The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-08

1 THOUGH EG AteaA 4VuOWeR GV@Ty
word and anton on the stage he
had been corscioas cnty 0i n.ovc-
ment and tone. He Wos einnoat
amused 10 find his attention SO
monopollzed. E2 glanced ayoilnE :
had he tcer sitting there Ike o:e
In q trance?
He was aware Of whispers ke-
hind him.
"But how silly CT Marcie," oaid
Dorothy osb&n, ito ~ cut 70
Chicago after hlrnl"
well, my deas." said Mrs. IIor-
ton from the pinnacle OF her
greater experience, "a woman does
some funny things when she's In
love with q man." N.Y.
Il think I could give him up,
under tie circumstances" Dor
othy remarked.
''Marcia's different, suppose, -
Mrs. Horton said. AAnd perhaps
we should be more generous. It's
her engagement. If she was deter.
mined-wel!, thenI"ts'
Joan, returning, interrupted the
flow Of information to McDougall's
ears.
"Theres lot Of people / want
you to meet" she told him. "Do
you mind sticking around Just a
while longer? 1t isn't train time
yet"
At the end Of t he second act,
however, Mrs. Henderson, the d.
rector, announced that that would
be all for the evening. She an
nounced further a blanket invita-
ton to the Stagecraft Guild men,
bership to attend a Christmas
afternoon reception at her home
and then the players. the scatter
ing Of committee members and
mere idlers trooped out.
AS usual, party was made up
for hamburger and coffee cal
at the Dog Wagon.
Joan thoughtfully instructed thu
taxi drivers at the station to Ill.
rect Mike upon his arrival, across
the street to the restaurant-"Tel
him It's his wife, II he wants tc
know vino the lady Is that's asking
for him" - and then piloted Nc
Dougall to a place among the
crowd that was giving its unvary.
ing orders to Tony Stellicci.
ANY more holdups, Tony?'
someone called down the counter.
There was a robbery here,
Joan explained to McDougall. "a
lot of this same crowd was hele
up by four men the other night
Lost all they had With them, how.
ever much that was"
1T was plenty" protested some
one nearby. They got a dolla,
watch and 80 cents of me alone"
THE 2irls lost their jewelry,
continued jean. "Rings and things
Marcia Canfield-there she is, twt
seats down; hi, Marcia lost {
beautiful ring that she wouldn'
have parted with :"
She ratified on, but McDougall
unheeding, was struck by the ex
preston on Marcia's face as Joar
spoke. A rag that she couldn'
bear to part WITH o man whom
she couldn't give upl
Tony served courteouSly anC
efficiently, but as he leaned agains
the cash register and watched tn,
group eat, something Of his oil
feeling of pride and affection wa!
gone. He had not ceased to b,
troubled by t he problem OF re-
turning the loot which he hat
found In his brothers home - HI
had not ceased to be troubled be.
cause the problem stu had no so.
luton. How could he return thu
stuff to the police or the individual
owners without involving himself
and Carlo. and therefore his In.
valid father. whom he would a.
all costs protect?
AS the crowd started out he re.
sponded absently to their goodbyl
and pleasantries. Someone said
Have you done your Christina
shopping yet, Tony? Better mai
that package to your girl RICH
away"
Tony, making change, graspet
at t he solution to his problem
Mail the package! Why hadn't HI
thought of 1t before? Well, per.
haps he had. but If so he had dis.
missed it-dismissed 1t because h,
could not go into the local post.
Office and send package to tn,
police without the certainty of thu
incident and his identity being re-
marked. But--mail 1t from New
York! Go into the city tomorrow
afternoon, mail 1t in the midst o.
the Christmas rush. Address 4
not to the police, but to the ser.
geant, at the stations street ad.
dress.
He worked the rest Of the night
with O lighter heart.