Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-16


lend me II
ran lightly down the stairs to ask the
three musicians not to play that
night.
Mile was in the room she had
been sharing Nth Sally ever since
her fathers return, when Sally hur-
ried into il and began 70 strip off
the gypsy costume garment by gar
mcnt.
-Our Dad sick again" asked Mile
in the polite tones Of a person asking
after a n~eighhor's health. Mile had
no affection for her father.
"How can / love him when ! don't
know himg7 she had asked Sally sew
eral times. "He seems like a perfect
stranger to me-after staying away
from US All these years"
Tonight she was absent-minded
and paid little attention TO Sally's
answer. She took off her wet rain
coat and tossed il into a corner Of
the room.
Then she sat down on the floor
and peeled of her wet silk stockings
and threw them after the raincoat.
If Mile ever hung anything up it
was by accident.
Perhaps that was Sally's fault.
Sally, who went behind her like q
lady's maid picking UP the things
she dropped, washing out her soiled
silk stockings, cleaning her hair
brushes, putting the lids on her
boxes OF flesh-colored, violet-scented
face powder. Sally. who had spoiled
her for years and years.
1t vas Sally now who picked up
the wet clothing and hung il over the
back OF a chair TO dry, and then
handed her a clean, white Hoover
apron TO put on.
"Why did you quit your job? ?" she
asked. as she watched Mile slip into
the apron and brush the wide. soft
waves Of golden hair down over her
ears.
Before Mile had time 10 answer
there came a sharp knock On the
door, and then DR.. Ambleside's voice
asking for Sally.
Sally went into the hall.
rs there any place IN this house
where 1 can have two minutes talk
with your he asked, still frowning.
Sally Tod him down the stairs and
down the hail 70 Aunt Ems tiny
| office. IL was dark and empty at this
time of day.
They went in, and Sally turned on
the desk lamp and closed the door.
NOW, then" began the doctor,
your father has got TO have peace
and quiet, MS I've been telling you.
lie can't get them in this house, evil
IDENTIFY. He's been through "A hard
sickness, and he's got to be built up
hy the right kind Of food and quiet
and rest. It's too bad he can't get
away somewhere-on a sea voyage.
for instance. Not now. az course, but
IN q couple Of weeks, when he's
stronger. OR to the mountains"
Sally's blue eyes were wide and
thoughtful as she took IN his words.
. Sea voyages mountains.
They were just words to her, poor
as she always had been.
And now here was DR.. Ambleside,
actually telling her that perhaps they
were the things that would cure her
father Or the bodily ills that had
hrourh him, NO lwlstless and lifeless,
to the bed upstairs.
"A sea voyage . . mountains
money" she said 70 herself.
Money Everything comes back
to money. money, money" IL was
the root, net only OF an evil, ~ the
p~roverb sa.d-but Of many other
things besides. Health and happi-
ness, for instance.
could you 20 with him7- DR..
Ambleside was asking now. He had
taken care Of Mrs. Jerome for so
many years that he knew how use
less and helpless she would he Is 2
nurse for a sick man.
Sally shook her head. " couldn't"
she taltered. There's 50 much 70
10 here. 4 couldn't. But I think I
could set the money together for
Mother and him 70 80 away some
where. In two weeks or 50, you
sag IA
She had only the faintest notion Is
g where she was going to Get the
money. That vague notion had to
81 with Aunt Emily and the family
album. where Aunt Emily hid some
cf her savings.
"Ari lately we've really been max
inr money" Sally said 10 herself W.
her way upstairs. after the doctor
had gone. Maybe Aunt En- will i'd
vance RE some. and let me pay II
hack 2 littie NJ a time.r
She opened the door cf her room
and went 81. Mile was still stand
inE beside the dresser. lingering the
perfume bottles and lip-sticks and
eyebrow pencils that covered her side
THE marble ton. She had just fin
ished making up her face, and il was
as artificial lnokinv AZ a French
dolls when she looked Up AZ Sally.
~ hat did the old pin shooter
want she asked in her liquid
drawl.
'Oh. he SAYS Dads got to get away
20 the mountains or for an ocean
voyage or something like that" an
sWerea sally. picking up the parts az
her new gypsy costume to hang them
away in the clothes closet.
what's that stuff asked Mile.
hrgntiyi swinging around from the
mirror. The new dress you're max
ing 70 dance ine" Mile was always
more interested II new clothes than
she was IN anything eIsc-cxcept
new