Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-21
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ness
Ii VAS nes Ike SALLY a. Ne .lsue and
down hearted aAens things She wsr
- ased 60 hard luck a. she was used
% bread and batter. n had been
her daily fare all her life.
But this Vas dtffercrt-this atti-
tude that people like Ted Slcan and
John Nye had developed towards her.
The attitude that she had been guilty
Of = disgraccful thing By dancing
publicly In the place that Ted called
a cabaret" with a scorHful edge 70
his voice.
The House by the Side Of the Road
looked 80 respectable and cozy In the
middle Of rs wide. green lawns. all
trimmed with clipped hedges. With
It's shutters open. and its crisp.
white curtains hanging in the win
dows. il might have been anybody's
lovely suburban home jest as IL had
been for years when Aunt EN- taught
school.
But as Sally reached the bottom Of
the steps that led 10 tae porch a big
maroon touring car swung through
the gates. Ii came 10 an abrupt stop
with a loud shrieking Of brakes. and
six people all but fell out OF it-three
l~oud-looking men and three flashily-
dressed women-tke sort Of womer
who have their hair blaached and
their painted mouths fixed in a per-
petual smile.
One Of the men, n stout, short fell
low In light gray. hailed Sally as she
went quickly up the broad steps
ahea dof them.
Hey. Dolly: You serving supper
this time Of day."
She hals turned and looked at him.
She had seen him I'M the dining room
several times before-always with a
woman. and never with the same
woman.
She frowned down at him.
ave don't serve until 8 o'clock"
she said coldly. and as she spoke the
sound Of church bells from the
church up the TOAD sounded upon the
still air.
"Six o'clock now she said to her
self. listening 10 them.
The man took out his watch, look
ed nc il, and snapped il shut again.
"Just six now, girls he called 10 the
three blondined women, and they
came teetering up the steps on their
Sp~anish-spike heels and into the
house.
"Send in a bowl Of cracked ice and
some ginger ale and glasses right
away, Dolly" the stout man shouted
good-naturedly TO Sally from the
door Of the dining room.
She was halfway up the stairs ~
this time. and she went on up with
out even a backward glance at him.
Aunt En- was upstairs In her own
room, slipping into one OF the plain
white linen dresses that she always
wore in the kitchen. From her APP
pearance she might have been a head
rurse or a woman doctor ready for
the operating room. She certainly
old not look like the owner Of a
fcadhouse that was fast getting 4
name among a certain class Of people
for being shot stuff"
well, you certainly took your
time about getting back" she snapped
nMf ne SALLY "A N 4asN Nhn WnnWn eel
made all those pies myself. and clean
ed a couple OF dozen broilers, be-
sides. ... ! thought you were only
going 10 be gone an hour"
Sally shrugged her shoulders. 81
walked part Of the way home" she
explained. "Ted and I had a fuss,
and | made him let me out Of his
car"
"Well. you're more Of a fool than
! thought" declared Aunt En-. Sup
pose you did fuss with him7 That
was no reason for getting out of
his car and taking two hours TO get
home. was IL? What did you quarrel
with him about" She was always
wild 20 hear all the gossip that there
was 10 be heard.
Sally could almost see her ears
twitch with eagerncss as she turned
10 listen.
"He called me q cabaret dancer.
and il made me furious" she be-
ban. "He told me I'd lost my reputa-
tion BY dancing downstairs. but now
that I'd stopped il he was quite will
ling e marry me and make an hon
est woman Of me again." She set
her teeth at the memory Of the
things he had said, and the tone in
which he had said them.