Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-21

"All the dope was wron,
Cabaret" sputtered Aunt Emily,
white shoes. calling my house u
cabaret. That's the worst yet, But
you wouldn't ever want 10 marry
HIM, anyway, would you Sally" Her
tone showed just how little she
thought Of young Mr.. Theodore
Sloan.
"Not in a lifetime." declared Sally.
passionately. Il told him so and
that's what finished him. 1 reckon.
Anyway, he was glad enough TO let
me got out of his FAR. But he was
right about one thing, Aunt En-, and
we know II. don't we-that our din
ing room isn't the quiet, cozy little
place that u started out to be-
We'll, we're trying To get that
fixed up" said Aunt En-. We've got
rid of our shimmy dancer" she
laughed. land our jazz orchestra.
Now. all we have 70 do is keep the
wrong kind Of people away"
"It'S not going TO be % simple.
There's a whole party OF them down
stairs now, yelling for cracked ice
and ginger ale" answered the girl,
and Aunt I'm raised her shocked
eyebrows until they vanished under
the dark, neat waves OF her hair.
At last Aunt En- had learned what
people did with the innocent little
white ~crockery bowls of ice hat
they had been sending into the din
ing room for SO many months.
Once she had remarked to Hilda.
the waitress. that people seemed to
like ginger ale with ice in IL better
than they like coffee or tea or any
other drink. And Hilda had only
said, Yes. ma'am." in her meek
voice. Hilda had been in the United
States less than . year, herself. and
was as innocent as Aunt Em-al-
most.
"Well. I'll 20 down and make
short work Of them,r cried Aunt En-
In a determined voice, and started
down the stairs, all primed and
ready for battle.
Sally brushed up her hair. washed
her hands, and followed her.
By the time she got TO the lower
floor the party Of six we're on their
feet and marching for the front door,
all Of them glazing at Aunt En-. and
the women murmuring impolite re-
marks under their alcoholic breath.
"Never heard Of such a thing"
n Of them declared. PLENTY of
other places, though, thank the
Lord."
Their car turned toward The
Lark. a mile away down the road.
What did you say to them"
asked Sally. watching them 60.
Told them they couldn't drink
liquor hcre-that this was a respect
able place. answered her aunt grim
IT, "They said they'd been having il
here all summcr-and / suppose they
had. How could We have been so
blind 10 what vas going on. Sally 7"
"We were busy" said Sally. with
a sigh. Busy enough to be blind to
almost anything"
I'VE did enough work for ak
women" This from Aunt Emily.
with a sigh that matched Sally's own.
They had very little work 70 do
that night. Sunday always was dull
at night, but this Sunday held the
record for dullness.
Hilda, the waitress, served only
20 people during the evening. And
at ~ O'Clock half Of the fresh grape
pies that Aunt En- had made were on
the pantry shelf, untouched. So were
half Of the chickens that had been
par-hoiled. ready for frying.
Two automobile loads of young
college kids stopped in" said Aunt
En-, ealing 70 Sally from her room
where she was undressing for bed a
little later. But when they found
out that there was no music for
dancing they went away again. told
them 10 come back some week night
that we still had our photograph"
/. Sally said nothing. She had not
much faith in their return the next
week. When young folks started out
for an evening OF dancing they want
ed good music-loud and poppy and
intoxicating.
II reckon we're losing our dane
ers as well as our drinkers" she told
herself. turning into her own room
and switching on the lights.
just as they flashed up the door
bell rang loudly. and she jumped.
Now. who can that be at this
hour-" she called 70 Aunt En-. look
ing down az her cheap little wrist
watch. Its almost l."
~Oh probably Just n boy with q
telegram from your mother or Milliee
asking for some extra money" re-
piled Aunt En-. and there was weari-
ness In her tones. II notice that
they're all awfully glad 70 take
money from Us. even If they do think
we're both disRraced. You 90 down
stairs, will ycug I'm all ready for
bed.
Down the stairs went Sally. She
turned IN the porch light % zee who
stood without. before opening the
door. The soft radiance shone on
the crisp red hair and rlintiEE gray
eyes OF Ted.
Beyond him. against the darkness,
shone she headlights or his ltitlc an-
tomohlie.
Il want to see YOU" He formed
the words silently with his mouth.
and MS gray eyes pleaded.
But Sally shook her head. No
use 70 see him any more, she thought.
WA use was there IN patching IN
their quarrel- Friend or enemy. ne
meant nothing % her. Her lack Of
sorrow over their Misunderstanding
o. the afternooh had shown her that
al too plainly.
Please" Hr was begging her.
now. ard she could catch fhn sound
Of his Voice ~ be spokas