The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-18
SYNOPSIS

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 BARRETT COBvfN, hack in New York after years abroad, falls in love with 2O-ycaF-oid ELINOR STAFF0nD. Barrett is 15. wealthy, and has made . name igor himself as an arche- oI0gisl. Years before he shielded 1sis hnlf-sister, MARCIA, when . youthful romance ended disas- ffousiy. Marcia hnd q son whom Barrett adopted. Marcia is con. sfanfIy in fear that her husband will learn of the affair.
 beautiful and unscrupulOus ton with VANCE CARTER. Ilda schemes constantly to keep in the good graces of MISS ELLA order to inherit q share of the Sexton fortune.
 When she learns that Barrett is about to propose to Elinor she deliberately tries to break up the romance and succeeds. The girl fs heartsbroken when she does not hear from him. One day they meet at her aunGs home. Bar-
 
 refuses, declaring she does not smoke. RebcliiOus at her mOth- CTS hypocrisy, EiinOr takes q cigaret, thereby offending Miss SexfOn who once more revises her will.
 A few days later she dies. Her will leaves practically her entire fortune to Barrett. He does not If ,Af AA over to teh rightful lnheritOrs.
 Vance Carter asks LAda to keep her. promise to divorce her hus- fuses and Vance. leaves. After . gun and shoots BENTWEI.L STAFFORD.
 CHAPTER XIX
 Elinor tried to reassure her. self, told herself she was becoming absurdiy nervous. Nothing could have happened.
 But why was Aunt Bessie wait. ing? Why didn't she come?
 Ellnor said, "Its the incest foot rest I ever saw. Sexton. 1t really is!"
 Then Bessie came. Jim Senior followed her, carrying glass oi wine in his unsteady hand. Bessie was smiling rather stiffly. Elinors heart went cold.
 "Sexton," Bessie said, run up- stairs now, please"
 "AwI" Sexton murmured rebel 1iously, but he went. Bessie drew Eiinor down beside her on the sofa "Benson telephoned," she began, 'tC say that your father-ah-has had an accident, Now don't be alarmed darling! It may not be serious---'
 "What?" Elinor moistened her lips. Jim offered the glass, patted her shoulder as she drank.
 Bessie was holding one of Elinors smooth hands between her work -scarred, roughened ones. "Well, 1t seems-Benson thinks it may be only a slight injury-that Vance Carter came to your apart ment. He'd been drinking and he had q gun. He shot at your Elinor had never fainted before but the day had been too much for her. Within a few hours she had the horror of death, had seen her father bitterly dtsappoint- ed and crushed by her aunt's fall ure to remember him, had heard her mothers hysterical accusationa that Elinor herself was to blame. She had felt Barret ColWn's chill glance, brief and heart-breaking. Only . moment he had looked at her. then turned his eyes away. That, more than anything else, had haunted her, making her utterly and completely miserable. A dread ful dayl
 "Put her down flat, Jim!" Bessie ordered. She knelt c1umsily beside E1inor to fan her with the water spotted, darkened apron she still wore. 'T told Benson you'd take her home"
 "Of course"
 "Have you enough in your pock- ets for taxi fare?"
 T don't know-"
 "Jim Junior has. some change"
 Elinor opened her eyes. There was . dazed wonder in them for a Then she remembered.
 There, there. darling!" Bessie She thought, "If worse comes to worse we can manage vel, have to manage--to take her 1nl Poor child, If Bentwell goes she'll have no one"