The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-06-19
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mONNIE O'DARE who has
long been In love with DAN
CARDIGAN, arrives home from
europe 10 find him seriously IN.
Jured In motor accident. Mon.
ME had refused 20 marry AR.
THUR MACKENZIE rich, mid
dle-aged New Yorker In order to
come back to Dan.
Before departing on the Eu.
ropean trip Monnie believed Dan
had Tilted her for SANDRA
LAWRENCE wealthy and social
ly prominent Sandra, pretending
to be Monnie's friend had been
trying to win him from her. She
had even told him Monnie In.
tended to marry CHARLES
EUSTACE, another admirer.
MOnnie hears OF the accident
shortly after she arrives home,
She learns too that just before
IL occurred Dan and Sandra were
married. Both are at the hospital
though Sandra's injuries are not
serious.
MIR CARDIGAN asks Monnie
to come TO the hospital because
Dan Is calling for her.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
It was night now. Outside on the
street lamps were lighted, silver
pears blooming suddenly high In
the early dusk. Inside the quiet hos
pital room nothing was changed.
quiet feet slipped to and fro. Some
helped Monnie to q low chair. She
did not take her eyes from the face
of the boy in the high narrow bed.
His eyes were closed now. There
was an expression of deep content
ment in his face. His. mother on
the other side sighed deeply again,
tearing rending sigh. The doctor
came touched Dams pulse went
away. There was no consciousness
5of time and place for Monnie. The
only reality was Dan sick and brok-
en- In the narrow iron bed.
Anyhow he isn't in pain" she
kept telling herself over and over,
drugging herself with the thought.
Anyhow It's being made easy for
him."
The famous specialist hustled in
just after the lamps were lit. There
was q hurried consultation. Moth
ing seemed to make any difference.
The verdict was the same.
Monnie was conscious once dur
H6 tAG lOb6 UOuT6 VI OIluTIeS EuS-
face at her side.
you must come away, and get
eome. rest" he urged softly. This
IS doing no good. He doesn't know
you're here"
She shook her head, gently stub
born. AS lie she would leave now
Why she had given Dan her word!
Just before midnight he opened
his eyes. 1t seemed to Monnie that
he smiled at her. His mother,
Fwaying on her feet, called his
hame. Dan closed those dark blue
Dyes of his again and a little shad-
Ter shook him. That was all. 1t
was Is IL he had smiled at them
to say goodby. The nurse led
Mrs Cardigan away and Monnie,
iazed, found herself In the cor
+idor. Charles arm was about her.
wasn't true, she thought. Dan
wasn't gone. oh, there must be
Fom athing someone could do! 1t
was monstrous, unbelievable!
The shuffling old man by her
ide was weeping frankly, like a
hid. Dams father He said; his
features working painfully,
Thank you, Monica. Thank you
You made 1t easier for him."
Then she was beside Charles in |
he car again. The same stars
he ones that had shone above
Ter last night, were bright In the
Ky. A girl and boy, arms linked,
vent by In the street. laughing.
rhe world was going on, quite as
nothing was wrong. Monnie felt
omething clutch at her throat. She
wanted to say, Charles, I'm afraid
m going to be ILL.," But she never
managed the words.
When she awoke she was in her I,
kwn bed. Her mother. anxious eyed,
lowered over her with cup Of
|tcaming liquid In one hand.
"Dr Waterman says you're TO |
rink this and you're not to
|alk," she told Monnie. The girl |
vas obedient. She felt strangely ex-
hausted. strangely limp. Through
|ome sort of fog she was grateful |
Q them all for taking care Of her.
they were kind--everyone was.
In the days that followed Mon
lie somehow picked up the threads |
II her life again. She was broken,
he told herself. Nothing could
|ould really make her whole but
he would do the best she could |
NTH what was left. She was so
uiet, so submissive that she fright |
|ned them all. Did she want to go |
or drive? Cribs from Bill who |
lad lately acquired a small second
hand sedan). Yes, that would be |
hice. Bill would drive doggedly |
bout the countryside. his silent
passenger at his side. She would
eign interest when he pointed
omething out to her. Eyes. that |
HAS nice, wasn't It? Thanks for
aking me-" Bill, baffled and wor- !
led, would bring her homo again,
ceiling dimly alarmed.
When Mr. Vernon asked her to
|omc back to her old work Monnie |
aid she thought she'd better not:
I would be dreadful, having all
her, sympathizing with her word
essly, watching to see "how she
MAS taking It," Besides DR. Water.
han told her he wanted her for his
ecretary, to take calls in the office |
Ind help with his wednesday chill
Iren's clinic. This work was really |
Inc first thing to claim her atten-
lion. Monnie flung herself into 1t |
With a passion of devotion. 1t was |
In anodyne for her pain. When
Ihe worked she forgot the past |
,ear, it's fretting and disappoint-
nents and heartache, with her
great loss at the top Of the high
hill.
Sandra she did not see again. A
week after Dams funeral Sandra
had gone away, heavily yelled, with
her father.
"She's marred for life" Kay told
Mrs O'Dare, not without certain
grim satisfaction. shes gone to
Zee plastic surgeon In Vienna,
Linda says. hoping he can fix her
.lp. They say there's bad scar
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