The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24

NOW uO ON WITH ThE sIOtth
 CHAPTER xxxr
 Are you with the oiedding's party?"
 Jack waring smiled down at tho heart shaped face tilted up to his.
 Denise narrowed her long eyes at him. T thought you were. Laura Giedding said they were hay ing Q very smooth man out for the New Years shindig."
 Waring continued to smile mock. ingly. And I'm the only one who answers that description. I sup- poser"
 Denise shrugged. Well, pretty much. The rest are mostly infants home from college for the holidays. You couldn't really call them mem Her disdainful glance swept over the bright room.
 "Not even that one?" Waring in- dicated with q lift of one eyebrow a tall, fair haired young man glow ering in the stag line. "He looks fairly grown up."
 "Oh, Bobby!" Denise took the trouble to throw provocative glance in the stern young mans direction. "Of course wasn't counting him. He's special"
 Really? didn't know" The music had stopped and the dancers began to drift in the direction of supper. Denise clung to Warnings arm, her costume of pale green vel- vet swirling around her.
 Laura had, some really good ideas for this party" she chnttered. "Tables for two. Don't you think that's neat?"
 "spiendid," the man agreed. "It's n good party. But won't your like this?"
 Denise said. never mind about him. He's in 6 fearful temper any. how. I'll let him cool off,"
 They found q little table just under the balcony in the big hall. Tho man noticed with idle interest that his companIon's frock was by far the most outrageously roveaI- Ing in' the place. In front the bodice was demurely cut but there was tho merest ribbon at the back. Ws,at he could not know was that Denise's mother, H futile, nervous little woman, had spent hours try. ing to argue tho girl out of wear- ing 1t. What were young girls thinking of nowadays, he wondered idly. They wore gowns which 10 years ago would have been dared only by women of the half world.
 ''Wkat are you thinking of?" The long lashed, provocative eyes Of the girl opposite flashed at Waring chailengingly. She was really extraordinarily effective in an ex- o n Michnel Arlen heroine with that dead white skin and scarlet mouth.
 He know the answer to that ono and promptly supplied 1t. You. Of
 4 walter filled their glasses with palo, sparkling, golden liquid. The girl drained hers fhlrstily.
 For e moment Waring was con- scious of enguinng boredom. Why had he come? Surely if there was anything melancholy in the world it was a New Years eve party. Flo supposed ono had to do something but theso youngsters made him feel like Methusoiah.
 1T know your boy" he said abruptly; That's young Dunbar
 She nodded. "dood number Bobby is most of the time--when he's not in Q state"
 WMlng wasn't interested but he throw tho conversat ball again. "What puts him in n stateT
 "oh, nothing = anything. He's temperamental. I'm going to marry him one of these days. so he'd bet- ter snap out of f."
 atAlnn oiinLaA in WapinH'a| mind. "You're going to--oh, see! 1 didn't remembcr hearing it."
 'It hasn't been announced" Denise said. "It's just one of those
 You don't seem too cnthusias- tic," the man said,
 Dcnisc's glass had been filled. again. She slipped at t before she replied. "WcIl l am and I'm not. It's like this. Bobby's always been my property and l get steamed up if he plays around with anyone else."
 "Does he do much of that?" Waring was finding this crude child amusing now. Furthermore there !. was something he wanted to hnd
 Don't Do that way" Denise ad- mOnished him. "Of course he does but I never worried about 1t until a flow months ago."
 "What happened then?"
 "fIe got tho most insane idea! Hc began to rave about e girl he'd met at some frightful business school. l flxed that!"
 Wdring's tone became softly nd. miring. "Clover chiidl'
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