Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-26
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The marriage OF Byrd Hamilton
and Larry Browning. ~asuceessful
young business man from Cleveland,
was one Of unusual simplicity and
beauty: but several factors Of deep
significance to her happiness, caused
an uneasIness in Byrd's mind, even
during the ceremony. and within the
next few years grew into a definite
anxiety. Larry had undoubted mag
netism and charm that women could
not resist, which already had
brought him a dubious success in
business. He had become the inter
of a young crowd whose only inter
ests ia life were jazz, speed and
money.
Larry's friends became a perma-
nent Entertainment committee con-
stantly planning dinners and parties.
The group consisted Of Tiny and
Fred Oberman, who made a fortune
in rather doubtful enterprises; Jack
Duncan, who made love 20 all women
and who was INSCRIPTIONS in BUSH
ness; his wife, Marcy, who had
broken under the care Of their three
little children and the worry over
her Indifferent husband; Chef Ever
son and India Campbell, known as
the "Wildcan' and a former sweet
heart Of LarFy's.
Byrd was distressed over Larry's
extravaganza, his inability TO give
her a monthly allowance when he
was paying large sums 10 his boot
logger, and his engagements with
India. Just the night before he and
India had gone some where 10 dine
and dance.
Yesterday, in hurrying 20 Mari
house TO help her with her sick baby.
Byrd had damaged a fender. Know
ing that Larry had seen il, she de-
cided 10 admit the accident and ex-
planned that she had expected 10 pay
the bill from a savings account OF
three hundred dollars which her
father would send. As a matter OF
fact, Larry and India had had an ac-
cident the night they went 20 the
dance, which had obliteratcd the scar
Byrd had inflicted.
Byrd allowed herself ID % per-
suaded by Larry to ask her father
for a loan TO buy some stock in the
Acme Axle, based on reliable infor-
nation. When Byrd suggested that
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thousand dollars her father had
made them, Larry confessed that ii
had already been spent on 'high-
priced honey-moons. the new car,
pre-war debts. etc Larry had a
casual way Of talking about thous-
ands as most people talk Of pennies
or dollars.
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Byrd sighed and shook her golden,
bird-like head as if il couldn't cope
with the most cxasperating problems
Of the universe. nor ever find au
answer 10 that most p~crplcxing
enigma, how to manag q husband.
mo woman can ever make a man
see the errors of his ways by con-
Stantly pointing them out 10 him.
She just better wait for q ton Of
bricks to fall on his head and knock
him unconscious" she said. half
aloud; but she wacercd III the same
breath that Larry would escape the
avalanche before il came.
Ii only she could train herself 90
have a separate existence outside Of
Larry. just as he had outside of her.
instead Of being always sG hopeless
ly conscius Of her love for him.
She wondered If that aCe-old philo-
sophical truth would ever change.
Mans love is Of mans life a thing
apart.
It's woman's whole cNictcncc.'
Then she had agreed ID stand by
Larry "for better. for worse"
Even if "for worse was far more
terrifying than her brave. little
mind could ever have anticipated.
Byrd shook herself impatiently
out Of this meditative state. She
had been brooding altogether too
much lately.
She'd hustle around and 20 70 the
bank TO get the money for the fender
that Chef had promised her.
But before Byrd ever put her
little foot out the door, She paid
tribute to her mothers training BY
observing and abbreviated program
Of her housekeeping rites.
She opened the windows wide all