Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-28
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Pat but it was some effort living
with her.
She and Larry were alone in an
adorable little house.
"All set" she said exultantly,
for lifei"
She just knew that when Larry
was away from Jack Duncan's bad
influence in a business Of his own,
he would settle down. Without
Jacks casting a continual get-rich-
quick glamoT over every investment
they handled, Larry would soon come
TO know that his business, like any
other, had TO be built up slowly, care
fully and honestly.
With that sudden thrilling warmth
that always surged through her blood
when she thought IF Larry, she
thought eagerly Of his Homecoming.
She wished he'd surprise her, And
something told her that he was com
ing sooner than she expected
As Byrd walked a-ross the park
inc space toward her car. her at
t~cntion was drawn 10 two figures, a
man and a woman. who had some
thing familiar looking about them.
Disturbed by their resemblance TO
Larry and India, she sat in the car
trying 10 get a glimpse OF their
faces. How absurd, thought Byrd!
Often you mistake people for people
YOU know. She had often run down
the street after a friend. only 70
lind the person was a total stranger.
She started her car resolutely try
ing 10 dispel the suspicion.
just then a taxi swooped down
" front or her. the full glare Of
the lamps stripping away the
shadows from their faces and reveal
cd Larry and India,
They stood a minute in the fatal
light. laughing and talking while the
driver took Lsrry's two bags and
opered the dor for them.
A strange numbnsss ran through
Byrd's body.
A network Of thoughts that had
really nothing TO do with the situa-
ton. seemed TO obsess her mind for
in cases Of great shock the mind oft
IN registers nothing but the unim-
portaut details.
She remembered years aftervard
the filmy quality Of India's SHIN
mcring evening dress under her par
ty coat that hung around her loosely.
the straight ~lacquered sheen Of her
black hair cut close to her shspely
head. Larry's business suit and light
overcoat. the flash Of his white
teeth in the last smile as he got
into the cab and the dark shadJw
after their departure.
The air seemed to culver all about
her with sudden heat as IL the moon
had suddenly dropped very near 20
battle the world in its yellow fires.
The station sank back into an
abyss leaving a blackness in which
she saw nothing but two faces that
stood out like great white blossoms.
Suddenly she felt very chilly. It
was rs il death and life were one
and she hardly cared which. She
rrlped for the pedals with her little
feet and for the little billiard ball
that formed the knob of the lever.
She started the car but she seemed
"a be driving into n strange. new
world which was all topsy-turvy.
Things swung past her on the way
home. houses that tilted crafty and
dark figures that doomed until they
drowned the houses.
(. She was Conscious Of letting her
self into the house through the front
door. She always did this because
she disliked going into n darkcned
house through the back door.
She wondered IL she had better call
Mandy and tell her that she might
as well pack up her things and 20.
How silly that would be. to rouse
her in the middle OF the night. she
thought.
She walked about as IL in a dream.
and turned on all the lights. She
walked mechanically from room 70
room, looking at every piece Of fur
niture as IL under this bright illum-
instion she was seeing il for the
first time. But she had no emotion
over them. Just az c~uriously that
all these things so lately purchased.
should all have to 70 back again.
Or 70 somewhere else. She was too
tired 10 care.
Something in her had crashed. and
she new that the srd Of the world
was here.
But she was too tired 10 care.
She would never care about -ry-
thing Let happen what would,