Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-16
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CHAPTER IXIII

CHAPTER LXIlI
IL was a crisp, cold night. Straight
overhead the moon, pale, without
substance, looked as II IL had been
fastened there with thumh-tscks.
The black trunk Of the elm seemed
toward her y%esrningly as she walked
past IT.
Square patches of light from the
windows poured int othe fast dark
ening shadows that were slowly de-
scending upon the house.
Even the windows seem % be
sending me a welcome. thought Byrd.
with a strange, burning sensation
creeping along her white throat.
She swallowed hard.
She'd have 20 think or some funny
stories to tell Mandy 20 that she
wouldn't begin weeping AS soon ~
She cav her. Shed 10 very gay and
fhppant. She'd tell her her FATHERS
perennial story about the coioted
lady who had two beaGx.
Byrd was waiting Tor Pat and
Chef. She was standing on the walk
looking 81 the house.
The windows seemed TO twinkle
like prisms with the ccior and light
thst shone from inside.
For 81 instant. the could imagine
little faces cleaning in them. baby
faces!
at one OF the most expressive
houses that it's ever been my priv
legc TO meet" said Byrd, almost
aloud, and with a tiny smile al the
idea. Its really got j personality
all it's own"
Chefs putting the car into the
garage said Pct her voice limiting
q suppressed excitement. "He thinks
il looks like rain, but he says we're
o 20 on in
"Rsin!" began Byrd. with .
moon like that
But Pat had already stepped up to
the door and pressed the button
while Byrd hung back in the shad-
ows.
But Immediately she turned to
Byrd and said nervously:
"oh, / left my bag in the car. I'll
run back and get it,"
Byrd, panic-stricken. tried to stop
her as she brushed by and dashed
down the steps.
She couldn't walk into the house
and meet those people alone. She
couldn't!
She turned in terror to follow Pat.
but before she had reached the lower
step, the door had opened.
She was trembling from head to
foot uith q nervous excitement.
She came back slowly, and then
glanced up.
There stood Larry. silhouetted
against the light, The rays Of colcr
seemed TO separate u from the
other like a spectrum, and danced
anG vibrsted around his head.
Something hard as metal seemed
10 press upon her lungs. and she
found she couldn't breathe. She felt
as if she were dying and were watch
ing her spirit move away from her
body. leaving il stone.
Like a complete drama. the mo-
ment seemed TO hang tensely be-
tween them.
Suddenly Larry swept her through
the door and she was in his arms.
They stood without speaking. their
lips laid against each other. and their
hearts fusing in q omnio beat. tie
drew her. still dared and bevildered.
inte the hall and closed the door be-
bird them.
Byrd looked az him as II she were
still dreaming. a pitiful. beseschInE
lock that begged him not TO destroy
the illusior.
'Just can't believe II. can you.
dzrliHS-" he asked, smiling down at
her.
He drew her into the living room
and took off her hat and coat.
She shook her head. The bright
tears that edged Der deep. tangled
lsShed Looked like tinv necklaces Of
TRANSPARENT jewels. They were the
bright symbols Of a happiness that
wrs lighted deem within.
pat and Cheti" he reminded
aim. You've locked them out"
"Yol bet I have" said Larry. ex-
ultaHtly. I've locked out the whole
world tonight
what does il ut mean. Larry
asked Byrd. TREMENDOUSLY.
1T means that I've bought tkiH
house, It's bought and paid for,
and its in your name"
He kissed her again. Then he