Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-24
CHAPTER XVIII

AMNfRN1F $50 80 N1ANMA ANNA
the corridor to their apartment, that
Larry limpcd. Then she noticed
that his whole body seemed to be
slumped with WEAKNESS.
Are you III. Larry she cried
out at this sudden change.
Just awfully tired" he answered.
81 think I'll 20 right to bed. Prob
ably been working too hard this
week.
But your knee? Has something
]happcrcd 20 it?" she continued. MS
he bent over, holding it in his
hands.
Knocked il against the car last
night he said, curtly. Didn't
even lnow until a little while ago
that I'D damaged IL. II can't BE
anything.
As Byrd helped him i-to bed.
bringing his dressing ~own. Larry
looked exactly like the most popul-r
movie sheik in Hollywood. Byrd
drew up her little rocker after she
had removed the tray with bis din
rcr things.
Larry usually ninped these conf
dental moments.
He loathed the discussion ar do
nestle affairs. A..
The bills that were overdue. !.
The dailv combats hat %peppercd
the sky Of every apartment house
resident. .
Fights with the %janitor fights
with the delivery bows fights
with the telephone girls.
Byrd often complained long and
bitterly "a him in her evaporation
AZ anartmcnt-houSe life.
"Tiny told me that the new telc-
phone girl just wouldn't give her
our lire yesterday morning just
out Of srite because Tiny reported
her.
ar you're going 70 discuss the
telephone girls or the elevator boys
or the new waiter IN the dining
room ".
"No. tits not anv OF those things
said Byrd. quietly. il want 10 tall.
with YOU about the fender ! smash
"a yesterday ~ the market
what fender7" asked Larry. t7f-
fled. you smashed a fender. did
YOU s1v9" His voice showed he was
b%ewildered. Dazcd. Larry h,d had
two h;rhhalls before dirncr. and
Byrd decided they had taken ef-
feet.
Did YOU cav you smashed y fen
derf' asked larry. again. still nm
compromising. bcausc IL didn't
seem possible that they should both
smash the same fender without eth
or knowing about the others acct
dent.
you sec 7 was backing out ~ the
parking space back Of the market.
and ! ran into 4 post. ! guess ]
was thinking or Nargy's baby
Byrd said. fearful or the effect this
was going 70 have.
mo. don't sec" he said. gruffiy.
Byrd decided that Larry must
have seen the smashed fender when
he drove the car out Of the garage
that morning. and surely he saw Il
when he arrived IT the fenair shon.
What was he trying 10 conceal, she
wondered.
Il know you're awfnlly cross about
il. and I deserve al YOU feel like
saying" said Byrd. hastily. "but
I'm going u nav every cent or the
camage myself.
II finally dawned on Larry that hC
and India had been driving in a ca
the previous night that already hat
a crimp or two in X. when HI
missed the turn in the road leading
TO the Crescent Moon" had Jam.
med on his brakes. had skiGded or
the wet pavement into the deep
soft ditch. he had merely laid one
wrinkle over the other. or course
the other fender was the real evi.
dcnce Of his share az tie damage.
Collision insurance IL the only
kind don't carry. But I'm delight.
cd with YOU offer to nav for the
damage out Of my pocket Larry
said. ~witheringly.
When larry spoke 10 her like
this. life didn't seem endurable.
RI have a smsll bank account a:
home. about three hundred dollars
and lin going 20 ask father Z o send
il 10 nc" her voice ouiverei.
II took the car 70 the .~e-vice sta
ton and they discovered the fen.
der. 7 should think YOU would have
mentioned IL TO me sooner said
Larry. softened hv the mention Of
the three hundred dollars.
II was going to have i all fixed
Up 50 YOU wouldn't know anything
about it.' said Byrd. with a Ghost Of
a smile. "but ii was already go..a
when J got there"
We'll. vcu really ought 10 be
more careful" advised Larry. "Hand
me that book over there
larry started u open the pages
Of Penguin Island"
"By the way" he said. eff you're
writing 70 your father. | want TO 10
hin I'm IN, favor. Fred vas in The
office today aud told nc the best