Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28
CHAPTER XLIE

Mrs. Hamilton planned to return
to Jacksonville that night, taking the
nine o'clock sleeper.
Byrd helped her Pack her suit
case. and meesly listened 70 The
chunks Of advice her mother gave
her.
After YOU get this house paid Off
she advised. you ought To think Of
having = family. It's the tie that
binds = man 10 his home
Larry thinks there's plenty OF
time 10 think Of having children
said Byrd. evasively.
well. ! know couples that nut off
having babies too long. would give
their eve teeth for them now said
Mrs. Hamilton. cmphaticaliy. "And
nov that we've through with the fall
canning and picking. | can't see a
bit Of sense in keeping iandy."
Byrd knew that her mother was
going TO use her ste m-roller tao
tics on cvaTy department, and de-
cided 10 get an early start for the
station.
II don't like tho idea Of your so
ing back intJ that house alone she
said 10 Byrd on her way TO the sta
tion. Il could just as well have TAX
en- a taxi
But Byrd knew that her mother
would have been deeply offended II
Byrd had driven her 20 sch an ex-
t~rsvaEance.
when dc YOU expect Larry back
Mrs. Hamilton continued.
About the end of the week said
Byrd, musingly. II just wonder
What Larry will say G Pats an
tics. Everything she does amuses
Larry terribly"
well. I'll say this won't amuse
him. I bet.r Mrs. Hamilton's mouth
was again drawn down into lines Of
disspproyal. Il bet IL he had been
home tho thing wouldn't have hap
pened. Larry looks 70 me Ike n
man who can handle unpleasant sit
nations"
Like fur nc CAM" said Byrd. but
she said II to herself.
After a somewhat embarrassed
struggle with the porter, who had
wrested her bag from her long.
strong arms. Mrs. Hamilton submit
ted To letting him carry IL for her.
These fool rorters,' she said. cx-
aspcratedly. Il carry a clothes bas-
kct or wash IN and down stairs ev-
cry week and ! can't carry a little
bag"
The train was in and Byrd follow
cd her mother 10 her car. They
seemed TO he walking blocks along
the vide walk made y Tick wooden
boards and covered with cinders.
at always seems as i the Pull
man company take a special delight
in sticking YOU into the last car
said Mrs. Hamilton GROSSLY.
While her mother directed the
Pullman porter where to put every
last thing that belonged TO her,
Byrd gave her n string OF those last,
farewell messages for the folks at
home.
"TelI Becky to dlrie down for p
week and bring the kids. It'll he
good for her 20 get away from the
grocery store and that piece or
cheese she married" said Byrd. Lat
or she wondered Mt her generosity
in inviting her older sister. whom
she had little respect for. She had
ching for years 20 the drabbe-t sort
Of husband. She only hoped that
her mother would forget to give the
message.
~ guess ! went wait for the train
to null out said Byrd, issinT her
mother goodbye. "It's getting quite
DARK
She stood outside the car at the
window and waved TO her mother
again.
What an ordeal families really
were, she thought. rs she trudgcd
down the walk. with its narrow roof
that looked like r. trough Over ones
head.
September wRs drawing tc a close.
There lay or the air 2 hint Of
autumn and the cold. bleak winter
seemed concealed crsftiiy behind the
warm clcarneSs ~ the night. The
noon hung like n slice tf yellow
cheese in the clear sky.
A sudden inv vrllci up IN her
fc7-t and she FELT like bursting CUT
into cong. She had dorc her duty
By her mother and entertained her
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