New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 24, 1928, Page 8

THIS HAS HAPPENED Virginia Brewster, upon the sud- den death of her father after losing his fortune, goes to live with a girl- hood friend, Clarissa Dean, and her father, i of the objections of her fiance, anicl Dann, who mistr s D motives. Beconiing unhappy in Ler new home, Virginia phones to Niel's night and is s model, Chiri a lover's mended. Hoping to got has a company he Lim a h v Fran “1 sunpose T can trust you to wit year?" she asked, she farewell her to to when her host stay and & When she tells her zoes 10 Eav Dean tries o got ks her to marry him refuses indignantly, he that her father cheated him out of $100.00 in a hootlegging | Aeal and that had consider hep decision in her father's lionor GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XV “T ehall pay yon with money!" Virgini £ with g7 resolution, and she flung the wor at Frederick Dean one would fling & bone to a mangy cur, He started, bent a searching glance upon her, and then laughed a cruel laugh less mockery. “That's good ancered. “T'd to know you will get His words hroke off sud- and the jeering emile left hi “Unless you expect to 1 someone clse for it,” he shot at her with in: “RBut would hardly be playing the g hur wefore could an- ver; * other man pay the Brewster debt of honor would not be acceptable to me. T shall in- sist that you pay it yourself or agree 1o the alternative. Othersise T shall still look upon your father as a liar ind a cheat!” Virginia aid of the her to for his still e she hetter order re to save NOW voice ra he lik 0,00 on unveiled she some not show any signs consternation he expected defiance, sMimatum with tant | cruel in its merci- | and when hint of des “You 100 low 1 said icily. 1 the man T lov “Be sure you don't 1 soon,” Dean warncd ¥ not be 0 « s a gool chanc in her voice. are jum at con him too AT lio. yon You mig your fatl row among you care that to in 1 still your protec hhold your lies until the end of the “Then von well set | wedding dats i “A vear | hurled back at him paid you the debt von claim I will marry you! But don’t think you | have ma + helieve that my fath- Ler knowingly cheated vou. Whatever happened couldn’t been s | fanit, but 1 acknowledge the deht {rather than have you blackening his | eharacte may as replied bluntly today then she a he Spoken like the girl 1 re,” Dean applauded | 'm sure you're just a littlo hit afraid that T have told only the | truth and you don’t want to take a chance of denying a genuine obligation Well, I you | that if you don’t live up to your azreement 1 shall find it casy to have Richard's from the conversation ho still believe that he fine fellow.” | Drank slightly from the pitiless lash of his words but her spirit continued to flame at a high pitch of combat. Her when e spoke, vibrated contempt. “I suppose 1 ¢ you to withl lend of the y | deliberate implication th decent could be taken rom him. 1 “S0 long as you ker of the agreement so | turned smart thought vou “But of voice u trust ar? she for granted p o by | her open di | “if T have not | ] name | was | with disdain and | 10ld your lies until the | { ked with | nothing | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1928, “I will take a bag and send for the rest of the things in the morn- ing,” Virginia told him and turncd quickly to leave the room. sack in her charming rose and ivory bedroom she was seized with « great desire to fling herself upon the bed and give way to the grief and horror that assailed her. But the thought that this room and all the beauty it held belonged to the | man who had charged her father with being a dishonorable and dis- man restrained her. She uld not get out of the house soon ugh. “or she stood and vaying and the mustn't, 1 oud against the a moment ed the walls ceiling bobbing. mustn’t,” she cricd a e liere, at the bught that she was going to col- Somchow she pulled herself to- her, drawing the thin shreds of a 1 endurance about her to zet her through this crisis. Hastily acked a few necessities in her traveling bag and rang for a maid. “Pack the rest of my things, lette,” she ordered briskly; “all of nd everything ready when T send for them in the ing. * * she picked up her bla lizard handbag and extracted a five- -dollar bill which she handed to the servant girl. The latter’s dark eves cre alight with curiosity, hut she said nothing beyond a respectful “thank you." “Now run down and call me a h, and let me know as eoon as it gets here” Virginia ordercd and turned away to get a h'p amd wrap from the closct. In a very short while tiy girl < to tell her that i cab was waiting. Virginia motioncd to the traveling bag and Colette took it up and followed her down to the street, As she passtd swiftly along the hall Virginia glanced through the open door of the drawing room, fearful lest Russell might sec her and make another scene. But she Jdid not see him. Ttusscll and Cla- rissa had left the house in sullen anger while Virginia was in the li- brary. The door of that the hall, remained ginia breathed a sigh much-trie have them, re, room. across closed and Vir- of thank- mercy of a man | Co- | morn- | fulness that Frederick Dean did not appear to bid her adieu. She was glad to be spared the nccessity of pretending for Colette's benefit, | ‘Where 102" the taxi driver asked perfunctorily, and for the first time | Virginia realized that she had given | no thought to where she was going. | “To the Ritz,” she answered in response to the power of her sub. conscious mind. “To the Ritz" had been a habit of ycars and the words sprang to her lips auto- natically, But common sense had a wed to say before she arrived at the glamorous hostelry. Could she afford |to go there now? In a moment she | ad the contents of her hand bag spread out in her lap. A jade vanity | case, a few cards, two cobwebby | handkerchiefs, a notebook and the | usual odds and ends to be found in a fashionable woman's possession. But of money there was very little | Virginia bit her lip with vexa | tion. How could she have been so | negligent as to let her available | funds get so low? She would have to cash a check at the hotel. She put the things back in the bag, with the exception of a small checkboolk which she opened and examined, k |trying to find her balance. It was a | hopeless task, for more than half |the stubs were blank. She had no |idea how much money she had in | the bank Dbut she knew it might be none at all. A small matter like |an overdrawn account had never {bothered her in the past, but it loomed now like a dread disaster. | The taxi was speeding south- nard fast, having a good “break” in the traffic, and Virginia knew that she was soon to he deposited under the marquee of the Ritz if she did not do something to avert it. 1t was simply impossible to go there broke. She thrust out an un- | Rloved hand to rap on the glass at | the driver's back to attract his at- tention, when her own became cen- tered upon her hand, and she drew lit back to regard more closely a ring she was wearing Her father hiad given it to her and Virginia rebelled against the | thought that had come to her in { connection with it. Rut &he must have funds. Tmmediately. And thera was nothing she owned that would not have the same senti- THE DAILY POOR PA BY CLAUDE CALLAN “All of our family is strong an' well, s0o Ma an me have decided not to give much towards buildin’ the new parsonage.” (Copyright, 1928, Publishers Syndicate) Smooth.. ARGUMENT AUNT HET BT ROBERT QUILLEN “T reckon I'm cranky, but a naked woman in a maga- zine advertisement looks just as naked to me as she would anywhere else.” (Copyright, 1928, Publ yndicate) Mellow.. Flavor GULDEN'S Mustard will give a new, wonderfully satisfying taste to your food. 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Bristol, Conn. | himself, mental value, except Nathaniel's ring. Virginia smiled over it. It was in exquisite taste, made by Niel but it had little intrinsic worth, Her father’s ring was a costly sapphire. Still Virginia hesitated and a little ater the taxi was pulling up to the curb at the hotel she had chosen. Virginla made no motion to get out when the doorman held open the door for, her. “I want te go down Fifth Ave- nue,” she said, and the lackey transmitted her directions to thc driver. As they crept down the Virginia was thinking fast. did one go to raise money jewels? Surely not te any Avenue jeweler's! Perhaps bhad a newspaper. . . . They were at & corner and she beckoned the driver to turn to the right to get out of the unending river of cars. He reached back and pulled down the glass partition be- tween them. “Where to, lady?" he inquired. “why, T . . T really don't know Virginia replied helple: under the educational department of the Young Women's Christian as- sociation of this city, The exhibit will be held from 2:30 to 8 p. m. tomorrow. During the afternoon re- freshments will be served. The committee in charge of the arrangements of the exhibit is Mrs. Jonathan Hart, Mrs. E. W. Wall- bank, Mrs. Ralph Wainright and Mrs. Horace Brown. Besides those | mentioned the following members of the classes will act as hostesses, Mrs. C. D. Noble, Misses Dorothy Pinches, Mollie Gillman, Helen Prest, Grace Porter, Catherine Gleed, Anne Weber, Elizabeth Bowen. The members of the Sociology group held their last meeting of the year Tuesday evening at the Y. W. C. A, with a very enjoyable evi ning. Plans have been made for the group to make its final trip of the season Saturday afternoon leaving |the “Y" at 2 o'clock. The group | will go to Long Lane Farm at Mid- dletown. Any one desiring to go | should get in touch with Miss Dor- | othy Wesker at once. avenue Where on Fifth if she 'Bremen Crew Has Ended Iv. She saw that he was looking at Its American Tour her with a worried expression. And | Quebec, Que., May 24 (P—Their she was surprised at the sympathy | tonr of the United States and Can- in it, too. for she had thought that |ada ended, Major Fitzmaurice, Cap- all taxi drivers were hard-hearted |tain Kochl and Baron von Huene- brigands. And here was one of the |feld of the Atlantic flier Bremen to- ilk with a kindly visage and appar- | day turned their faces toward New ently at a loss as to what should be | York and home. They sail from done with a bewildering passenger | New York cither for Ircland or Ger- whom most drivers would have been | many June 9, glad to drop. 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