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

buN on the market rlEht now rs Acme
Axle. It's selling around one hun
dred and eighty. Fred has a tip n
IL. It's going to merge with the
American Axle at a great advance IN
price. Fred has taken thirty shares
FOR nc. Tell your father il he'll
finance fifteen shares for me. lll
let him have the other fifteen. y
he knows his onions. he'll grab H."
Larry grinncd his hoyish smile. Tell
him I'm not charging him any COM
mission. either"
Hell take IL on your rccommon-
dation,' said Byrd. Fathers got
enormous faith in YOU
Larry's eyes cleaned with justi-
fable pride.
"Tm going 70 make a lot If
money one MI these DAYS he s1id.
with that air Of confidence which
always made Byrd's heart heat
faster. "And I'm not going 70 work
my head Off. either. getting II. The
idea that YOU have ~ work IN make
money is one If tho best jokes j
know. You just have 20 use your
old bean. And I'm going 10 he a
be7nstalki Watch Us grow
They laughed happily together.
"Whv listen. Larry" cried Byrd,
excitedly. "This is just the place
for the check father gave us for
a wedding present. We can take the
whole thirty shares ou~rselvesi'
Larry locked nonpluscd. Then he
smiled easily.
eve can't do that now hc said,
I calmly. "You scc-well. I've Ind 50
much darn expense on my hands the
last two months. that I've had In
use Il "a ray bills
"Not an W it?' cried Byrd.
achast.
For an instant Larry wore an I'M
! iu~ei look.
/ i've merely borrowed ID. n
! course ne said. "and only for a lit
tie while just w nav running ex-
I pcnses.'
"what expenses" asked Byrd,
quietly.
well. VIC spent ono thousand
| dollars at White sulphur Spring..
counting III Your new clothes and
the high cost ar ho0cynoCus. Then
I raid a thousand down on I'M ear.
I Then there was some petty stuff. am
\ accumulation. YOU might saw, ~ nre-
war debts said Larry. airilv. smiling
his white. broad SMILE. but for the
first time since their marriage i
Mad 10 effect " Byrd. And I lost
| some or II. ~ W. perfectly honest
with YOU. al the White House. ramh-
ling. Well. then I had 70 rlunk
down five hundred dollars on this
shack. two hundred an fifty of that
merely 70 hold IL FOR u. YOU re-
member. And the rest of II went
into runnin- cTnenses On account,
| for the Builders Supply company.
Byrd sat perfectly rigid after
this recital.
There was something breathlessly
/ dumbfourding about y about the
casual way Larry licked off thou
| sands ~ the same way she
would have talked OF dollars.
Monday morning. with its none.
t~ratinr sunshine. rourinE fikc z fra-
grant disinfectart through Byrd
/ senses. rid her m;-d az its cloud M
fears and apprehensions. She must
have confidence in Larry, and trust
his experience in business.
After all. 90 a man accustomed n
thinking IN large figures. five thea
sand wasn't ~ much. Five thou.
sand, She could easily ret a chill
Just thinking about ID. She sc0ld.
Cd herself for her cowardly atti.
tude.
Nothing risk. nothing gain" was
the modern slogan. and larry rs.
pected 70 make many times fivf
thousand in the sale or the Build.
crs' Sunplv stock.
The mere thought 81 Larry ting.
led through her blood like an cleo.
trio current. Each morning there
came 10 Byrd the realization that
she loved Larry beyond ANYTHING o.
ANYBODY in this world. She loved
the dancing light IN his swapping
black eves she loved the wav His
BLACK hair. brushed straight hacl
from his broad forehead. made =
49, BIZ dinning into IL she loved
the straight. muscular strength tina,
lowered above her to more thar
six feet and comnact muscles hid.
den under the loose twcciS ha uSu-
| aIlv wore and above all. she
loved. ~ s0ite r. herself. lis view
roint on life. TIE elegant. inner
soma wav he had ~ looking ~
things. giving his attention only "a
what was large and important
and il was IN 10 her IN hold his
love not 50 easy ? thinr In do.
Rrrd realized lately. There lay her
/ BIGGEST problem.
If she ignored All ~ Larry's fail
ings. all of those little selfish
habits hr had been forming 81 nm
! cor-ciouslv when hn We r bach
| elor with no one put himself to