Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
LOVE
@ BY Samuel MoyuDiN 1929
RELEASED IeY CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION
CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATIONS

FOR occasional escapes into the
bright world Of adventure.
Soon the bell rang.
Martial" called Harriet. from
the porch. Telephone"
yes. mother a moment .Rter
the girl appeared in the doorH .N-
ats Kitty Pew. mother. | think she
wants me TO come over to dinner.
DO you want to talk with herr
"Why, yes" Harriet hurried
within. On her return n remarked
to Hilda, "That was nice Of the
child. Martha doesn't have too many
| good times. | have ~ recognize
that" She sighed. But my. what
a Job il il TO keep n lively youngster
organized"
At $500 that evening the two girls
were walking discreetly along Sne
side road. i'm the dusk, under the
elms. The green car appeared;
STOPPED. The blonde young nan
named Jim opened the door with 4
merry grin and n "Great stuff,
George was a pessimist. Said you'd
never he here. But I've told him
an along hat he could trust hose
blue eyes. Hop in-'
This IS my friend" said Martha,
with an outer air az calm. Her
names Kitty"
"And what's yours? ~
We'll Martha"
"Honest?"
Yes said Kitty. looking straight
at them, taking them IN. These
arc our real names
Great stuff And we're really
George and Jim. You and George
can have the back seat. Kitty. or az
much Of il as you want. See that
you make him behave. Come on N
with me. Martha Well, boys
and girls, we're Off"
On this same Friday evening, rath-
or late, the Pew brothers, Ham and
Homer, sat in their shirt sleeves n
their desks IN the front office Of
the Age. The weekly rush was over.
All the late matter was i'm type. and
the proofs corrected. Miss Curry
had said goodnight aud gone home.
The big press was rumbling. launch
ed on its all-night task. Ben March.
the foreman, appeared, sleeves rolled
NJ around his arm-garters, green
cye-shade pushed up into his study
rcd hair. and laid a damp copy NJ
the new issue on each desk. And
each Of the brothers settled back
IN his swivel chair to look il care
fully through.
Ham Pew appeared much a. his
father must have appeared az "a .
long. bony; a shrewd, rather wrink-
IN lace with plenty III nose and chin.
] lNEn pnn Nurak L.
shade. And he was smoking Az old
curved pipe.
Homer was tall. too. but more
shapely. His brown hair curled d
little IN spite If much stern brush.
ing back. The eyes were hazel,
clear, frank eyes, set well apart
Inc forehead square and not too
hlgn- An attractive young man
with considerably mos, than the
average distinction. A pleasant 81,
thoughtful face. He was the young
err by nine years.
Both, without speaking, and after
a cursory glance az the front-pag.
headings, turned to the editorial
Ham because he had written Il. Ho,
mer because IL disturbed him. NJ,
the past six weeks. by Hams orders
a running head had been used On the
editorial "Ackland's Sore Spot ;
Homer looked the column over,
considered il; spoke, in n casua'
tone. How long arc you going "
keep this editorial head, Ham p"
Inc oidK man Strengthened slight.
~ ~ his chair; removed his pip,
and Knocked out the ashes: reaches
for a steel letter q anf
thoughtfully scraped the bowl. Tber
ne looked out through the wild,
'front.' window at the Village Green
he could see the Civil war monu.
ment, a plain shaft Of granite. and
beyond Il the big white tablet bear.
ing the names OF the bows from Ack,
land who had served IN the Worlc
war. IL was illuminated BY spot
lights. His own name was there
And there were eleven gold stars.
I'm going to keep that head M
said, very quietly Ham was Il.
ways quiet . "uatil we've rnr
that damned roadhouse rang out o
town"
Both resumed their inspection o
the paper.
The telephone rang. Homer an
sUered, Homer Pew speaking