The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-19
SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
 EL1NOR STAFFORD, go, falls
 in love with Barrett CoIEin, 3S,
 but her jealous, scherming mother LkDA STAFFORD, breaks up
 the romance by convincing Bar
 rett that ElinoT is a hearfless flirt.
 When Elinor's aunt, wealthy MISS ELLA SEXTON, dies she leaves her fortune to Barrett. Then drunken VANCE CARTER
 shoots BENTyFELL STAFFORD
 Elinor's father. Barrett tells Eli-
 nor that if she will marry him
 and live in his home as Q guest
 for a year he will give her the entire Sexton fortune to divide
 among her relatives. Knowing
 the money may save her fathers
 life, Elinor agrees.
 The marriage takes place. Bar rett, in spite of the lies Lida told him, finds himself more in love with Elinor than ever. He has a
 ward, nine-year-old GERALD MOORE, who is the son of his
 half-sister, MARCIA RADNOR. Barrett has promised Marcia never to reveal the boys true story.
 Eiinor's father dies. Her mo- ther discovers the existence of Barrett's ward and tells ElinOr the boy is Barrett's son. When she asks him Barrett cannot ex- plain because of his promise to Marcia.
 Misunderstandings between Do They take a house in the country and Gerald comes to live with them. Both ElinOr and Barrett are miserable but seem power- less to straighten out the situa- ton. BOB TELFARE pays them 8 visit. and Barrett discovers that his suspicious that Elinor has been flirting with Bob are entirely unfounded.
 CHAPTER XLVII
 There was a moon and after dinner Elinor led the way to the terrace. Barrett and Bob Tel fare settled themselves beside her, watching the yellow disc rise tn the sky. Higgins brought their coffee to them and presently Bes- sic and Jim Thrope and their boys arrived.
 Sexton, who was the youngest and thus able to forget old times was talking about a motor boat. The other boys spoke eagerly of college in the fall. Bessie lis tened happily. She knew that something she had asid to Elinor that day had made a decided diff ference. Bessie had seen the changed light in the girls eyes, a little trembling of her lips. Poor Elinor who was so young, with so much of life to learn!
 We must be going now," Bes- sic said when the clock indoors
 After the Thropes had gone, singing on their way down the hill like ancient, travelling min- strels, Elinor went upstairs. For a long while she stood by the window of her darkened room looking over the moonlit world below.
 That afternoon Bessie had nodded toward Gerald, playing on the beach with Sexton, and said. "Elinor, I feel that you're misin- something and Jim's me to say more. He says Barrett would explain if he dared and I must motif Barrett won't. But, dear, even if the sit- uataon were as it seems, you know a woman's job Is to help a man make his future worth while. It isn't right to brood over the past. Everything Barrett can be- come is in your hands. What he was before you knew him"
 Elinor had begun to tremble. She had not wanted to talk about that even to Bessie. Neverthe-. less Bessie went on. "It's natural enough for you to be jealous about what has been but you don't really love, my dear, until you want to help the person you love to cover old wounds and forget them. If Gerald is Barrett's son youIl never regret making Bar rett as happy as he can be about it. And when you're as old as l am you'll realize that the only times you've been hurt were when you made others downcast py showing them that they hurt you. Barrett loves you. Anyone can see that!" ..,
 Elinor had begun to cry. "l do love him, Aunt Bessie" she whimpered. "But-"
 They had talked for an hour ana Bessie was sure that in some way Elinor had begun to understand the things she longed to tell her and could not.
 It was half past 10 when Bar rett mounted the stairs. Bob Tel