The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29
CHAPTER VII

(11AE LEN VII
Someone turned on the radio
Rnd tho sound of jazz blared
through the big room. Hlda
Blanchard held out her arms to
scmeone--was 1t Tom ?---and be-
gan TO dance.
Hilda was In red-fiame red, and
her little black curls, feathering
Ill over her small head, gave her
q slightly Grecian air. She, like
1ila, affected an unearthly pallor
and her lips were like gcranlum
slash in her pallid face. She hung
on Tom. She was, GYPSY observed,
almost as tall as he: while she,
Gypsy, was smaller, reached only
70 his shoulder.
Under her laughter. her civil
feed air of casualness, the most
primitive of all emotions began TO
stir--that of Jealousy. It was un-
reasoning, she admitted II. IT was
mad. 1t was utterly without foun-
dation. Why, she had never laid
eyes on this girl before in her
life, and neither had Tom. Yet,
from the first moment Of entering
the room, she had felt wholly
foolish and feminine sensation Of
distrust. Hilda had liked Tom at
sight, that much was certain.
you can tell. a wife can toll"
said Gypsy to herself with all the
wisdom of her % years. Mean
while she chartered and nodded
her head: said absolutely" with
EMPHASIS. although she hadn't the
faintest notion what Derok
wanted her to agree with. Her
head WIS In a whirl. 1t was all
very well, she thought, for Tom
to behave nicely to this girl: that
was part of being a guest But he
needn't act az though she were
the only person in the room. He
didn't even glance to see If she
(0ypsy) were having good
time: how she was farinR. And
they had been married only lit
tie more than two months! why
It was monstrous! 1t was unbe-
Iievable!
Gypsy thought that Derek
glanced at her rather oddly. She
tried to collect her thoughts, to
attcnd to what he was saying.
=. I beg your pardon. I'm
afraid I didn't hear that. The
music Is 80 loud :"
lawful" agreed Derek. Cant
hear yourself think. ri turn 1t
down. just said 1t was time for
Narko to DO here If he's coming
at ALL"
He left her with "A murmured
&wct1se to adjust the dial Of
ebe instrument, and Gypsy was
eft with the disturbing news.
WaFko Broughton was coming
After all!
I Yet somehow the thought did
not seem quite 80 disquieting. 80
Enforceable, now, as 1t had some
eaO1rs before. Mako had been in
E0v0 with her O. year ago or 30
{ he had said. Mako had wanted
Der TO marry him. ignoring the
great disparity in their ages
Mako was so, very rich, com
handing. He was that character
Of stage and drama and downtown
Z Hfe, O. financier. The thought OF
marrying Marko had seemed pre-
posterous to Gypsy, and she had
said as much to Lila, who had In
troduced him to her,
'Why, you little goose, he's
worth Millions" she remembered
Lila had said, indulgcntly. what
bn earth are you thinking Of"
Yes, there had been, decidedly
q tone OF envy In Llla's voice.
kila hadn't been able to under
stand Gypsys choice OF hand
some, penniless youngster like
Tom Weaver. Derek was one OF
Mareo's man young men - and
Lila hoped that great things were
TO come of his association with
Broughton e. Co. This apartment,
. all these things (Which seemed)
such luxury to Gypsy and Tom)
were, In LilaB mind, mere step
ping stones in a rich mans career.
And now Mako was coming.
gypsy would meet him for the
FIRST time since she had been Tom
Weaver's wife!
For Toms sake, she had hoped
Narko would not turn UP. Tom
hated the very idea Of the "rich
old man who had wanted Gypsy
Cor his own. But now, looking at
Ifilda, at the possessive way her
scarlet-tipped hand curled itself
around Toms black collar, Gypsy
decided she was glad he was com
ing. Let Tom worry! Let him be
eeaious, too.
The orchestra music came to q
PAUSE, and the annOuncer'A voice,
Aisagreeably nasal, came through:
NOW I want to tell all our
friends about the wonderful prize
offer the Blank Soap Company Is
making O. sterling silver