one soon! so mt: . . GORDON. beautiful marries DICK unno- lswrer. tier fussed lee . Gloria has swamped lion becomes Kinsmen with M work actor. STANLEY . . When he leaves ‘mu go to New York. she " him. But he spurns her. .»- 1«mr~—1w , ism"... Movingly. 0 did all the hem boule- workf . ,. .. Not you. I know." Dick said. unbe- it; . I!!! untidy head to the ' «_ hadnggled apron. ' seen her like this before. .9 . .. v lets the kitchen. Eben." he said doubtfuiiy. 9". “new with honest indignation. But his eyes swept Gloria 2mm cm of her He had never ,9 She certainly looked as if she had been workingi . “Who do you suppose did it?" she WM at him. ”The army of bet-vents you’ve hired to help me? ..1 . s. 0! course I did it. end I'ln all _"fn. Every bone in her body ached. She dragged herself wearily pest Dick "Dinner' a ready." the throw over her shoulder as she “I". The meal was done to a turn. The ' chickln was richly brown. the vase. tables tender. and the salad chilled .. and crisp. With the drst thrill of housewifely . wide that she had ever known. Gloria set the dishes down on the spotless tablecloth. , Marvelllng. Dick sat down to set. "I hope everything's as good as it GloriI lost him a look of fury. . “It is!" she said. 1nd so it was. As he ate. Dick’s sense of wonder grew. Had his wife Queenie an expert cook over night? But when Gloria brought in the dessert. the mystery was solved for him. "It was Mother. bless heri“ be 41. "No one in the world makes ocolate custard like that but herl" "It was not your mother." Gloria “I made that custard all by myself! All ' 3 your mother did was to sit out in the gran and give me orders. . . ." ck nodded. "Sure. I knew she ' the job." he said. eeuldn’t cook a. meal like that alone. “on a bet! . . . What's she doing? Giving you cooking lessons?" ’ Gloria. grunted. r.f‘8he’s been giving the orders. mostly." she answered. "She said she'd come over and help me out. ‘But all she did was to cut a lot of' your best roses and strew them all over the house! . . . She’s some =kidi She ought to be a gang boas! She'd make a peach. . . ." "I wish you wouldn’t speak about my mother in that way. Gloria." Dick interrupted. He looked an- aoyed. “ “Oh. blah. I' ll do as I please." the .. 'girl answered. bitterly. "I'm getting .Lli‘URNlTURE co. ALEXANDER "You. ..\ that little room. tired of being slammed all the time. it's time I began to pen a few people myself. . . . You treat me like a doormet. and expect me to like it!" "If l‘ve treated you like a doormat I'm sorry; Dick apologized. He got up and walked out onto the front porch. I I 0 MT was just like Dick! When- ever he was getting the worst of 4 an argument. he got up and walked away. He was simply mad- denlngl Well. this was one time when he wouldn't get away with it! She'd walk right out after him. and say what she had to say to blmi Suppose the neighbors did hear it. . . . f They probably had a few family battles themselves. at times. But just as Gloria opened the screen door to go out, Dick walked down the front steps and around the house to the backyard. Gloria ran upstairs and put a touch of rouge on either cheek. Then she followed him out to the 88,113! where he was tinkering with theme" "Dick." she said in a quiet. even voice. "I can't go on living like this. Dick turned toward her. He had taken of! his coat. and rolled up his sleeves. His hair was ruffled. and there was a smear of grease across his cheek. He looked boyish . .-. . absurdly boyish. Gloria took her handkerchief from her apron pocket. and rubbed the grease from his face. Her hand dropped to his shoulder and stayed there. “Dick." she said. happy. . . ." She looked up at him. In the dusk her eyes were black and luminous. her mouth like a dark flower. want you to kiss me. Dick." she murmured. “Let's be friends. . . . It's terrible. living at arm's length this way. . ." ""I‘wo falcons in a snare,’." Dick quoted. He moved a. step or two away from her. 9 "Now. Just what do you mean by that?" Gloria asked sharply. She hated Dick to quote things that she didn’t understand from the books he was forever reading. "I'm so un- Ee shrugged his shoulders. "It F. S. LYON JOB PRINTING South Norwsll ‘90 So. Main Street Norwalk Phone 3560 .Piggly Wiggly lot-walk GOOD 330033138 .4:- ' POPULAR PMGES 12 Main Street 2 Conn ROUND TRIP t, Sun, Mon. opp. Royal James .. s:so 10:45, 2:15. sub _ ' 9 ' tlons telephone 1260“ s A 30 Main St. Store Hours BOYl) Wall Paper Store ' Wall Papers, Paints, ' Supplies “The Store With the Orange Fron ” N orwalk Open 8 led Bot. Evening Telephone 476 sex- A tear slid down Gloria’ s cheek as she ihol‘ight of all the mornings of her future . . . the lonely awakening in 1 doesn't matter." he said. "But I know. myself. that we can't go on living this way. It’s impossible. I see it. too." I O O DORIA drooped. She braced herself against the side of the garage door. "Well. what are we going to do about it?" she asked. "Do you went me to leave you? Do you hate me as much as that, chk?" He did not. answer at once. He took his.old pipe from his pocket and filled it. "It’s like this. Glory." he sold finally. “i don't hate you, at all. But Wsyburn . . . he's there. between us. somehow. You see. I can’t ever kid myself again that you care about me. i know that you'd be in New York with him now. if he'd wanted you to be there. . . . A mail doesn’t forget a thing like that. No one but a boob like me would ever have had you in his house again. on any terms. . . ." “But I didn't do anything wrong!" Gloria. defended herself. “What are a few silly kisses?" Dlolr cheered. "Yes . . .I know that‘s the way you look at it." he said "but no decent woman would let any man but her husband kiss her. Glory. She wouldn't soll herself that way." Gloria tossed her head impatiently. "Oh. you're so oldvfashioned.” she answered. “Think of all the potting!!- that goes on at wild parties. And it doesn't mean a thing." "That makes it all the more rotten. then." Dick pointed out. "Love isn't a game or a toy. It's bigger than any of us. . . ." He broke off abruptly. And when he spoke again his voice was quite cold and mstter-ofdact. "Come on. let’s go into the house. The mosqul toes are beginning to bite out here." He stooped to scratch his ankle. . 0 C HEY went in. Silently Glorln‘ cleared the table. piled the dishes on the sink. and put the clean milk bottles out on the back porch Then she went into the living room to join Dick. But he didn't look up "Well," she said after ten or 3. McCALLUM SILK HOSlERY Lovely Stockings that stay lovely and lustrous through wear and washing. Prices $1.95 Up The N. E. RYAN C0. 86 Washington Street South Norwalk ‘ iek gsv s short laugh. He picked think Hill said gray ly. stay here if you'd lrstber live with your mother a d father. I'll take care of unused ing up in her Shudder-lug. Gloria thought of it . . the bro n spot on the ceiling where the rai roof. the blistered woodwork. the battered. iron bed. the not see thing came while crepe \hat, mnuxchsrks under her ey cs ’iu'stes iffweree :52“ "fmlfii‘i'l‘i'im . en lay-zoniit telellite ."o no .Ker words . with rush. "I been think- ever will you songbout Sig: Q m 3' madam u lions we . him 00‘“ or she in loss with d that I want you to of ii“. 1" Oil 70“ his motioned”. also. whose wife wente% ateuogrsphcr ll. you keus her." Gloria ' row"! should worry. I'll: go- !!! ”other tomorrow. e no sisl: that he had 't‘esre if I go. do you?" she asked hoping he'd sgy he did oars. you tn do whatever you melee you happy.“ Dick ”roe be” you can long as you like. But “x m“ l you. I'll lid you all the money I esssbsr eves-1m.” douyou please." Gloria led to smile . . . a poor little snail that barely lifted the cor- screw! or mouth. Her throat mil“. 4 liar eyes ached with “All ri t. old dear.“ she said. if!- ing to :11 aka her voice light and careless. lfiut a high note of agony ran throq h it. . .. Meantime! she wpnt straight to sleep, ll her wornvout body _ throb- bing lln every nerve. And at dawn my seat morning she awoke. lbs up. up in bed and looked around er'room . . .‘the familiar room with its Wide window- seat. its flowered ‘cushlons. and silver picture (MOI. the shabby little bedroom Tenacity“! morning she'd be wak- nther's shabby little house. had leaked through the How he had always hated that little rain) that was too cold in the winter. 1 o hot in the summer! line now ut erly glad she had been to escape ricd Di m it. when she had mar- illusory! A fee slid down Gloria's cheek as she thopght of all the mornings of her fut9ire . . ings in .the lonely awaken- that little room. ‘ I e a - HE lay with closed eyes and‘ hes Dial! stirring in his room, wh stling in his bulb. singing "Rock in the Cradle of the Deep" as he d seed. Latet‘ the sound of his car leaving Then silence. She would him again. she know. . . . The doorbell rang. Gloria slipped her naked feet into bedroom slip- pers, hrew a kimono around her. and re downstairs. Thro gh the net curtains on the front (toor. she could see May soy. mour artandlng on the porch. What in the world did \inv want coming atlhat‘ time of the morning? "Hello. Glory. how's every liiilo with you?" she asked. as she ‘nto the hall. Her face was as paper under her black , and there were faint "Fin as silk." Gloria answered. borrow‘lng the brave phrase that her father-l used when things were at their How are you, May?" ery worst. "And you. .. a May‘ tried to answer. Then, sud- denly.lshe collapsed upon a chair. ‘ buried her face in her hands. and burst nlo horrible. shaking sobs. She opened her handbag and took from it a folded bit torn from nemppeper. “Refit that." she sobbed. ‘ (To Be Continued) Slice solos are said to indicate ol1.llrm.-.ter If they are worn level all 9w: they silo“ an oven temper. if new on the inside it is a sign of llsll‘ ssness. The Royal Barge. Which was built by King William of England for his quepn in 1689, is probably the oldest lion} in the country. l ‘9“ American scientist claims that Ma 3 has a civilization extending back ninety thousand years. MILLINERY KIA. POLHEMUS Phone 314-5, So. N or'walk LEADING MILLINER' 61 North Main Street ' Ladies’ Silk Striped ' Union Suits 'Medium"weight, ideal for Full weather. Sizes 36 to 4.4. Sale Price 89c Mill Outlet Store "“1219? mm.- 99.9”" s 21 South Nomi]: c f Il'uuu FtZiu' -r?.'lf.’.n)fl'l‘"7. inns your furnace joined the ill. D. C. 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Specially Priced $1.00 ”" m Mme Jeannette 56 South Main Street South Not-walk, Conn. . as was: ransom. lies-t1 Duns-so scoresauother hit in the Muaioleosuedy Act. ~ . . Marty Dupree and her Musicsi Dollies scored another success lest night at the Palbce theater. The new musical comedy tabloid pressing ted by'her oompny. which is entirely different from that. presented earlier a fine hand from the audience. The splendor of the costume creu. tions and of the color schemes evok- ed much favorable comment: so much so that the greater majority .of the theater patrons declared the tabloid better by is: than the aver." age musical comedy show. 9 The two comedians. Bennie Dm- huh and Frank P. Q. Murray. came in for a great his share ‘of the '.’. planes for their efforts kept the su- dienee in laughter during the entire tlnreddition. the feature picture "Lost-a Wife" by William De Mills is on the bill. This picture stars Adolphe Meniou. Greta Nissen and Robert Agnes. The picture is a side- spllttlng comedy in which a would he husband is left studio: at the church doorway while the brido to be races away with another hue: band. . ‘ m AT mu REGENT 'IlomMeighan Ros Fine Sup Cast in Tarkington Story” About five you: are Booth r“... kington. world-famous novelist. was induced by arsmouni. to have one of his hoe transferred to the screen. The result of that experi- ment was one of that season's fin-. been." The star of the picture was Them. ss Meighan who comes to the screen at the Regent Theatre for the last times today in another story by the same author. "The Man Who Found Himself." another prison tale written especially for the “good luck" star by Mr. Tarkington. Virginia Valli. Frank Morgen. John Harrington. Norman Trevor. Charles Stevenson. Julia Hoyt and Lynn Fontanne are but a few of the big names which appear in the strong supporting cast. “The Man Who Found Himself" is s. sembserlous tale of a. happy-go- lucky son 'of a small town banker who shoulders the blame when his younger brother loses heavily in Wall Street and then borrows bank funds to "cover up." The result is a. sojourn in Sing Sing. What follows make a stirring piece of screen drama. -ATTHEBIAIIN. 3 [on Charles and Norma Shearer m.msgement 'i‘odsr. . Lon Cbeucy and Norma Shearer Will close their engagement tonight at the Rialto theatre in their latest success. "The Tower of Lies." Tomorrow Buck Jones isoffers‘d in “Durand of the Bad Lands." 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