Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-26
Lxv

En-. That's all she's
CHAPTER LXv
Sally's life, during this time, was
a most unnatural lie for q very
beautiful girl who was only "A years
old. and full Of high spirits, besides.
A girl who looked as II nature had
forme4 her for life at It's best-for
love and laughter.
She spent her days in the silent old
house polishing glass and mahogany.
making ten for the few customers
who dropped in every now and then
20 buy antiques at lie Shoppe o.
Mistress Emily Jerome"
At night she washed up the dishes,
set the kitchen TO rights, and settled
down before the coal fire with Aunt
I'm 70 read the papers. All around
them the old house was very quiet
on these early winter nights. The
only sounds we're the ~creaking OF
boards, coal dropping In the CRATE,
and the funny little scratching sound
Of mice between the walls.
Once in a while AUNT En- would
glance up from her magazine or
paper to see II IL was time 10 90 to
bed. The evenings were longer than
the days 70 SaIiy-and those were
long enough.
All her life she had been 30 busy
with her own family. and later with
Mr.. Peevey and Aunt En-, that she
had had no girl chum. She never
had had time for one.
There came an evening when she
was so lonely that she actually got rs
far as the telephone to call up Ted
Sloan and ask him TO take her to q
moving picture show. Anything 10
break the awful m~onotony. Any
thing.
/. But, after she had given his num-
Der, she hung up the receiver. What
was the use of starting things all
over again with Ted? He was prob
ably forgetting her, and taking some
other girl out with him to dance the
"kiakajou'' or the Palm Beach walk.
On the fifteenth or December a let
ter came from Mile. A thick let
ter In a pale-pink perfumed envelope
with Sally's address written In violet
ink.
"News from Bermuda" Sally
called to Aunt Emily, and carried IL
into the big display room. where her
aunt was having hot toast and ten
while she read a magazine on interior
decorating.
She tore open the envelope and be-
gan 10 read the letter aloud 10
Aunt Em. Stranded in the old house,
as they we're, they shared ali their
small excitements.
my dear darling sister" she read.
Here's a piece OF news for you that
will certainly knock you for nc least
a wedding present. Your little sister
II married. and is-listen 70 this!-
the wife az Don Luis Pablo Vara, OF
Buenos Aireal he Is the best-look-
ing thing you ever saw. Ramon Ma
varro is nowhere In IL with him. and
he has MONEY besides He came
here on business the same day ! ar
rived with Mother and Papa, and II
was just Fate that led Us here. we
SIRE sure"
At this point Aunt En- let out a
loud and scornfull laugh. "Fatel" she
scoffed. Hell probably curse his
fate when he really begins to know
Miss MiIIiel When he begins TO see
through her, and some Of her bills
come in
hE y tA&M# sally N&A4Mw
Aunt Err shrugged her shoulders.
"No man Ikea nm e~xtravkeant wife,
even IL he has lots OF money" she
said with the air az Beatrice Fairfax.
"And Mile il sure to throw away
money an II IL were coffee beans.
He's a coffee planter, isn't he3"
Salley Nodded and went on reading:
II know you and Aunt Elm will won
der what "a give me for d wedding
present, so I'm writing 70 tell you
what I want I want Aunt En- to
send me all CT the Jerome family
silver"
"WelI, 7 like her nervel" Fnsped
Aunt En-, jumping up from her
chair. both hands On her hips, In a
warlike pose.
Il really ought 20 have r." Mile
had gone on writing. ~for Beau and
his wife would only pawn 1t II they
got X. and the chances are that you
will never marry. Sally dear.
you do your best 10 make Aunt
EN- give the silver 20 me. won't you '
I have always wanted Il, and she's
had IL long enough. Then see tx you
cant Get her 20 let you give me the
old grnndfathsr's clock for your we'd
ding present to me. SaIley. You can
n II away from her, all right.
She's always liked vou.
~Isuis and I are taking Neither and
Para down 70 Buenos Aires with US
20 spend the rest Of the winter. \
ala not want 20 take their. but
Neither got around Luis somehow 81
other ard put II ovcr. She's . per-
feet pest. ard I hope that after this
winter Luis will hs a. sick of her ns
am.
mabel writes me that you and
Aunt Err are starting a gift shop. II
suppose that will fail just the way
the restaurant did. You'd better 20
hack and work for John Nyes Sally.
RE always liked you and liked your
work, and used O. hold zen NJ 70 re
~ a shining example. But X
couldn't see making rayself = servant
for him-sharpeninK his pencils and
filling HE inkwelL. and bringing sand
witches co him when he was hungry
and I told Aim &c. That Was the he-
ginning nf our trouble. snd then
when ne rut Davv ont 81 hts office
I wax through 7 wmnt vcu r. ~
sure to ist pnvy know that \ lave