The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
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SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
 GYPSY MORRILL, and TOM
 WEAVER are married on the
 same day as LILA HOTALING
 and DEBEK BLISS, but while
 Anfs lives fin luxury Gypsy has to
 1lxugBie t0 keep expenses within
 10m's income.
 After Gypsy's som is born her
 days become . dreary round of
 caring for him and caring for
 her home. Tom Is frequently
 sway from home evenings and
 Gypsy suspects he is interested
 n VERA Gray, who works in the
 name 0mice.
 81he intends to divorce Derek and
 marry MARKO ERADICATION,
 richer and older.
 Gypsy's father is seriously in-
 5ured in a motor accident, but
 KecOvers. Gypsy is so relieved she
 resolves to forget her jealousy of
 Vera. However, Vera continues
 70 pursue Tom.
 Lila divorces Derek. She gives
 D dinner party at which Gypsy
 and HUNT GIBSON are guests.
 Oerek arrives, uninvited. Tom
 has gone out of town on a bus
 1ness trip and Vera takes the
 Bame train.
 CHAPTER xXXIv
 When Tom Weaver swung down the ramp to the Tarrytown train he caught sight of a familiar fig- ure just ahead of him. Instead of quickening his step, he Jagged be- hind a bit. What the dickens, he asked himself irritably, was Vera d0ing here? He was not a con- ceited young man. He had the average males share of confidence but he was not idiot enough to suppose. he told himself, that this girl actually pursued him. No, things simply happened this way. Wherever he happened to be these days, there she was also. Always prettily, tastefully dressed. Sweetly scented, charmingly made up. You couldn't help liking her. Tom ad- mitted grudgingly that if it hadn't ben for his meeting Gypsy he'd probably be married to $Vera Gray this moment. As 1t was, he liked her in a comradely sort of way. He knew lots of men considered her devilish attractive. Undoubted- ly she was. But he didn't feel like 8AAhAA6 Nc ACh Juob Hc"' <hh' what, again, was she doing on this particular train?
 In spite of his laggard steps he could not help catching up with Vera tonight. She turned to enter she saw him. She waved. Tom gallantly hastened and dropped in- to a seat beside her.
 Eat lns, hz h.iv of her small white hat, was gilt, curly; her lips were scarlet. In spite of the heat she looked cool and elegant.
 "Where on earth are you bound xor?" Her tone was so innocent that Tom blamed himself or a sus- picious fool. He had thought he'd seen her around the corner of the bosB's office when he had made the date with old Strathmore, but un- doubtedly he had been wrong.
 He told her, going into detail about Strathmore and what a tough customer he was. Vera was q good listener when the speaker was man. Tom. unburdening him self, felt insensibly cheered, re- freshed. Somehow all day he had been a bit downcast at the idea of Gypsy spending this evening in Hunt Gibson's company. He hadn't really liked her going with Hunt to Lila's dinner party. The fellow was undoubtedly attracted to Gyp- sy. He was forever hanging around. Well, a man wasn't a ajiler to his wife. Gypsy was young .-she'd had difficult few years of M. It was high time she had some Dat 1idYtf nf1u relish the notion of her seeing so much of this chap. And at Lila's, too. Darn the woman!
 Vera made him forget his own problems momentarily. She was, she said, going up to Irvihgton to see some old friends. That Is. she was going up on an impulse-not on invitation. She hadn't telephon- ed to see if they were in. But she was going to take chance on 1t. She got awfully lonely, she said, dropping her lashes. New York was lonely place ..
 Tom felt a beast. He hadn't thought about the poor kid. She probably was darned lonesome. All her people were in Boston. It would be nice if he and Gypsy could have her around occasional ly. It would do Vera good, thought Tom innocently, to be with two such happy people as themselves. Vera seemed cynical about mar riage these days, kept saying that of course she would never marry. And that was the most unmitigated nonsense.
 q suppose you'll be in Tarry- town until the wee small hours" Vera said casually. Tom consulted his time table and said he cer- tainly would do no such thing. He expected to get the 8:36 back to town. He'd told Gypsy he would be home shortly after 9. Then he re- membered, rather tardily, that Gypsy would not be there. And he drowned. Vera noticed it and was curious in her intricate feminine fashion.
 eff I don't find the Wilson at home I'll wander around and have dinner by myself and get that train too." She sounded awfully down, poor kid. Tom felt terribly sorry for her. When she got off she waved at him and he was glad he had been decent to her. It wasn't much fun, being a girl alone in New work.
 Vera didn't take taxi up the