The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-27
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 and is injured. 10 please her partner, MADELINE HfDDAKt Donna goes co Aindeiine's home % recupernte, pretending Co be tho other girl. She is ashamed 0f the deception but keepn it un, even when BILL SnDDAL, Mad. ezine's cousin, asks her tO marry him. Bill and Donna are mar.
 MRS PLANTER, housekccper discharged by Donna, Is her
 AMOS srDDAL, Madcline's Rrandfathcr, hns a stroke,
 Meanwhile Madeline who has married CON DAVID, the animal trainer, ig killed. Con knows Of D0nnA's deception and decides t0 blnckmnil her. He comes to the nearby town and Donna agrees 60 meet him. Mrs Plnnter learns of khls and sends Bill an anonymous letter. When Donna reaches home after meeting Con she says sko has been at neighbours. Biil knows sho has not.
 Next morning he goes tO see Con who shows him the ccrtin. line. Blll thinks hls wife has committed bigamy. During his absence Grandfather slddaI dies. BiIi tells Donna he "knOws the truth" and that he will leave i'm. niedintely after the funeral.
 CHAPTER XIV
 Donna studied the contents of the clothes closet. What m accum. ulation of clothing sho had--bung. allow aprons, gingham dresses, her wedding finery. There was no need to take all that to New York. Her lips twisted ns sho smoothed tho soft, silken folds of tho garments sho and Minnie had spent so much time making.
 Her trunk containing her circus wardrobe, was in the attlc. ft was so heavy sh0 doubted if shO could to help would moan starting a train of questions Donna was in no mood to answer.
 She would take tho car, she do. cided, and And someone to drivo it back from Lebanon. If she faced Bill again she would bo sure to break down and plead for forgive. neBs and sho wanted to keep what little Bolf-respect Bhe had. Th0re was . train for Chicago at . o'clock. If shc hurried sho could catch iti
 Onco out of this house sho would be able to put Bill out of hcr hoart and iifo forever. Ho would divorce her, of course. Dcsertion was grounds for divorce.
 If sho remained at tho farm un. tll the will was rond Bill would have more cause for bitterness against her. perhnps, whon tho first hurt was over, ho would con. test tho will and Con Davld's schoming would bo ruined.
 All of the other members of tho household were down stairB-Mlns nie sobbing as though ahc had lost her nearest and dearest; Bill hard ana bitter and cold, feeling the loss of his grnndunele scarcely at nll in tho fneo of his dIsillusion. No one heard the sound ns Donna dragged tho big trunk down tho atnfrs from tho attic or hoard hor moan of pain nB tho odgo of it crushed down on her inBtop.
 Yho pain siekonod her 80 thnt she was afraid Bho was going to faint. Obviously she could not movo tho trunk furthor, certainty not down another flight of stairs. She had boon foolish to think that she could. Her arms were not llko stoel now. Sho did not hhvo tho strength sho onco had, when tho weight of her own body and Made. limos seemed nothing. n,
 She decided to take only neeossl: ties in hor travelling bag and leave Q note asking to have tho trunk shipped iator. It could Do delivered to ono of the hotels Tn Lebanon and she could sond m. structions later whore Go havo u forwarded. It might Do some tine would havo to do lot of limbor:: iRR up to make good in an net again. And bookings might not Dc easy to secure alone
 Alone -- oh, God, how could she 10 on alone? Whom sho stepped eut of this houso Bho would Do leaving more than A husband Do: hind, She would bo leaving her soul her hoart--all that made lifc liV' She tried to hnrdon herself against Bill. 1t hnd boon unjust for him to tako Cons explanation 9uatify hcrseif. All tho months of nor devotion had counted for no. thing against tho word of gtrnns. ar. periihpB in time she could learn to hate him. Now only tho agony of Poor old drandfathori Would ho know that sho was not With tho rnotirners when they lowered hlm into his final resting placo? would ho know she hnd cropt out or tho house iiko a thief Bho waBp sho had made tho old mans Inst days happy and nothing could destroy have known that tho grandchild hc still looked upon as littlo girl had failed him.
 "some day." Donnn sobbcd aloud, "somo day, Bill Slddnl, you'll un' derBtand and Do sorry you've troatod mo this way. Somo dny you'll como Go mo for forgiveness and 1 won't givo it. can be hard and bitter too! I'm going to for. got you. I'm going to Do tho great:: est aerial performer ln tho worldl When my namo is plastorod on biib0ards in three sheets and claimed in Europe, aB vol hs here, you'll wish you hadn't driven mo Rwnyv" M
 Thon, because famo meant so lit. tic to her, because c career was tho fast thing Sho wanted, she dropped on tho floor beside tho bod and, hugglng Bills pillow on hor arms monned her love for him. Never again would hor hands roach out in the night to touch his. Mover again would sho smooth his dark hair or kiss his eheck or hear him mn hohsyY can't you sloopY"
 "Oh, Blill Billl If I'd never seeri you-if just didn't love you 10 much! Why didn't you love mo as I love you? Why wasn't hons est with your I'd have lost you be:: fore we were married if I'd told you the truth, but 1t wouldn't have beon so hard then. It's my heart I'm leaving bohInd, and can't stand 1t. I can't stand it!"