Excerpt from To-Day: A Novel Wagners' house, Mrs. Garland examined her surroundings appraisingly. The room was handsomely furnished, beyond a doubt. She could not help envying Lily Wagner, as she made unhappy comparisons with the modest parlor of her own apartment. Lily was in luck! Everybody said that Fred Wagner was making money - and here was one tangible proof, she reected. Lily's clothes were another. But on this score Marian Garland was entirely satisfied. She glanced at herself in a mirror with a congratulatory smile.

No one would have guessed - to look at her - the meager total of her husband's income. Mrs. Garland's thoughts came to an end as a sudden babble of animated conversation and laughter reached her ears. The sound came from the dining-room, the door of which had just swung Open under the butler's hand. In another in stant Lily Wagner, in an evening dress shimmer ing with jewels, greeted her with outstretched hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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