Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-27


Charlotte Chatterson, nicknamed
Cnatty. is a born gossip. Her moth
er, a widowed dreSSmaker, has one
wealthy customer, Mrs. Van Mugs.
and through her Chatty gets a job
as switchboard operator in the Van
Mugs bond house. There she meets
and falls in love with David Jor-
dan, handsome young bond sales
man. and becomes jealous Of his
friendship with Agnes Herford, Mr..
Van Uuy S secretary.
Billy Langenau, who works in the
office, comes to live in the flat
across the hall from where Chatty
lives. Chatty's brother, Pud, goes
to high schoC- and works evenings
in Ben Tomlinson's drug store.
Cnat1y learns that he delivers gin
for Ben, and begs him to stop be-
fore he Is ARE ID, but Pud refuses
to do 1t.
One day Chatty sees David hand
a note TO Agnes Herford. Jealous,
she goes through Agnes desk to
look for you it. 1t is a simple mes
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ing for it Chatty finds Agnes diary.
filled with the story OF her love for
her employer. Chatty tears some
OF the pages out, and sends them to
Mrs. Van, and Agnes is discharged.
Dave Jordan, alone knows that
Chatty is responsible, and he drops
her. Winnie Talcott, the office
''vamp," gets Agnes position. Win
ME gets quite chummy with Chat
", and at a + " meets Bryant
Dunning, a new bond salesman.
Winnie show Chatty how to paint
her face and doll up" Bryant Is
married. but tells Chatty he has
left his wife.
Agnes calls at Chatty's house and
tells Chatty thai Mr.. Van had never
suspected she was In love with him
until the diary turned up. Agnes
says she has seen Mr.. Van at his
office, and Chatty premises not to
tell a soul. Chatty decides to tell
Mrs. Van Jut .'gnes. Mrs. Van
tells Chatty's mother that she is
going away awhile. Chatty
guesse. 1t Is because OF the note
about Agnes she mailed a few days
before.
NOW GO OH WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVIII
Chatty stayed hidden in the bed
room until she L.eard the door Of
the flat close after Mrs. Van.
When she came out her mother
was standing at the front windows
looking down into the street with
troubled. tho .ghtful eyes.
MY, oh, myl 7 ere's trouble for
you'll" she said, shaking her head.
POO Kate. To think of a thing
like this happeninL to her after all
these years of happy married lifel"
"A thing like what?" asked Chat
ty. who knew exactly what she was
talking about.
Her mother sighed. "Oh, Mr.. Van
has been seeing that girl again."
she answered. And Kate doesn't
know what to do about I'll But
she's going to go away for q few
weeks. and give him a little absent
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stay right at t1me, myself, where
she can keep an eye on him."
How did she find out that he's
been seeing Agnes she asked.
"Has she been watching him?"
mo. But somebody has. evident
ly," said Mrs. Chatterton, he eyes
on Mrs. Vans big limousine IS II
turned the corn Y. Somebody sent
! her a letter today and told her
that Mr.. Van has been having that
girl up in his OF ice and on the sly
and wher NJ. Van asked him
about 1t he couldn't deny 1t. He
certainly is making a fool Of him
self. -. Well, they say there's no
fool like an old fool, and I guess
that's about right"
She began to put away the work
Mrs. Van had brought here.
III have TO start on that first
thing in the morning." she MUIR
INJURED. thoughtful lily. Kate wants
ii at the end OF the week. Well.
let's 60 out into the kitchen and
see what we have for supper"
Chatty followed her into the
| clean, cheerful lite kitchen.