The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-16

farm were loft to Nub those abuh. dant acres would soon be in tho hands of receivers and ahe horaclf reduced Co the poverty aho had known before Amos Siddnl hired her ns housokoepcr,
 wen cross no bridges until wo come to 'em," Yhe mu,tcrcd'
 Tho rural delivery postman, drlv. lnR a shiny now ear, appeared ht tho bend Of tho road. In n luaty, genial voice he called a greeting t0 Grandfather 4iddHl,
 ",fhnt you, Lcm2" tho aged man answered, "ll9w arc youY
 Letter for you, 0rahdpop, Sooms you're Kottin right smart lot Of mnll hteao days, llow's your granddaughter that's with the elr- eusY"
 "lflnc, Lom, Jost tino,"
 Lem HprnnR rom tho car, sprint. cd up tho shaded path and handed tho letter Go tho old man, "Want l Hhouid read it Co you, Gfnndpop9" he asked kindly,
 "lf you'd be 70 good, Lem"
 "ltS from blll, l aeon hlm tho day ho wont away, Asked what his hurry was and he anld 'bual- ness, some stopper Bnlp Tho postman oponcd tho letter. road tho contents to himself nnd thon drow n doop breath ilo glanced nppreh at the placid fon- tufoH of tho patient old patriarch, "0rnndpop, you gotta braco your. sclf, ThIS he'o nlh't vory good news"
 "DIn-- DIlrs not coming back ["
 "No, itB not that it's about Madeline, Rhe~-"
 Madeline! Rcnd it, Lem, Road itl"
 Slowly, dwelling on oaeh word, Lom Holden read Hill'a letter h.. forming Amos Siddui of hlH grand. dnughtor,s injury, Tn another back with mo--to stay always, l hope, Aho lsn't suffering much pain now, but it win be somo time before Hhe raeoN ors completely and wo must feel thankful her injuries were not moro sorl0ug,"
 Tears streamod down Amos Sld. dnls wrlnkled checks, ''dod ls good" ho mumblod, My little girl, my llttlo Rifl''
 Lom helped hIm into tho houHo,
 
 Donnn's roeryory was almost miraculous, llor perfectly trained body responded to treatment in n wny thnt amazed tho doctor, but llttlo MisE Saunders, with her ro- mantle oyoa, saw more clearly than tho physician, Rognrdle@ of tho fnct thnt Blll was supposed to be n close rolntivo of her patient, Bho was convinced that lovo was tho healing power,
 "For n cousin ho certainly is tho moat attentive man." sho said to Donna, md hnilod when warm color tlntod tho HlrR Rlrl'B checks, "i think he's handsome, too"
 "Yos, Bill l'a good. looking" Don m admitted, but ho'a moro than thnt, llo is Rood,"
 Yot tho barrier that her sudden withdrawal had rohred between thom was never lowered, Each afternoon ho arrived at tho hos. pital and romcincd until tho din- nor hour, Sometimes ho and Don- m talked, More oeton no read nloud from magazines or books ho brought. Ho spoke of incidents, amusing OF trnglc, th0t had occur. red during hls years Rt Hchool. He told her of college prankS, of | friends he had made In Lebanon, but never did ho sny tho one thing thnt was foremost In hls mind, Each dny while Donna waited for him ahc 'rohonrsod in hor mind, | Just whnt she would say. Sho made m effort to remember everything Madeline had said nbout her strug- gle to secure her first ongngcment; | her acute embarrassment when she appeared for tho first time In tights; the long, arduous hours of rehearsal as n chorus girl; and tho tlresomo round Of agents offices, only to hear over and over Moth ing doing to-dny."
 She could describe easily enough the meeting between Madeline and herself that had led up to the for nation of their aerial net. Descrlb- Ing life in the circus was easy, too. She dwe.i at great length on the rigid mora, code of circus per- formers and explained why it is necessary.
 Maybe circus people aren't so | good, Bill, but they arc Bensiblc,