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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, MAY & Zma’a o/ §) LOWIS JOSEPH VAN . | ©10M1 by Loui Joseph Ve 3T, P HARTFORD I She had a smile transiently bitter. | “Mrs. Bellamy Druce! Rather a|Bel's conscience! The most feather- z . mouthful, that.” headed, irresponsible of philanderers, - . ‘ I d “Is that why you make a face over|the most Incorrigible; between whiles Y ommenCIng O ay 2" the most contrite * * * | “Didn't expect me to relish it, did His fits of penitence were terribly f I you, Cinda?" real, when she caught him mishehav- | 5 “I'm afrald T wasn't thinking of|ing. Or was that, too, merely part of | ‘ you at all, Dobbin, yhen I took it." the game with Bel? Was it just a ‘“Meaning, If you had been, you|conventional gambit to make belleye might have thought twlce before tak-|repentance and promise faithfully ’ * [ ] ing?" never, never to be naughty again? . 3 - “No fear: I was too madly in love| She discovered that the car was with Bel." already at a standstill, Immersed in r “'Was?" reverie, she hadn't moticed the turn “Dobbin!" off from the avenue, oY dln't mean to be imper-| As alvays her home enfolded her BECAUSE NO MAN WHO WANTS A SUIT OR'TOP COAT WOULD EVEN THINK tinent. T only—well, naturally, I want-|in its comfortable atmosphere of se- - ed to know whether or not Your ma- | curity from every assault of adversity OF BUYING ELSEWHERE WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY AWAITING HIM HERE trimonial ‘ipoculation had taken.” by virtue of the solid wealth upon “I think one may safely say it has.|which is was founded, that formida- I've’grown so old and wise in mar- ple whole into which two great for- riage, it really seems funny to re-|tunes had been fused by her marriage member I was ever an innocent." with Bellamy. “It's seemed a long time to me Cin-| 1y the Ijbrary he lingered a long da—flve years since these cyes were|minute, purposelessly searching the last made glad by the sight of you." |tjeh glooms, her mind coddled by the “At least, time hasn't impaired your | recling of ownership which this her o o knack at pretty, speeches.” home finspired. +Nor your power to inspire them.”| mwenty_gix, mistress of riches, she “I'm not so sure. To myself 1 seem [pad never needed to compute, idle ever o much older.” Lucinda Druce|pyt for an ordered round of stale turned full face to the man on her|djversions, not yet a mother * * * left, anxiety feigned or real puckering| ghe went slowly to,her rooms, S‘he dlellmtely penciled brows.| pensively giving herself into the Doesh't it show at all, Dobbin, the|panig of her maid, she stood opposite ruthless march of advancing years?" a long mirror. A shade of concern The man narrowed critically hi8 | e————— — eyes and withheld his verdict as if B in doubt; but a corner of his mouth was twitching. “You are lovelier today than ever, lovelier even than the memories of you that have quickened my it W 1 FROM ONE OF NEW YORK’S FOREMOST MANUFACTURERS “Truly, Dobbin, you've lost noth- ‘ . ing of your ancient eloquence. That last speech quite carried me back o galn o across the bridge of time to the days 7 5 when, more than once you all but 3 | talked me off my feet and into your arms.” : N | t “Pity I ever stopped taking.” we ac o g “How direct and persistent you are. ¥ It's only fair to tell you, the traditions .l of our kind to the contrary notwith- standjng, I'm still in love with my 2 Whl e husba ad.” , ® . ® Fo' a moment Richard Daubeney at g ro lt to oa was silent, staring at his plate. Then he roused with a light-hearted shrug others and smile. “It's like ou, Dobbin, t tart . T e All at the one unprecedented low price making love to me all over again, . - precisely as if my “being married] WHERE WERE THE SIGNS OF h t t | meant nothing, in the first minutes| AGE, OF FADING CHARM? esiate You’ll be | of our meeting in five years, without - | d { offering to tell me a single thing about | tinged the regard she bent upon that . hants in| amaze yourself.” . charming counterfeit, her interest How many merchants when you | “Nothing much to tell. Everybody|&Tew meticulous as she observed that Hartford to you suppose : " { Every Suit Designed For the knows, when you engaged yourself to|slender and subtly fashioned body ; stock of this look in our s gtk lye 8 clothing Spring Season of 1922 marry Druce, I rode off to the wars.” [eémerge from its silken sheaths. Where 7 . . oYy “We heard you'd later takgn up|Wwere the signs of age, of fading | proportion in addition to ¢ ranching in the Argentine, and made|charm? What was it Bel saw"in other their regulal' line. WlndO\\'S a tidy fortune.” women and failed to see in her? What “I didn't do badly, that's a fact.|could they give him that she had not ‘It is a well known fact| But what i -profited if he shall[to glve? Was her real rival only man's ) e MEN ! It's a good many years since you bought a s:ln“th: ,:,i,’;,:‘i."o,‘?;‘;n;r,m h‘;;o:.,, insatiable appelite for some new that Men’s Clothiers g MR Y g soul?” ; thing? [throughout the country|[ —suit for $16. And just think of it—a selection of Conservative and semi-conservative styles. fnisioneltojundersiand youiloativoun s Sibplagand iyoungyand falr, fand have bought lightly this| 1,500 suits. Also a special sport model in boys’ first long soul in the Argentine? It sounds so|Slighted * * * Qi yet 7 ? * ar amusingly i Her heart, too, she searched. But Spring. We however are| trouser suits. “I realized down there my soul was|there was nothing wanting there that not in that class. | in a fair way to prove a total loss.|the most exacting husband and lover No charge for slight alterations, such as So T sold out and shipped for home.” [ could require. She still loved Rel. 0 I lengthening or shortening trousers “Hoping to find me unhappy| But love and beauty, it scemed were We are optimistic and enough with Bel—?" not enough. | always have been. or sleeves. “That's unworthy of you, Cinda. a i II'h . : | i ' | ) a B fa | v . . . Bellamy,fatuceigheeans the b oy : Not a Suit in the entire purchase ever on No: simply to be in the same world sale before. Sizes in both regular and stout models, 32 to 44. Hundreds of new patterns to choose from. with you.” frugally with grapefruit, the head- 4 ver After a little Mrs. Bellamy Druce|lines of the Herald, and coffee. And so “thir:f\ to make i sald severely: “Dobbin, if you keep| As a man of strong principles, he an opportunity : el b e e on that tack, you will make me|made it a rule never to drink before |a worth while purchase cross with you. How does New Yorl |SiX in the evening. : whereby we can offer tm = look to an exile of long standing?| At thirty-five or something less, Rel- our patrons something Much changed?" lamy was beginning to notice that h S / “Oh, T don’t know. Shirts and morals| €ven a few drinks tended to play the out of the ordinary | CHEV[OTS ’ a bit higher, jazz a little more so,|deuce with one's memory. {money-saving we never| prohibition just what one expected,| “It's this stuff they give you nowa- | hesitate to do so, andi soclety even more loosely constituted | 1ays'"-——meaning since the blight of | whil r regular stock| I ohibition had fastened upon these Wnlle O aL ! —a vast influx of new people. I don't|Prohibition had fa 0 e of men’s clothing is of know half these people. Astonishing|!'nited States— “you can't trust it, 4 a2 : Tot of pretty girls Zeem to have sprung | don’t care who gives it to you.” | generous size, we simply | an up since my time. Who's the raving| is graver concern this morning could not in justice to the bca:ty on BgH.I SfldleAv'g rligh:a-v S l\\]::](u):f :)r;n;‘;i:i"‘v: is’ complexion and | many regular p.dtré,,is of | { are also “Amelie Severn, Amelie Cleves tha ; B AR g . i re and hun- | | was before she married, Surely you, TO his relicf the one proved to be {our men’s sto ang t‘ | clear and of good color, the other | dreds of men throughou ‘an are a SO remember her.” k! | A : | “Good heavens! she was in long|Petrayed ravages of dissipation only | Connecticut, permit an| ARt i L 3 e in a hint of heaviness. Alrcady a [opportunity like this to| 5 | i {rr ink 2" | Strong constitution, hardened by an | Y | S S l t Wh t rth $30 e e LR L R e R B | e ‘ ome Selection! at? |wo her for his open infatuation." S e N Laughter thrilled in Lucinda's re- ply: “Why, don't you recognize him?| That's Bell.” Asif the diminutive pronounced in| the clear accents of his wife had car- rieq through the murmur of talk, Bellamy Druce looked up. Perceiving| Lucinda’s smile at the end of an e of shaded lights, he smiled in turn. but | was beginning to react to restorative | measures taken immediately after waking, deep breathing, a steaming hot bath, an icy ncedle-shower, a rub-down. He straightened his shoulders, lift- —— y she seemed as pretty, as fair and|however, is not disposed to grant a | has changed the automobile from an | papers The expense of advertising ‘RS K s WTHORNE ed his clu‘n a trifle, 1 went !n» pay‘(m:“p as a porcelain figurine. Bel-[general concession for all the rivers, |enemy to a friend of the church, ac-|is met by the collection box, and the | v Brunswick, N. J, May 8.— hig matutinal addresses to Lucinda, || 0% cqed only to see her thus to|but only for some of the principal |cording to Rev. ONver Kene, pastor | more people the advertising draws to | L season more than moderately hoping she wouldn't notice anything|, " "y of shame and self-re-|ones and that on condition that in- | of the Methodist IZpiscopal church | church, of course, the larger the col- | successful, the Rutgers colloge rifle and, if she did, \\nul-!_ be rnml_r:h of ! dustrial establishments shall be cre- | here. “When the people of the lections. So the ads pay ff" them- | team has dishanded after the election with the muscles of his face alone,|® SPOrtswoman tq let it pass without ated. whole community Know of a church [seives in actual moncy. 1\1\. ;Z(Tn\r! of officers for 1922-23. T. 8. Caws And looking from him to the flushed """“““’f'(‘)‘- N W R T (Continued in Our Next lssue) Lot i ;.]ml the kind of a0y e :|<"hmdl |)\:\rl|~ oy \‘\‘m;vhshu‘l ‘((Hyn(nn\ e Meas- | thorne of Brooklyn has been chosen e founc acinda seated on a R i i he car will carry them to inste ured in dollars and cents. captain, and charming countenance of the 5 — . g I b | chaise-longue in her boudoir, running . J of away from it," he said. “By “ ' must be backed by 5 PR { 9| : : ‘R POWER. 3 Advertising must be back ) SOOI, S (’)S::gh:;‘omlr:;:?nh:irll(n";;:f‘::::fi 'oox:‘ through her mornin's' mail by way of WOUHDLURN. W “‘ EOA s vertis in local papers T have quad- & ey Bel's'latest audacity, Lu. | Preparation for the daily half-hour| Constantinople, May S.—A repre- e rupled the membershiy of my ehurch he Yankees management made ne Simdn Phounnt. with o talng onoltys 10| with her secretary which it demanded, | sentative of o Belgian fnancial BToup | puplicity Has Changed Automobile | o rene s nembershis said: ‘Go_out| from the pulpit. Nothing can 1ake | mistake when they secured Whiteg ‘c,,nmz,‘ fl(‘l’:z‘f’.fl‘:ano"; .:;'I’MT,"‘“!'*:.’:;"‘I'nsml with unfailing gace in a negli-| has asked the Tudkish ety : S | of the Sun. A0 compel them to come in' What |the place of the gospel; not movies, | Witt from the Athletics. The formen 1bva :gflinm' J kg ;s gee scarcely more than a sketch of |government at An VD (‘""”\“":\: Prom Foe To AL ¢ BUIS s more compelling than advertising | nor music, nor half-baked addresses | Athletics star, is pounding the pill in s lace and ribbons, with the light from | sion In:: "“,'””.m:,,',h,',,,vlvl\.:vlTvm-n:n'\v'\ day Service, Says Minister, he modern way? on current topics. And the 1 who | a hard and consistent manner for the |the windows seemingly drawn to a|tolia for the produ L “I often inserted a quarter page|goes once is pretty apt to return and | Hugmen. Yesterday he knicked the focus by hair abundant, always re-|and for providing “"‘”‘"' "fi"‘"”;:_'f‘ Kearney Neb., May S.—Publigity | or half 1 in ,the home town|bring someone with him." Senators twirlers for three safeties, bellious, and the hue of ripe corn-silk, | industry. The government of Angora | proach. good, sound, honest gespel mess: With a {xmall sl;lll of animal delight in the caress of fur, and the chill,| e oo o, e v POLLY AND HER PALS So It Appears, Pal BY CLIFF STERRETT Fig:ll“h‘:v;‘::‘kt‘d to be dropped at the - Brook, alleging a rendezvons of one v LPAVEQGH oo T N - \ Pt ~ = = - sort or another, safely masculine, of oD HEAVERS!) [on' JusT pa AND T»«g,> : ] SHl e, R, Yow! Lon@ fike }S‘HE'S geen AGIN course. Beyopd reflecting that Bel PoLLy. wmar | 5 : | S Cook BEEN WiTh you ? Kie? ; was In all likelihood lying. Lucinda| « 5 12 r_/ OOK QUARRELING i g ME"FROM THE £ had paid slight heed to his excuses. )W AS SuAL ! G ool X ¥ / Then, too, she was not ill-pleased T i el L_‘)Ifi, OouT. s / START, SOA ! fe with having herself all to herself, in 3 3 this thoughtful mood which had be- come hers since leaving the Sedleys Besides, Bel had been making too free with the Sedley cellar. Not that she was disposed to hold this a griev- ance, thoroughgoing mondaine that she was, saturate with the spirit of & day that was learning to look tolerantly upon intemperateness as a fashionable form of protest against prohibition. No: it wasn't that, it was the fact, established by long ob- servation, that Bel seldom drank more than he could mange gracefully un- less on the verge of some new gal- lantry. Bel assuredly didn't rieed any- thing to stimulate his enterprise. She fancied it must be because alcohol N 5 3 < - e 152 ! ~ Conprte. 192 UFEOTRRETT. uay \ | J :::.:rlie:;.a sort of anesthetic for his Newspe pes Featnre Serace, hoc., Grant Brivain