The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17

saw them laughing and smoking and apparently having very ga, times together but she did no ! speak to any of them. These girls and young men were from Bett, CarlyIe's world. Janet did not neet to be reminded that there was ; vast difference between them ant l herself. Her visit at Silver Bay was q vacation and yet it was no d. vacation. She sat beside Mrs Curtis and her middl-aged ac- quaintances and looked on at the never-ending bridge.
 There was always dancing al the Lake Shore in the evening Sometimes young man would | manage an introduction and ask Janet to dance. Usually she re- fused and on the occasions when she did not she regretted it later, The young men were so obviously | fiirtatious that they were not even amusing.
 Dancing made her think of Rolf and evenings they had spent to- gether Rolf danced divinely Circling a floor in his arms. steps matching perfectly, was like float ing on air.
 She always caught herself up abruptly when her thoughts went on like this. That scene in the | library came back to her. The gray dusk and Rolf appearing all most as in q dream. She could hear him saying, You look beau tiful." and she could feel again the warm, bewildering sensation that had overtaken her. She had tried to run away - oh, yes she had tried! But if Betty had not appeared just then what might have happened?
 Janet always refused to answer that question. Nothing would have happened." she would as- sure herself vigorously. Moth ing,"
 | But it wasn't true. She was very much afraid that something would have happened. There was some thing really fearful for her to con front these days. She had found that she couldn't trust herself Here at Silver Bay with everything quiet and peaceful it was easy enough to say that she had put Rolf out of her mind. Perhaps not completely but each day he meant less. Yes, she was forgetting about him.
 That wasn't true either. Other wise why was it necessary so many times during the day to say tc herself, I've forgotten abou him.
 Aside from Mrs Curtis friend! the only acquaintances Janet made at Silver Bay were some childrer she met each morning on thu beach. Their mothers knew Mir Curtis. They seemed grateful wher Janet kept the youngsters abou her, told them stories and kep them busy at games. Janet reall! enjoyed the children and she wa q favorite with them.
 She sent d card to Jeff Grant an( received a letter few days laetr Due to change in office policies Jeff wrote, there was no vacation in sight for him. He had spent an other weekend at the home if hi friend. Nelson. Lancaster had cool ed and then become hot again. Tn letter was rather disappointing. l was brief. A few statements o facts, closing with the hope tha JdHet Wdo tHJOylHS ntTSeIl' lHeF was no chatty gossip.
 She re-read the letter, looked a it few moments and then laug ed. How exactly like Jeff that let ter was! Of course there was n, gossip, nothing about what Jeff ha, been thinking or feeling. Of cours not! But the letter had been writ ten the day he had received ht card. That was characteristic, toe Jeff was always punctual. II wouldn't write about himself be cause he so seldom talked abou himself.
 She sent cards to Mollie Lam bert and Pauline Hayden and on or two others. Mollie's answe was an announcement of her mar riage the week before. The wed ding had taken place at Mollie sisters home in a little town out side Lancaster.
 Standing alone on the hotel vel anda one night. looking out : Inc lake, Janet thought that [ all those she knew Mollie was th