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deed not Queen Marie. But ladies
with a past can't afford to spurn
the people who must keep their
secrets. It isn't done-success-
fully"
Leaning against the door Linda
watched his tall figure swinging
away UP the street.
CHAPTER %
A few minutes later Linda
opened the door of her bedroom
and pressed the light switch.
Duloy was sitting in the arm.
chair by the window, staring out
at the lighted windows across the
street, her body wrapped in a
long loose robe.
She turned her head sharply, to
look at Linda, and her eyes made
black smudges in the waxen pal
Ior of her face. Her skin was
innocent of makeup.
Linda showed no surprise,
'Hello there. Dulcy," she said,
kindly enough, as she dropped
her coat across the bed, and
walked to the dressing table TO
comb her hair.
Dulcy did not answer, but her
big eyes followed Linda. After a
moments silence, she burst out,
I'm terribly ashamed Of myself,
Linda. I've been sitting here
waiting for you for hours to tell
you SO. / don't see why you'd
lift a finger to help me, last
night, after-everytinhg.
With an effort Linda put away
mustered smile for Dulcy.
Somebody had to take care of
you" she said, and in spite OF
herself there was an absent note
in her voice.
Dulcy burst into tears, burying
her head in her plump white
arms and crouching against the
back of the upholstered chair.
Linda watched her, dismayed.
Then she walked across the room
and fetched a white handkerchief
from a drawer and slipped it into
Dulcy's hand
The girl dabbed at her eyes and
sat up. With her poutlng mouth
and tear-stained cheeks, she looked
more than ever like a recreant
child. I'm a fool" she announced,
climbing out of the chair and be-
ginning to stalk the room rest
lessly. And l hate myself"
Then, after a moment, Don't you
think I'm a fool, Linda?"
Perhaps" said Linda, gravely.
Dulcy looked at her in as
constituent. Then, with the tears
still wet on her cheeks, she burst
out laughing. II must say you
are honest, Linda"
Linda was standing by the win
dow, staring at the night sky.
Ladies who have q past" Doyle
had said. What hateful phrase
and it didn't mean anything any.
way. Nevertheless, it had brought
cloud to her eyes and a tension
to the muscles of her face. Dulcy
was watching her curiously.
II don't believe you want me to
stay here" she said fretfully.
II came to make friends, you
know"
Linda forced smile. "Of course
want you, Dulcy. Wen forget
our troubles and talk of some
thing else. Would you like a cup
of ycocoa?"
Dulcy made a wry face. Gould
you make 1t tea? I'm not--aR-
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ial estate. Even from a distance
she could see the rank growth of
serried underbrush sweeping like
a sea, back from the low stone
wall that ran along the front Of
the grounds.
The little dog had scampered
far down the hillside and was
raising shrill yaps to the celebra.
ton OF a vanquished chipmunk.
Walking more slowly, Linda went
after him. He might be fun to
keep, If Mrs. Morris would give
him a sleeping place in the cell
lar. He was underfed and monde
script of breed, but his short tail
was friendly and his eyes appeal
ing.
The chipmunk got away and
Linda's dog went after it,
through the weeds by the road
side, straight toward the avenue
Of oaks. Linda followed.
This was a deserted estate. It's
drive was choked with weeds,
and the low iron gates, half
shut, had sagged and sunk into
the spongy earth. At the far end
of the drive. Linda glimpsed a
huge brick house, in the square.
white-pillared pattern of the Con-
federate plantation homes. She
walked toward it curiously, the
dog some yards ahead, leaping
and barking in frenzy of rage
over the lost chipmunk.
1t was a house of crazy angles,
leaning columns, rotted wood
but also of unacceptable dignity.
It's stern, high portico suggested
formal receptions of long ago, in
spite of the disconsolate slant of
the white pillars. And the in
tricately loaded fanlight over the
door, though minus many panes,
was still a gracious and beautiful
reminder of better days.
The dog had disappeared. It
seemed to Linda that his bark
sounded from within the house.
Yet the heavy front door was
closed. So She climbed the broad
stone steps and passed between
the pillars.
Then she understood. The door
was locked, indeed, but the other
cage nunS open on lOOSeHeu, rusty
hinges. She pushed it farther
open and peered in. Rays from
the western windows struck hori.
zontally across the great square
hall within. frightening the shreds
of furnished silt wall paper which
hung from it's wallis, and giving
the old paint of the ivory stair
treads a spurious glory.
The hall itself was actually a
square court, running straight up
to the roof, around which the
Ieizurely staircase climbed to Sec
ond, third, fourth stories, each
distinguished by row of closed
doors on a balcony. Down through
this court from a skylight high
above, square Of gray light set
tied, striking across the golden
rays from the sunset.
This was no ordinary farm
house left 10 decay through the
Indifference of its owner. Every
detail of it's furnishings suggested
a history of gentle life and courtly
hospitality. Drawn by its somber
beauty, and by curiosity, Linda
stepped through the crevice of the
door and looked about her. The
old house slept undisturbed by her
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driven him to the ridiculous act
of cramping himself up in car
when he might have slept com
fortably on the sofa. Shirley had
been overwrought. hysterical and
ligh.falutin' and he had taken his
cue from her.
He stood blinking in the early
autumn sunshine and became
more acutely conscious Of Shir-
ley's presence in the cottage 20
yards away. What an
irrational fool a man was to let
a woman upset his lifei
Perhaps she had left tho cottage
as soon as the rain had stopped
and walked home. Perhaps she
was dressed and would come out
at any moment.
He hurried away to little glen
ait the back Of the cottage where q
burn came tumbIing down the hill
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near the armchair-lying just as
she had banged them down on the
previous night. $50 If she had
made a fool Of herself, for his part
he had certainly lost his temper.
The sight of those boots brought
the scene back with startling Wv.
idness. Then he thought Of the
car.
He went back to the barn, lifted
the hood and examined the mag
neto. He was no electrician and
saw that he could not repair it.
Luckily he knew man IN the vii
lage who could probably manage
it and promptly set out to find
him. If he were quick he could
be back in time for breakfast.
-" He supposed he would have
breakfast with Shirley, then pre-
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smooth and scented. They must
have cost a lot.
All money grub5srs. the three Of
them land at the end Of 1t they
possessed nothing. Nothing. Moth.
ing.
Toward dawn when the wind
and the rain stopped, Alan dozed
in the car then slept. He woke
up a little after s. every muscle
in his body aching with stiffness.
Getting out Of the car was a
slow and painful process. In
those few minutes, with the torpor
OF sleep still upon him, life seemed
a remarkably physical business.
One might elaborate ereeds, phi
losophies and endless subtle moral
distinctions, but in the end the
main business was always breath
ing and moving and Icing.
Some over. precious subtlety had
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him or my nerve will be gone for
ever"
1T was not a question Of her
nerve, Of course, and she knew IL
but It was easier to think Of 4
all like that.
s,He IS hard, hard everything
about him is hard. ran her
thoughts. .'IIe doesn't want me
any more. Well, that's q com
fort, anyway
1T was not comfort but at this
same time it was not q scourge.
Alan had once wanted her enough
to ask her to marry hin-had
wanted her enough to throw away
a huge sum Of money in the hope
of getting her. And now he no
longer wanted her.
The hurt went deeper far than
that SO deep that her reason
could not fathom IL. If he had
only told her that she was not
worth IlaIf-milIion-if only he
had been content to spurn her
offer OF herself and leave it az
that! Instead he had struck at
the very core OF her by laughing
at her sacrifice by belittling her
desire to pay.
You even pay your debts tn
the way Of your world-the easy
way"
So Alan had thought Il an easy
way. He thought It had been
easy for her to endure the
humiliation Of Rogers confession
had thought it easy for her to
honour the dishonourable bargain
that had been made In her name.
To Be Continued MOnday.l
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side. There he stripped, made the
most of pool by sitting in 1t and
let the burn play over him. Then
he rubbed himself dry and 50
worked out his stiffness.
1.-THE thing is to try and take
detached view he told himself as
he dressed. ''She was hysteEfcal
after row with that little beast.
-. Keyed up. She didn't give
her own nature a chance. She sim
ply stuck to the logic Of her de-
plorable upbringing. was
a fool to stress the business by
stumping off to that harm. H'mi
Wen establish the p-etence that
nothing happened-we'll both for
get it"
He went into the cottage, tread
ing softly in case she should still
be asleep. - There was her
macintosh and her ,water-boots
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sumably they would never meet
again.
And that would be just as well,
all things considered.
CHAPTER ~
Shirley. from the bedroom win
dow, watched Alan go without
wondering where he was going.
For the moment her horizon was
encircled by the fact OF Alan Bren-
naway as he strobe across her line
OF vision. From that distance she
could not see his hair nor the lines
Of his face but only his stride.
Roger strolIed. Alan strobe. 1t
was the stride of man brim fun
of energy and youth.
Tile isn't old he only looks old.
Perhaps he wants me to set
out before he comes back. won't
do it. / mustn't run away from
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-lNI)A 4 ItOId hOndnce u OOttege Lue Virginia Swain

intrusion, its ribbons Of wallpaper
hanging listless in the quiet air.
A fat black spider went on spin
ming a web across two posts Of
the bannisters. The dog had
stopped bal king. had vanished,
evidently, into thin air.
To Be Continued Monday
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''I have nothing to answer you
with except the truth and that,
know. would be too simple-t
clean for you.' His anger shook
him. Il spent half.million on a
wedding gift to you. I gave you
the man you had told me you
loved. You had told me Of him
though not by name the eve
ming before =
Il don't think did. I don't re.
member it. In any case, you
would have ignored that. A
nameless Individual! You would
have shouldered him, mentally,
out Of your way. You
IT accepted his existence. When
discovered his identity, I gave
him to you l assumed that il
you loved him. he was of the
type that would only accept
loan and would slave to repay it.
Macedonia was his way to re-
payment. When / saw what he
was. / let 1t 60. l was content
to look on it as a gift to YOU
She shrugged and lifted her
brows.
Il don't think the nature of
man is quixotic. Alan. l think it
sees what it wants and takes 1T
when 1t can. And that's all
Don't shout at me.
please! ] have pride, too, you
know. Since Roger will not re.
pay, I-obyious1y-Inus
He continued to shout at her.
Get up! Here's your coat.
Where are your boots2" He
took her by. an arm and pulled
her up. Put this on. At once,
d'you hear?''
She drawled over her shoulder.
It's no use, my dear Alan.
was afraid You might have sud-
den and announcement scruples, 50
put the car out of commission
as soon as had got it into your
barn"
.'You--what?"
i smashed the magnetic. She
won't go an inch tonight. Unless
you put me out into the rain.
simply must stay here"
Ous QdIun YOU Shirley!
She slipped back into her chair
and he saw that she was fright
ened. He knew why. He had
known fear of his own anger.
He tried to stem the
rise of it and failed.
Damn you and damn you,
Shirley! On, not for this silly
little mess you've got us into.
Not the stuff you've made Roger
Kelton believe and the wreck
you've helped to make of him.
Not for what you believe yourself
about your own rotten world and
the worthless things you get
from It I'm fearing YOU
and despising you. Shirley, be-
cause you've sunk to this.
You've come to the point
where you even pay your debts
in the way of your world-the
easy way. What do you think
you and Kelton owe me: Five
or six figures in a pass-book?
Nothing of the kind. You owe
me toll. The nerve.rack, the
grind, the sweat, the dirt, the
thrill, the despair. the Joy that
went to the making of that
money. Can you pay?"
He knew he was terrifying her.
He had a swimming vision of
her face. paper-white. and her
hands raised and clasped at her
throat.
Can you pay? OF course you
can't. You sneer at Kelton for a
worthless coward. What are you?
Have you ever worked?
On, I know you've kept fit--and
what for? So that you might go
on keeping fit along with others
like you. So that, when they
dropped a tip here and there you
might be alert enough to handle it,
But have you ever worked? At
something you aboE1inate, some
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A Thrilling Romance of High Courage
and of Two Who Gambled for
Lies Highest Stake
Read This First ].

Alan S. returns New York
did when
She tells her father left her 100000 which Is in the hands o.
$4,000 Alan
is
of
other clients has been owing to frauds By his
KeltOn the Shirley
He lends him half million 70 square himself taking collateral
Macedonia and what h can DO with the
advice Of specialist and hearing from Shirley that she
New York to her keIon begins to be Jealous Of Alan and
asks her il she wants him She offers to tel Alan that Kton
frightened
mention the subject Later the same day she finds Alan waiting for
Alan that still living
beyond their Shirley leaves and KetOn i Alan brings
KtOn plain that
intention going there after ALL
the market belonging
wife, Shirley Disguised with him. draws from him
decides and
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This Day in Our History

1891 Brooklyn Bridge taken by the
cities of Brooklyn This the first suspension
bridge be built America and the time of its erection
looked a of the wonders of the world.
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What Do You KnOID?
ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST

Questions Editorial Page
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France John Milton; g. Charles Dickens George Bernard
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DRESS
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be perfect And Just to the right is
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ming of sttch
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CHAPTER %


Al the turning point she STOP
ned. Had the road struck out
straight ahead and visible, she
might have turned to retrace her
steps and land in homely Null
berry place. The road, instead,
SWING over a hill and dropped
out of sight only little way in
front of her. 1t was bordered
with thick goldenrod, and cano-
pies with traceries of reddening
elm trees.
Linda looked at her wrist
watch and walked straight on.
The other side of the hill as usual,
proved appointing-same gol-
denrod same elms, same scurry-
ing brown leaves. But the wind
was coming up and Linda's cheek
burned pleasantly.
Possibly a mile beyond she
came upon mongrel pup dig.
cling a hole In the road and took
him as a willing travelling COM
nanion. His little sallies after
nureIy imaginary cats and not
so.imaginary skunk lent excite
ment to her journey.
ON the crest of the next Hill
she paused and looked doubtfully
AT the western sky. The sun was
about to slide out of sight below
the horizon. Before her in the
valley to the left an avenue of
hinge oak trees winding back
from the road suggested manor
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their little red carts and wet
gunnysacks.
Walking back from the post
office on Monday afternoon, Linda
chose a new street behind the
Ag campus, as an experiment.
It turned out TO be unexciting-
merely another avenue of chastely
curtained windows and FURNISHED
PROFESSIONAL knockers on stout
oak doors. This must be Faculty
Row, sometimes mentioned as a
faction in the community, rather
than as street.
Linda swung along happily
enough, kicking her tan oxfords
through the dry leaves heaped
along the walk, and wondering
what kind of life went on within
those discreet houses. The peace
of life, as this little backwash of
Marbury knew it, was new ex-
perience for a native of the strug
Cling agricultural village Of Red
hill.
she walked for several blocks
before she realized that this street
was not bringing her to Mulberry
place. or to any other of the
streets she knew. Just few
wards ahead 1t turned off sud-
denly toward the west, and APP
narently became country road,
almost without warning.
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anything provided
the combination is right they always smart They made OF SIX
brilliant
a enough
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TO Be Continued Monday
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22

AUSTIN. Nov. 22.-fP-The fol-
lowing proceedings were had in the
Court or Criminal Appeals wednes-
day:
Affirmed: viii Johnson. Upshur.
William Henry, San Jacinto. Fred
Russell. St0newall: Dock johnson.
Upshur; W. ". Cox. Brown: Joe
Ellis, Titus: n. Al. Lane. Sterling:
y. q. Nelson. Potter: Richard Worth.
Franklin: lsnm Nelson. san In-
cinto; y. II. NaVtcr. Harris: Worm
Durham, San Jacinto; Irwin Smith.
lpshur; y. XVI. Nelson. Potter: n. n.
Hargrayes. Harris; Licious Dou-las.
San Jacintc: EN Partc Mamie
Hughes or Mamie Mason. Harris.
Reformed and Affirmed: Charlie
Baker. Tom Green: Richard Prkrr.
Tom Green; Richard Wiser. Titu
two cases.. Fred Phillins. Liberty.
Reversed and Rcmanded: Oscar
Roquemorc. Eastland; lay MI For
ter. Hutchinson; luther Jordan.
Nacordochcs; Rcllin Kcllar. Calm
han.
Appeal dismissed: Carrie Smith,
Hays: Worm Durham. San Jacinto.
Appeal Dismissed: Carrie Smith.
Hays: Worm Durham. San Jurinto.
Appellants motion FOR rehearing
overrulcd: Bob Shepherd. Rockwal1:
John Reagan. Galveston; John Kim
caid. Lynn.
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Herald Want Ads Are Sign Posts Along the Highway Of Thrift

vclopmcuts. Inc. block 81. contain
ing 6.6i acres. Towards IiNiclrnd
Heights addition No. ., survey +i.
$40 etc.
Valley Developments. Inc, 20 Mrs.
VI. II. Glackin. block II containing
6.6l acres survey a.. Towards Dixie
land Heights addition No. 2. SG,640.
Harvey n. Houck and Mary n.
Houck 70 Susanna Forester. Lots -
and IS. block I. Citrus Grove Ter
race. an addition 70 city or Santa
Rosa. 81 etc.
Theodore Kirchoff and Lena kir-
choff to Victor Rosequist. cast 8
acres az west 1875 acres cut or
block ITO. Fl Jardin subdivision
share n. EspiritI Santo grant, $40
etc.
". r. Kinslow to L. O. H~arrrcve.
lot %. block \. townsitc AZ In Fcrir.
S2.50O.
CISCO Morris "a Sabine RODRIGUEZ.
Tot 1. block .. West HarlinCcn addi-
tion 70 the city Of H~arlingen. $500.
"A. III. Fernandez. trustee "a Ser
ena Pollock. trustee. lot 4. block 81.
Unit "a" townsite az Frcsnos.
$500.
John T. Morris nv WIN. C. Church
trustee u Adolph Wagner. nart "
block ~. containing 50 acres San Be-
nito Land and Water company's Sub
division. $500.
Bucra Vista Burial Park assoria-
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in Gracclrri section cartninir~ ann
souarc feet. Bucua Vista Burial
mark. S120.
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IOsRD DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY COURT
q. &. Dancy. Judge
COUNTY COURT AT LAW
John klcibcr, judge

MARRIAGE LICENSES
a. II. Butler and n. n. Stidham.
y. Q. Harrington ard Alma Louise
Andersen.
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FURNISHED ny Valley Abstract COZ
Cameron County,
:. n. Schnorenhcrg 20 thc An Par
ker Securities Co.. block -. Ia
Fcria Land and Irrigation Co.'s sub
division, SO etc.
]. ". Davis to Jose g.. Garcia.
TOT y. block eos. city az Brownsville.
$40 etc.
j.. W. Davis ~ Jose q. Garcia. Tot
2. block POS. city or Brownsville.
$500.
III. y. and Elizabeth r. Buser ~ W.
J. Lysinger. lot 3. block ?. Parkkvicw
addition 10 city 81 Harrington. STUn.
Roque Herrera 20 Elvira T.. dc
Herrera. lots III and H.. 'ock "a.
citv Of Harrington. $40 etc.
W. y Jentsch to "A. Hcrzog. lot 4.
block - and lot J. block 80 ard Iot
!. block "a. Harrison Manor No. 2.
an addition 70 citv or Harrington. $40
etc.
y. II. Hickey II Nellie Hickey.
south 10 acres Of . adjoining tracts,
$40 etc.
G. y. Thomas ~ trustee 10 Nell
son Loan company. north 20 acres
block 9. FL Jardiu subdivision of \
part Of share -. Espiritu Santo
grant. $4,000.
W. T. Kaplan ct ux 10 Manuel
Samano. lot 3. block ll5-A. city of
Brownsville. $40 etc.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
I'M sTATE OF TEXAs

THE STATE OF TEXAS
To all persons interested i'm the
welfare Of W. r. Hayes Martha Jane
Hayes and Leila May Hayes, minors,
Eugene Bates has filed in the Coun-
Is Court Of Cameron County. an APP
plication for Letters Of Guardianship
upon the Estate Of said Minors,
which said application will be heard
at the next term or said Court. COM
meucing on the first Monday in De-
ccmber, IA. II. 1928, the same being
the third day Of December, a. u.
1928, at the Court House thereof. in
Brownsville. at which time all per-
sons interested in the welfare Of
such minors. may appear and contest
said application, if they see proper
Ia DO 10.
Herein fail nos but have you be-
fore said Court on the said first day
Of the next term thereof this Writ,
with your return thereon. showing
how you have executed the anne.
Given under my hand and the seal
Of said Court. at office IN Browns
Vile. Texas, this the 22nd day Of No
vembcr, A. II. 1928.
m. u. SEAGO. Clerk.
County Court, Cameron County. Tex.
BY d. N. Bremen. Deputy.
Seal
A true copy 7 certify:
N. ID. Scago, Clerk. County Court.
Cameron County, Texas.
By q. III. Bremen. Deputy.
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Cameron Courts
ssTH DISTRICT COURT

18TH DISTRICT COURT
"A. W. Cunningham. Judge
Suits filed:
Candida Martinez W. Margarita
Martinez. Suit for divorce.
103RD DISTRICT COURT
A. W. Kent, Judge
Suits filed:
Elizabeth ~Schupbach by Next
Friend John Schuphach ". III. l..
Frankhauser, suit for damages.
COUNTY COURT
q. &. Dancy. Judge
Suits filed:
In the matter OF guardianship Of
Lido Longoria. minor.
COUNTY COURT AT LAW
John klcibcr, judge
No new eases.