Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-31
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touched Ter arm, and she was CRATE
ful to him for the understanding.
II was not five minutes before they
both realized how he had come by
the nickname Of Birthstone" For
the hot words he heaped upon every
thing theatrical was enough 10 burn
! the place down. Janet did not move,
| neither did Ballard-cxcept 70 glance
at Janet from the corner Of his eye
occasionally, and grin despite him
sell.
lie had. perhaps. been talking ten
minutes when suddenly he whisked a
Sunday paper from his pocket and
held 1t LIP Silently, and with eyes
fun III fire. ne held ii out 10 the audi
enee and pointed % a girl in a the
a~trical costume. Janet leaned for
ward and gasped. Her picture. Ii
was her picture that had appeared in
"A tabloid the Sunday before. taking
up nearly q whole page. The picture
was q work Of art-revealing in every
line.
Janet graspcd Billiards. arm hys-
tcrically. and waited. What was no
going 70 say? Plainly underneath
was written:
THE Naughty. Naughty Baby u
The Farce OF 1925 Janet Mary
James, who Came over from La
Belle, France, Last Fall 70 Conquer
Our Broadway. And howl"
Ballard would have given anything
TO have saved Janet the suffering he
knew She must be going through.
lie knew how sensitive she was, and
he could tell from the dramatic way
in which the evangelist held the pic
ture up that she was due for a
TRADE.
Suddenly he yelled and leaped
down from the platform.
"Mcn and women. ret a good look
AZ this-this Jezebel! Paris!
Huh, She has never seen Paris. Ii
breaks my heart to tell you. But
that girl is my daughter
Janet slumped, and Ballard shook
her arm slightly.
Here, Sit up! What do YOU care =
The audience was a-buzz with at
tention. Janet burned. What II
someone should recognize her. She
would die with humiliation. She
pulled her little red hat farther down
over her face. and tried to look nat.
ural. Her father kept on, measuring
every word.
II tell you this only to prove Ia
you the evil Of bad companions, and
how important ii IL that you see that
your daughter and your son arc
brought up in the right atmosphere
among the right kind Of people"
Then he seemed TO feel eHplana.
lions were in order. and his voice
toned down. Softly. and almost tear
fully. he told Of how his wife had
died when his little ono was born. and
how she had been brought up by
strangers because he felt the service
needed him. He told them that Ne
thought he had left her in good
hands. There were tears in his eyes
when he ended.
He told the story we'll. Women
wiped their eyes, and men blew their
noses. Had Janet known what was
TO ONE next, she would have leaped
up and hurled herself az him. lie
looked at his wife. sitting on the
piano bench still. and shook his head.
"My good wife understands what
| have been through. My-my first
venture in matrimony was not quite
so fortunate. ! made a great mis-
take. | feel I must bare nv own
past 70 again show TO you the i'm
portance Of good influence-and es-
pecially for the young men who are
contemplating matrimony.
"My first wife was a theatrical
person. | married her after I was
certain she had embraced the faith.
But she was not happy in the noun
tains with me. She wanted to ret
away, back 70 her old life. I believe,
my friends. that il is that influence
that has helped 10 ruin the life OF my
daughter and make Of her a notcri-
Gus Broadway sinner
Janet wanted TO hit him. She was
stunned that he would say such
things. That he would use her
mothers name in such a manner
Ballard held her arm and tried to
quiet her. fearing she would lose
control Of her feelings and leap from
her seat.
Daniel Webster James ended, damp
with perspiration. and with a wave
or his hands that seemed 70 say:
you see how little ! care about my
own feelings. | told you folks this
for your own good"
ITO BE CONTINUED