The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-03

has attempted suicide, calls . cab
 and gees Co her grandmother.
 Mrs. Cameron determines Go do
 alI she can to make Che separa-
 tlen permanent
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER xxxI1I
 Secretly she was girding her re- Bources for battle. She said to her- Dnelf, aThe silly child is still in love with him. It's written all over her eace. If he tries he might be able to bsrsuade her to go back to him. But ele1l stay here if I can keep her!"
 After breakfast Dana sat in the vicinity of the telephone, fully expecting 1t to ring. But the morning hours wore away and there was no cali from Scott.
 ffc was showing more Judg- anent, Mrs. Cameron thought, than she had expected. Maybe he, too had decided 1t was impos- nible for them to make Q suc- cess of their marriage.
 Ik that were 60, the plan she had An mind, could be speedily carried out.
 Scott awoke ct noon to . full and complete realization of the catastro- phic events of the night before. within the last i2 hours 0 girl had tried to kill herself and him. And his wife had left him. Seven hours had elapsed and Dana had not tele. phoned.
 Scott picked up the crumpled note lying near his pillow. He must have gone to sleep with 1t in his hand. He read it again, srirnly and bitterly.
 Tn the cold, reasoning light of day the words sounded worse than they had Q few hours earlier. They lad Q calculating ring, I'm going whne I can leave with some dig nity."
 what did she mean by thatp Was she ashamed of being poor and having to skimp and retrench when oil her friends lived SO dif- kerently That must be what she meant. What was really in her heart must have come out in that damned silly note. She had seized upon the pretext of his go. ang out last night, and had rushed homo to her grandmother.
 Don't ask mo to come back, Scott, because I don't want to-" age read the words, his anger growing rnomentarily. Dana didn't want to come back to him. She had not written that note in m emo- tional outbreak, but coldly, calcu- latingiy. Well. he wouldn't ask her Co come back. Not until she had sui. suffered plenty for making him suf. fer a she had. Not until she had made some move toward reconcillia- klon.
 All of their friends probably knew by this timc that Dana had left him. If they were plying him they could keep their pity. He didn't want it.
 The longing to sec Dana, to shake some sense into her stupid head, and then to feel her soft lips against his, seeking foregive- ness, WIS setting him crazy. He caught . glimpse Of his face as he passed . mirror. It was easy Co see why men cracked up when women played such tricks on them. And Dana had pretended that all she wanted was his love, like hell she didl
 The telephone rang and he raced for it, feeling Q surge Of pure relief, But it was not Dana's voice that came to him: 1t was Miss Paine at the ofiice, asking if ho could come down immediately. There was work to Do done, work that could not wait.
 Miss Paine told him. as soon as he reached the office that Dr. Osborne had called and wanted to sec him.
 Scott found the older man sitting ct his desk, his arm In Q sling. pr. Oshorne said abruptly, "stanley, I'm out for Q while, aS you can see. Slip. ped on some damn steps. This sprained arm Is going to put mo out of commission as far as operating is concerned for some time"
 I'm sorry to hear 1t, Sir. When nid 1t happen2"
 Early this morning. The worst of tt Is there's Q tickllsh operation somebody's got to perform"
 Scott sat down, q tickllsh oper- Ation somebody had to perform, Dana had left him. She'd gone back to her grandmother after writing something nonsenr:cai about dig- hity.
 fie brought his wandering atten- eion back to find the older man re- @arding him aixiously. You're not