before
when she came down the street.
"Sell out of order. Please knee ' "
Gloria knocked. Ker mother open-
ed the door. The mlnute she saw her
daughter she bgan to cry. ' -
"Whatever in the world's .the
matter. mother?" Gloria asked. She
pushed the door shut. and patted
her: mother's gingham shoulder with
one hand in its white kid glove.
"Oh, I don't know." her mother
sobbed. "I guess I'm so happy at
seeing yci married off so well to
euchagoodmanthatliust have to
have a good cry."
she wiped her eyes with one cor;
her of her white apron.
"You've always been a‘worry to
your dad and me. Glory." she went
on. “All your life. You were too
pretty always. And you began to
have beans ‘whsn'you 'were too
”up. ‘0’ them- e I s. Th“. M
you- we'were deadly “I‘M 1,58: 7°.“
wan going to'run a'way'jwith that
good-for-nothing ”ion. ml- awn“
was his Minot" ».
"way Wayburn."'_ Gloria In-
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“Do yo‘u think you can a
dud dollars . . . the one
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my
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on! the coat? It’s [our bun-
wani. dear." she said coolly.
havaworrled about him. He didn't
want to marry anyone who didn't
have a million dollars!"
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Stanley Wayburn was still a bit.
ter memory in her heart.
He was the one man who had
never lost'his head over her. He
had told her frankly that he would
never marry for anything but mon-
- ey. But he was perfectly willing to
make love to! her. Gloria. in the
meantime. Only he wouldn't fall in
love with her . . . had finally stop-
ped phoning her or taking her out
to supper.
And then. at the end of the sea-
son. herhad left town without a
word. She remembered how she had
cried all night. . . . What a. too!
she had been to care for him!
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Mrs. Gordon was enchanted with
Gloria's new fur coat. .
"Dick's a fine husband." she said.
“So don‘t kill the goose that lays the
golden egg. Don't run him into
debt! ., . . By the way, that good
for-nothing Wayburn is back in
town. I see by the papers that he's
heading a new stock company."
"Is that so?" Gloria asked inno-
cently. But her heart leaped. Stan
Wayburn here. playing! And this
was matinee day!
Gloria glanced at her wrist watch.
Two o'clock. . ._ If she hurried
she could get to the theater in 15
minutes.
"Well. I must be going. I just
stopped in on my way downtown to
see Dick." she fibbed. and kissed
her mother goodby. On the way to
the theater she bought a bunch of
violets and pinned them to her coat.
The house was sold out except for
two chairs in an upper box. Gloria
bought one of them. Just as she
entered the box the curtain went
up. When Wayburn walked out on-
to the stagehGlorla leaned forw d.
She wanted to call out to him, " el-
lo there“ Stan! It’s Gloria!"
Just then Wayburn looked up. He
looked straight at her. And he smil-
ed.
A'few minutes after the curtain
hadgone down on the first act an
usher came into the box. He gave
Gloria.a,folded sheet of paper.
“Glorydear. It's good to see you
again. Can't you run down to my
droning-room for a minute or two?"
Gloria' took her gold pencil from
her bag.
"chan't come. I‘m not Glory Gor-
don anymore. I’m married." she
wrote on the back of the note Way-
burn-had sent up to her.
Then' she hesitated. Should she
send~it?-‘.Or should she run dOwn
to see him! ,
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After all. would it be so very
wrong to see Stanley Wayburn in
his dressing room for five minutes?
Well. and what if it was wrong?
Dick'would, probably never hear of
it anyhow. '
and Gloria longed to see .Way-
burn -.. -. -. if only to daule him
with her. new‘splendor. To show
him that even if he hadn't nted
to marry her. another man he . . .
a. man who could afford to give her
fur coats and diamonds and Farm
violets in the middle of winter.
She rose to’hsr feet.
"Take me to Mr. Wayburn." she
said‘to;s. waiting usher.
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Theactor was waiting for her in-
sidehlsroomthathsdatinstar
tacked on the door.
"Stan!" she‘breathed.
Before she knew what was hap-
pening she was in his‘arms. The
smell of the Turkish cigarets that
he always smoked struck her: nos-
.trils‘ss he iii-ed her again and
again.
At last Gloria pushed him am
Ber-cheeks were scarlet. .
"tau. ldn't have done that!“
she .erlsd. ,. "rm . married."
t’lo that'aiti" Wayburn said. His
swept her» from herroeo hat
0’“
. ing a handsome man calling on her
lea. "When I saw you up in the
box I wondered what you were us-
ing for money this year . . Who is
the bloated millionaire you've mar-
ried?"
"Richard Gregory. the lawyer."
Gloria answered. "Ever hear of
him?"
Wayburn nodded.
“I didn't know he was so darned
rich." he said.
"Oh. we'ro not rich . . . 'Just
comfortably well off." Gloria told
him. “We've a darling little house
out on West avenue. and an auto-
mobil. and a maid. I have every~
thing 1 want. really."
“1'“ just lot the address down.
I'll be out some day soon to see you.
tohave a quiet talk over old times."
Stan told her.
He wrote Gloria's'sddreaa in a
small leather book on his dressing
table.
"if you should come.
Thursday." Gloria said.
Thursday was Maggie's afternoon
out. . She did not want Maggie to
be there when Stanley Wayburn
came to call. She would take no
chances on having Dick or Dick's
mother find out that she was hav-
make it
. . . than three weeks after
her wedd ng. at that!
. . . . Not that there was any-
thing wrong in seeing Wayburn.
She would make him behave him-
self when he came. But people
would be sure' to misunderstand.
. . . if they found out.
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Early Thursday afternoon Gloria
was all dressed.
She stood before the long mir-
ror in her bedroom. trying to see
herself with Stan Wayburn's eyes.
red hair her face was very pale.
And.the Cupid's bow of her mouth
was rouged to the soft red of a‘
geranium. .
Gloria had put on an afternoon
dress she had bought on her honey-
moon. It was a clinging thing. the
color of new green leaves.
Dick had tol her that she looked
like a wood-nymph in it.
The doorbell rang loudly.
As she ran downstairs Gloria
laughed maliciously. '
She would give Stan Wayburn
this glimpse of her in her beautiful
house. She won! st himfsee how
her husband cherished” her .. a. ..
like a ”jewel in its casket .- is
And then she would-send him away.
She would be cold anddistant.
She would ‘make him suffer as
she had suffered when he had cast
net aside like .an old glove.;more
than a: year ago! .
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Stanley Wayburn look all around
him as he cameinto rthe~ living
room.
His ice-blue eyes took in theiong
room with its cream walls. its Chi-
nese rugs. its- gay. cushions and
lamps. There was a tea table drawn
up beside the fire. ,
“So this is what little Billet has
sold herself forl”. Stanley said. “For
a saucer of cream and a.cushion by
the fire is: .s u like akitteni"
"Sold myself? What do. you
mean?" Gloria. asked. She was
stirred by _the'word “Russet“ on
Wayburn's lips. It .was what he
had called heclong'ago’ when he
had made love to her. .-
"Imean'that you don't love this
husband of-youra". Wayburn said.
"You love marred always have."
Glerydropped her eyes. ‘ - ‘-
“lt you knewthat." she said.""!f
you knew I loved you...» year.sgo.
why did you treat me ss-yen did?
Toudida't even say good». when
you well " ;
As soon as she hsd'said it.she
mumhehadn‘t . . .VThis .wss
not'the .way to keep .Wayburn in
1“. pm w .m .m I. '
Ripstoiceyentlon. I .
"MW-1' north. . log-L. of
woman you. 'I-knew that this
knew I couldn't afford-to give you
Under the crown of her golden- my “3
. were.
was the kind-of iifeaou wanted. I sitting.
thewnthinsnryou wanted. . .- .- Oh.
we melanin orgasmic.
. . l. on. .
wome'n. Gloria. Thsygwant every-
thing. The! take IVOryihins- AM
they vs nothing. . . ‘. . nothing
at all "
Gloria laughed scornfuily.
"It seems to me 7 have a faint
recollection of your saying you
wouldn't marry anyone who didn't
have a mint of money. yourselfl"
she cried. "That was where I learn-
ed my lesson of 'tske all. give noth-
ing.’ From you! . . . And now
you'd better lol"
Her voice was choked with fury.
Tears of anger stood in her topas
oysg. To Wayburn she had never
seemed so lovely.
“All right. I'll go." he said oom-
lng across the yellow rug‘toward
her chair. "but first I'll take this
. . . and this . . . and this!"
He kissed her violently. brutally.
Gloria leaned back in his arms
and hit him full in the face.
. . . Then he was gone.
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She rose from her chair and went
into the sunroom to watch him go
down the street. .
And the first thing she saw was
Dick's gray roadster swine“! into
the drivel
Gloria rushed upstairs. She tore
off the green dress as she went. She
slipped into a linen house frock.
She was back in the living roomby
the time Dick had put his car in
the germ.
"Hello, there!” he ssidwhen he
came in. "Who was the sheik 1
saw leaving the house as I came
up‘the street?" . .
Gloria didn't answer at once.
Suddenly Dick seemed very dear.
He was no love-pirate. spending his
time trying to win' the forbidden
love of every woman he saw . . .
but a good man who loved her with
all his soul. Could she tell him a
lie?
Gloria rushed to him and hid her
head against his breast. She kissed
his necktie . . .
“Who was the man I saw?" Dick
asked again. His deep gray eyes
were very serious. Gloria drew a
long breath. >
"Oh. that was Mr. What's-His-
Name . o . the man I bought my
lamp shades from. that who, it
was." she said. "He put the wrong
kind of silk in them . . . I‘wsnted
them to be georgette crepe. He's
used taffeta. . . What brings you
home so early?"
uYou." Dick said. "I knew it was
Maggie's day out and I thought
we'd go somewhere for supper . . .
How would that suit you?"
His eyes were thoughtful. Gloria
wondered if he had believed the lie
she had just told him about Way-
burn.
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The lie lay heavily on her mind.
Long after Dick had gone to sleep
that night she lay awake thinking
about it.
She had told thousands of little
flbs in her 20 years . "white
lies." But this one had been differ-
ent. She had told_ it because she
was afraid. and ashamed. of the
thing she had done . . of letting
Stan Wayburn make love to her in
Dick's house. It had been a despic-
able lie. . . .
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Oh, well. perhaps all married
women told them. That is. if they
were going to have any fun and
excitement. l‘or toeing the mark
was very dull. ‘
Th re was May Seymour. for in-
stance. A fine time May would have
if she stayed home waiting for Dr.
John to take her out! He was never
home. day or night . . . the bus-
iest doctor in town. . . . What was
wrong. under the circumstances. for
May to go out driving or lunching
with other men . . with Jim
Carewe. in particular? And sup-
pose the gossips did iaik about
her? . . . They were probably jealo
one of the good times she had!
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With this comforting thought.
Gloria laid her bright head on the
pillow and was asleep.
at 10 the next morning May tele-
phoned.
"If you aren't doing anything
special today. let's go downtown
and bat around." she said. “I've
got to buy some new cream for the
dear old face. I'm getting crew’s
feet. Fancy that. sweet cookie! At
e . . . can you go with me?"
Gloria said she could. An hour
later she and May were rolling
downtown in May's little car.
“Aren't you ever going to drive
Dick’s oar?" May asked.
“I guess not. He takes it'every
morning. himself." Gloria answered.
"Well. don't let him get away
with that stuff. Just let him learn
to use the street par. right from the
start u lo: m 0? walk." MW ‘dmd
her.
"Better still. make him buy you
a little car of your own for bridge.
parties and luncheons." May went
on, inspired. "You'll never get any-
thing in this world if you don'tssk
for it. I’ve found that outl""
An hour later they were situng
tnzthe Royal James Inn. -
“'I love to eat downhere." May
said. "When I'm at home for lunch
I never can eat a. bite .. . . It gives
me the blues lust to
alone."
Gloria wasn't listening. She was
wondering if she could make Dick:
buy her a car.. She was pretty sure
she could .. . -. she felt sure that
she could manage him. make
do anything she wanted to do .- ». ,
so long as she paid him in the coin.
of her kiles. kept hisssenses' on;
thralled. ~
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She looked at May critically. May‘
was cosmening. She were too
much rouge. ..~ .. ..~ May was smiling
with narrowed eyes at someone
across the restaurant.
And in a. minute or two. Gloria
saw Jim Carewe leave his table
near the wetland cross-the room to-
ward them. .
Jim Carewe was one of May’sold
flames. The town gossiu said he
uses still in love with her.
”Don't you girls want to go for a
nice long , drive this aflernoon '."
“Jun asked. looking down at May.
"Oh.'Jim. don't ask the bride'to
go Joy-riding!" May said in preload-
ed'horrer. ".Wait a. year or» an
she's bored to tears .with home and
husband. Conflne your fascina-
tions to an old married vamp like
m. e i e" ..
She. broke off. following Gloria's
terrified gene acro- the room. l1
(ewltehlea awaychk’s mother was
ln all her gloryof black silk
and ssbiesi On her broad florid face
was a look of_ as sh.- sna-
bs there.
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