The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-09
DANCING JUDITH NY 9fs# COPYRIGHT Eo6O N CHELSEA HOUSE
He hung up t7le reciever, with
 his characteristic smile on his face.

his characteristic smile on his face
 Judy, full of her Idea of giving Q dinner party to all her friends sought out Chummy the next day Clarisga was hard at work on a big canvas for an important exhibition She still looked well, but very tired, and Judy was alarmed by the way she turned to her and said:
 Judy, do you know that Alan has returned. Have you seen him Do you know if it's true that he't been iil?"
 Judy's heart gave wild leap and then seemed to stop still. She did not know what her face ex. pressed. She was so snitten by the idea that Alan was back, and iii---perhaps alone--with nobody to look after him.
 She did not feel her friends quiet gaze riveted on her face. she did not know that her secret was written on its plainly for oil to see Perhaps the fact that she had al ready seen for herself that Chum- my knew made her less on her guard.
 "Who told your" she asked find. Ing her voice.
 'I,astien, last night. He had seen Mr Hylton--you remember him Judy, at the studio that night? Mi Hylton told Bastien that Alan had been III. thought perhaps you would have heard" "No-why should I?" asked Judy, in more truculent tone than she had ever used to Chummy before Why didn't you go and find out?"
 "Mr Hylton told Bastien that Alan was already better, and had gone away"
 Where to?"
 "He didn't seem to know"
 "I didn't know MT Steyne was in America" Judy said with elaborate carelessness.
 He came back for your first night"
 "How you you know?" Michael saw him at the stage door,"
 "I'm sure he didn't" cried Judy indignantly. "If he was there, never saw him. Chummy, I think you're rather extraordinary! Once before you seemed to think might have heard from MT Steyne. Why should I, any more than your"
 q thought you had been goot friends"
 But you said you're still fricndi with him, Chummy."
 "I know-only it's 6 little awk ward. you see"
 I don't see! Judy spoke almos angrily fin her misery. And think you're awfully silly not t' make 1t up with him." she added her loyalty coming 10 her aid ant making her voice quite steady ant even careless. You must be ou of your mind, Chummy dear, {, think that your old painting come before MT Steyne, whom you'v loved all these years. Tn time you'll see I'm right"
 When Judy's dinner party tool place, 1t was the mcrriest func ton that was ever held in Ginori' upstairs room. All Judy's ol' friends were bIdden, and Vincen Stornaway and Bruce Gideon an, MT Wyon.
 Dan, who was invited as a guest insisted on helping the walters but he sang his Italian songs late on, and they danced and talked an drank champagne until the nigh had merged into the next day.
 Chummy talked a good deal wit Bruce Gideon, and naturally a labout Judy. She went home an battled with her thoughts. Sh understood now much that ha puzzled her. She understood since she had found Judy and Ala together, and had discovered tha they loved each other.
 She remembered how strangel Alan had behaved about Judy an MT Gideon-how violent he ha been, how he had even asked he to warn her friend against the mar At the time she had thought hiI Il little unreasonable. Now she uIi derstood that he had been wildl jealous of Gideon.
 But now. of course. everythin would come right in time. Ala would come back, and he and Jud would meet. Neither of ther dreamed that Chummy had discov cred their secret. Time would q the rest. She had only to play he part.
 At this point poor Chummy go into bed and cried herself to HleeI
 (T'O bc Continucd)