The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21


synopsis
DONNA nAHnTWN. ana MAN.
z.ENn nzDDAn who caii shen,.
N4ES4e ~xho GnbKinl HisieFass are
4'Ecns poEfoF7aara year enriier
ls4L.nQ ran away from her
AAA1a1neK,s lsonna'
@MEm Donna A injured I'm q
EHM fEum ehe eFnpe1o AfadeIine
DfEnnaes for her % ~ taken "a
GRANDFATHER sfDDALis
NMFxn. no please her partner
N0mmA pFut6ndn 60 be Madeline.
NezMA falls In love with BILL
ExUDAxS nzadeline'n cousin. 6ho
ashamed Of decoivime Grand.
41AeE and Blll but continues 20
NEe1nmd 90 be the other girl.
meanwhile CON DAVID, CIR.
Mua animal trainer, believing
donna Il lost 90 him, asks Mad.
4zzno % marry him. The mar
HznHo takes place IN the circus
mHUmn. NUD PLANTER, son Of
she hOuBokeepeP ~ the Biddnl
9nEzn, sends 3 hnndbili describe
0uR the wedding % his mother.
NED TRAETORD, boss can.
ymws1am with whom Madeline
@Ad flirfcd, leaves the circus.
CHAPTER XIII
whether It was because Mira
PLANTER complained OF the amount
ne work she had to do or whether
Bill wanted to avoid being alone
with Donna tho girl did not know,
but the following day O sturdy
kreekle.faced youngster from q
neiehboring farm walked, unan-
mounced, into Donna's room.
I'm Minnie Jones'" the new
bonner said. Bill siddal says az
how you can't lift yourself out of
kour bed and that ! was TO help
you"
Remembering Bits arms M no
had carried her from the bed 10
the chair and the cnress he had re.
pulsed, Donna's checks famed. She
tried valiantiy TO smile at tho coun.
tFy girl, and murmured that she
hoped abe would not be too heavy.
"shucks, I'm strong as an oxl"
Minnie Informed hor. you don't
look any heavier than q churn OF
butter: ] reckon ] can manage all
right"
Minnie was strong and, In spite
Of her awkward appearance, very
capable. Donna could find but one
fault with tho girl and that was
Minnie's incessant chattoring.
From tho time Donna was en-
nc6nced In thu whool chair until
she returned 10 her bed she was
Obliged TO listen 10 a how OF con.
versation that ranged from the
number OF eggs Pa Jonos's buR co.
Ghlns produced TO the sale OF the
lard rendered from hogs Minnie
had raised herself. Motion picture
stars, the time Minnie visited Chi.
cago, Mrs Rnmsoy's twins Nub
Cranes long engagement, the now
and the crops were all topics for
Minnle'a wngging tongue.
Sometimes Grandpa SlddHl, sun
ming himself on the front porch,
would interrupt good.nnturedly,
my land, Minniol Don't your
tongue ever ge' tlredp"
But tho girl was 30 tirelcss and
always ready 10 push tho heavy
chair along country lanes, over
futa and rocks. always anxious TO
do anything TO break tho monotony
OF Donna's inactivity that Donna
would have become genuinely FOND
OF her II Minnlo's presence had not
practically barlBhod Bill.
Ito disappeared before Donna
break tasted. oftonor than not no
ate his midday moal In the fields.
In the evening, though they all sat
together ut tire table, Bin rarely
joined In the conversation. He
would sit eating In silence with q
brooding look In his dark eyes that
made tho girl who loved him
wretchedly unhappy
Several evenings after tho COM
inR OF Minnie no strobe Off down
tho road with no explanation for
hts departure and Donna felt. with
q sinking of hor spirits, that no
was going TO Matte Blake.
Tho third time he left before
avoning prayer Grandfather Siddnl
commented upon II. "Bill's not
himself these days. wonder IL any
thing Ii troubling him?"
NE seems cheerful Donna said.
mot TO mo no doesn't! ] emit
see, but God has given mo nnoth-
or kind OF eyesight ana l always
know when those love are IN
trouble. Maybe everything isn't
"Perhaps," Donna laughed trcm.
uiousiy, che has had n quarrel with
mis- sweetheart"
"sweothcart" Bill hasn't got a
sweetheart"
"There you're wrong, Grandpa
Ne has"
"Iow do you know 80 much
about II? Has no been telling you
secrets he's kept from me?"
She smiled at the twinge OF
5ealousy In his old voice. What
about Matte Baker"
my land! You gave me n turn.
why, Bill and Matte haven't been
oourting for months. Not since"
HIS withered lips closed sudden
"pon't you like her, Grandpa?"
"what makes you think dont|'
"Perhaps I have intuition too"
"Oh, Mattie's all right, reckon
but know a heap of girls I'D
rather sec Bill marry. He's fine
boy, Bill is, and deserves the best
wife there II. There's not a near
nor selfish bono In Bits body
when think OF how he gave VI
mis- schooling to come out here with
me"
"when your own grandchild-'
Donna interrupted.
81 shouldn't have said that
you're making me mighty happ,
now Maddie. Mighty happy. Tn