The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-24
DANCING JUDITH A!sA By CORALIE STANTON and HEATH HOStEN NY COPYRIGHT lo5O hY CHELSEA HOUSE
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JUDITH GRANT, artists model, loves ALAN STEYNE, as does OHUMMY MORLEY, her best friend. ChuInny had loved Steyhe friend. Chumn1y had loved Steyne years ago and lost her memory when he went away; 90, though must marry Chummy, who rcgains her memory when She secs him again. Judith studies dancing and becomes star of Q musical show backed by rich BRUCE GIDEON, who is infatuated with her. Meanwhile, Chummy learns that Judith and Steyne arc in love and breaks her engagement, but Ju. dith refuses to marry Steyne, telling him he belongs to Chummy. Gideon tries to attack Judith i'm his apartment. She cs. capes, and he hcgs her to marry him, but she refuses and goes to Europe on q professional tour. Chummy and Steyne prepare to get married, but suddenly learn Judith has been badly hurt in n theater fire. She is brought back to New York and tells them she may never bc able to dance again. BASTIEN DUMONT, q young artist who loves Judith, visits her at the hospital.
 NOW GO oN,wITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER xL
 He opened all the windows, top and bottom, and felt the fresh air rush in and purify the place.
 He felt very queer and cold. What had happened to Chummy? :? Had she gone mad? Or had she been cleaning her gas stove and succumbed to the fumes? But. one didn't clean a gas stove with the burners turned on.
 Curiously enough, Bastien had once before been present when q friend had been resuscitated after having nearly killed himself in this self-same way. He knew what to do, and he did it without going for a doctor Chummy was very far gone; but he satisfied himself that she could be revived; and he knew she would not wish him to call a doctor.
 For by this time he realized that Chummy had intended to commit suicide. He was still numbed. 1t was so sordid = Chummy lying there, with her head in the gas oven, Chummy 90 badly hit by life that she had sought this way out!
 She looked wonderful as she lay on the couch, so fair and aristo. cratic, so delicate and rare. She had never been like the others. It seemed worse for her to have done this thing---almost more than Du- mont could stand.
 He could imagine other girls do- ing it--even Judy, under certain circumstances; but not Chummy-- Chummy, who had made up her mind that love came before work, and who was going to be married and live happily ever after!
 Her eyelids stirred, and she meaned faintly. Dumont held cold water to her lips. She drank a little. Then he hurried out to the galley, and, knowing 1t was now safe to strike 0 light put some water'on to boil.
 When he came back she was slt- ting up. greenish white about the face, but breathing more or less normally.
 "Bastien!", she gasped.
 "Chummyl" he replied, with as much reproach hs relief. "What a dreadful thing to do! It was luck that came in in ttmel"
 And then the proud, reserved Chummy came to the end of her self-control. G
 "I wish you hadn't come!" she cried. "I wish you hadn't come!'
 She broke down completely and 1t was terrible to watch.
 Little by little, Dumont managed to eoothe her and to bring her back to normal behavior; but she was completely demoralized mentally, and could no more control her words than a person out of her mind
 she did what she would never have done. what she would rather have died than done, If she hnd been herself - she told him the truth.
 "Bastien, you should have let mo be. It's the only way out of 1t. Judy and Alan love each other. but they won't take their happi- ness because of mel"
 At first Dumont thought Chum- my must be mad. He had not nhu tne IuiHte@ inklinB OI buCH Il situation. He put 1t down to the gas. It had poisoned her mind. But, little by little, through her disor- ganized volition and her eloquent words, he came to see that she knew what she was talking about.
 She gave chapter and verse. While the floodgates were open the flood flowed through.
 Judy and Alan loved each other. They had loved even more strongly since Alan came back. Alan had quite forgotten her, she said. Prob ably he had never loved her. He had been very fond of her as n frfend--that was all; but he loved Judy. How could any man help loving Judy7
 The last sentence was 50 true that Dumont laughed. and Chum-