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and stephens child that she
forsook. Terrible betrayal.
Stephan's child in there now
battling for life. Marza's love in
there-her lifelong. tragic love.
Jerry's hand touched her
mothers. She tried to smile
buoyantly.
Maria was grateful for this and
proud as though an undeserved
sweetness were granted.
Abruptly Jerry was on her feet
but Maria sat motionless. The
doctor coming from that room
smiling.
He clasped Marza's hand: 1T
went very nicely. She should do
well--very we'll"
"Oh, my dear-my pet" said
Nara as they walked with swift.
light steps to the street. We
have hope-at least we have
That night Heinie came for
Jerry. He called for her at the
hospital.
"IIl be all right" stephanie
murmured smiling. Go and nave
a ride" She motioned for Jerry
to stop: "Why don't you be good
to Heinie-why don't your"
CHAPTER As
Heinie tucked robe about her.
Don't mind il we stop? It's
been a long time since you and /
have had a chat, Jerry. Bet
you've never been here before.
Quiet, isn't tt?"
"And poetic. wonder who lives
above that lovely old garden?"
"a Spaniard with seven kids.
He buys bonds. ] sold him $4,000
yesterday. A happy fellow, and
his kids are all handsome and
mannerly. He's a mechanic with
a fine, deep appreciation of life.
They save and live here where It's
warm and cheap and beautiful.
They know how to enjoy and get
the most for little.
They looked down from a hill In
Glenn Park: The houses were set
far back with shrubby old gardens
and at the end of the street, clos
ing it, were two magnificent oaks
that seemed to have watched the
centuries.
Jerry took off her hat and
slumped against the cushions. She
smiled, dreamily-very tired, as
Heinie lighted her cigarette.
She recalled Stephanie's plea as
she looked in Heinie's long, SAL
low face. She had always thought
him homely. Homely and good
and strong.
Now as the brown eyes that
were gentle and full of. loyalty
met hers, she laughed: "Stephanie
thinks you handsome, Heinie, she
thinks you perfectly adorable
Heinie laughed: "Plucky and
dear. isn't she? She probably
thinks I'm grand old man, too.
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; Come up one by one and kiss
me twice and thrice. You, too,
Heinie. / think I'll feel most
vastly encouraged to be kissed
by so knightly a knightT
She looked exceedingly childish
as she wrapped, long, thin arms
about Heinie's neck; as she kissed
him and said brightly: Thanks
for all the darling things you've
done and still will do in the
sweet bye-and.bye,"
Stephanie's merry eyes filled
as she said this. They filled and
smiled at Jerry.
'she loves him" thought Jerry
with a pang. "Stephanie is in
love with Heinie. And she knows
it,
They waited. Hours passing
each lost in thought-Mtrza with
thoughts of the pasL--Jerry with
fears for the future.
Stephanie loving Helnie--and he
not caring for her. All through
the world women aching and
loving; men loving and leaving.
A bleak picture filed into her
mind. Stephanie not cured-and
she, Jerry, never winning back
her love. Go on working and
working. Taking care of Step
haine. Growing old like this
two sisters alone
How uncomfortable that Life
should turn like this!
Maria sitting there with white,
beautiful face still as a cameo
Maria going back through the
years. That night when the word
of George Kings return sent her
and Stephanie to cover; that
heartbroken night when they
closed their secret home and put
the child away
That more frightful time-that
devastating noon when her hus'
band started packing; when he
snatched her back from Stephen
and ordered her to start for home.
How she had kneeled on the
floor begging him to free her:
growing wild with threats and
pleas.
"Yes-go! But keep the
child!
He would take Jerry-this cold,
tight-lipped man.
One child she must give up. So
it was Stephen whom she loved
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ginning and we've let him run
things so. far. I don't think this
Is the time to change.
For me the time to change Is
when / find I've been making a
mistaken the middle Of 4 river
or anywhere else" said John. m
disposed to cooperate with you
on my own terms.
you can get your pound Of
flesh-no use OF bluffirlg about
that. . said Foster. What are
your terrns2'
Absolute controL'' said John.
Complies, unquestioned author
ity. IL / have that I'll take the
responsibility with it and try to re-
store the situation.
Hear, hear! said JOhansen.
"oh. shut up, Carter said Car
rier. Just what do you mean A
public announcement that we've
last faith in Foster? "a voting
trust with all your stuff pooled in
your name? Because
I'm willing 70 50 that fart said
JOhnansen.
I'm notY' cried Foster. some
remnant OF his manhood assert
ing itself.
Nor IT, said Carrier. II don't
trust Foster-b but don't trust you
so damned much more, il you want
to know it, Al man who takes his
secretary for his mistress and let's
her,
That's 4 Ile.' said John, very
quietly. Don't judge me by your
friends and yourself. Carrier.
No don't go as far as that.
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his desk, and sat down IN the
presidential chair.
''All right he said. Suppose /
concede that. How about my
rights? I've seen you, in this
make mess OF everything
you've tried to handle. One Of
you--I don't know whitehead
one good idea. You made good
on that and with that year
ago. ] thought you had some
thing. I've worked with you on
that basis. I've done my part.
The things it's fallen to me
to do in this year I've been with
you have been done. It's not
my part of the job that's been
half done. haven't left the
openings through which this
attack has come. DO you con-
cede that?'
We're not damned FOOLS" said
Carrier. ''Of course we do"
mo one has criticized you.
said Foster, his voice concilia-
tory. We've often said
Damn what you've often said!
There's been too much talk and
too little action right along. liz
we're going to save ourselves now
we've got to stop talking and
do something. And-I'm not dis
posed to trust the leadership
we've had so far
Neither am IT, said Carter Jo-
hansen. That's the most sen.
sible thing that's been said yet.
I'm opposed to swapping
horses in the middle of a river"
said Carrier. God knows / hold
no brief for Arthur Fosterbut
this scheme was his in the be-
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CHE lay awake and contrasted
~ this attitude of Hugh's with
the look, half patronage, half sheer
on Saxon's face. Oh, what a sap
what an utter fool to have sue
cumbed to that power of his! To
have melted in his arms-to have
stood there white and motionless
feeling the world obliterated when
his lips touched hers.
She recalled this and was
crushed with self-contempt. She
Law very quiet, eyes burning and
q fixed smile on her lips. Yes
if he had taken her hand, she
would have followed wherever ne
ledm
Her heart throbbed hotly-
Wherever he led.
She hated him. She would
never stir to him again. She
would crush that insane, stupid
thing-that fool Jerry King who
clamored and yearned for him
she would crush her to death.
Eow-tonight-
Again and again and again the
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IF she won good. il she lost
u we'll, she would at least always
know that she had lost with moth
Ing that might have given her
che victory undone. Whether trt-
umph or disaster came, victory or
defeat, she would not, at least,
have let the fight go by default.
And her growing wisdom was great
enough already to know that the
most tragic words that can rise
in one looking back upon defeat.
or loss, or disaster, are mott
might have BEEN" butt didn't
try"
1t was with new eyes, this
afternoon, that she saw this rich
and smiling countryside. Old,
settled land It was. Not far
away, among the dunes. was the
Indian reservation where still
lived pensioners upon a land that
they had owned, the degenerate
remnants of the Shinnecocks.
Along the lanes through which
she drove, with glimpses Of the
rolling sea, blue under the sum.
mer sun and sky. behind .ong,
high, beautifully tended and clip
ped hedges of privet, were lovely
homes.
They had a friendly look. at
least. those homes. For the first
time it was in Eileen's knowledge
that there was a greater stake, in
q way, upon this bold game she
was resolved to play than she
had known. Other Helens lived
behind those hedges, looked out
at her as she. passed, perhaps,
from the windows of those homes.
She drove toward Easthampton,
Westhampton. Amagansett. Along
the road they called the Sunrise
TraiI-there was symbol in
those signs upon the telegraph
posts. she let herself think once,
her mind and her heart soaring
along the old Montauk High
way, she passed houses that had
been new when Washington
marched west with Braddock to
Duquesne and the shambles in
the savage Pennsylvania forest,
houses from which men had
gone, taking down their old flint
locks and their powder horns, 10
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, talking. I wanted to know. /
tried to listen. 1 heard something.
Then Maria evaded. But that's
what TIA doctor told her. It's not
certain. l can move my legs all
right, but the pain of bearing my
own weight-well, it may prove
too great.
Il can't feature it." she went on
the quiet now hot and smother
ing. II L~n't feature wheel
chair for life.
Jerry, where is the money
coming from? I'll be months in
the hospital again. I'm just
cleaning you and Nara out.
That's hard to bear-terribly.
Mott isn't! Take your fool
hands down! Whoever heard of
bawling over money? Besides,
we've plenty. This property is
valuable. This job is the best
thing that ever happened to me.
/ love it.
Some day people are going to
look with the same contempt on
the idle woman as they now do
on the idle man. A girls got
to take her choice-work or
waste!
you can't even give a poor
goose free eats I. and unearned
leisure without depraving it. The
same for a woman.
you'll walk all right" said
Jerry, going back to the one fact
that was significant; the one fact
that appalled, her. A wheel-chair
for life!
You'll walk. A doctor can't
give guarantee. He's not a
painless dentist. He's got to
protect himself against the danger
of prophecy. But they said posi-
lively it your legs regained their
power your walk. And you're
strong little beast aren't you?
="
She dismissed Stephanie's fears.
They took lodgings in her own
thoughts.
lis there chance that she'll
not walk"
Yes" said Maria closing strain.
ed bitter eyes. there is.
They took Stephanie to the hos
pital. Early Tuesday morning
they operated.
She was very gay about it
gayer than Maria or Jerry or
Heinie.
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JERR Y

two Saxons marched before her
the one with warm, beautiful eyes
summoning hers with that:
Never one before you-never
another after you---"
And the other, hard sneering:
Same little censor-keep the
cock-eyed world straight, won't
your
She was white and sick with
it. I'm going to Sleep she de-
termined angrily. ITO SLEEP"
She lay quiet and rigid. Sud
denly she was istening-tense-
startled.
muffled sob-like small fright
ened ghost in the dark.
Stealthily she waited. No mis-.
take. Stephanie with her hands
over her face crying in the dark.
CHAPTER "A
Stephanie crying. The soft. I'M
even sound went pinching to
Jerry's heart,
Gallant, winsome Stephanie find.
ing her lot too bitter and weep
ing about it in the dark.
Jerry was suddenly confronted
with Stephanie's face as it turned
to hers with that excited: you'll
take me to a real fast party,
Jerry, where they all get vastly
When l get on my feet again,
you'll take me? A promise?"
Wondrous pretty eyes swagger-
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By ELENORE MEIIERIN

thus subtly as to the state of my
amours. I've given them all the
air. All OF them. I'm free, single
and foot-loose for any thrill Or
deviltry."
You and Saxon are no longer
engaged?''
That's all off. Heinie." Swiftly
and with a little fire in her
throat. I'm out to make good
on my own-entirely on my
own
There's no one else now?'
No one else
To Be Continued Tomorrow
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can see what Is against Il. l.
I suppose I'll have to accept your
undertaking, given to me. 70 fol-
low my instructions. We cant
wash our dirty linen In the news
papers.
The telephone rang sharply.
Foster, with 4 nervous start ans
wered 1T.
sMr. MacVeagh? Right here!'
he said.
Hellog' said John. yes, Mar
garet."
His face fmpassive, betrayitg
nothing, he heard Of Eileen's re-.
fusaI to make ii possible for him
TO votc the stocks he held in ac-
cordance with his own desire. But
as he hung up and faced the
others again there was nothing IN
his face to indicate that the solid
ground beneath him had vanished.
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CHAPTER xLvI

Through the falling dusk Eileen
drove toward New York with Ted
Chandler. Ted drove magnifl-
Gently; he was one 81 those men
who love 4 splendid motor AZ they
love horse. He was tense and
thrilled BY the exaitation Of the
woman beside him.
There's going to be q show
down, isn't there?'' he said, a.
they started.
yes, she said. Ted want
to be fair to YOU
You're not to think about me
just about yourself" he said.
(To BE Continued Tomorrow
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Prisons for Sale

EULY equipped prisons gaows and condemned cells
to had for song England Nearly half of the English
closed since the account of the great
decrease in prison population.
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This Story Of a Girl Who Gambled Her
All for the Love of a Married Man
Has a Punch in Each Line
What Has Happened So Far:

Eileen Randall blonde and pretty first mapesed her
senior And how the townsod talked John was ~d-oo wild
attracted to Eileen by her cOmensss and not the fact that be
early e clearly demonstrated his ability for driving hard
affections Henry LOvewels wife, Marcia And
trouble, LOvWen tFing
with
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What Do You KnOU?.
ANSWERS TO TODAY'S TEST
Questions On Editorial Page

Questions on Editorial Page
l. Booth Tarkngton; George Moore s. Shakespeare;
Arnold Bennett Norris; Thomas Paine; Tara;
Richard Wagner Henry VIII Of England TO- Apollo;
Simon Bolvar r. Dogenes; Is, bosom friend H. good
faith; Is, In a series.
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THE BILLY-GOATs GRUFF

THE BILLY-GOATS GRUFF
Once upon time
there were three billy-goats
There was Billy-Goat Gruff,
Big Billy-Goat Gruff,
and Great Big Billy-Goat Gruff.
They lived in barn yard.
One day Billy-Goat Gruff said,
Let us go over that bridge
and eat the grass in the field
and get fat"
.. p c. News Service Ina
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Paste Mondays first picture on the out
side Of your book cover Cut out pages from
strip and paste in your book. Page opposite
cover is page /. Read your story and
color your pictures.
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Experiments Made on NeIC Apparatus
ENGLISH air ministry experts trying power-
II driven weight carrying apparatus that will rise straight from
restricted and that will come 70 stand
still in midair without falling.
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ADVERTISEMENT
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-01
BOARDT TO
SURVEYPORTS
Coast Cities Join Val
ley in Invitation
To Engineers

The Lower Rio Grande Valleys
Invitation to the Board of u. S.
Army Engineers to make a survey
of the Valley has been supplement-
ed by invitations from practically
every Texas coast section.
Galveston, Houston, Orange, Beau
mont, Corpus Christi and Port Ar
thur have added their request to
that of the Valley that the army
engineers make a thorough inspec-
ton of the Texas harbors and the
large territory they serve.
The invitation of the Valley was
extended in connection with the
request that the government aid in
the construction of a 30-foot harbor
at Point Isabel, the brief filed with
the board setting forth the fact that
the tonnage the Valley port would
handle would justify the expendi-
ture. Members of the port commit
tee were confident that if the board
Of army engineers will make a per-
sonal survey of the Valley they can
visualize its po~tentialities and the
necessity which exists for a deep
water port.
Nc definite announcement has
been made as to whether the board
would accept the invitation of the
Valley and other Texas coast Sec
tions, but if they decide to make
the survey they will probably leave
Washington some time during the
latter part Of January or the first
Of February.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-01
Valley Men To
Go to Road Meet
Especial to The Herald

~ IN = -G
SAN BENITO, Tex, Dec. 3l.-Two
Valley men will leave early in Janu-
airy to attend the meeting Of the
American Road Builders Association
which will Y in Cleveland, o..
January 3.
These are County Engineer NJ. o
Washington of Cameron county and
Stanley 5. Dodds, of Dodds and Wede-
gartner. contractors of this city, and
who are doing the bulk Of Cameron
county's concrete paving.
Washington is scheduled to give a
report at the meeting on the progress
Of paving in Cameron county, much
interest having been aroused in the
S6.000.0 900 concrete highway paving
program undertaken during the year
1927 in the county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-01
O

Mrs. L. c. Sharp. mother Of Mrs.
A. X. Black and Mrs. F. Z. Christian,
a cousin Of Mrs. Black. both Of Mem
phis. Tenn. are spending a few
weeks here at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Black.
Little Marian Reil. who has been
visiting her sister. Mrs. Merl Walk
er Of Weslaco. returned to her home
by bus Saturday morning and was
met by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Reil here.
Miss Adj Seidler Of Los Angeles
has arrived in Brownsville to be the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Sam Robert
son, for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hillyer and
daughter. Catherine. Mr.. and Mrs.
s. c. Graham, and Mr.. and Mrs. f. J
Glow. all of Brownsville, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Koniak-
owsky Of Harlingen at a watch par
ty Saturday evening.
Captain Wallace Reed OF the coast
guard station has returned to his
office at Point Isabel after spending
the Christmas holidays with his fam
lily in Brownsville.
Mrs. NJ. L. Seybert of San Marcos.
is spending the winter with her
daughter. Mrs. H. G. H. Weinert of
153 Washington street. Mrs. Seybert
came to Brownsville just before
Christmas.
Mrs. II. E. Tucker and daughters,
Modine and Virginia, returned t.
their home in league Saturday eve
ming after spending the Christmas
holidals with Mr.. and Mrs. W. f..
Tucker.
H. w. wacker has returned from a
visit within il parents in north
Texas.
James r. Daugherty and w. NJ. Pos
ter, both of Beeville. were business
visitors in Brownsville Friday and
Saturday.
W. W. Jones Of Corpus Christi
financier, was on business in
Brownsville the latter part Of the
week.
c. N. Malone is here visiting
friends from Houston and is also
t~ransacting business.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. B. Rust of Kansas
City. Mo-, are here as tourists in
the Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hendricks and
daughter, Anne, spent Friday and
Saturday in Brownsville. They live
at Edinburg.
Mrs. A. II. Mcknight, who has
been here several weeks from Dallas.
has returned to her home, accom-
panied by her nurse. Mrs. Ella c..
Romans.
v. B. Day of Beaumont is here for
the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Patterson of
Waco, Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Patterson
of Pea Ridge, Ark. are spending the
weekend in Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-01
Higgins to Talk
AT Road Opening
Especial to The tieraldl

RIO HONDO, Dee. 3I.-with an
nouneement from Judge ". o. Hug
gins Of Houston. president of the
Gulf Coast Good Roads association,
accepting the i~nvitatIon to speak.
final plans are being completed for
the celebration here January IL of
the opening Of two new highways into
Rio Hondo.
The opening of these roads gives
RIO Hondo the first hard surfaced
paving the city has EVER had. form
ing a loop from San Benito to Rio
Hondo and TO Harrington.
The three cities are TO join in the
celebration. Ten minute speeches
art TO be made by County Judge
0scor G. Dancy OF Cameron county.
Commissioners A. V. Logan and J. F.
FsurEn Of the San Benito and Har-
linen precincts. respectively, Mayor
s. Finley Ewing Of H~arlingen. James
G. Bowie of San Benito. and the prin-
ci-al address will be bv Judge Hug
-irs.
SPORTS events are being arranged.
md a dance will be held on the new
paving.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-01
HOPETOBECIN
CANA WORK
'siliier Encouraged BY
PROSPECTS For New
Year, He Says

IoRPUS CHRISTI Tex- De- al
advent of the new year will be
arAea by a determined effort TO in
kura actual construction on the
-nt1scoastal Canal both in Louisiana
sno Iexas in the near future. accord
hftc q statement issued today in be-
~! OK the Intrscoastal Canal AS
seeIation by Roy Miller, its active
wee president.
Unexpected and unavoidable delays
aase been experienced in securing
-asnts OF way" Mn. Millr said. "How-
~ec1, u committees in the various
rsrisnes IN Louisiana and counties in
.e.as have made splendid progress
sac taken as a whole the work is
f.ooaoiy ninety per cent finished.
placed upon us the obliga-
e.oh Of furnishing all rights of way
-tee OF cost to the government and
..nee X was the intent of congress
authorize the construction Of a
through waterway, the chief of en-
~slrIetion, thus far has declined to
1~1tnorize Tire commencement of work
fneers. who viii supervise rom
uhtii al rights Of way have been Sc
sared sRom Morgan City Of Galveston
Day the section authorized by con-
cess two years ago. AS the result
p recent conferences. however, We
are hopful that he will approve the
ietting Of contracts on the sections
OF the cana. in. Louisiana and Texas
Independent of each other. If this
l-oc-uure - Ennroved. louisiana will
rot have to wait on Texas nor will
-exas be compelled to await compile
ton Of rights of way matters in
Louisiana.
than q year ago the Chief of
allotted the sum of ST.
100000 10 begin construction on the
project That amount Is still TO our
credit, but unless there is some indi-
cation II can soon be expended there
- danger that il may be withdrawn
y applied elsewhere. Once con-
struction is actually begun, | am con
fident that all funds needed will be
available as rapidly as may be neces-
Sary to insure the earliest possible
completion of the canal.