Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-01

Just for a minute l thought 1 was
going to be-"
"Just long enough to spoil Sally's
plans for the EVENING"" remarked
Aunt Emily with q frank laugh. 81
know you. Margarettai-I remember
how you kept me home from q party
once upon q time when you were
first married and still living in the
old house Pretended you were
sick until It was too late for me 20
go. Just because you were angry
at not being invited"
Mrs. Jeorme's face seemed so wilt
like a faded pink flower for an in
slant under Aunt Emily's singing
words. Then it frightened up as she
spoke again:
"Now, Just let Sally 20 out and
dance tonight. She'll only be youEE
once, you know. And you and III
20 out and see a show somewhere.
I'll get a taxi so you needn't walls
The prospect of an evenings en-
joyment cheered Mrs. Jerome er.or-
mously, and she let Sally help her
into her clothes and lace up her
shoes for her.
"You don't need to call a cab" Ted
said to Aunt Emily with a grand
air, "Tll take you wherever you're
going in my own car"
And 40 the four OF them started
out together. squeezed into his little
rafting roadster.
OF all the dance places in town,
the one Ted Sloan liked the best
was THE Blue Lagoon"
"The Blue lagoon, got its name
firm its azure walls with waves ard
goldfish painted upon them, ana
from its deep sapphire-blue ceiling
studded with star-like electric lights
There was an orchestra that spun
out a magic web Of jazz music from
s 10 IL O'clock six nights a week
too; and a large pale-yellow floor
that was like clouds under hundreds
Of young rhythmic feet.
All Of this splendor could be had
| for the small sum Of 5 cents a dance
and that, after all. was the thing
that endeared "The Blue Lagoon" to
the heart OF yoynR Mr.. Ted Sloan
For, like millions of other younEfmer
across this broad Unitad States, hi
wanted to show his best girl a gooc
time on Saturday night and did not
have much money TO snend doing il
Moreover there could not be a bet
ter place to spend an evening from
the viewpoint Of romance. Fol-
everything about the Lagoon
spelled romance with a capital R.
the soft lights, the low, disturbing
music, the hundreds of couples
drawn into each others warm, eager
young arms for the dance itself.
AaNlA-- nLm - u IT.
Sloan sang low In Sally's ear as the
orchestra beat out the slow measures
OF the last waltz of that last Satur-
day night in September. "'My love
Is for you nlonef-It is, you know
| Sally His mouth was against the
| dark cloud Of her hair.
"Oh, stopi" said Sally sharply, "Bs
yourself, Tedl" She was in no MOOD
for iove-making tonight for all nights
She never was in n mood for Ted's
caresses, for the matter Of that.
"And howl" Ted answered shortly
and ~slangily. But he took his face
away from her hair and began tc
whistle "Cheerie" 10 himself instead
az singing it longingly in her ear
And that, Sally told herself thank,
fully, was a blessing.
She looked up at his face as the
music came to an end and they
stopped dancing. Ii had lost its iool
Of tenderness and was grim and IN.
smiling.
There was something that I was
going to keep to myself" he said
unlocking his arm from hers and
putting ono hand into his trousers
pocket. "But I don't think / will"
lie drew q pink slip Of paper and
q pale-blue one from his pocket.
Rs4xSI1yHFa1y7xx1 cNgrEEas
-. =. MORE. =. MORE ......
He handed her the pink slip, ant
she looked at IL under the starry
| lights in the bl=e ceiling. u was I
/ cheek for $40 made payable 4
Beauregard Jerome. and it wa,
signed with Ted's name
ABut ! thought You said you lem
Besu only ten buckerinos," sale
Sally. trying 20 speak lightly. Blu
a fear, heavy and cold as chilled
steel, had settled down cver hel
heart.
aYss. ! did," Ted answered, steer
ing her through the crowd BY hel
shoulders. She hated the feeling 81
his hands on them. but she left then
there. But he altered it-and col
iected a hundred dollars morel-
Men have gone 70 Jail for less
SallylS
Then. In the brightness Of tie hal
outside. he showed her the othel
cheek-the pale blue one. IL wal
Beau's check, and IL was for q hun
dred and ten dollars, tool
ale gave me that cheek Tn pay
ment,s Ted said coldly. II told hin
I'd say nothing II he'd pay me bach
/. -. His check cane back to me
| marked N. s. r. -. The dirty
crooktr
what does ~. =. r. meanf'
Sally asked mechanically. looking
down at the letters on Beau's cheek
She had expected something like
this for weeks. But new that Il had
actually come she was stunned.
III means that he didn't have suf-
fieient funds in the bank 20 cash q
check like that the boy explained
~He knew IL when he gave Il to me.
He tried TO srip' me twicei-Well'
I'm not through with him. let ra
tell youf iii Put him where he be-
longs 10 beer months saving that
h1ndrs6 dellarsi"
In the bright light his rood-look-
Ing face with Ito gray eyes and red