The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-20
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are you doing here at this time? ?'' Miss Travers isn't feeling well, Chris told her. "She's going to think you could send up a hot cup of tea? I'm sure it would be good for her."
 "why, for ever more!" It was Mrs Bixby's favorite exclamation. For ever more! Of course I'll fix the tea. I'll bring 1t right up my self" Mrs Bixby swished out of view.
 Anyhow it got rid of her." Chris said, smiling faintly. You don't have to drink the tea, you know" Norma did not answer. They went up the stairs and into the tiny rear bedroom. Everything was exactly as Norma had left 1t the night before.
 Chris hustled about, raising a window, drawing down the covers of the bed, making Norma get out of her clothes and into a kimono. The younger girl was submissive. The tempestuous dis play of emotion the night before seemed to have exhausted itself. She slipped beneath the covers and let Chris draw them up around her.
 When Mrs Bixby arrived with the steaming cup of tea Norma managed to smile gratefully. The landlady would have fingered but Chris efficiently shooed her out. Now then the older girl said, sitting on the side of the bed, "do you think you can get some sleep, honey? You didn't have much last night you know"
 The muscles about Norma's lips | frightened. Chris she said in a voice barely above whisper, "did the doctor tell you-?" No use to try to evade those blue eyes. The older girl hesitated. She reached forward, took Normas s | hand in hers.
 Its going to be all right. dear!' she said. "Everything's going to be all right!"
 Norma turned conculsively, bury ! ing her face in the pillow. Her shoulders shook with her sobs | Don't you see," she managed to say at last, don't you see why | I've got to have Mark now? I've live just got to have him? Oh Chris, l don't want to live without him!"
 "But you don't know yet"
 q do! Oh, I do! It was in that newspaper. I-I read it just before everything went black before my eyes! It's true, Chris. It's true about the divorce"
 l Chris leaned forward. "Does Mark know" she asked cautious fly, about the baby-?"
 The yellow head shook negative fly, emphatically. "Pve-only knowr -myself since Christmas. I-oh tell you I don't want to live! T. I can't!"
 Presently she was quiet agair and Chris was able to say what she had been trying to get out earlier Brad said I could talk to Jin Daniels about the case. He. Brad's lawyer. There may be some thing you can do yet, Norma. Il there is he'll know. You mustn give up until I've talked to him..
 But. Chris!" The voice from tht covers was fainter now, more trem ulous. Don't you see--it means it means Mark doesn't love me an! more. f16 COulQll uO O ShAh9 AAn' this if he loved me"
 Its his lying, underhandet father who's to blame!" Chris al most snorted the words. on, don't say I admire Mark for what
 happened, but it's his father who responsible!" :,
 Norma said between sobs. '' want to live-if Mar
 doesn't love me"
 | A little later her mood changed to lf-condemnation. She be rated herself for a dozen reasons T ought to have told Mark" sh moaned over and over. T ough to have told him about everythinl even if it killed me! It was wronl to run away from his father house. If I'd stayed this wouldn' have happened! It's all m! fault-!"
 Chris had all she could do t silence this new outburst. Sh
 made promises she knew were i'm
 possible, stalling for time. A length her efforts were successful Norma lay perfectly still, seemed to relax.
 "If you'll only shut your eye
 now and try to sleep!" Chris urged
 "I'll try" Norma said obediently
 She closed her eyes. The older gir
 watched from her post at the sid
 of the bed and noted that Norma
 breathing was regular and deer Minutes passed and then Norm
 opened her eyes again.
 "I'm all right now" she said
 You ought to go back to the office Chris"
 "You're sure there's nothin , more you want?"
 Nothing"
 And you'll stay right here an | try to rest? I'm going to tell MT , Bixby to send up your lunch" q couldn't eat anything. Honest
 ly. Not now" "Well-a little later then. [ you're sure everything's all rigf , I'll go now but IT be back thi . evening. Just as soon as can ge here from work"
 Norma's eyes were closed an , she did not answer. Chris put O her. wraps, watched the other gil l anxiously for several moment:
 finally turned without speakin ! | and left the room. She stopped flo , a consultation with Mrs Bixby be | fore she boarded a street ca