The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-02
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ELLEN ROSSITER, beautiful
1O.year-oId, falls in love with
LARRY HARROWGATE, young
artist, wll0ni she meets 1t Dream
land where she WORKS as q dance
hall hostess. Larry Is engaged
o'ELIZABETH BOWES, q debu-
tantes but shows attentions to FL
len until his fiancec returns from
Europe.
From a sense OF gratitude El-
len agrees to marry, STEVEN
BARCLAY, q kind ana wealthy
man of 81 who has paid hospital
expenses for her brother, MIKE,
injured In q street accident. He
also finds q job for BERT ARM
STEAD, engaged to Ealen's sister,
Barclay has been married and
divorced, Scandal accompanied
his divorce from LEDA GRAY
SON, dancer, and fearing talk OF
the divorce may be revived ne
and Ellen agree to keep their
marriage secret. Bert and Myra
are to be married the same day
~ Barclay and Ellen.
Two days before the wedding
Ellen goes to the Offices of
SYMES q PRENDERGAST, Bar
clay's attorneys. where her fam
&c IL to sign papers settling q for
tune ON her. However, they leave
before the papers are signed. E-
len - unhappy because she can
not forget Larry.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHApTER xyYTv
At dawn Ellen Weakened when
her mother entered the room.
Molly tipfoed to her daughters bed,
tucked in the covers and smoothed
Elien's fair hair away from her
forehead.
TITS going to be lovely day."
Molly whispered.
She was trying hard to be cas-.
ual but Ellen saw that Molly was
frightened. Seeing that, Ellen be-
came determined not to share her
own fear.
"Myra's asleep" the mother wills
pered again. II wanted to talk to
you, darling-to tell you"
"There's nothing to tell" said
Ellen nervously, almost sharply.
She drew the light spread closer.
"But honey" Molly went on
wistfully as II she were sorry for
something. do you really want
to marry steven7 Do you under
She had never seemed more help
less.
Eyes. I want to-" Ellen insisted.
The girls voice had risen slightly
SO that Myra stirred and woke.
Bright sunshine came pouring
through the window.
Happy the bride the sun shines
on" Myra cried out and 'sprang
from bed.
The day was bright blue and
perfect. day cut from a picture
postcard. Once Ellen was out Of
bed and had breakfast the ter
rors Of the night and those strange
fears of the dawn were gone. She
was not afraid now. She seemed
to feel nothing but the strange
mesa of the fact that this was her
wedding day and that she should
be excited and nervous but was
not.
She and Myra dressed while
Molly, happy and treasured. flew
about getting in their way and in
her own, too. Mrs Clancy came
flying up from downstairs with a
telephone message for Myra, who
grabbed q negligee and streaked
down after her. When Myra had
returned and had begun to do her
hair all over again Mrs Clancy
war back with q message from
Steven.
He would be there at 10 o'clock.
Through 1t all Ellen dressed
calmly. A wispy chemise, bras
siere sewn with rosebuds, tiny
white slippers. She had never not
iced before how small her feet were
She eyed her legs critically, stand
ing on tiptoe away from the mirror
which tilted at the wrong angle.
They were nice legs, a little too
long perhaps but then. She spray
ed verbena on her shoulders and
shifted the spicy smell. Her slip
next, airy as a shadow. Long chif-
fon stockings and her garters -
blue because Molly had insisted all
brides wore something blue"
The something borrowed" was
a fine, lacy handkerchief which
Molly had carried when she was
a bride. In Myra's case 1t was q
string Of pearls that were Molly's.
also. For the something old"
both girls wore little jewelled
pins made from cuff links which
had once adorned a blue-eyed,
tawny- haired Charles Rossiter.
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