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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-12

which all the anger and spleen will he dircctcd-and | shall take it very quietly, for what ever she may say | shall pos itlveiy decline to enter into any further controversy with her. | shall have no objection to break a lance, paper or otherwise. with any champion to whom she may please to entrust her cause but will have no further corresponds cnce or communication with her personally or in writing. | have copied the note and done up the parcel which will go on by the first Ciapton Coach tomorrow morning.
 And now Co the object of my present note. | have considered and rcconsidered the mattcr. and | have come to the unqualified determination that ! will allow no feeling of pride. no naughty dislike Co making a consolidation to prevent by expressing it witii- out reserve. | will advert tO nothing that has passed: will not again seek to excuse any part I have acted or t0 justify it by any course you have ever pursued: | will revert fO nothing that has ever passed between us-I WtiI only openly and af once say that there Is nothing 1 have more at heart. nothing that I more stn- cereiy and earnestly desire. than tO be rcconciied 10 yOn. Bt wOnId he useless for nae tO repeat bcre whrt | have SD often said before: ii vould bc equally useless. t0 luoh forward and state nby hopes for tbe futmfe-aii that aly one can do to raise himself by his own eXeriiOns and unceasing assidniiy I haze done. and will do. | have no guide by which to ascertain your present feelings and have. God knows. no means Of influencing them lm nay favor. | never have loved and 1 never can lOgc any human creature breathiDg but yourself. We have had maBy differences. and mc haze lately been entirely separated. Absence, however. ilas n0t altered BBy feelings iD liie slightest degree, and fIae lose 
 HOW tender soB is as Dlire and as lasting Az af any period OI Onr former correspondence. have nom done all [ can Co re-
 move Our most unfortunate aibd Co me most unhappy snisunder- standing. The BinifeT nOw OI course rests solely wifis yOu. and yOu wiii decide as yOur own feeB- ings and wishes direct y0D. cOiiid say mnch for myself and | c0BId eafrcaf C favorable eOn- sideraiiOB on Sny own behalf but { pnrpOseIy abstain from doing 70 isecaHse if wOuid he Ossiy q repetition Og aB off told tale assd I,ecamsc I aDi sure nOiising ! could say wOUid have fiie etgect OT influencing your decision ln any degree whatever. Need [ say that fO me it Is a mater Of vital import and tIse most in- tense nnxlets: { fear that tile numerous claims wi,lcIi must nee sxssaFiiy fBc snnsic Osi sour iisile aud attention neat week wiiI prc. venf yOur answering fiils HDie within anstliing like filc tiine wniass say iuHpnfirwee w0Bid name. let me entrcat sou Co
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beside Donna, Renfroo calling frantically for a physician. Wo- men sobblng, ChildScn howildored and terrified, And the rain com ing down tn sheets upon tho gray canvas,
 It was Con who reached Donna before Madcllre's pink satin slip. pers had touched the ground, Blood stained tho white silk of his paily braided ccpt, and Donna s lovely bronze hair fell in cascade over his arm as he raised her limp body and held her close to him, closer than he had ever done be- fore,
 Then, swayinR diz2ily, he carried her across tho aronn through tho alslo Of mortified performers to her dressing room, Madeline, sohhlng and wringlng hor hands, was at his heels,
 A low moan from Donna's white lips assured thcm sho was not dead, but sho was stlll unconscious when tho doctor arrived, A brus- quo man who hid a big heart un-
  ton dismissed tho crowd of per- formers who had gathered In tho dressing room, "for Gods sake, give her a chance, You'll smother her if you all stay aere,"
 Only Madeline, now stunned and silent, and Con and Peter Ronfroe stayed In tho lltlo room, while tho doctor bent over tho impro- vised bod-two trunks placed ond to end and covered with u blan- ket.
 "is she going to die% Madeline managed to whisper,
 Cant say vet, Her pulso Is strong enough"
 "llor buek?" Con pled
 "lt seems to bc all right, one leg is broken, u rib and there's concussion,'
 "God! Thorcs jtnx on this show!" muttcrod Rentroe.
 "Sho can't stay hslo, of coursc," Dr Cotton said his'gaXo sweeping tho tawdry room, i've a hospital Of sorts, Woll take her thcro. Have you some sort Of n stretch- cr?"
 Renfroe went back to the arena to announce to tho audience that Miss Gabriel was not badly injured
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ing deeply. Hts eyes seemed to have dropped far back In hts head and under his grease paint his checks were like chalk,
 "I do need you but without Dom na--how Is she, DocY"
 Madeline and Con accompanied tho physician and hts patient to tho hospital, a largo residence with a few private rooms, one ward, and a small operating room and lubora- tory, During tho half mile rido Donna moaned in semi-conscious- ness,
 "oh, God. don't let her dle! Don't let her die," Madeline pray cd, the prayer not unmixod with thoughts of her own future. She did not know how Con would react to this accident, whether Donna's absence would centor his affections upon Madeline herself or turn him against her.
 Tho trainer and tho llttlo acro- bat waited downstairs in silence while tho doctor worked over Don- na, Con paced tho floor, puZxling over how tho accident could have occurred. Ho asked Madeline if Donna had suddenly grown dizzy, if she had been i'll.
 To all tho questions tho girl an- swered, "I don't know" To ac- cuse Ted Trafford was to cast blanc on herself ana admit a Air. tation of which she was now hcart- ily ashamed. And. after all, she did not know Trafford had done any thing.
 It was after midnight whom Dr Cotton informed them that Donna had recovered consciousness and was asleep. I'm pleased to say
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and that tho performance would continue, whllo Con rushed out to havo some Of tho crew construct a stretcher, Madeline a victim or romorso and terror, sat beside her partner, tears rolling down her whito checks with their ineongru- ous splashes of rouge,
 "sho's your sistcrg" tho doctor asked,
 Madeline nodded dumbly.
 Madeline almost said, "No," but stopped herself in time, My GrNndfather lives on a farm just outside of Lebanon"
 "lf she lives" the doctor said slowly, "she will bo ill for a long tlmt, You'd better make arrange- monts to send her home."
 "Wnl Sho ever be able to per- form againY" Madeline asked in Q smothered voice.
 "t don't know yot,"
 Rentroe returned just as Con and two of tho crew came in with tho strotchcr,
 "You'l want to stay with her l supposcY" tho circus owner said to Madeline, This would have to happen when I'm short on acts"
 Madeline looked at Con, then ot the pallid faca on tho blankets, "The show must go on" she said huskily. wen need money. If you need mo, Iii stay"
 Con lighted cigarette and, against all rules, smoked 1t, inhal.
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oDs4 NEA SERVICE. iNc.

there Is no internal injury. There's . slight concusslon, two broken ribs ana . broken leg and a slight fracture in one wrist. or course the shock adds complications but with her constitution she should pull through It."
 Con burst into hysterical sobs, revealing his Latin temperament. He seized Madeline in his arms and kissed her again and again. Tive got to 90 on with the show, Made line snid, wriggling out of his arms. "1 must sec her before l leave, Doctor"
 "To-morrow them"
 "No. The train leaves tonight"
 The physician shook hts head. "lt would be dangerous to awaken her now. Let her rest"
 Madeline hesitated, Duty urged her to stny behind with her part ner, Her heart bade her go on with Con. There was q small writing desk near . window and on 1t were ink, pen and stationery. Madeline crossed to the desk, sat down and composed two letters. The first was addressed to Donna and read:
 "Donna, Darling: The doctor say you will be we'll soon and on your feet and Renfroo says I have to go on with the show. I know you will understand my running or like this. We'll need every penny to pay hospital bills. I'll write you every day. Oh, Donna, I'm just heartsick that this had to happen! or course I'm to blame. I'm sure Ned dld 1t but there's no way to prove 1t.
 'Now listen, honey, you're going to get we'll and you're going to perform again but 1t won't be next week or next month, so I'm writing Bill Slddal to como and take you to tho farm. I'm signing the let- ter, Donna, and calling you, 'Madeltne.' Don't fall down on this. It's your chance to regain your strength and have tho right care. And Grandfather will love having you thore.
 'Don't lose your nerve, darling, Don't worry. and get we'll very soon.
 "Your loving sister. Madeline"
 The second lotter was shorter.
 "Dear Mir Siddal: Madeline fell from the trQpeZe tonight and was badly injured, though the doctor says she will 1.-Two and be in con- tlition to be moved from the hos pital in Q short time. am sure sho win recover quickly with her family and advise you to como for her at the earliest possible time. She is at pr Marvin Cotton's sana- torium.
 "Sincerely. Donna Gabriel"
 She gave tho letters to the phy- sician. "Will you please sec that family will take caro of all OK penses," She salved her conscience on the last score. Everything Grandfather Siddal possessed would be Madeline's some day, so in reality she was paying for Don- nus care.
 "Where can l get in touch with you" Dr Cotton asked, weighing the letters In ono hand.
 "Give him q route card, Con, And, doctor, lot mo know how she is. Wire me tomorrow collect and tell her I'll write every day" (To Be COntlnucd)
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CHAPTER VI


 Two weeks later "Renfroes Colossal Three Ring Cir cus hundreds of miles from Lebanon Aside from his in the entrance of the tent each time the Gabriel sisters went through their Ned Traford gave hint of the revenge for which his soul onged.
 Madeline made one attempt to get back into his good gaces but he snubbed her effectively that she avoided him and then forgot him completely.
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SYNOPSIS

sNoA ShS
 Charles Dickens met Maria Bcadncil. beautiful daughter Of a banker. \ years ardent courtsllip cnsucd. Mir and Mrs Beatineil feeling that DiclScns's prospects were too poor for him to bc considered us a pros- pectiyc husband for Maria, sent her to Paris. Months la- ter she returned. Thc old love affair famed anew. But Maria vaccilated. Dickens wrote her a poignant farewell letter. Ma ria consulted her "best friend" Mary Anne Leigh. as to the best course. Mary Anne. desir- ing Dickens for herself. ad- yises the returning of his let tcrs and break the friendship. This Maria did, alleging to Dickens that he had made a coniidante of Mary Anne and Was friendly to her. This Dick ems denied in glowing letter. at the same time sending letter of barbed sarcasm to Mary Anne, and enclosing a copy of the letter to Maria asking her approval of it.
 After reading all this Maria beadnell repied immediately so that her letter reached him Satur- day. Before returning the one he proposed to send to Marianne, she copied it carefully and thus it was fortunately preserved for posterity. She wrote that Marianne would proba bly, blame her for the whole trouble; then after asking to see harianne's answer she deigned to give him permission to write to her again, if he chose. There is nc record that Miss Leigh ever an swered his letter.
 The fo wing 'conciliatory pote" is the last one in eXistencf that he wrote at this period: il tells of his love as only he could relate it. 1t shows also how deep ly Maria had wounded him, and that he had little hope of favor able reply
 Tlie End of tlie Quarrel
 IS IsentieIS Street
 sunday DiOrniDg Dear Miss IseadDeii:
 asD anxious f0 take ibe earliest opportunity Of writing iO y0u again. know ing tbai fiie ops gOrfuDlfy of addressing sOn through hOiIe-DOw my ODiy means Of communicating wiiii y0B--wiil shortly be lost (hoiie was tO marry Anne ssfiidDeiib and having gOur OwD permission fO write lO you. [ am most de. sirOns Of fOrHardlng a note which lad [ receiscd snch peg mission earlier. [ can assure yOu goa MOiild hasc seefiyed ere ti,is. Before proceeding i0 say a word upon iilc subject Of my present note let me beg goa fO believe that your request fo see Marianne Ileigh's answer Is rem dered quite unnecessary bg my prcyiOns determination Go shcw it tO- y0u. which [ shall do ini- unediaicIy 0n fefTlsIng it-fhaf l. f0 sas. if | receive say nt niI. tg gT km0w snyti,ing of Isrr ari Or disposition However sDu are Diss- taken Zee supIsssing tlsat iscF re- msasks wilI se dlsvssspd ngaiissi y0urself. [ shali be tise usark ni
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Episode No. 6
-by H. II. Harper.

consider your determination we'll
 whatever it be and let me im-
 piOre you to communicate it to
 me us early as possible. As~I
 am anxious to convey thlis note
 into the City In time to get it
 delivered today I will at once
 conclude by begging you to bee
 Yours sincerely.
 CHARLES DICKENS.
 Those who in their callow youth have written leters of like import, trying to patch up lovers quarrels, ned no commentary on the volcan-- .c state of young Dickens mind while he awaited her answer.
 If Maria Had Seen the Future
 Tt would be useless to look for ward and state my hopes for the future." If little Maria could have looked ahead, even three short years, and seen the future of this crestfallen lad. she would not have sent the "cold reproachful" answer that he vrvidfy recalled in one of the series of letters he wrote her in after years.
 But alas! Maria pondered over the situation on Monday, and that evening when Kolle came. she gave him her reply to be delivered to Dickens. Kolle certainly carried a heavy mail in those last strenuous days.
 In Maria's nasty note. she ignor- ed the ardent protestations. the fiowery flights, even though she may still have loved him. Possibly she did--possibiy she didn't. Who can say? It is d question every reader must decide for himself. There is certainly nothing on the surface of these records to show that Dickens had much reason for announcement. Henry Fielding said that the love of young girls Is very capricious, uncertain and hard to understand. Dickens at least proved the truth of this obserya- ton. It will be seen that he was very reluctant to give up hope much more so than most young men of his proud. sensitive nature would have been.
 It will perhaps be agreed by all that if Maria BeadnelI had any fEal AttElttVD tph estsfff DIV 11'A ~ negative method of expressing it. But after all. the question of whether she loved him or not is Of minor consequence, compared 10 the important fact that .ie layished his entire devotion upon her. and notwithstanding her coldness and rzpeated affrOnts he cherished her image. unbroken and unforgotten through all the vicissitudes and trlumphs of more than two de- cades.
 Alaria's Cruel Note Young Dickens seems to have done everything humanly possible to regain Maria's love: he even wrote some sort of reply to her last cruel note. What t was. none will eyer know. for either K0lle did not deliver it or else she destroyed 1t; or possibly. as seems t0 have been her habit. she returned it 10 him.
 Win wounded pride and aching heart be turned his back on aIl the ] BendneIis. with the exception of
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EAST AND DUMKI1

Jack Benny can be thanked for the newest series of national express sions .. When you hear, "Play, Don, play" 70 well" and "Good- bye again., you can hold the genial Jack and his fellow workers on that Friday night tire show. to blanc "Play, Don, play" which makes up Benny's dismissal of Mary Livingston or Frank Parker, Is a successor to "Play, Frank, play", which was used when Frank Blacks music was on tho program And this has been Q most complicated para graph. We're not quite sure that it's straight yet Q, well {.
 Cnptain Al Williams, speed
 flyer and daredevil, will speak
 over WI3Z at Q banquet in his
 honor tonight. Inc program
 will como from the Hotel
 StNtler from 8:15 to O-S:45. VII.
 llnn,s has . weekly NBC pro.
 gram, heard Saturdays at 8:45
 over the WIZ c;sain.
 This and that Mario Cozzi Small's Surprise Party tomorrow afternoon Opening of Q sta- ton in Norway viii bring voices from the top of tho world to America over WIZ next Thursday. Madame Frances Aida Is writing an inside story about the Metropolitan Opera House and those who have played in 1t |. Suggested name for woman an- nouncers: "Gin.lets" They're that boring "The Hon Archie", a radio serial which has gone over on the Pacific coast for
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9OuF uuyS uttcr Donnu mcmOf~ able weekend on the farm Made- Inc received n letter which she opened, read with a quizzical smile and tossed to Donna. "Thls ccr- kainly isn't intended for me" she said. "You must have mado u hit with the big boy"
 Donna's checks famed. She took tle letter and read 1t later when eho was alone.
 "Dear Maderline: l cant very well call you Miss SIddal, though suppose l should. We have never corresponded, Lut many times have written % you for Grandfa- 9her. Until l met you those let- sers meant nothing at all to me. Now I should Do very grateful if you would drop mo a lino now and then. or Is that nslling too much :? suppose the trivial happenings around tho farm will not interest you, but ! assure you everything tn your life will be of interest to me-"
 The letter continued imporson- all, relating various incidents and closing, Cordially, Cousin Blll," Donna treasured it, waited until the next day and then answered 1t.
 Because love had come to her, making tho whole world more beautiful, sho felt a deep sympathy for Con with h,s hopeless infatua- ton. He mistook her kindness and again pleaded with her to marry Alss. nAnAapu n.fnoal hnpf hisa md 0nco more ho turned to Madeline for consolation.
 It was the sight of Madeline so frequently in tho company of the animal trainer that finally procipi- tated tho tragedy, though when 1t occurred both girls had complete ly forgotten the threats Trairord had made.
 Fer two days it had rained and attendance nt the circus wns small. RenSroe was in n bad humor, His wifo. La Belle Matilde, was irrita- ablo. reflecting her husbands tom per. Tho animals were restless and snarllng, pacing their cages in frenzy of terror every timo tho thunder reared. Tho clown, DC Lucca, had caught heavy cold and was working under difficulties, and one of tho best props" had broken his arm when a falling stage brace hit him.
 All these facts increased Traf- ford's black moodiness. He was responsible for the safety of the troupe and was working short of help. Tired, soaked to the skin and sniffling from incipient hay fever, he strode into the "big top" to see Madeline with her arms about Cons neck. An electric shock chargei with venom shot through Trafford's veins. He whirl- ed and left the tent. He walked for miles in the rain, fighting con science and professional honor while his bitterness mounted.
 Whether he actually tampered with the screws that held the trapeze to braces or whether an inefficient assistant neglected to make sure of their security no one ever knew. Not even Madelines ehrieks that Ned Trafford had tried to kill her convinced Renfroe that his most efficient canvasman could do such a thing. But 1t was not Madeline who came hurtling through space to crash upon the eawdust-strewn ground and lie, a crumpled all-out-lifeless little H. ure. It was her partner. Donna.
 Pandemonium. Screams. Made line shrieking and almost falling as she slid down the rope to kneel
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The Romantic and Beautiful Love Letters of Charles Dickens -o Mario Bcadneu Two Anazing Interudes in His Lite

Anne, who on the next day was to become Mrs Henry Kolle. May 2l, lS33.)
 The wedding over. the Beadnells saw no more of young Dickens. He bent his efforts harder than ever to forget the girl who, he firmly be- liever, had broken his heart and ruined his hopes. Shut out from social pleasures for Q time. and certainly no longer required to compose long love letters. he turn ed his thoughts with fierce inten-y sity to the idea of getting back at the Beadnell group by making an enviable position for himself. Se- lecting one of the short sketches he polished it a bit here and there, with the hope of getting 1t print ed. It bore the title "A Sunday out of Town," which he changed to "A Dinner at Poplar Walk."-Nt IS since known as "Mr Minns and his Cousin.") He put the little manu- script in an envelope. addressed It to the etditor of the Monthly Mag. axinc and according to his own ac- count, one evening at twilight he dropped it stealthily. with fear and trembling, into a dark letter box, in a dark office, up a dark court in Fleet Street and went on with his shorthand work.
 Fame BeckOns
 Summer and Autumn passed and when December came the sketch appeared in the pages of the Monthly Magazine. When he saw it Fin all the glory of print" he has told us in his own words: T walked down to Westminster hall and turned into it for half an
 hour because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride that they could not bear the street, and
 were not fit to be seen there" The article truly proved to be the forerunner of a series that
 went on month after month; and the circle of friends" at the Bead- needs who had drowned on his love-
 making began to see themselves
 laughed at in his writings. Some.
 times they were very little dlsguis. ed, as for instance. "Mrs Joseph
 Porter of ciapham Rise" was of course Mrs John Porter Leigh,
 who lived at Lower ClaptoD and
 was the disagreeabie mother of Marianne. the young busy-body
 who had helped Mr and Mrs BeaS-
 neil to sbatter the gossamer dream Of Maria and Charles.
 And very soon people began to talk about this rising genius who continued to write. and the public continued to read with increasing interest his Sketches by Box" He moved from his family's home in Bentiek street to rooms" in Furnival's Inn. where he set up a sort Of bachelor quarters. more of a work shop than q home. MONDAY Mondays episode marks inrnlng point Co She dEa- mafic life Of Charles Dickens, Tue afIaIs with Maria szesInifeis ended,
 Dickens In1puisigeIy and so hie lat- er regret. married another eiFl'
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