The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-10

her think 1t isn't true. You must marry her"
 Thus Judy, fin her uncompromis- ing way, showed the denser male mind what her feminine intuition has divined from her friends con duet. Alan still struggled against the truth.
 q think you're wrong. Clarlssa is the soul of truth. She couldn't carry out such q deception"
 "She deceived you" said Judy accusingly; but she didn't deceive me"
 Do you mean you won't admit that she knows her own mind? You won't marry me, Judy?" springy turf. tt.
 T won't have Chummy's heart broken" she said, "I wouldn't marry you If you were the last man on the earth!"
 Steyne gazed at Judy with in- credulity in his eyes. Any one who was much with him of late must have noticed how seldom his eyes were filled with laughter now.
 You cannot mean it," he said.
 "I do mean it," she answered His direct masculine intelligence would not take 1t in. To him the fact that Clarissa did not wish to marry him was sufficient. 1t seemed nothing short of madness to probe into her motives. And this was more cogent argument still---if ClarissM really did know that he and Judy loved each other. then she must realize that he and she could never be happy together | if they were to marry. Judy assented to Steyne's sugges- ! tion that they should walk Q little way together. Then they returned to the town. and he asked her to have tea with him.
 They sat in 6 corner of the lounge of his hotel, which was g very quiet one. He asked Judy to tell him about her new life. He showed evident satisfaction when she told him that. outside of her work, she was living just as she had lived before.
 She told him about her new con tract. She was to leave in Febru- ary for Paris. All summer she would be in Scandinavia. where the public was very fond of her kind of dancing. At least. Mir Tannary had told her so.
 Judy" said Alan. as she was putting on her gloves. If at the end of the year Clarissa is still of the same mind. will you change yours?"
 She shook her head. meeting his desperate eyes with every appear ance of calm determination.
 No, no--nothing will make me change. know Chummy. l dare say she will be what you call of the same mind next year and in 10 years time"
 "Then what could do, any how"
 You can persuade her that she's wrong, and that you do care for her"
 Steyne groaned.
 You are utterly impossible. Judy! How can l do that? can't believe you mean to be so cruel. l won't believe it."
 You must" she said. I'm not cruel. It's you We've said goodby once and for all. and you shouldn't try to make me unhappy"
 Judy. 1 want to make you happy?' he cried passionately.
 You can make me happy by marrying Chummy and making her happy"
 A flush of anger mounted to the young mans forehead.
 You say that over and over again, like A parrot"
 Her temper rose, too.
 q say it because l mean it, and you don't seem to be able to un- derstand it."
 She got up. Steyne followed her and at the hotel door she held out her hand.
 "Goodby."
 He did not offer to accompany her to the station. He was stil weak from his illness. Her presence was a torture greater than he coul6 bear.
 "I shall go out to the East witf Hylton," he said sullenly. like sulky boy. He asked me to g' with him. I'm not going to sta,