Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-09
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Vivian Matthews. shy and IN
happy because She "a z doorstep
baby, Is considered a Flat tive o.
the younger set at Bender. Kan.
Kentworth HiIlman Johns III offers
her $4,000 and a divorce in Paris
at the end of the year If she Will
marry hin so he can get the -or-
tune willed by his grandfather. IN
New York. transformed with clothes
which he Frentk maid selects. she
attracts thc attention OF henn Bar
kOW. the famous illustrator. and
goes 10 dinner with him. He flies
to Bender TO paint her portrait, and
Patricia Sullivan. Guides" Namara,
on Broadway, home Tor the sum-
mer, consents TO say that he has
flown TO see her.
"Dovie" Jansen. now the Countess
Won Pepper. Kent's f'ancee, who
lifted him. Is home. They see her
picking flowers in the garden.
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CHAPTER Nv
Kent kept 70 his room all eve
Ming, his thought in a turmoil. Had
he been too hasty? Perhaps after
all-if he had waited-Dovie might
some dav have been his. she Was
back without the count.
Thea a momcnJ later nc WoUlo
be furious with himself for his lack
of priGe-of even entertaining tire
thought OF speaking To her after
the embarrassment, AM grief .Ac
had Put him though. But that one
sight " her had brought back I'll
the OH longing. He could never
love another woman. She vas his
lifel
After Cuddle5 left. Vivian sat b.
the window. her head resting IN a
little pillow looking out It the twin
Killing SeptembUg tsars. "A cool, re-
fieshing breeze AMI the feel Of frost
in the air told he: that cold wealth
or would soon be there.
Lights burned brightly, seeming
~ almost defian from every Vim
dow N the jansen h0uDe. Sudden
IN Vivian wished herself back in
the little old Matthews cottage will
old Martha Mathews as She had
never wished anything before. Size
had wanted life and adventure
Cursed the fates that made her
the unknown. hopeless failure that
she had been before her amazing
marriage 70 Kert Johns.
i've neglected that poor old lady
dr%eadfully." she said to herself. re-
membering the few times that she
had been tender to her. and decided
she must spend the next afternoon
az the bedside of her old guardian
The resolution was gone in a mo-
ment. Lost in scmber. bitter
thoughts and other plans.
How often had she dreamed OF a
little home. a devoted husband and
the warmth of a baby on her breast
Long before her marriage she had
half-shamedly thought of these
things and turned bitter at the
thought that because she was no.
body. a doorstep baby, she was GER
tain never TO realize any Of these
woman dreams.
WHY Was IL kAAdA COlAAE M04lAEAA AldI
everything in the world-and other:
nothing al all? She was warm and
human. and her heart cried for ar
outlet for the tender and sometime;
violent emotions that stirred her.
Dovie Jansen. too. sat by the win
dow. "A cigarette hung ~dejectedly
between her pouted. wildly rougec
lips. and her blonde curly hail
framed a sulky face. Now and ther
she swore softly under her breath
crossing first one chubby leg anC
then the other. in nervous unrest
She was gaining weight SO rapidly
She eyed. for that reason. a large
box OF bon bons uncertainty. But I
moment later she weakened, droppef
the cigarette. and munched a par
ticularly fattening one.
Mrs. Jansen walked back an.
forth i'm her room. She was ttryin;
to gather UP nerve enough to 20 IL
and have a heart-to-heart talk with
Dovie. There had been few words
real plans talked OF. They had pack.
ca and left for Bender as though ont
train Of thought moved them aftel
getting the clipping telling them o.
Kent Johns marriage to Viviar
Matthews.
The paragraph telling Of the for
tune Kent received upon his we'd
ding day was the staggering news