The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-09
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and watched her continue prepar. Ing supper feeling q glow of sat. iBfactlon in having mastered an ugly passion and 8 pride In hef beauty and vlovernesB.
 "You know, Honey" ho said aB she piled the chicken on blue platter and stirred cream and flour Into the Drowned butter to make gravy, "now that 0randp0p Is bet tor we ought to get out little. Ali work and no play - you know the rest of 1t. Why, it's been weeks and weeks since we've seen n pic- ture show or had any kind of amusement, What say we take the old bus and go into town to-night7 2 Sometimes they have pretty good pictures at the Elite"
 'T'd like t." Donna answered. "po you think Grandfather would He'd be the first to urge us to Eo. You know Miss Perkins looks after him as if he was q baby and he'll be asleep long before we get home. Hurry up with supper. then doll up your prettiest and we'll go of on a spree"
 She smiled, loving him tho more for his ability to cast aside trou. ble and to play, small boy fashion. ft was q very good meal. for Donna had become proficient cook, but only Miss Perkins had any appetite. Mimic grumbled as She took away plates of fluffy bis- cults, mounds of chicken and mashed potatoes and muttcred, "Wonder what you want to 70 to all this trouble for if nobody wants anything to eat"
 After nibbiing at n deep. dish cherry pie Donna run upstairs and drew from the closet q ghiminer. Ing brown chiffon velvet. BIll watched her tn nbje0t admiration us she slipped the russst folds over her gieaming copper hair. The beauty of her firm young arms and snowy throat had never ceased to awe him.
 A dampened brush set the waves
 In her hair and she was ready to leave.
 "Have to get you a fur coat" Bill said as ho held her heavy cloak. "Winters out here get pret. '"I have one in storage. I must send for lt" Then the sudden thought that the mink garment stored In New York was being hold for Donna Gabriel made her wish sho had not spoken.
 "But," she added laughing "if I'm cold I've n good excuse to cud. de up to you"
 "As if you needed m excusel"
 The ride to town was sheer de. light after the emotional storm of tho morning. As In tho days of their courtship. Bill drove with one hand and kept his other arm around her. Now and then whom a cold, silvery moon hid behind q bank of clouds or became obscurod by the overlapping branches of Ar trees ho bout and kissod her.
 Bill found q spot on q side street to park tho car. Then ho insisted upon taking Donna Into urantloy's drug store for n soda. "We'll do it up brown tonight" he said. "Bc regular yokeis out celebrating"
 As sho sat before the soda foun. tnin Donna could soc the lights of tho Elite Picture House across tho square. Tho lights twinkiod on and of, but it wasn't until Bill walked up to the box ofiice and handed over q dollar for two tick cts that she realised tho evenings attra ction was Polly of tho Cir. cus."
 Had there been another picture theatcr In the town or a concert or even . skating rink Donna would have told her husband she dld not care to sec tho picture and suggested that they And other en- tertninment. Hut it wns Folly of tho Cireus'' or nothing, and Bill was grinning happily over his shoulder at her.
 "dreat, isn't it, Maddie? You ought to enjoy thls show. ft'li take you back Co old times"
 Tho theater was crowded and they stood in Iino at the back for several minutes, waiting for an usher t0 find seats for them. Don- m could not see tho screen, but she closed her eyes and prayed that nothing she would sec or hear would bring back tho tragedy Of Mhdellne's death.
 She could shut her eyes. in the darkneHs, Againpt anything too poignant to endure, but she could not close her ears. AS sho and Blll moved down tho nislo her heart was pounding and wild impulse to fec almost overpowered her. Bill seemed to be enjoying him. aeif h,voiv Rlfn Dlo in tnHteH with