Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-08
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number Of friends, who, like himself,
regarded their homes merely rs
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 q 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
n deep sigh yelling up n her throat,
that no girl would eve shed MS many
tears as she had shed. Where other
women tongue-lashed and went into
Mysteries. she had o to tars,
hot. bitter. scalding tears.
1--WE 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 with husbands, Yes.
il would have been n good thing for
Jack IL he had had n 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-
Gus smile at her. and leaning over
her. a way he thought was effective
with omen
Men played with Iove all their
lives, while with ONE il took the
form Of a disease. One attack usu-
ally finished them. and they died
AZ once and STAYED dead as she had
or il i~roculated them against love
the rest of their lives, like those
hard. tirht-mirded and tight-lipped
women who lived in her n~eighbor-
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 well.
He was telling Byrd that most
women liked him.
"You better watch Larry. though.
If I've just a knack with en-"
he was saying. "why. Larry's got
genius. Boyl how the babies do fan
for him..
Byrd laughed intentionally.
She thought II 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. Il wouldn't be sur
prised il I could make Larry n lit
tie bit jealous IL ! tried!"
HThat's the medicine." Jack e.
claimed. 'I've always told Marcy II
she'd Just step a little, make me
wonder what she's 10 to, instead q
always worrying about me, she'd
have me the most domesticated ami
nal in captivity"
But / don't blame her for hav-
ing too much pride TO stoop to such
means to keep you. | should say |
wouldn't do il, either!" said Byrd,
with spirit.
"Oh, yes you would. Oh, you
Just wait. he ndu LdheH OHt VI
Byrd's hands in his. as it hung
straight down at her side. Say.
little Ladybird. will you call me I'D
some time and have lunch with me2'
He was standing so close to her
that his breath was pouring into
her nostrils. She pulled away,
angrily.
"Why. Of course notl" she answer
ed severely. "Why. Mr.. Duncan, how
can YOU ask such a thing?"
"0h, all right, spitfire," he said.
Grossly. Excuse me. | Just
thought you might be a coed
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-
tibie to their demands. IL never oc-
Cured to them to reconstruct them
selves to your demands,
"You look like the chief mournc
at your own wedding. Snap out of
III" Chef was at aer side, smiling