Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-05

happy about anything.
She felt toward Mrs. Jerome as q
doting parent might feel toward 9
child that was sickly and bad-tem-
pered and hard to please. She pam
pered her and petted her, and let her
have her own way whenever she
could.
Her big, shadowy eyes were full
Of trouble now as she turned them
upon her mothers disconnected face.
Il thought you liked being here
with Aunt En-, dear" she said, re-
membering how determined her
mother had been about coming there.
Mrs. Jerome sighed and shook her
head.
Il don't" she answered. "Your
Aunt makes me get up so early in
the morning, and yesterday when she
asked me to shell two bushels Of
green peas / just didn't know how
/ was going TO do 1.-THE smell Of
peas has always made me terribly
sick to my stomach ! want TO 60
back 70 my WI home"
Sally's face, as she stopped the a
and began 70 unload it, was very
sober. "Well, Momsle," she said
slowly and quietly, an take another
flat somewhere just as soon as I
can. But I can't afford il right now"
"Of course you can afford it'll The
way you and your aunt are making
money nowl" she snapped, heavily
lowering her great body from the car.
"Millie said this morning that you
must be making a small fortune
"We aren't" Sally was telling the
truth. They were making more
money than they had, but their *
penses were heavier, too.
"Then how could you afford that
costume you've got there T" her
mother wanted to know, her doubt
ing eyes on the brown paper bundle
that was Sally's new dancing dress
well, / couldn't as / told YOU.
Sally said bluntly. ~But / had TO
have il. That dance seems 20
help our business, somehow or other,
and the old costume was so shabby
II don't believe anybody wants TO
see you dance" Mrs. Jerome cut In.
IL think the business is picking up
because it's summer time-and that's
why You have more people out here.
Who cares about seeing a girl shake
her shoulders and her feet all around
a room. anyway"
Sally might have reminded her
that d great many people had wanted
70 see girls dance. Girls like Irene
Castle and Gilda Cray and the Dun
can sisters, and Marilyn Miller had
made neat fortunes out OF shaking
their shoulders and their feet"
But she did not.
She set her lips and went or taking
Of fresh-killed chicken out OF the
back Of the car
Then she followed her mother 81
Iently into the house
IL began to dawn upon Sally that
not only Mrs. Jerome, but the whole
family thought that she and Aunt
Emily were making a great deal Of
money.
Beau and Mabel began to talk
about trading In their shaky little
flame-colored roadster for a new ear
"Sailv can lend us some money and
we can paw her hack 20 much o
week." Beau remarked easily one
Sunday morning when they were AL
having breakfast together on the
back porch.
Sally stared at him, wide-eycd with
establishment. LEND you the money
for a carl" she cried. "4e gods,
Beau, I'm still paying for that new
blue costume OF mine. ! can't lend
you any money"
Mabel riggled sharply. "People al
WAYS ret tight when they start max
ING money!" she said. ~The only
generous people In the world are the
people who can't afford TO be gen
erous."
Sally flushed. FL hope ! won't be
tight and stingy when I do start
making money, Mabsy," she replied
evenly. "But I'm not making any
Just now. Please believe me. Thirty
dollars a week isn't a fortune You
know"
Mile seemed 70 make the same
mistake.
She took to bringing Davy David
son home with her two or three
nights a week, and serving him with
one of the $i.50 chicken dinners as
~nonchalantly as II it had been .
hamburger sandwich.
I'VE aren't in this business for
u health, MilIicent," Aunt En-
caught her up sharply one night
after Davidson had gone. "And you'll
have 10 pay for this mans dinners,
or else tell him 30, II he comes any
more"
Mile looked daggers at her. my
goodness, Aunt En-, 20 begrudge q
man the little bit Of food that he
eats here, when you're making all
the money you are! she said scorn-
fully. Il should think you'd be glad
TO have him hereto help fill up
your dining room and make II look
as If II were the most popular place
around here"
Aunt En- laughed without mirth.
she comes here to watch Sally any
way" she remarked. "Ive kept my
eye on that gentleman and i know
@Poohi" Mile was just as scorn-
full as she was, and Sally backed her
up IN her scorn.
You're all wrong. Aunt Emil" she
declared holly. Davidson and Mile
have been great friends for years.
scarcely know him."
But there came a night when
Aunt Emily's suspicion was proved
q well-founded "a
II was a warm, starry night late
in June, and the House by the Side
or the Road had done a record-break-
ing business.
AT half past twelve Sally was
counting over the money they had
taken in when the trent door open
ed and Mile and Davidson walked
I'm.
They had spent the evening dane
ing az THE Lark" for Mile was
getting even with Aunt Emily BY re-
fnsIng 20 step inside of the restau-