Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-12
CHAPTER LII

CHAPTER LII
II Aunt En- had one hslman weak
ness in her makeup, ~ was her AZ
lection for Snlly's father.
He might be the black sheep OF
the family. He might have won her
scorn by deserving his family years
before. But she loved him neverthe-
less as 4 very upright and capable
human being will love ore who is
weak and full of faults.
So Sally went straight to her with
the message from her mother.
Nov. isn't that just like them!
Sending 10 me for a hundred dollars
just as II 7 could 20 and pick X off
n Of those bushes in the back
yard" cried Aunt En-, waving her
arm angrily toward the red currant
bushes that filled a triangle Of
ground beyond the driveway.
children-your mother and father.
They have no more sense than a
pair of babies!"
She busted some flour from her
slender hands, united her aprons,
and still ~scolding, hurried upstairs
20 get some money from the photo
graph album in her trunk. She AL
ways kept bills in between the pages
OF the old album. No burglar. she al
ways maintained, would think 81
looking for money in between the
pictures Of Grandfather Jerome and
Aunt Katy and all the rest Of the
Jeromes who had been dead for
many years.
Sally was relieved when she saw
her climb into her car and roll down
the driveway in the direction Of the
nearest telegraph office, TO wire Mrs.
Jerome the money she wanted.
She did not want Aunt En- in the
house when Beau's new-found friend
arrived.
"If Aunt En- knew that Beau was
running around with a girl she'd
throw him out of the house head
first" thought Sally, hurrying into
some fresh clothes and running a
quick comb through the soft, dark
wave Of her hair.
The hall clock was Ginning the
half hour after 3 when the front
door bell rang sharply. B~uttoninR
her cuffs. Sally flew down the stairs.
The girl who stood waiting on the
front porch was just the sort Of
girl she would expect Beau to pick
out. She was dark and slender and
flashy-looking, as Mabel had been
IN those care-free days before she
had q husband and q baby.
There were dimples in her cheeks,
and a particularly bright shade Of
raspberry rouge. Her lips were a
cash Of scarlet in her small face.
When she spoke her voice had the
same brassy quality that Mabel's
voice had:
Are you Buds sister, Is he here
YETI"
Sally opened the screen door and
let her in. She stepped into the hall,
and a sweeping odor OF heliotrope per-
fume came in with her. She jinEled
as she waiked-bead fringe on her
handbag, a dozen bracelets on her
slender bare arms anklets under her
chiffon stockings.
Wont you come IN here. pleaseG-
asked Sally, and led her down the
long hall to Aunt Ems tiny office
at the very end Of IL. She shut the
door behind them and locked IL.
Then she faced Bear's lady love,
and found her staring 1t her in wide
eyed establishment.
why did you lock that door?H she
gasped, and Sally gave that swift,
sunshiny smile OF hers that could
mean 90 much or 50 little.
II don't want" she answered slow
~ and deliberately, II don't want
Beau's wife to come I'm while you're
The girls round hazel eyes became
still more round.
"Who's Beauf"
"My brother. The person you call
Bud" said Sally, and sat down up
on the edge Of Aunt Ems desk
you didn't know he was mar
ried, did ycuF"
The girls face was All the answer
she needed. 10 was blank with
amazement and hewilderment. White
~ q sheet Of paper. and almost ~
empty. "Oh, no" she said in a very
small voice.
sWell, he Is" Sally went on. sHe
has q baby. too. That's what I
want TO talk to you about. You
mustn't