Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-08
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number Of friends, who, like himself,
regarded their homes merely as
places Of sleep, and where they occa-
~sionally consented to eat a meal.
When the children came, he was SO
irritable with them that Marcy was
glad that he spent his evenings else
where.
But she never considered divorce.
Never! AS long as he supported
them she wouldn't deprive her chill
dren of a father. no matter how bad
a one he proved to be. And she
never complained.
Why, she had once been as beauti-
full as Byrd. She hoped now. with
a deep sigh yelling up n her throat.
that no girl would yer shed rs many
tears as she had shed. Where other
| women tongue-lashed and went into
Mysteries, she had recourse to tars,
hot. bitter. scalding tears.
"I've cried enough in my life to
fill a lake." she had said to Byrd.
ruefully.
And how differently she would
| have managed the situation now.
since she had had a little experience
with men d. with husbands! Yes,
il would have been a good thing for
Jack IL he had had a little OF his
own medicine. But she had never
| had the courage!
Later Byrd noticed Marcy watch
ing her as Jack stood talking to her.
| He was already flashing his ingenu-
u smile at her, and leaning over
| her. a way he thought was effectiVe
with omen
Men PLAYED with love all their
| lives. while with women it took the
form Of n disease. One attack usu.
| ally finished them, and they died
! az once and stayed dead as she had,
or il inoculated them against love
the rest Of their lives, like those
hard. tight-minded and tight-lipped
| women who lived in her n~eighbor-
I hood.
Jack stood talking to Byrd. know
| ing he was making his usual good
impression. When the right mo-
ment came he would ask her TO
have lunch with him some time. She
sure was beautiful. he thought, and
an occasional CLEAN in her eyes
proved that she had pep as we'll
He was telling Byrd that most
women liked him.
You better watch Larry. though.
II I've lust a knack with EN-"
he was saving, "why, Larry's got
genius. Boy! how the babies do tall
for him!r
Byrd laughed intentionally.
She thought il was disgusting OF
him to let her think he was just
putting her on her guard. when he
was actually jealous of Larry.
Men were worse than women, she
decided. !,
"Oh, I'm not afraid" she heard
herself boasting. II wouldn't be sur
prised IL I could make Larry a lit
tie bit Jealous IL I tried"
"That's the medicine." Jack ex-
claimed. "I've always told Marcy II
she'd lust step a little. make me
wonder what she's up TO. instead OF
always worrying about ne, she'd
have me the most domesticated AMI
nal in captivity"
"But I don't blame her for hav-
ing too much pride to stoop to sucn
means to keep you. | should say ]
wouldn't do it. either!' said Byrd
with spirit.
"oh. YES you would. Oh, you
lust watt" He had taken one Of
| BNrQ nHn1h III MIS- o. ~ h1hA
straight down at her side. Say,
little Ladybird. will you call me up
some time and have lunch with mef'
He was standing &C close to her
that his breath was pouring n
her nostrils. She pulled away,
angrily.
"Why. Of course mott" she answer
ed severely. "Why, Mr.. Duncan, how
can you ask such a thing?"
"Oh. all right, spitfire," he said,
GROSSLY. Excuse me. I just
thought you might DO a good
sport!"
Byrd was baffled. That was the
second time she had heard the ex-
preston applied to herself. Two
different men had wanted something
Of her. and each had put il On the
grounds of wanting her TO be a
good sport" She was mystified.
Being a good sport, meant, then
that you were more or less suscep-
tible to their demands. IL W oc-
Cured TO them to reconstruct them
selves TO your demands!
"You look like the chief mourner
at your own wedding. Snap out OF
IL" Chef was at ner sidt, smiling