The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-29
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DONNA oAasRHmK. c,ruua D4EzNEmeEs falls from che eran. @Na ana fN am9mred. TO please hsp w4ESM4ss MADELINE BNDDAK. 034aA mges Co DEn0eiine's home 70 Se0HDeFmse, pretending Co bo g8AeR girl. She G ashamed of che 9#9DzA0n but keeps it Wp, even Wn4n BKKL @IDDAL, MndelHpe'B @eNzlns asks her Co marry him. BlN and Donna are married.
 bltz8 PLANTER, h0usckecpeP 0lscnaFEed by Donna, is her
 Madeline who has married CON DAVID, aminaal trainer, is killed. Con knows of Uonnn's deception and deGi0eB t0 black mail her. He comes to tho near.
 by sOwn and DOnnn meets him secretly. Con threatens tO cause trouble for her. Mrs Planter ieaFns of the meeting and writes
 BiIl afl aEiOnymOus letter.
 Bifl goes t0 sec Con and dur. ing his absence Grandfather Sid. leI dies. Bill, believing Donna hes committed bigamy, tells her
 he "lgn0wn the truth" and will
 Iesve immediately after tIe
 funeral. Donna steals awey gnd
 boards Q train for Chicago. Con, On the same train, cOnfcescs that Ise deliberately niisled llill. From
 Chicago Dcnna sends Bill . tclc.
 gram.
 CHAPTER xLvII
 It was Minnie who discovered that Donna was gone. Miss Per. king, the nurse, who considered t blessing that Amos 1iddai was at rest at last, spoke sharply to the servant girl and hustled her into the kitchen to get supper. Whether any one else in the fam fly wanted food or not, the nuyse felt the need of 1t.
 sniffiing audibly, Minnie set about prepnrlng the moal It was not strange to her that Mrs Sid- dai did not Gone down to help She was probably progtrHted by grief. Minnie set the table, placed PerkIng, The nurse Insisted that : Bill must est something, too.
 "Aek Mrs Siddal to come down. Minhis," she added. "Toll her ] said che must have some food. She mustn't lot hOrself set H."
 Rubbing her rod eyes with n handkerofiief, Mimic mounted the etAigs. The snIffleg were g0no when she dashed back Into the dining room. "ehes goneW Minnie cried Syclteaiy. MS siddaps gono!"
 'Nenseuse!" Bill mutterod.
 "Msybe she's outside" the nufss
 No, Masm. Her travelling bag's gene end there ain't any toilet things on the dresser Therc's Q big fvuDk in the hall with her name on t. Oh, my LordieW Minnie be- gan to wiring her hands, ns If Don ne's dieappearance affected her persanalIy. strode from the room. Only too evident were the indications Of biS wieeB departure. Burenu drawers ana clothes hangers were empty, The huge wardrobe trunk with the black letters, "MadoliDe Gabriel" stood at the foot Of the second flight Of stairs.
 Shcthad gone without q word to him. If he needed further proof thht Con David had told tho truth this supplied t.
 IttU BtuFH1bu UT BOIDg lhItW'h message but there was none. Even before 0randfatber,s funeral Made- lite had left the house, Was she utterly heartjess? But why expect mOPe Of R woman who had been n cheat from the day ho had first met her?
 Why had she married him? Had she separated from the animal trainer and been afraid a divorce wouid have been frcWncd upon by Grandfather Or were she and David divorced, 80 that Bho was Icgaliy Biii's wife? Eo-if that were the case sine would not have run away.
 He hoard the telephone bell ring. ing but did not answer it Present. ty he heard Mss Perkins snyiDg, Hello! Yes, he's here" Then she called, "A woman wants 10 speak Co you, Mr Biddaly"
 A wild hope that jt was Made. jIDe stirred iB BjiPB breast. When he heard Mrs pi2DterB voice oyer the wire his disappointment wnB 70 acute th1t he felt almost iII.
 "t3iIi, in spite Of the way you talked 10 me I'm still your friend. ! jest wanted 10 tell you tb1t the eiFeus feJIer checked out of inc hotel and has gone 10 Chicago"
 "fm not interested" nc on' swsFed.
 "You should be---coDsiderin' Madeline took inc same train.'
 "Wbats tbntY"
 tits all oyer town, She didn't buy no ticket, but Ben Goddnrd said she told him she was g0in' 10 Chicago on the 6 o'clock in spite of the fact that Amos jest diod. An Curt Lezenby saw her git on the train an'---"
 "Th8Bks,' BiII interrupted and hung up the receiver.
 What other fsijjbgs Reba Per. kins might have had, curiosity was not one Of them. She asked no questions Of tho silent, baggard. eyed man. She eontrived to Induce him to eat and offered no sympa. thy. She knew that sympathy 1t such time would break down his defense Of reserve and might do untold harm,
 Alec Adams drove over at 10 o'clock, oHering to sit up wlih Grandfather, t3ijI thanked him but said it was not necessary. The sight of Adams aroused such poig- nGBt FecoIieetioDs that Bill could not endure his presence.
 He lay down on inc sofa in the living room. Not far away reposed the old man, his snowy head on white pillow, his face 8B peaceful as fl he were sleeping. Some of the coBtentment Amos Siddaj had known tB life seemed to cling tO him jn death, and the bar8ssed young man. Keeping the death watch, felt jt,
 At $ o'clock iH the morning the telephone rang again, DrOggy with fatbEus and the emotional storm hA had enduPpd I,iii ata RRoPed into