The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-03
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, the effort was not an entire suc- cess.
 "Perhaps. We'll - we can't do anything right now. You're hav- ing dinner a little early, aren't you to get DeVos off? I'm sorry. he's going out. It sort of spoils things at least I'd like everyone here and every chance-this last hour or two."
 "No way we could stop him with out telling him what was up. Lin. da gave her nose the final dab Of powder before she joined him at the door. Were so obviously doing nothing and he couldn't be expect ed to turn down an attractive in- vitatioti even ifI he weren't so smit- ten with Fleur."
 "smitten with Fieur's millionsl think he's a cold and calculating customer"
 "Oh, but, Tom, she is quite 2 charmer! You have to admit thati"
 "I don't see It, he asserted stoutly, "You'vo got twice the 10 ':s and can put 1t all over her for style and - well, all-round sportinEness. She's all for herself and doesn't even know how to hide It.
 "she won't be able to put over much on him If she lands him--or If he lands her. They'll be pair"
 "I wish them joy of each other. Hurry, Binks!"
 "You're always saying Hurry, Binks!" I'm all ready!'
 "Then come along. You were the one who wanted dinner early"
 Wrangling amicably, they started out together. On the stairway they overlook MT statlander going down ahead of them.
 "Ah-Mr Averill!" he exclaimed. "I just had you in mind. If you have moment before dinner thSre was one point omitted to make us to sales during the past six months In our survey this afternoon. I can cover the ground very quickly"
 II wonder if you'd mind waiting a moment--or evon until after din- ner?" Toms smile was his most winning and the other, after cough ing rather portentousiy, seemed willing to cede the point. 1T want to run the car out from the garage so that 1t will be ready when De- Vos comes down. You can explain, Binks-11i be right back"
 "You sec. Mir DeVos is dining out" said Linda patiently. Hell leave about the time our dinner Is over and If Tom has the car out he won't have to leave tho table early or keep Mir DeVos waiting. Be- sides dinner must be nearly ready --in few moments, now. So let's sit down and put off business till afterwards"
 Through the screen door. she saw Tom disappear into the ga- ing with throb of wifely pride how we'll he carried himself, the fine balance of his broad shoulders and narrow hips and the undoubt- ed distinction in the way he wore even ordinary and conventional clothes. For the moment she did not hear what MT Statlander was saying In his rather stiff, measured speech until the word nursery" e"ught her ear and she came back to answer at random what she thought he must have said.
 "Oh, yes, Mir Statlander, It isn't the nursery you're to have, though It's the guest room at tho other ond of the hall. We spoke of the nursery first but you preferred tho other"
 q understand, Mrs Averill." He spoke with the forced patience ono gives an inattentive child. "i am expecting to spend tho night there, tt your suggestion, and am quite ready to move any time. But what l said was this--your speaking of MT DeVos put 1t into my mind--it probably irrelevent but our talk about what happened after MT Peabody's fall reminded me Of something that struck mo as curi- ous at the time. wondered then and have wondered since why when Mir Devos joined Us in tho guest room after your collapse. he seemed to come from our end of the hall instead of from his own room which I understand adjoins the other. had thought, perhaps ---the nurs. ny .-- just as I myself the heat -- toward the water"
 The firm, clear. sclf-important voice went on and on but every drop of blood In Linda's body seemed arrested in It's course through her veins. fn he r ears the beating of her heart seemed stu. pendous, deafenlngs "Tom--Tom!" She did not know whether she had spoken aloud or mutely called out to him.
 (To Be Continued)
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