The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-24
MHAT HAs HAPPENED so FAR

AUNALO MOOASE, ts onXhOuS toE che marriage to go on the rocks. PAULA LONG, who has been hupelessly in love with Scott for years, Is also eager for the mar Fisge to fail
 Meanwhile, Dana's hah-sister, NANCY, Is in love with Ronald. Knowing he loves Dana, she masks her feeling behind an an- tagOnistic attitude.
 RauIa goes to ScOtt's office and asks him to prescribe for a se- we're headache. Scott is puzzled by PauIa's hysteRical description of her suffering.
 Paula tells Dana that Scott had luncheon with her that day. Dana and Scott almost quarrel when she questions him about Paula. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER xxvI
 Hope had burned high when Dana and Scott flung their chal- lenge at destiny by standing before a minister and promising, in sing ing tones, "for better. for worse"
 Dana told herself that things must surely grow better soon. For of course they couldn't be worse. The problem of living without a bank account seemed absolutely unsolvable.
 1t was bad enough, Scott said, to allow Dana to make petty adjust ments during the first few months of their marriage. But the time came when even petty adjustments weren't enough. More rigid econ- omies faced them.
 Opportunity appeared to be knocking at Scott's door when Dr. Morton decided to leave the city. Dr. Morton's suite was in 8 build ing that housed 10 of the city's outstanding physicians. Each had his own suite, and shared, propor- tionately, the upkeep of the build- ing.
 The rental of Dr. Morton's suite was considerably more than the cost of the extremely simple quar- ters Scott was occupying. But Scott knew the value of having his office in the more impressive building. Then, too, he would have the use of X-ray equipment, an indispens- able adjunct.
 Scott moved. His new office ad- joined that of Dr. Osborne, dean of the city's surgeons.
 But, though the reception room always has its quota of patients %4 were not the type to swell de- Hated cash box. Most of them had krown Scott's father. Most of them owed his father money. And mpst of them would owe Scott money from now on.
 But what could he do? If a mother brought in her small son, and an infected appendix was re- vsaled, there was nothing to do but take it out. Or maybe the patient YVES a pale little girl with a bad cough. There must be careful examination to discover the trou- ble. It might be lungs, bronchial trouble, or a sinus condition. Again 1t would be an adult, a haraSsed man or woman who had waited years = sometimes too long = be- cause there was no money for 8 doctor.
 There was no money now. But the news spread that young Dr. Stanley was practicing. And 1t wns remembered how good his father had been, how generous and patient.
 Every doctor, Scott knew, had a percentage of patients who couldn't pay. That was one of the hazards of the profession. But the equa- tion was usually balanced by a number who were able to pay, and did pay, for skillful medical treat ment.
 Scott moved into the new quar- ters with a sinking feeling in his heart. It was probably the wisest step of his career but, at the mo- ment, 1t was a costly experiment that meant revising budget which had already undergone more revi- sion than normal budget would stand.
 He groaned at the thought of asking Dana to cut expenses fur ti1er when she had faced so many problems of adjustments with such q gallant spirit.
 It wasn't fair to ask her to elim- mate the modest entertainment fund altogether. That would mean staying cooped up at home. Or : rather, staying in that damned little apartment" The place was beginning to get on Scott's nerves. He longed to be back in a house like his own, where he could really stretch out. He had 8 suspicion that the close, heated atmosphere was bad for Dana. She was look ing pale lately. The thought was another to worry him Sorely. And there was that business of confess ing to her that the more expensive ofiice would put another crimp in their mode of living.
 Scott was discouraged, more- over, because so far the move had not brought him a single patient he had not had before. Dr. Os- borne had been the first of the doc tors to come in and glance about Scott,s immaculate quarters. Dr Osborne had given him hearty welcome and then had apparently forgotten all about him.
 He needn't have worried about breaking the news to Dana. Her