The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-21

self. Still, q man had to protect his interests against the dopreda- tions of his womenfolk. Women had no consciiences whatever when they wanted their own way.
 He wouldn't bo sorry to sec Sally married. She'd been bit of q problem since her mother diod. Cocktails, fiirtations, all kinds of craziness, her father told himself. This young fellow was good with horses. Maybe he'd hold the whip hand over Sally as well. He chucklod at the thought.
 What are you chortling about?" Sally wanted to know rather angrily. Really her father was being too stuify about this. It made hor tired. But since ho held the purse strings there was no fighting him. And she wanted a troussoau that would put everyone's eye out.
 "Nothing." He changed the subject hastily. You going into town to-day to shop?'
 That was always a good way to divert her. Her black eyes spar kled at the thought of trying on clothes, of watching mannequins parade (because this time she was going to tho really expensive places and have the very best) and of choosing hats and shoos and cobwebby stockings to supplo- mont those already piled in boxes and bags in her room. Whatever you might say about Daddy Moon, Sally reflected, you couldn't nc. cuso him of being stingy.
 She had read in last nights newspaper of Katharine Stryk- hurst's departure for tho west. And she had felt tiny prick of relief. While Katharine had been around Sally hadn't felt entirely easy about Michael. He had been restive Ut times. Sally had sus- pected in the beginning that he was attracted to aKtharine, al- though why anyone would prefer that cool young woman to her own rather buxom self. Sally could not imagine.
 Well. Michael was more tract able since he'd been III. He really seemed to depend on her these days. She bossed him around as she hadn't dared to do before.
 Her cousin, Annabel, was com- ing on from Syracuse for the wedding. And Michael had been so vague about providing 0 best man that Sally had wired Anna hAf A hvtx Ia paid) to serve. Annabers young man was a fledgling mining engi- neer with a brand new diploma. Sally. marrying a title, felt very superior.
 We'll, Annabel and Joseph would arrive on Tuesday, and they would have rehearsal Tuesday night, Daddy Moon had agreed to that. The wedding would be on Wednesday, and in- vitations would go out by hand herself, a pretty queer way to do things, but her father had some crazy notion fin his mind. It didn't do to argue with him when he was like this.
 She longed to shout the news from the housetops. But she didn't dare. Well. all the old cats who had been so nasty to her would know soon enough. Let them gnash their teeth then. See how they liked 1t.
 She'd snub them if she ever met them on the street.
 Another thing she had to do to-day. She had to stop at Tiff fany's and choose platinum band that Michael could pay for later. He didn't want to go into the city. he said. She was having to ar- range everything. She had even sent out n tailor who was to measure him for correct morning clothes.
 She'd thought of everything. There couldn't possibly be . hitch In the proceedings now. A week from Wednesday she would be Lnds Garden.
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