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1113 STORY SO FAR: 1
GLORIA GORDON. beautiful
flapper. marries DICK GREG-
ORY. a struggling lawyer. Her
idea of marriage is fun and tin
clothes . . . and no work 0
children.
She refuses polntblank to do
her own housework, and hires a
maid. But Dirk has to let the
maid go. because he can't adord
to pay her wages. Gloria has
swamped him with debts for her
clothes and a new automobile.
She becomes lntstuated with
STANLEY WAYBURN. an I0
tor. She lends him money. and
when he leaves town to go to
New York. Gloria follows him.
But he spurns her. it is only
then that Gloria realises that
she never really cared for Way-
hurn. But she is afraid to go
home to Dick. She tries to land
a job as a chorus girl and falls.
lllscnuraged. she goes home to
Dick. who takes her back. but
not as his wife. While Gloria is
at home one night, the house is
hurglarized. Dick doesn't get
home until early morning. Gloria
wonders if he has been with his
secretary“. MISS BRIGGS. of
whom she is extremely Jealous.
But next morning site learns
that he was at the house of DR.
JOHN SEYMOUR. Who had
killed himself in despondence
over the love affair of his wife.
MAY. and JIM CAREWE. Glo-
ria goes to Dick's office to tell
him about the burglary. but he
is not there. She wrings from
Miss llriges a confession that
she is In love with Dick.
Gloria goes home. determined
to win Dick again. She does her
best to clean up the house and
show nick what a good wife she
is going to be.B11t she forgets
to order food for supper. Dick
unwillingly offers to take her
out to a restaurant.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY‘
LORH followed Dick out to the
gnt‘nue.
She couldn't help noticing
how. his shoulders dropped and his
stop lagged when he walked.
"l’likky." she sold. using the old
“nickname. "I'm sorry as the dickenil
«that I didn't have dinner ready for
~11”er Mummy 1,;
"Why should I tell you a lie. " she asked.
E looked like a boy so he sat
down at the table. . . care
free and happy, in his old home
Gloria watched him with narrowed
eyes. She hadn't seen him like this
for‘weeks.
Mother Gregory hustled around
the room. getting out plates from
the china cabinet, and napkins from
the sideboard.
"Leg of lamb. tonight—and.fresi:
"Then. whom is he in love with’"
Mother Gregory asked. "If he's not
in love with you . . .dspend upon
it. a man of Ulck‘.~. age is always in
love with somebody or other. That's
Nature."
Gloria stood silent for a moment.
watching Dick's mother pile whipped
cream on the short-cake.
"Yum, yuml Doesn't that look de
luscious!" she said chlldishly. Then
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o 'cloek that night. "
Gloria shivered in her thin silk
frock. She cuddled up against Dick
in the machine, and laid her head
down on his shoulder.
But he paid no attention to her.
lie might have been a man of iron
as he sat at the wheel.
”Move over. Gloria," he said final-
ly. ”You're in my way. I can't
reach the brake." _.
“You don't need the brake. There's
no tradlc." Gloria said crossly. But
she moved away from him. She had
a wild desire to cry.
"You Just don't want one near
youl" she said. her voice trembling.
“I know—l know."
Dick said nothing.
In silence that seemed to crackle
all around them . . . so electric it
was. .they drove into the
garage. and walked around to the
front of the house.
"Well, I wonder how many burg-
lars will visit us tonight!" Dick said
as he turned the key in the lock.
They went in. %
"It's a shame about t at silver .. .
although we were insured," Gloria
answered. “I went down to the office
today, and had liiiss Briggs look it
upln
Dick frowned. "I wish you
wouldn't come down there and give
'her orders." he said. "When I got
back from lunch today. she was
gone. Her mother called up to say
she'd been taken sick. I suppose
her feelings were hurt because of
something you said to her. . . .
You were rude enough to her last
nightl . . . Now you promise you'll
stay away from my omcei"
Gloria tossed her head. wilfully.
“She wasn‘t sick because of any-
thing i said to her!"
“it was something she said to me
that made her sick. 1'" hot you!"
filled his pipe.
"Well, what did she say?"
“Told me what a crush she has on
you." Gloria answered calmly.
Dick leaped to his foot. "What!"
he almost shouted.
"Sure she did." Gloria said "She
told me she's been in love with you
years and years. She said that
ht up to the time you married me
she hoped you'd fall in love with
her. . . . That's why she hates me
m' she thinks I will!” betwocn you."
Gloria stood in front of him,
watching to see how he took it.
she exclaimed. ‘
Dick sat down in his nt‘mrhnlt‘ and "
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you tonight. I can see that you’re peas. 1 shelled them. myself. and
dead mm, fin“; much sleep did you they were a Jobl she said. But
7' have lost , hi”" there was no complaint in her voice.
.- , “g ' .. She was a'born housekeeper. and
PM ‘ wink, ”Ck “3‘7"“ she loved hard work . . . really on
she subered. "I told you this morn
ing that I think he's fallen in love
with Miss Briggs. And i do think
so!"
lie took it. unwillingly. He didn‘t
want to believe this thing that Gloria
bud Just told him. nllhnntzh he must
‘mvo guessed it.
"How could i sleep when my best
friend had just killed himself be
cause of his utterly worthless wife'
I can't figure out why John cared so
much for a good-for-noihing crew
ture like May. . . . He should
never have married her in the first
place! That was his big mistake "
Gloria hit her lip. She wondered
if Dick thought she was any better
than May. Perhaps he was sorry
that ho had married her. .
“Well. she wouldn't let him be
sorry! She had turned over a new
leaf.
"Where are we going?" she asked
"We're going to invite ourselves
to Mothers' for a meal." Dick an.
swered grimly. "I'm sick of res
taurant food. I'm fed up on it.”
Neither of them said another word
until they swung into the broad
rlrivewav of the Gregory homestead.
t looked so peaceful and welcom
ing tonight. with its lights streaming
out from the windows . . . its rose
bushes blooming beyond the sweep
of la wn.
Mother and,.Father Gregory were
Just sitting down todinner. when
Dick and Gloria walked in.
“Well. isn't this a fine surprise!"
Mother Gregory cried. She got up
and put her arms around Dick. while
Father Gregory beamed at them over
his hormrlmmed spectacles. Gloria
felt left out in the cold.
“How did you know we were goinr
to' have strawberry shortcake for
supper?" Mother Gregory asked. She
'turned to Gloria and gave her the
brlefest of kisses. .
"I smelled it!" Dick answered.
laughing. "Blocks and blocks away I
smelled it . .1 . above the itch per-
fume of gasoline that scents our
town! And it drew me. like a mag-
netl'
toyed itl,
The salad was crisply cold. and
the things that should be hot were
hot. The meal was delicious.
"Mother Gregory." Gloria said. on
a sudden impulse. “You‘re \vnnder- *
full if i could keep house Just half
as well as you I'd be satisfied! And
by Jinks. I‘m going to learn how to
do it!"
Mother Gregory laid down her
fork. She gave Gloria a scathing
look.
“My dear child!" she said, “That's
the most sensible thing I've ever
heard you sayl And if you need any
help. come to me for it." ,
"Give her your recipe for straw
berry short-cake." Dick suggested.
"You said you were going to have
short-cake. didn't you?" ‘
Mother Gregory laughed.
“As Gloria would say. 'we are go
ing to have nothing else but'." eh:
answered. "Gloria. you carry out the
plates while I cut the shortvcnke. lt'a
Maggie's night out."
Gloria picked up the platter and
took it out into the' big, clean
kitchen.
"I've been thinking over what you
told me this morning," Mother
Gregory said to her. quietly. "About
you and Dick living apart. . . . i
wouldn't worry about that if i were
you. It will turn out all right. after
a while. Dick's pride's hurt . 3 .
and I can't say I blame him."
Gloria shook her pretty bead.
"No." she said. "it goes deeper
than that. Dick doesn't care for me
any more. . . . I saw it in his face
tonight. And it isn't that he hates
me. He's just indifferent to me.
He's through with mel"
HE went into the dining room
and came back with a pile of
plates. and a vegetable dish.
"Nonsenset" Mother Gregory said
sharply. "Dick likes you Just as well
ns he ever did! You Just settle down
and be 11 good wife to him. and he'll
be tickled to death with you."
She nodded vigorously. so that all
the beads on her black dress
sparkled.
"l letilly lt.1tcn'l been a good wife,
have 1?" Gloria asked humbly.
Afterward. she wished she hadn't
said that.
Mother Gregory was the soul or
ftiiililltt‘ss always. She opened her
lips. now. and let Gloria have the
truth about her witohood . . , or
at least what she considered the
truth.
“You never were any kind of a
wife at all to Dicki" she said. "You
were a drag and a worry to him . .
a pretty toy. And any toy becomes
tiresome. after a while.”
Silo put her hands on the girl's
:.lim shoulders. and looked at her
gravely.
"Months ago i told you married
life wasn't a game. but a business.
didn‘t 1?" she asked. Gloria nodded
"You believe me now, don't you?"
Mother Gregory went on. "And i'm
going to tell you something else
Nothing ties a man to a woman like
a child. You take my advice. and
give Dick a son or two . . g and a
couple of daughters. . . ."
Tears smartod in Gloria's eyes. it
was too into how. for that wise ad.
vice. Dick no longer loved her . . .
He didn‘t want her to be the mother
of his children. She was sure of
that.
She winked away her tears, and
helped Mother Gregory serve the
short-cake.
HERE was a chill in the air
when Dick and Gloria left the
ten
Gregory homestead ac
"Are you telling me the truth.
'iinrv?” he asked at lost.
Gloria threw out both her little
hauls and grabbed the lnpels of his
coat. "Why should i tell vou a
lie?" she asked.
"I don‘t know." Dirk answered.
“llut you've told mo 11 good many of
them. you know. in the last few
months."
Gloria winced untlr-r the sting in
his oulct voice.
"Well. whether you bollevo it or
not. it's the truth," she said. “She's
in love with you . . . and you've
got to get rid of, her. You‘d better
hire a man for your secretary next
time. He won‘t fall for your fatal
beauty!"
VHE sat down on the davenport,
b and picked up a magazine. She
turned its pages idly. Every
nerve was waiting for Dick's answer.
He took his pipe from his mouth.
emptied the ashes from it, and be-
gan to scrape its bowl with his pen-
knife“ Gloria could see that he was
thinking hard. His evebrows were
pinched into a frown.
“No." he said presently. "i'm not
going to discharge Susan Briggs.
She's a good 'worker . . . and she
never upsets me. No matter how
nervous i am. she soothes me. some-
how . . . Just the sound of her
voice, thd way she looks."
He was trying. in his awkward
man‘s way to tell Gloria that the
very sight of Susan Briggs' quiet
eyes gave him a sense of profound
olacldlty and strength . . . the
thing he needed.
“Why!" Gloria cried out. “You're
talking about her as if you’re crazy
about her. You are in love with
her! .. . . I've told you so, before.
And I was right!" _ ~a_»
(To Be Continued)
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