The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-15
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teEmees keIlD lt0m the trape2e and is injured. 10 please. her vaftper, MADEIlNE B1DDAL
 uUnfsn gees Co hEAdeline's home % Eeunpesaee, pretending to Do tho other girl. BIio ig ashamed of el1ln 0NueptiUn but keeps it up, even when BlLL BnDDAL, Mad. 9llsse's cousin, auigs her tO marry hitil. AMOS elDDAk, MAdeline's 8rqn9faener who owns the farm, Q blind. MRS PLANTER, house.
 kecpef discharged by Donna, is
 Donna and BlIl are married. Meanwhile Madeline has married CON DAVID, circus animal trainer and takes part in the ani.
 Amos slddaI has . stroke.
 In New Orleans Madeline goes into the cage with the Bengal tiger and is killed. Con is dis- charged. Unable to get work, bc decides to 70 t0 the Biddaf farm.
 From the nearby town he sends . note tO Donna. She
 agrees to meet him the next of.
 ternoon.
 CHAPTER xxxv
 Mrs Planters head was in a whisl. She had just uncovered tho choicest bit of scandal it had ever been her luck to come across. Whether Madeline Siddal had gone through q marriage ceremony with the animal trainer or not, whether they had ever been lovers and part d. one thing was certain. The kood.looking young animal traip- Ia nxA Ns. II Al RA ASfO ono purpose and that was to hold a rendesvous with Bill siddapS
 Women who secretly met men other than their husbands were Jeyobols in tho opinion of Mrs Planter and souid Do ostraclzed. Madeline might hold her head in the air now. but after to.Iiiorrow she would not do 50!
 At first Mrs Planter was uncer- tain just how to make use of her information. She had visions of following the guilty couple and teiiink Madeline what she thought of her. she soon dismissed this thought as Co trivial q revenge for q terrible insult.
 If Bhe hnd been at liberty for the afternoon she could hnyo spread tho news 10 q few cr0nlo9 who could be trusted 10 see that it would klndlo and flame like n forest ire before 24 hours passed, becoming the chief subject of con- versation at Lebanon dinner tables. But Mrs Planter know only too well that tho person most con- corned in the affair might never hcar tlfls sca pdnl. Madeline might meet her lover over and over again and everyone In town be aware of it without Bill Slddll lcnrning what was going on Hadn't Doc Froeman'B wife been trgipslng around with their boardcr since last June2 Everybody for milGB around knew about it. but Doc didn't. l'oot fooll Mebbo when Dc fo,ind out about Clara, md It'll fosnd out about Madeline. the two iii4n could console each other.
 Rot that Clura Freeman was ns ornery as Madeline. Sho might have some excuBe.--WIth n doctor for n husband and him chasing off dey and night, never able Co tako htr any place, righteous pride, that when tho sew: irR circle of tho church had held meeting to discuss tho adVisa- billty of telling Doc Freeman Inc should kotp a cioaer watch on hiH wife, she he'd voted against t. That sho had voted thus because tho minister's wlfo was opposed to rneddilng did not rob Mrs Planter of feeling that ghe was q kindly, generous soul
 But no meeting Co determine whethbr or not Bill should Do kept in ignorance need Do held. ih thy first place, neither Madeline noe Biil attended tho same churGh , as Mrs Planter. in the second, Mrs Planter intended Co get tho information to iiiii in somt man. ncr--and with proof that could not Dc doubted.
 To telephone him would Dc out of tho question. Bho know BITS habits too well Go believe hG might bo in tho farmhouse to nnswcr the phono hlmself. If his wife nh. nwCrod shc would 500 Go it that hr did not get ihc message.
 Tbo information must reach Bill in less than four hours if ht wdrd 10 witness tho meeting between hlA WIfe and tho circus performer, liA Mrs Planter intended. She would have 10 got busy nt once. Going out 10 tho fdrm t0 t1lk Co him w0h not to. be thought of Mrs Plnntdf knew Blll's temper. Eventually nc would thank her for opening hit eyes to tho facts. but she could hosr hts recriminnti0nS when ht wnD first told that Madeline Wdt unfntbful. Mrs Planter had nc wish 10 take part ib such h scene
 Studying over tho problem. gh' wont about preparations for tht noon day meal. Jnni0 Bnber, ont of the chambcrn1lds, assisted will the cooking---peoling potatoes. on, ions and carrots, optnlng cans OI beans and peas, and slicing th' bfend.
 Always at noon tho Commercial House offered roaH beef,. r0hb pork and a choice Of two Kinds O. pio, but on the day aftcr Thanks giving thGrV was cold turkey hht yninco pIo left, and Mrs Planteri tasks were light.
 She was no n0nrcr tho solution of her pfobieIH when It1der cain' Into tho kitchen Co so If tho men were fcuuy' IDerub crVWu U there" no said. "ijotttr fry uI some steak In case the turkey run out. Got enough ploY"
 "Yes."
 Clerks from tho drug store. Bla ney who was tho lawyer ant bempstor. tho postmaster, beside aorno drummers who had arrived on an eariy train filed Into th' dining room. Mrs Planter wa busy diDhing up food for MaboiI trays and nomentnrIIy put Made Hne and Ell Sldd0l out of hc thoughts.
 it was the waitress who brough