The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-12
A SLIGHT SPAT
CHAPTER VIII

time thereafter, he found himself
of the deck of Dawn Shower and
in pleasant suite of bedroom,
bath and Office at Stone House.
The new environment seemed to
ut him well. Very rarely indeed
did the sad little lessons he had
learned in Waxhaw, s. c., break
through the composure and self
respecting civinty which he had
learned on the banks of the Sew
ern.
It goes without saying that hardly
. man Of any sort could be so
stea4ily exposed to the presence Of
Cynthia Merriwether and not be af-
fect5d thereby. Mitchell Grace was
affected. He knew quite clearly,
without being too dramatic about
1t, that he was irrevocably shared.
And he thought, though he did not
go far, enough to admit that he was
sure, that he could never do the
least thing about it.
Whether she knew Of his pas
sion is not to be determined
though it is the likely thing that
she was so accustomed to devo-
ticn, SO honestly and warmly de-
lighted at her power to invoke it,
that she accepted his as a matter
OF pleasant course. Cynthia was
not given to profound meditation
over the incalculable and amazing
and. on the whole, satisfactory
ways of life. 1t was there to be
lived, wasn't it?
On very rare occasions thew
quarreled. Explorations into the
deep hidden causes of these quar-
rels would not, perhaps, be profit
able. But it is the fact that Gym
thia generally started them, and
started them in all innocence,
AS on this day.
She came to the swimming pool
In some pale blue snatch of silken
cloth and her hair cupped in a
pale blue affair to keep it dry.
And Mitchell Grace was coming
up from a dive. And nobody else
was there. She sat down on a
stone bench and watched him
swim to the edge, and laughed
when he slipped a trifle climbing
out. and pointed to a place beside
her.
I've got news for YOU" she
said, while he wiped water from
his face with his hands.
Il can tell. it's good news"
1T certainly is. You've got
money coming to YOU"
ssINf nachO Mt
money!"
mo other kind, Admiral. But
I've got horrible confession, too.
Look = I'll get it off my chest.
Comes last Tuesday and I bor-
rows $35 from Mr.. Grace, party
OF the second part. Right"
Putting on the touch, they cal!
80 I puts on the touch, then.
Know what it was for?"
Couldn't guess"
Il was gambling my all on the
Whirlwinds to beat Hank Prentiss.
Hank needed to be dropped back a
step or two. Charlie Fleet heard
me boasting about Fred's team and
was nasty. Nasty! He said. How
about 500. even odds?"
Il gathered 1t was millions"
Grace, you're gullibIe. It was
100 Of the prettlest little dollars
and I didn't have them. So !
aked and scraped among some old
fred. woTn-out bank accounts and
found nearly all OF 1t. But ]
lad to 90 borrowing. And that's
ow you got--what Is Untouched
,r that 49,"
Seems q pretty long story just
tell me I get my money back"
q locked down ct his bare hands |
hich were gripping the edge OF
e bench.
Hfsut walt. ] borrow money
oHa SOU. 70 Is all for grudge.
{ for profit. win. So sou get.
j. Hhglock. not ea6 but $40. !
Nhf 90 manage finances for more
0nla. How win you have ~"
Kon Will perceive how the quar-
% " said, I'm not having
!. thanks"
/ must be slow-wittsd. ANY
af9"
ls 70 be judged. alas, that
ShaH. s. o.. spoke then. up
u that i0nely. desolate word
'u1sd pale shoots Of envy and
& and Illustration, o. Ole
nds p &c soul caused. ne