Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-24
1--WE could turn IL into an antique shop. I'm sick of the
restaurant anyway" declared Aunt EN-.

(CHAPTER LxIID
tied asked me 70 marry him
again, last night" Sally told Aunt
En- the next morning as they sat az
breakfast.
The little white breakfast room
was gay and cheerful with clear au-
tumn sunlight, the percolator bubbled
in the middle Of the table, and the
fragrant wood fire cracked merrily
in the crate.
Sally, herself, in a warm wool
dressing gown that exactly matched
the scarlet geraniums in the win
dows, looked as bright as the morn
ing.
Only Aunt En- was gloomy and
blue. Her face was grim as she lift
ed IL from the newspaper she was
reading.
"0h. he did, did hef Well. I hope
you told him TO run around the
block" she said tartly-
Then she bent her eyes once more
to the paper in her hand. Here's a
news item about Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt" she said. She's bought
the old General Putnam inn at
Brooklyn, Conn, and Is going 20 run
il. You see what | told you,
Sally. Better and finer ladies
than I have taken to running inns
these days. Look az Alice Foote
MacDougal, too, in New York. They
say she's made a million dollars out
OF her tea-rooms-" She blanced up
at the walls Of her own house, anu
for once her eyes were almost
dreamy.
II have q brand new idea for this
place." she said.
Sally could tell. from the look on
her face, that she was brinIful Of
another scheme. But she did not
question her. The only way 10 get
things out Of Aunt EN- was 70 let
her take her " good time about
telling them.
Here's the postman," she said,
and flew 70 get the letters that he
dropped into the mailbox on the
front porch.
There were two or them. They
we're both for her, and they were
post-marked Bermuda"
The first OF them was from Mrs.
Jerome. Sally read il aloud.
AGAA AAAAN AAA WNA0AA AAA
written. Il know I have not writ
ten you for a long time, but I've been
so busy with your poor papa, who
really seems 70 be getting better
under my loving and tender care.
We sit under the trees all day long.
with nothing 10 do bat talk or
read"
"Iil bet that makes a hit with your
mother!" snapped Aunt En-, bitterly.
"Just sitting around doing nothing
but collecting fat all day long"
Sally went on reading. "We GER
tainly are enjoying il here but we
could use a little more money. SO If
you can coax any out II your Aunt
EN- try 10 do il. please"
Fine chance," snorted Aunt En-,
her eyes flashing.
"Millie is having a beautiful time
with her young South American,
read Sally. after this interruption.
lie is quite frantic about her, and
really ii Is just like r wonderful love-
story 70 hear her tell about him-all
the things he says 70 her. and the
way Ne looks AZ her. The poor child
needs some new clothes, for he has
seen almost everything she has IN
the way Of hats and dresses. She is
so blue because she has nothing
pretty and fresh 70 wear. So send
some money without fail.
"Love. from Mother"
"Too bad about Mile and her
clcthesl" remarked Aunt Emily. "Ill
bet she has five dresses 10 your one
And Ill send no money down 10 Ber-
muda 10 doll her up in a lot Of
clothes for some reasy South Am
ericnn 70 look at. Not while my
names Emily Ann Jerome. Read
the other letter. Sally
Sally tore open Miles envelope
and unfolded the sheet Of pale PINK
pcrfumed paper within.
Mile did not know how 20 spell,
and her handwriting was like r.
child's handwriting large and
SPRAYING and hard 70 read.
"Sally. dariinrest.' she began, a.
fecticnately. do yen want to do the
very sweetest thing possible for your
own little sister, Because II you do.
I shall never be through thanking
you. I want some money for some
new clothes. You see. honey love, all
OF my own things look SO faded and
old down here IN thR sunshine.
II have a new sweetle-a coffee
planter from Buenes Aires-aRd
want to make a ten-strike with him.
But how can /. without n lot of new
things. just for the fun Of II I told
him we we're quite rick, and how a
I live UP 70 that unless ] have some
new prettics and plenty Of them So
please send me every nickel yon can
scrap together right away. I should
have written you weeks ago, hui,
dear, I've been 50 busy locking after
pood Daddy-boy.
"Best love always. from Mile"
They're a fire pair" shifted Aunt
En- when Sally had laid beth letters
down beside her plate. "Never writ
ING you a line until they needed some
That's Just exactly like
them, though Just what you'd ex-
pect froni them." She got up and
carried her empty coffee cup and
toast plate into the kitchen.
II waxh my hands ar them" she
tos Md back angrily. eve her shout
der. And In YOU send them money.
YOU ARE rn0fys"
But Sally did. She hSd about $40