Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-12
"Yes carried the burden, too, when was your age" snapped Aunt Emily "and
oka at me now!"
CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVI
Late that afternoon, when long
blue-gray shadows lay across Aunt
Emily's lawn, a big, brown car drove
in between the g~ate-posts and came
to a stop before the steps of the
house.
"Why-it's Jehn Nyel" Sally cried,
her wistful eyes on the tall, dark,
go~od-looking man who swung him
self out Of it. Something in her voice
made Aunt Emily give her a sharp,
quick look before she trotted briskly
away to welcome him.
$50 it isl" drawled Mile, pulling
herself up from the basket chair
where she had been taking a quiet
cat nap. "He said last night he
might drive out to get me today.
"He can take US ALL home and
we won't have to ride the crowded
street carl" Mrs. Jerome broke in
eagerly. Before Mile could stop her
she was halfway across the lawn,
calling out to him.
"Oh, Mr.. Nye, how nice of you
I'll go right in and get my hat and
be ready in n minutei" She went up
the steps with a swiftness that she
had not shown in years.
Mabel burst into a laugh. "Well,
look at the old girl 60, will you'll" she
giggled. "She sure can show some
speed when she wants TO, can't she ?"
Mabel probably v had read the
Ten Commandments, and knew moth
ing about honoring her mother and
father-or her mother-in-law or any
n else, for that matter. She had
no respect for anyone, really. She
laughed again, and Beau laughed
with her.
Mile gave them a blighting look.
"How can you laugh about a thing
like that?" she asked bitterly. Il
think it's ,terrible-wishing herself
on him for a ride honel When she
knows perfectly well that he came
out for me and for nobody elsei-I
could just shake her!"
Mabel, still giggling. turned 10
Beau. well, as long as your moth
er's going to drive in with Mr.. Nye,
you aad | may as we'll go along. too"
she said 70 him. '"Come on, darling"
They jumped up from the grass
where they had been sitting, holding
hands. They were still in that bliss
full honeymoon state where they were
not happy unless they were making
love TO each other.
Mile groaned, watching them
cross the lawn with their arms linked
lovingly. They got into John Nye's
car as If they owned it.
isn't that the pink limit Wish
ing the whole family on him." she
appealed disgustedly to Sally, as she
shook out her rumpled pink dress
and fluffed up her tousled yellow
hair. swell, come along, we may as
well start"
But Sally shook her head and did
not stir from her cushion on the
grass.
"No, thanks, Mile. I'm going to
stay and have supper with Aunt
Emm," she said quietly and firmly.
Not for worlds would she have driv-
en- off in John Nye's car behind him
and Mile. Not for anything.
She stayed where she was. holding
up a magazine in front of her as if
she were reading. She did not lower
it until she heard Aunt Emily calling
Goodbye" to everyone, and then
the low murmur Of the brown car as
it started away.
"Was / very rude?" she asked
when Aunt Emily. trim and severe in
gray linen, came back across the
smooth grass 10 her. "And do you
mind il l stay for supper? ] invited
myself" She put down the maya
zine.
Aunt Emily did not seem to have
heard her questions. She stood
- - &-A - ~rAL -
piercing eyes on Sally's big blue
ones.
"Sallyi" she said finally. "You like
that man Of Miles, don't you?"
The question came so Unexpectedly
that Sally answered il almost with
out thinking. She answered il with
a short little nod of her head and a
yes" that was more like a quick
sigh than a word.
And then she found herself telling
her aunt all about ii. Aunt Emily,
for all her snap and matter-of-fact-
ness, was the kind Of person to
whom other people 20 with their
troubles and their confessions.
Confession is good for the soul.
and il has q way Of taking a load off
the heart. too. And Sally felt a GER
tain relief when she had told Aunt
Emily the whole story.
"It's silly TO say I'm in love with
him." she wound up, looking dream
lily across the garden at the autumn
roses, dimly pink In the dusk. shut I
think I am-without really knowing
him, Aunt Emily. ! saw him one
day in the elevator in our building,
and the next minute l was so in love
with him that I couldn't take my
eyes from him"
Aunt Emily smiled. Her smile was
n mere culver Of her straight mouth.
81 wouldn't give much for that
sort Of love-" she said. "That isn't
the real kind You've got TO know
a person TO really know that you
love HIM. my dear child
Sally's face frightened q little. 81
hope that's true" she declared. Il
hope this Is just a passing fancy-I.
wish I didn't think about John Nye
all the time II bothcrs me, and I'd
like to get over T."
You probably viii. Loves like the
humps. II hurts while Il lasts, but
IL doesn't last forever"
Lets 20 In and get something to