The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-06
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ELLEN ROSSTTER. beautiful
20-ycar-oId, falls in love with
LARRY HARROWGATE. young
artist whom she meets mt Dream-
land, q DANCE hall where she
works as hostess. Larry is en-
gaked to ELIZABETH DOVES,
3 debufanfe, hut pays attentions to
Ellen until his fiancee returns
from Europe.
Believing Larry Is lost 10 her.
Ellen agrees to marry STEVEN
BARCLAY, 50 years old and
wealthy, who has paid hospital
expenses for her brother. MIKE,
injured in a street accident. FL
len knows sucl, a marriage will
provide for her mother. MOLLY
ROSSITER. and make it possible
for her sister. MYRA, 20 marry
BERT ARMSTEAD.
Barclay has been married and
his divorce from LEDA GRAY
: BON, dancer, ana, Tearing TINS
saIk may be revived, ne and. FL
len agree to. keep their marriage
secret until they sail Tor Europe.
barclay wants TO settle fortune
ON Ellen but she persuades him
70 walt until after the ceremony.
barclays lawyer, SYMES, re-
CARDS Ellen as q gOld-digger.
In double marriage In a small
Connecticut. town barclay and
Ellen and Myra and Armstead
are married. They depart and al
most fmmedfately Symes arrives,
demanding to sec Barclay. No
one knows where the couple nave
gone. -. :. e..s. 4
Barclay and Ellen drive 70
barclays Long Island nome. Inc
girl reads In newspaper that
Iarry's engagement to Elizabeth
Bowes Is broken. She 1s terri
fed to be alone with barclay,
suggests they go to a supper club
to dance. They return late and
Barclay leaves, his bride, saying
he Will return.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXXVII
She hardly remembered the
hours as they passed. She hardly
realized they were leaving and that
Steven, deep circles of fatigue be-
meath his eyes, was adjusting her
silver cape about, her shoulders,
paying a check and leading her
through q brightly lighted room
filled with noisy people.
Out in the cold night air her
head cleared, instantly. Her fears
were back. Silently she got into
the car and was silent as they
drove away.
..Ail right, Ellen?', Steven asked.
She thrust cold hands into her
cuffs so that he should not claim
them. I'm ali right" she said,
adding in shamed voice, II took
some of the champagne when you
were out of the room"
He laughed and called her an
audacious child. So
They. were back, at the house
again, stealing like conspirators
into the great, dark living room
and up the stairs. He was whis-
pering to her in the darkness, in
tircately, tenderly.
Steven left her at her bedroom
door, I'll come back to you, my
darling, he whispered.
Ellen walked through the bed
room and out on the balcony, She
looked down toward the ground
pale in the starlight, and thought
that il she jumped she would be
deed.
Then. because she was afraid,
she ran inside. She did not want
to die. She wanted to live and
knew that in spite of everything
shO hoped Larry would come to her
tonight instead Of; Steven.
She gotsup ana took of her dane
ing frock. It fell to the floor and
she left it there, shining in a pool
of light. She dropped off hel
chen1ise and stood naked in the
splendid room. Her body was hard
and beautiful and glowed with
,Awny lights and with strange un-
dertones of green like the green
sometimes seen on canvas.
She stood silent moment and
thought how strange a thing and
how terrible a thing was desire
No matter how much she might
long to be its master she must re-
main its servant. She still wanted
Larry and felt in her knowledge q
kind Of cold despair
In q passion of fear she ran to
the he'd, seized her pajamas and
jerked them on.
Che hoard kDcolx at the door