New Britain herald., 1930-11-28
Review Of the Tangled Web of
 katherinc'S Life-and Marriage Threatens 10 spoil Mad-c'~ Cri~t-

Threatens 10 spoil NIadGc'~ Cri~t-
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 kn-w better 'hm D protest kathcrines decision. when sn, said she meant 10 read u.rsrJ. 10 sleep instead Of coming down 10 join rte Christmas Eve festivities. But a- 1 kissed her and went away Vlch Mary. my heart was heavy with concern 1or my little kjnswonan. for l claimed her us such because or her marriage 10 III. "brOlher-cOusIt. Jack BlcEat-.
 Of all thu people gathered within the farmhouse ou this night so crowded with CestivIrios and glad ness, hers was tHe only really sal heart. Of course no one Of the grown-ups was without some worry or depression, but with the rest ot us, joy oUtHoighad any anxiety We might hay. But Katherine. l knew was singulariv loue.y not 90 much because of the absence q Lor Lus- band in South Anaryca. but hacaus" of his queer 4trrul. toward h"r. and because Of tao doubt she lad 4s 10 the status iu his life of the woman. 3. sister of q fellow engineer who was sharing their lonely lIt-
 Unusual Insight
 guessed that sna f7coI some thing very like a dcfaction in her own heart, also. No woman SO neg Iccted as she could hr wholly un- moved by tho kno~u1Ge that bril- liant. handsome Haf Nrrcditu noted alienist. only waited tag word from her tha' n,r }a-rr"y. 10 J9g@.r bound her. 70 rcu, 10 u.r wtH -Hn ofCrr Of his u3my and u# whole If-'s d~votjcu
 Ny mind wont back ro '.. ao.s before 1 met DjaE. Nhuu lsr "brother-cousIu' was Iuy girish hero. u was during one Of his absences iH South America that Dichy had swept me off my feet with bis tcm- pcstuous wooing, and married me. When Jack had returned. ignorant Of my marriage. I had discovered that he had counted on winning me.
 l knew that if I never had met DjcEy, ] in all probability would have yielded to Jack, and kathcr- ines sad lito might have been mine. For Jack, wounded in France dur ing the war where ho had met Kath- crinn, nursing in Dr. HrannHait-.s hospital, had brought Q his bride q shattered body and a brooding brain which seemed 10 ba incapable Of ever rcgainIng normal gheery outlook upon life.
 Young Meredith's debt Of gTati- tude to a distinguished aIienist, had forced his marriage 10 inc daughter of the elder man. but that he never had forgotten Katherine, knew, be- cause 1 had been with her during the tragic time which had brought pr. Meredith and his utterly worth less and neurouc wife, Lucia back into Kathrrine's life.
 I gave little shiver as I remem- hered that time when Lucia Mere dith had taken her own life, and tried to leave the suspicion Of mur- der upon Katherine. l had been able to thwart that terrible posthumous legacy, but the memory of the thing would always be q soaring one.
 Marion slipped her hand through my arm and pressed it.
 Darling" she pleaded, why wor- ry over something you cant help" and l wondered at her own insight Don't spoil your own Christmas Eve"
 I guessed that she would have liked to add 70 rours," and l an- swered the unspoken appeal.
 All right. dearest. I'll try not 10 think of anything sad again. told her.
 How are you going 10 get those | pther boys to bed?" she asked. No l