The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-20
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I the stairs, the sound of the tires of the wedding car as Kelly swept 1t around the corner of the drive. | This is sort of eleventh hour rsprieve," she said hurriedly. Hes mad about you. He can make life heaven or you yourself can make it hell. Think fast"
 "Oh God help mel" prayed the young girl wildly. Help me to do whats best!"
 Mile Denise fluttered in. "I myself will carry the train, Miss Barrett. Nothing shall harm it..
 Tressa interposed skillfully. Never mind. Mam'selle. "I'n ride with Miss Barrett. We'll rush on ahead. You needn't mind" With a sudden movement Liane was at the door. she wrapped the yoluminous folds of ermine around her. She signaled the French wo- man to follow her. Like q princess of the blood she took charge or the situation. Her voice was cool, steady. Her hand no longer trem- | bled.
 You needn't bother Miss Lord," she said. We shall manage. You'd DGLLeT hurry UT yod IT oC '"NS A~~ my wedding"
 Tressa laughed, but there was no mirth in the sound. "I wouldn't miss that for anything" she sneered. Defeated, with smolder- ing eyes. she watched them drive | away.
 As the big car swept out of sight she said fiercely, "I hope she nev- l oliUo "
 Old ladies turned their heads to watch her as she passed. The whisper ran from mouth to mouth, Lovely! Lovely"
 Liane heard none of it She | moved like a somnambulist along the aisle, her arms just resting on Gives black sleeve. The ceremony was ended. On the third finger of her left hand where the glove was stripped away a platinum band studded with diamonds rested be- side the glittering headlight of a stone that was her engagement symbol. The choir played the mu- sic softly, triumphantly. There was an insidious quality about that music. The Mendelssohn march Sentimental wedding guests wiped their eyes openly with their cob webby handkerchiefs.
 There was something ethereal, something not quite of the world about this particular bride. A transparency of skin, perhaps, luminosity of the eye. whatever it was, the wedding guests decid- ed she was charming.
 "A nobody, my dear, but qulte lovely. Give has money and posi- ton enough for two. What does It natter" 1t was all over. It was real. She had her mothers blessing. Now in the car with her husband she faced the reality at last. He stopped to her, brushed her lips with his own. sorry put they'll think it queer if l don't, he had muttered softly. She had later hay recoliec- tion of long table glittering with silver and crystal. Of someone pouring champagne into 8 grace ful glass. Of her own lips touch- ing it. She heard the polite toasts. She flung her bouquet of white or chids from the top of the stairs. The dreamlike quality of the oc- casion persisted although she knew In her heart that all this was real. armTor
 Then she was in her own room again and the maids, were assist ing her out of her finery. laying out the pale beige frock and the sa ble coat for her going away. At the last the girl had a word for Cass. q didn't want to worry VOL" she said brokenly. T never meant to, no matter what I did, Class was troubled at this obscure apology. :,
 "You never did in all your life," she cried She smiled, putting It all down to the child's natural emotion at Ieavetaking.
 "You were always the best, the swectest-" she muttered. She turned up the corners of her lips resolutely. What d fool she was letting the child go away weep ing! ,
 "Dry your eyes," she command- ed with mock severity. What will Give think if we send him off with a red-eyed bride?'
 Cass reflected with some satis- faction that she was glad that
 
 dreadful man Robard had not come to the church. She had been afraid he would. She had seen his name on the list of wedding guests Well, she had been wrong to think Llane was interesting in him. She had not wanted her to have any had hoped the child seemed. How silly she had been to worry! There had been nothing to 1t.
 "This day is a climax in my life" Cass thought thankfully. "Everything I hoped for has come to Liane. Love, security, happi- ness. "Oh, it was more than she hand hoped for really. Yet how changed the child seemed. How quiet and repressed. Cass shrugged away her monetary anxiety. She would not let herself be fanciful. Everything was splendid. Every thing was as 1t should be. fn,<, kS. rnntinnn1N