The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-16

Il must go 10 MIN, howard.
Letters won't help straighten this
tangle out" Eleanor Weyman's
usually steady voice was fiuttery
with agitation. You don't know
what a fool / made of myself over
Betty Norwich. wrote such
nasty, unkind things"
And what If you were justi-
fed ?" he argued.
The young woman shook her
dark. rather splendid head. IT
was jealous and saw the whole in
nocent business from a twisted
angle. Betty went to him posing
as my friend, so naturally he
thought he was expected to take
her places while she was in New
York. / should have remembered
how she loves to dramatize insig-
nificant details. But lost my
head completely. wouldn't listen
to Dicks explanation when he tel
ephoned."
Seeing how determined she was
to exonerate her fiance, the man
said tactfully, Sorry / spoke out
of turn. I'm for you, you know,
no matter what you do. 1 don't
change"
SHE COULDN'T
SAY MORE
IT know, Howard" She couldn't
say more for she was recalling the
night five years before, when he'd
asked her to marry him, and she'd
told him the painful truth-that
she'd go on waiting for Dick. The
shadow of the gray, stricken look
ho his fann fhnn
was aging him now. Almost, in
her present SOLDERING mood, she re-
scented his SOLDERING presence. was
sorry he'd dropped in with new
book and had caught her packing
her bag.
TO her relief the train came
rumbling in. Quickly she sprang
up the steps; turned at the top to
smile her farewell. He was look
ing up at her-a lean, dignified
figure. head barred, his thin, gray
ing hair ruffled by the wintry
wind. From force of habit she
thought: HE shouldn't stand
around bareheaded. He'll catch
cold" Daily contact with Howard
Stanton-the principal of the
school where she taught-had ac-
quainted her with his personal
habits and weaknesses. Drafts
were especially fatal.
"Good=by, Eleanor" he was say
ing almost severely to hide his
emotion. ITS really good-by,
isn't it. if this pilgrimage turns
out happily? I'll turn in your
resignation Monday unless you adj
wise me otherwise"
Inside the car she found her
berth already made up. But there
was little sleep for her that night.
Her leave-taking from Howard had
depressed her. She must she ad-
vised herself, face facts. If she
and Dick were reconciled she'd
probably not return to Kansas. To
bolster up her courage she went
over the part Of Dicks last letter
which read: deep in your silly
heart you know the Norwich girl
meant nothing to me. You've
kicked up one hell of a row over
nothing. You've been my balance
wheel and If I lose you now !
might as well chuck everything.
You're the only woman love
or ever will love :"
Surely, on the strength Of that,
she was doing the right thing to
admit her error in judgment and
go to him. He was angry now and
would not write again. Already
his hurt silence had worn down
her proud resistance. 1t wasn't
easy to give up q man you'd been
engaged to for seven years.
Not If the man was as lovable
and charmingly unreliable as Dick
Graham was
When she'd first met him on
summer vacation she'd just finished
teaching her first primary class
and he was fioundering through
law school in Kansas City. The
engaging young man had visited
her home town soon after and in
terested her parents in the career