Show D DIEm I C Beatrice Burton Burlon 1025 NU N INC THE STORY SO FAR Gloria Gordon beautiful flapper marries Dick Gregory a struggling lawyer Her I idea M. M of marriage is fun and fine clothes but no work or children Dick borrows Maggie his hilt mo mothers mother's moth moth- til tiler's ers er's maid to teach Gloria to cook But she refuses to learn Later Maggie leaves disgusted with Glorias Gloria's wild parties and her jazzy friends Then Gloria hires Swanson Swanson Swan- Swan son although Dick tells h her r they cant can't afford a a. maid She swamps Dick with debts for her clothes and insists upon a ew automobile Gloria goes riding in it Jt with Stanle Stanley Wayburn an actor with whom she was in love before she married Dick They are seen by Mother Gregory who begs Gloria to mend her wa ways s Next day lay Gloria asks Wa Wayburn burn May Se Seymour mour wife wiCo of Dr John Seymour and nays Mays s lover lo Jim Carewe to the house Dick returns and puts the time guests out Because of her silly affair with Carewe May is Shunned by her women vo wo- j I men friends friend But that doesn't t stop Gloria looked at at the letter It was addressed i m Dicks Dick's Dicks Dick's fine dashing hand to Miss Susan Briggs Gloria from Cram seeing Wayburn who expects to leave for Cor New ew York Ina Ina in ina a few lew weeks Dick is dangerously ill III with monia lIe He is nursed by Mrs Irs OHara O'Hara whose sister Susan Briggs Is Dicks Dick's secretary One day toward the end of Dicks Dick's Illness Wayburn sends for Gloria to tell her that he expects to leave leave town soon to get a Job In New ew York Gloria notices how shabby I his clothes are ate NOW GO ON WITH TH THE E STORY Gloria pulled herself away from him and she put on her hat From under its wide brim she looked at Wayburn with distress in her eye eyes It was dreadful of me to let you know I noticed your raggedy sleeve Stan she said finally But so long as I have She bit her lip Up in embarrassment Well VeU go on What were you going to sa say Wayburn asked im fm- im- im patiently V Only this you cant can't go godown godown godown down to New ew York in that old suit Youve You've got to have ha some new clothes Gloria answered The Themore Themore Themore more prosperous you look the better Job you'll land Nobody knows that any better than I do Va Wayburn burn said harshly But new clothes dont don't grow on bushes Russet If they did Id I'd have packed off oct a couple of oC new ev suits weeks ago believe me If It I were a a. man friend of yours you'd let me lend you some money wouldn't you Gloria asked Va Wayburn burn nodded Well Vell think of oC me me- Just as a I V V V V VV V friend not a a. woman then Gloria went on If It I could get hold of some Borne money somewhere to help you ou out would you take It No o it would be out of at the question question question ques ques- tion Wayburn answered No o decent decent decent de de- de- de cent man ever er borrows from a woman wo wo- wo- wo man Gloria suddenly remembered the thed d day y at the tea-house tea when Stan had borrowed five lve dollars from her and forgotten to pay it back She re remembered remembered remembered re- re the two 10 bills bUls she had left in this very room a a. few Cew weeks before for him And she hated herself tier her sel self for tor remembering If It you'd promise to let me pay it back with interest I might consider consider consider con con- sider borrowing a little money from you ou Wayburn surprised her Just to tide me over until I get my Job Jobin jobin jobin in New York Gloria nodded All right Stan she said Til get it for you And so the matter was settled For the next week Gloria racked her bel brain wondering how she was going to get hold of at at least for for Stanley Wayburn She looked at her engagement ring her wrist watch and the little platinum bracelet DICk had given her for tor Christmas She wondered how much they would bring if she sho pawned them And besides she hated the thought of giving up her Jewelry There must be some other way she could get the he money She was wondering about it one afternoon as she sat beside DickA DickA Dick A penny for your thoughts Glory he said suddenly lIe He sat up in bed bed and the book that he had been reading tumbled to the floor Gloria bent to pick it up She laid it on the counterpane Instantly Dicks Dick's arms were around her Gloria wrenched herself out of them and stood up Dont do that she sho cried sharply Let me alone The look of at tenderness that had been In Dicks Dick's eyes was blotted out Gloria knew that she had cut him to the heart when she had snatched I i I herself away from tram him But she didn't care Cant I kiss you any more Glory Dick asked After Atter all youre you're my wife you know Yes but I belong to myself first Gloria answered And I dont don't want to be kissed right this minute as it happens The minute she had said it she was sorry How could she have been so brutal to Dick when he was still so weak and sick It was not his fault that she had married him without being sure of herself His Ills only crime had been that he loved her too well V I Dont mind what I say tod today yIm y Im I'm in a fiendish mood I 1 guess she said I She was She was in a frenzy of ot worry wondering how to get the money for tor Stanley Wayburn I Im sorry I was cross Dick she said softly But the gentleness in her voice only fanned e the slow anger in Dick to sudden u flame a I Theres something behind all this coldness of at yours Im I'm not blind he flared up You c cant can't nt make a tool fool of me How about i this guy Wayburn You still see see him dont don't you V Gloria gasped At times like Ilke this life with Dick was not lacking in adventure V VAnd And Gloria like all women thrilled to adventure She knew how to meet it It was the breath of life Ufe to her Moreover Dick as the Male Proper in a Jealous mood was much caner to deal with than Dick the Model lodel Husband 1 Gloria understood understood understood under under- stood him She had learned all about Jealousy from Stanley Wayburn Wayburn Way Way- burn She went over to Dick and laid her small hand against his mouth Hush she said You mustn't get excited like this You'll make yourself sick And you know that what youre you're saying is crazy nonsense anyway Dicks Dick's senses ached with the longing to take her in his arms The warm nearness of her made macis his head go round But nut he clenched his hands at his lila sides sidell until the nails nalls bit into his palms Im tired he said I think Ill I'll go to sleep for a while Perhaps you'd better go And to his relief Gloria went Dick heard the door of her room close and the bolt slide sUde into place That night Gloria sat for tor a long longtime longtime longtime time before her mirror How lIow long am I 1 going on like Uke this she asked her own face tace as asIt asit asit it glimmered at her hII from the silver sUver depths of the looking glass She couldn't go on being Dicks Dick's wife wICe Not while she felt as she did about Stanley Wayburn aburn at any rate That much was cert certain ln Sho She found herself facing a problem problem lem that women omen have ha faced since this world began She was WIlS chained to one man And V she was sure flure sho she loved lo another What was she going to d do about it Wasn't there some wa way out of I it There Thero must be ber berShe She knew Dick would never let lether lether lether her go o without a struggle Of Ot course sho ho he could always go goback goback goback back to work But she shuddered at the thought of at getting setting up at 7 o'clock ever every morning of oC gulping down a n. cup of coffee cartee and dashing downtown to hammer her fingers lingers on a a. typewriter all day V V V Ugh she had had V enough nough of r that It was sas worse than housework That wasn't what she wanted to to Not by a n. long chalk There was a verse pasted on her mirror Gloria raised her eyes to read it although she knew it b by heart V V Life is but once Drink the cup Wear Vear the roses Live the verses That was Glorias Gloria's reed She be believed believed believed be- be in getting all the tho happiness there was to the last drop She simply was not going to be bo harnessed to hard work and and dullness f if there was any way out She wanted laughter dancing music the music the Jazz of ot life Ute In her mind Stanley Wayburn stood for tor those things When she thought of Dick she thought of meals to be cooked socks to be darned bills to be paid long dull dun evenings by the living room fire tire lIe He stood for tor marriage And Gloria was sick and tired of married life ute If I Id I'd only known what it was like Ill I'll bet a hat Id I'd still sun be single she said to her tac face in the glass It looked back at with a brilliant unhappy eyes Gloria was struck again with the fact act of her own good looks Why she didn't need any man Not Dick or Stan Wayburn either Her lIer face w was s her fortune Why hy should she be a a. household drudge or an office hack either With a face tace like hers She could carve out a future for Cor herself hersel Just as Kit Cameron had On Broadway That street of at stars Gloria snapped out her lI light ht and went to bed Ag Against the darkness of her room she seemed to see ner ncr name In electric electric electric elec elec- lights above the doors of at a theatre Gloria Gordon Greg Greg- ory Yes 1 If worse came to worst she could go on the stage to earn her own living Kit was in New York She could enow w her the ropes Gloria smiled art aS she closed her eyes and dropped off orr to sleep The next morning Dick was not so well Something seems to have upset him Hed He'd better stay in bed aUday all aU allday allday day and rest Mrs OHara O'Hara said to Gloria at breakfast This is the day I 1 have my afternoon off oft too So perhaps you'd better sit with him this afternoon Mrs Gregory Gloria came to togo togo togo go out She drained her coffee cup and stood up All right Ill I'll be home early she answered Im Just going to torun torun torun run over to Mrs Seymours Seymour's for a little while white She found May having breakfast at one end of or the dining room ta table ta- ta ble The morning paper was propped against the coffee pot And a half half- smoked was burning itself I away at the edge of her plate Have a cup of oC coffee May asked No Xo thanks Iv r Ive I've Just had breakfast breakfast breakfast break break- fast Gloria replied She came to th the point at once May Ia shook her head in a puzzled sort of at way Heavens no no I haven't one ono sou souto souto souto to lend anybody she said Ive just been wondering when they're going to throw me into Jail jaU for Cor debt W What hat do you need money for Cor Gloria flushed She bitof bit bitoff bitoff of off a hang nail nervously before she answered She wondered I If it May Ia that she wanted the money for Va Wayburn rn What hat does anybody need mone money for or she sho asked shrugging her shoulders May 1 a sat looking at her with narrowed narrowed nar nar- rowed e eyes es Give me the low down on this she said at last Jast If I you Just wanted want- want pd ed this money for tor clothes you'd ask Dick for It it I know What mischief have you been up to She broke off oft suddenly Glorias Gloria's face Cace was red with anger Well Pe 11 youre you're a fine friend she cried I I lo lower my pride to ask you for a loan And all you can do I Ito Is Isto isto to pry into my affairs Instead of lending lendin me a a. little littie You make me sick May That afternoon when Gloria went Into Dicks Dick's room to sit with him he held a letter out to her Would you ou mind running down downto to the corner with this for tor me he ho asked Gloria looked at the letter It was addressed In Dicks Dick's fine tine dashIng dashIng dashing dash- dash Ing hand to Miss Susan Briggs To ToBe Be Continued |