Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-27
CHAPTER XIII
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She had told him that her mother
died when she was six. She had only
a vague memory of her. She now
vas %. Fer is years Pat Sweeney
had been both father and mother 20
her. She had laid a hand on his
arm; in her eyes the look Of a
penitent child.
I'VE understand each other, any
way, don't we, old timer" she said,
p%urringly. IS she patted his purple
tinted paw. Then she suddenly add
ed. in a high-pitched tone: "But,
what's tn big idea, holdin' this talk
fest here? /, FIR one. opo that
we attend to tn business we came
here for.," She addressed herself
more directly to her father.
"Th' next thing on tn program. IL
seems to me-" she said, after the
tanner of a speaker at a womewH
political meeting, sis for Tony to
consult his b%rother-in-law as he sug-
gested. put your proposal UP to him.
and TX matters for a meeting OF
you ALL"
Arrangements were quickly made
for a meeting that evening. Fol-
lowing this the trio made their way
out by the same route that Mix
and Tony had used upon entering.
One Of Pat ~Sweeney's "byes" war
waiting for him in a flivver parked
a few rods below THE De-il's Luck
This was the conveyance that woulG
take Pat back to town.
While the automobiles which
went to make up the Sweeney en-
tourage numbered five, big and lit
tie, including Mikes roadster, a SIS
GOO limousine, two sedans and the
flIvver coupe. il was the last named
that Pat Sweeney loved the hest.
1t was his boast that his "Sooky
Ann" possessed 9Th legs o. Nancy
Hanks the heart Of Maud s." and
the shape of "a Broadway Pelican"
Sookey was a go-getter and a bring
er-hack- She never baked. she never
tsiEed-and you never walked with
Sookyi
Mike hated sooky, loathed her as
only a woman can loath another
woman. For in Mikes eyes Sooky
was feminine gender-"a female Of
the species" the only female For
which her Dad had ever fallen-in
Mixes time. Hence her hatred of
Sooky.
Therefore. when Pat Sweeney cas-
uaiiy remarked to Tony: Tell yer
friend, Mike, thot we'll be waitin'
Ter her at home, Sooky'n l." Friend
Mike gritted her white teeth and
swort soft and lady-like-as a ladv
should swear.
If he beats me home in that
that flivver-he'll crow for a
MONTH cried Mike as Tony and
she approached the roadster. "Ard
hell prob1y beat me-" she went on.
almost tearfully. "for he'll take that
cross-cut two milss below tn state
road. he says tn two roads run
parallel and are an equal distance
70 IN course house. But he knows
and know, it's half a mile shorter
he knows you live on tn state road
an 1 gotta drive you hove. And
thHt-that Sooky thing-will beat me
.galn! And he just thinks she is
is"
Tony missed hearing what Sookv
was. or was thought to be. for Mile
at that moment pulled on a nair of
gauntlets and was inserting her
1.-THE body underneath and behind the
big steering wheel, with its 1u,-
tering array of levers. push-buttons
and what-not. He stretched ont a.
4 fo-degree angle in TIE cushioned
seat at her side, and pulled shut
the door.
There was a roar that almost
lifted the hair from his head and
fairly shook his mistaken conscience
from its moorings. and then a sud
Den start that snapped his head
back with a jerk. They were on
their way!
Rocks and trees along the road
way merged into an ind~istinguish-
able blur The roar gradually died
down to a t%hrobbing. p~ulsating purr.
but a purr that seemed Of itself 10
be a thing of life, vital, breathing.
thrilling, all-powerful lifei II
seemed almost to communicate and
identify itself with the life in his
own body. to be a part of him,
His glance shifted TO the girl un-
der the wheel. Her face was white,
the lines of her mouth tense. To
his excited fancy she seemed TO be
the living embodiment OF indomitable
purpose, of sure intent,