The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-12
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 ELLEN ROSTER, beautiful
 20-year-oId, loves LARRY HAR-
 ROWGATE, young artist. When
 he. becomes engaged to another
 girl, Ellen agrees to marry STEW
 FEN BARCLAY, 57 years old and
 wealthy. Her impoverished fam.
 fly is indebted to Barclay.
 Barclay has been married be- fore. A scandal accompanied his
 Mexican divorce from LEDA
 CRIMSON, dancer. To avoid no.
 t0riety Ellen and Barclay are
 secretly married. TheP drive to
 his Long Island home, deserted
 except for FERGUS, . butler.
 There Barclay sufferes a heart at-
 tack. LOUIS SYMES, Barclays
 lawyer, arrives with doctors and
 nurses. Barclay dies at dawn.
 Symes tells Ellen her marriage
 is not legal because papers prove
 ing Barclays divorce from Leda
 GraysOn have been stolen. Ellen
 yields all claim to Barclays for.
 tune to avoid scandal. She bee
 Iieves she must keep her mar.
 rfage secret to protect Barclays
 honor and her own. S
 She learns Larry Harrowgate is
 Barclays ncphey. HeartbrOken. she returns home. Ellen dfstrusts
 FERGUS. She goes to Symes' office and tells him she is going
 back to work at Dreamiand. a dance girl. She also tells him
 that she is in love with Larry HarrOwgsate and that IArry's en-
 gagement has been broken. Symes advises her not to tell lar. ry of the marriage to Barclay. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER XIII
 'Of course I'd want to tell him about Steven" Ellen went on though if I thought telling him would destroy his faith in me ol destroy any happiness we might otherwise build up together, wouldn't tell" {
 My child, you've grown up,' eymes told her, a little saSJy. The next day, Sunday. ushered in the first of the autumn rains All day long the rain came down Late in the afternoon Myra and Bert, bundled into slickers and golashes. called at the old apart ment. They carried damp, heavy armloads of Sunday newspapers.
 There was nothing about Steven Barclay in the news columns but fn one of the society sections Ellen found picture of Larry an old picture badly reproduced Seeing it, she was seized with sharp longing for him, to hear his gay voice and careless laugh. When no one was observing her |Ellen tore out the picture. Hal" Myra exclaimed = signifi- cAntly.,
 Ellen whirled. Her color deep- ened and she had an impulse to hide the picture but she did not She only stood flushing furiously the picture pressed against hei heart.
 ."r was wondering if you'd dc that" Myra observed, wise smile on her lips. T saw the picture, too."
 "Why shouldn't F" Ellen de- handed in a trembling. half de- pant way.
 "No reason at all. my dear. Here's wishing you all the luck In the world!"
 "It doesn't really seem right for me to be thinking of Larry. hoes it?" Ellen asked timidly. "Goodness!" Myra calculated, Haven't you learned yet that love has nothing to do with right and wrong? The person who said all's lair in love and war understood hat"
 Ellen crossed the room and sank To the footstool at Myra's feet. She tipped her head back so that 1t touched her sisters knee and star Id into the blue and orange glow of he gas long. Delightfully."- she let Ter thoughts center on Larry.
 Maybe I've learned now" she |aid dreamily, after a long silence. bhe added, ''I suppose it's right hat it should be that way and light that the world should go on. was so horrible at first | couldn't seem to remember bteven at all. The whole thing kas mixed up with misery and Ihame and the horrible, horrible kay felt when I found out what lad happened. Now know I'll lever forget Steven or how kind le was. how generous, how good"
 "That hasn't anything to do with he way you feel about Larry," Ayra interrupted.
 "No, I guess it hasn't"
 Both girls were silent and then Iyra said abruptly, Did MT Symes ell you how the suits between Mrs Harrowgate and Leda Grayson lave been settled? Which ones to let Stevens money?"