The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-08
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20-year-olds falls in love with
LARRY HARROWGATE, young
artist whom she meets at Dream-
land, q dance hall where She
works as hostess. r Larry Is en-
gagged to ELIZABETH BOWES.
debutante, but pays attentions to
Ellen until his flancee returns
from Europe.
Believing Larry is, lost TO her,
Ellen agrees to rnarrys STEVEN
BARCLAY, 50 years old and
wealthy who has paid hospital
expenses for her brother, MIKE
injured in O. street accident. Ellen
knows such a marriage win proc
vide for her mother, MOLLY
ROSSITER, and make Il possible
for her sister, MYRA, TO marry
BERT AR1fSTEAD.ss .95
Barclay has been married and
divorced. Scandal accompanied
his divorce from LEBA GRAY.
SON, dancer, and, fearing: this
talk may be revived, he and Ellen
agree to keep their marriage
secret until they sail for Europe
Barclay wants to settle q fortune
on Ellen but she persuades him
to wait until after the ceremony.
Barclays lawyer, SYMES, re-
CARDS Ellen as q gold digger.
In a double marriage In small
Connecticut town. Barclay and
Ellen and Myra and Armstead
are, married. Barclay and his
bride drive to his Long Island
home. The girl is terrified, know
ing her marriage to be q mistake.
She reads in a newspaper that
Iarry's engagement to Elizabeth
BOwes is broken.
That night when Barclay
comes to her bedroom Ellen
faints, RECEIVERS consciousness to
find Barclay has suffered q heart
attack. She calls for help. Doc
tors, nurses and Symes, the law
yer, arrive, Symes has been trying
10 reach Barclay all day. He tells
Ellen the papers proving Bar
clay's divorce from Leda Gray
son have been stolen.
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CHAPTER xXXIX
Symes looked at the white-faced
girl. He cleared his throat. IT'S
not 80 bad as all that he said
awkwardly.
Its as bad as it can possibly
be-" Ellen declared passionately.
THAT Ia that L should drag
Stevens name through such a scan
dal--"
Now you're being foolish. my
dear" the lawyer protested. "Steyen
was one of my closest friends; you
know that. But you and l must
think now of your position. That
il what Steven would want us to
do"
He frowned, considering the
practical aspects of the matter. and
then spoke again.
Unfortunately appearances count
for a great deal in law" he began
Appearances are
against you. Steven, in his anx-
iety- to spare you disagreeable pub
Lefty, made the marriage appear
WELL rather unusual. He went to
great pains to keep the marriage
secret. The license that was not
to be filed the friends who weren't
the newspapers left in
ignorance Of his intended marriage.
Y on can see how it looks"
II can see," said the girl.
There was silence.> Elien's body
trembled as though she were hav-
ing chill. Her tortured. eyes did
not leave the lawyers face. I'm
all this-it's not true
III wake up soon," she tried to tel
herself. Then she would become
conscious again of Symes' troubled
face. az
She sat very still while the bit
ter thoughts thronged upon her
The marriage with Steven had beer
no marriage at all. The worl6
would believe either that Stever
had deceived an innocent girl with
a mock marriage or that she, Ellen
Rooster, in her eagerness to cap
ture a rich man, had been reckless
of the fact that the man was the
husband of another woman.
II only Steven were alive-bu'
Steven was dead! And because q
cruel, grasping woman. had crept
to Mexico and bribed court. his
name was to be dishonored and
with it the name of the girl ne
loved. 7.'F
But the divorce was announced
in all the newspapers nearly two
years ago." Ellen said in a voice
that was without life, without
hope. ~
81 know it," Symes agreed with q
short laugh. But you underesti-
mate Miss Grayson's ingenuity
Steven announced the divorce. AL
the proceedings. If you remember
were kept secret. Miss GraysoT