The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-29
. SERIAL STORY
NAEADNlAlH AVNEG BY LOUISE HOLMES

COPYRIGHT. isss. nEA SERVICE. I'VE.

went on. "And you don't care
do you hear me?-you don't care.
Nothing that does not affect you
concerns you In the least
Marian'S eyes were like tiery
Sits, her face was like stone. "I
wish had the nerve to slap you
like Carma slapped Pete"
"Ha you might hurt your
pretty hand"
1T hate you - despise you -"
She was shaking with rage.
tits mutual, my dear" Without
! backward glance he left her.
She heard him running down the
stairs and she knew that he would
not walk down to the lake, around
few blocks and come back. She
knew that he would never come
back.
She took a little white tablet
that night and slept the sleep of
utter exhaustion. She had for
gotten to set the alarm clock and
it was 8 o'clock when she awoke.
1t was after $3.50 when she arrived
at the office. She did the rleces-
sary things, one at a time, method
ically, carefully. All day she
seemed to be moving behind a
gray mist. Nothing was clear,
nothing impressed her, she felt
nothing.
Once Mr.. Fellows said, Sick
Mariana"
And she snapped, mo"
Once Sally asked, May have
an extra half hour at lunch time
Mrs. Harkness?" She smiled and
dimpled. MY boy friend is in
j town for the day"
And Marian snapped, NO"
She called Mannings. No, Miss
Forbes had not reported for work
She called Carma's apartment
The bell whirred monotonously
There was no answer.
She saw Sally speak to Mr.. Eel
lows as he went through the outer
Office, saw him nod and laugh ano
pat her shoulder. She didn't care
The world had stopped turning
for her. She existed in huShed
breathlesS space while the worlc
went on without her. Stolidly, She
worked on the charts.
Mr.. Fellows said, II gave Sally
the afternoon off,"
"All right"
At S o'clock she went home ir
cab. There was nothing in the
apartment for dinner. 1t didn't
matter. The sight of the markets
made her i'll. Would Dan have
packed his things? She didn't
care.
Dan was waiting for her wher
she opened the door. He stood II
the center of the living room. over.
coat thrown over his arm, a suit.
case at his feet. His hat lay on thu
chair by the door.
Just get homer" she asked
YEARLY, for something to say.
Just leaving" he said.
Her eyes fell on the suitcase
Her eyeids were weighted, sh'
could not raise them.
Where are you going?" sh
managed to ask.
To Oregon"
/ It meant nothing to her. Sh
passed a hand over her eyes
What did you say?"
II can't take any more, Marian,
he said simply. II asked MI
Turner for the western territor
and got it. I'll have headquarter
in Portland"
II A silver of light pierced he
daze. The west coast - they
leave all this behind - make an
other start.
Another bit Of light brok
through. Dan hadn't asked her t
60 with him. He hadn't sait
wen have headquarters in Port
land She put a hand to he
throat.
It's not a promotion" Dan wa
saying. I'm going on the sam
terms, $35 a week and bonus. T.
send my share of the expenses"
Irrevelantly, she said, "Yo
never got a bonus, did you, Dan?
She had picked out one word an
answered from habit.
mo" he said.
How - how long will you b
gomez"
Indefinitely"
!, Longer than May - early May?