Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-09
RESTLESS LOVE
Q BIZ S0mneLN zezu)m 1929
RELEASED BIZ CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION

well. . How about you? You're
pretty late yourself"
I've been helping down at the Age
office. Homer Pew was pretty bad
ly beaten up tonight BY that LAKELAND
crowd. We had to stop the presses
end get the story in"
Martha's breath seemed TO catch.
She glanced swiftly at this handsome,
quiet young woman who was so COM
pletely the elder sister; then turned
as swiftly away.
you've been drinking. Martha"
Not much. | never take much"
"On the lose. aren't you? Hmi
Ill admit it's rather a shock. I sup
pose you've been off dancing some
where"
Yes, I have" Then holly: II don't
see that you're in a position to talk.
You went away. And you know well
enough you just about broke their
hearts doing il. ! suppose you never
drink anything yourself
"Oh, come. Martial" Shed have
to say something. The girl saw it all
wrong. She herself had never run
wild, flapper fashion. Quietly, guard
tuiAs SuG NGnt NA. i NtHl 10 NWt-
lege, Martha. / worked harder than
you have any idea OF. And then
when ! got 20 New York / took a re-
sponsible job"
That's all very we'll. There you
are, down in New York, living your
own life. How do we know what
you do?"
Stella sighed. "Of course" she
said, there's no good in sitting here
quarreling. We'd better 20 to bed"
You're not fair, Stella. They've
kept me home here. It's been like a
prison. Doing homework and tend
ing the stand. Never any fun.
They've taken il u Of me to balance
ur for what you did TO them. Oh.
don't think l can't see it, I'm wisei
Well, they've got only themselves to
blame"
what do you mean by that"
1T started right here. Because
they kept me home. Mother made
me 90 out to the stand one day when
| didn't want 20. | was reading. A
good book" This with a touch Of
bitter mockery. Mother was visit
irg with Mrs. Shirlaw. So | did a.
I was told. 1t was this boy and a
friend Of his. In a swell car. They
bought all the strawberries. But
that wasn't what they wanted. They
wanted me. They'd heard about me
from another fellow who drives along
this road. . Well. I'm going up
you'll find a box of candy on the
hall table. Take it along"
"Oh thanks. Stella. Well. I'll
say good morning. Are you going to
tell on me?"
mo. But I can't promise not to
60 some thinking about you. I'm
afraid your point Of view is all
wrong. Martha"
Perhaps" The girl rose. gave hei
a defiant look, then tiptoed into the
house.
Stella sat alone. There was drama,
even potential tragedy, in the flip
pant outbreak Of this eighteen-year.
old. IL was a stab at the home their
parents Rad labored for half a life.
time to build and hold together. True
enough. she. herself. had given it the
first stab. But she'd been, at least
earnest in her own fight. Whatever
had developed since, in the way OF
personal entanglements. had beer
pretty inevitable. Really the sort OF
problems that might present them.
selves to any attractive girl who had
her own way TO make. But however
you figured il. there wasn't much
left Of that home. Just n place; and
an aging couple; and illusion.
Her thoughts kept fitting back e
the Pews. Those crisp editorials oil
Young Hams came TO mind. Here
vas his main thesis TO life: not only
the village invaded by that pressing
outside world, but the home itself
You couldn't protect girls in the
rome. Not any more. With Jazz
pouring provocatively in over the
radio and swell" ears stopping al
the door.
She dragged herself up 20 hel
room. Something had to be done
about Ernest. Some course thought
out. He seemed a curiously remots
figure. But he'd be waiting, from
ten TO eleven. for her voice.
She couldn't think it out. No,
now. 50 she wrote on a sheet Of pa
per: please wake me at ten" ane
pinned IL on the outside Of the door
Shed have to allow time to dress anc
get down 10 the center. Call him
from a booth at Breckeridge's. II
would never do TO talk with hin
over the house telephone. Mother
would be lowering. and would worr,
If she shut herself In "a talk.
(T0 BE CONTTNUED}