The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-03
uv,zAr HAS HAPPENED so FAR

emu UA WCE AnOsAASA riage, comes to America 70 nve with her grandmother, MksS' WILLARD CAMERON.
 Dana's half-sister, NANCY WALLACE, feels bitter toward her.
 NFrR. Cameron decides to intro ilre Dana to society with party, hoping rich RONALD MOORE will become seriously interested.
 Dana, meanwhile, has met and become attracted to young DIX SCOTT STANEY. Nancy, who masks her love for Ronald be- hind an ansagOnistic attitude, dresses happily for the party. Her happiness fades when she sees Dana, radiant and beautiful in Q twin frOck.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER VIII
 The two girls faced each other. Dana said, "Oh, Nancy, I've never seen you look so sweet"
 Nancy, still standing in the door, way. heSitated. Then she said brusouely, Cut the compliments. I suppose you haven't looked at yourself?"
 DO you like me, Nancy?" The question was anxious. The other girls eyes narrowed surprisingly, taking in Dana's beauty. Yes, Grandmother had done a darn good job. If knocking Ron- nie Moore cold with beauty would win proposal from him, the trick was done.
 "Well, what do you think?" Nancy asked, avoiding 8 direct an- swer to her sisters question. Its a nice dress all right-on you"
 "Yours is exactly like it."
 "Oh, I know. I'm not complain ing about the dress. If it had an- other face and figure inside 1t, the dress would probably make hit" Nancy's voice was dry and mechan- ical. but Dana guessed this was only 8 disguise for emotion.
 You're being silly" she said. "1t you only know how you really look!"
 "How do I lookP" Nancy asked.
 Dana thought, "She isn't exactly pretty, but there's something aw- fully attractive about her. Some thing exciting. It's as though you were looking at a volcano, about to explode. No, you couldn't possibly overlook Nancy in a crowd"
 Aloud, Dana said, You look like a charming elf that has been tan gled up in a cloud and then come floating down to earth"
 Your fairy-tale lore is little mixed" Nancy told her. 'Elves don't inhabit clouds. They are, or were supposed to be, very earthly people, and don't recall they had any special charm or good looks. But you look like the beautiful fairy who appears on occasions to dazzle f6aks."
 She turned then, and was gone. Dana, alone, felt bewildered and troubled. Perhaps what she had said had been unfortunate. The wrong thing. "But, we're two grown girls" !" Uana told herself. "Not children. And we're both nice enough look ing, as long as you can dance and swim and have some fairly bright ideas circulating in your head?"
 Why had Nancy started all this feolishness, anyway, when the mu- sicians downstairs were beginning to play a foxtrot? And 1t YVES time for both of them to go down. With Grandmother such 8 stickler for etiuuet, 1t would be dreadful to have guests arrive before they were ready to receive them.
 Dana was sure 1t was going to be a lovely party. The cakes Hattie Washington had been molding so cleverly all afternoon were beauti- full with their duted edges and dain- ty flower decorations. At night, with the crystal chandeliers blazing down most of the drabness of the big re- ception room was concealed, and the shining surfaces of fine old furni- ture were revealed. The worn rugs had been removed for dancing and flowers from the garden had been brought in abundantly, adding color. In Dana's mind the party had just one flaw. She had hoped to invite the attractive young doctor to this party, but her grandmother had turned down on the suggestion-so vehemently Dana had been surpris- cd.
 Scott Stanley's been away so long, he's almost stranger here. Mrs. Cameron had said. He has . long way to go if he's going to amount to anything as a doctor. Besides I can't invite every Tom, Dick and Harry in this town"
 That had been that. Still it was going to be a lovely party
 Dana touched the orchids on her shoulder caressingly. Her first or chids. It was thrilling to be wear ing them. She thought of Ronnie with . little glow at her heart.
 Dana, whirling from the arms o1 one partner to another, felt she was moving in @ dream. This was mol Paris, where the social life of hel school friends had been supervised so rigidly. Nor was 1t like those par ties, tinged by Bohemianism, ir which her father had participated occasionally after her mother: death-parties from which Dana had been carefully excluded.
 Everything here was bright, cheer. ful, colorful and informal. Girls and boys of Dana's own age, laughing talking, almost drowning out tht bands playing at times. They were all the right young people," hel grandmother had made plain. They all belonged" Their fathers, ol uncles or cousins had membership in the Country Club.
 Moving about as she had in hel childhood. always living in differ ent houses, Dana had given little thought to such things as clubs Here in this southern city, they evi' s7erflv coilnted for A great deal.