The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-25

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 MiIlIe had paid no unusual att tention to this picture. but it seemed to have made deep im- preBsion upon Bert, who insisted on seeing it twice.
 Millle was unable to decide whether the fascination which the picture seemed to hold for Bert was due 10 the attractive female cast or the seductive, provocative music of weird tropical instru- mcnts in tho tango orchestra fea- tured in the production. Boy, what a picture!" Bert had exclaimed. "Somedny I'm going to take n trip down thcre" ,, "Hy yourself?" asked Millie, pointedly.
 "oh, mo-" he answered quickly. Wed go together, Hon." The next night, Bert went out alone on some vague errand that kept him for three hours. Millie would not have noticed anything | unusual, except that Bert missed hin fnvorito radio program. to which he invariably listened every Tuesday night.
 Two nights later ho made some clumsy excuse and wnH gone half tho evening. Tho next day, when Millie found n crumpled scrap Of paper under his chair with n hast fly Hcrawled sentence in Bert's handwriting, she could not help reading it: "i never knew l could love anybody, Honey" she read. "Iike I'm loving VOu,"
 Tho following Wednesday, after Bert had gone out by himself tho night before, Millio found similar hllpa Of paper In the wahtc-bnBkot. on examination, these appeared to ba scraps of crude poetry. such as Bert himself might have com posed. Ono in particular caught her eye: Each night 1 miss you; how l could kiss you! When will see you again, doar2"
 Bert, Hha concluded, had been making dates with some other wo. man, sending these notes to her by n waiter, Millie burst into tears ht the thought. Bert had never writ ten any poetry to her, oven before thoy were married.
 SHE DECIDED TO
 GET MORE EVIDENCE.
 She decided to gather more evl. dence before Jumping nt c0nclu. sionH. Sho noticed that the front of his suit was always Wrinklcd tho next day after these nocturnal trips, ha fl Homoone had been sit. ting in his lap; and when she sur. roptiti0ualy examined tho shoulder of hiH coat she found n long dark hair, which upon close inspection proved to be ono Of her own. Fi. nnlly aho discovered that ho wah making regular withdrawals from his savings account every Tuesday and ThurSday. it was then that sho resolved to confront him with her suspicious.
 rho next Thursday night found Millie growing tense with tho OK. poctntion of facing n very un- pleasant situation. After dinner, Bert brought up the usual sub joct, 'What'vo you H0t on deck to. night, lion2" hc asked. Like to see "A hh0WY"
 sho decided Co give him plenty of rope. "I don't think l want 10 go out tonight" she replied. "I feel n little tired. and I'm reading n good book"
 AIFIKUNt HULL Wvu WhU WI something tomorrow night in- stond." Ile picked up n newspnpor and began Co skim through it. Att CT n moment he folded up the pa- per md walked over to the win dow. Under Mille's watchfnl aye, h0 grew moro and more rcstlsss. Finally he threw down his paper. "say, Hon." ho began. "i think m tnko n little walk"
 'Finei" said Mlllic. "Wait until 1 put on my hat"
 Bert shifted un6nBily from ono foot to anoth6r. "lf you don't mind" ho said, "rd rather go
 Miilie felt q weak sensation in the pit Of her stomach. This was tho show down, Sho told hcrBelf; If she lot Bert g0 out tonight ho would ba lost Co har. it was now or never. "Bert," she nnid in n weak voice, "plenHe don't leave me tonight"