The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-25

"Yes. Apropos nothing, but just to promote spirit of girlish con- dence, I'm glad it's to be Mrs. Reid Henderson instead of her sis@. ter -in- law, Harold Henderson's wife. And that prompts the further ob- servation that 1t struck me last night that, on the whole, the cast they've chosen ought to get along pretty well together. Don't you think SO? As people, I mean; not just as characters in the play"
 "Yes,. said Marcia. bordering an exception. Yes, indeed." sst Z ,.ls,, 7, 5 { z.
 with exceptions, no doubt" con- tinued Helen, "if you don't mind my reading your thoughts, which agree 50 thoroughly with my own" :"
 Marcia laughed.
 q admit that you've read my thoughts" (:
 They arrived at the Waddells' home and settled before the fire in the living room to await coffee before Helen resumed the conver- sation.
 Mind if speak out freely, man to man? Something I've got to tell you anyway" g}
 "I don't mind at all, said Marcia. "It's an item of information. I could hardly decide whether to tell you. But I've known you long enough to well enough to prefer to tell you myself risking your reception of 1t - than to. take a chance on it's getting loose and reaching you later in garbled ver- sion. From someone, let's say, like Dorothy Osborn, who advertised her depth of sweet nature so well with her stage whisper remark at the Guild tryouts last night" s, 2! | |@s C. q
 She watched for the effect of this.
 "Yes, I heard it." Marcia said. "I'll admit further, that 1t was not at all pleasant"
 Naturally 1t wasn't. No one cares to be present when a person so lacking in breeding, is putting, on a demonstration. It's bad hammered, and embarrassing to people who have been reared above 1t. If you don't mind, I'd like to say that I think can appreciate what all this affair has meant to you, and that I think you have been pretty splen- did for all these several weeks, It's hard to speak like this, Marcia, but 1t goes along with what I've got to tell you a'j~ -'f D. ,- ,,<~. .-.--
 Thanks, HelenP r "The item of information I spoke of came b. telephone this morning. Long distance. Of course you re- member my cousin, John Waddell, who has visited here several sum mers. He lives in Chicago, you know He called early this morning, and fortunately answered. He had met Frank Kendrick often while. visit- ing here, O. course" %ssy
 At the sound of the name Mar cia seemed to bend, but Helen de- terminedly rushed on.
 John didn't know about Franks being on the missing list. But he knew something must be terribly wrong because yesterday noon he saw Frank in a Loop restaurant = working as a busboyl' li
 Grimly Helen kept her eyes from Marcia's stricken face. Grimly she refused to pause. The words tumbled out
 John said Frank pretended not to know him. Said John was mis- taken - his name was something else. But John, of course. knew he couldn't be wrong. So he tele- ! phoned me to ask what was the matter, and whether he should do anything. I told him I couldn't answer right of; I'd have to call or write later And that's all"
 That was all! Only a dreary renewal of the weeks-old confusion in her mind. Marcia realized. Only { a resumption of torturning specula- i