Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-03

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Charlotte Oh tterton, nicknamed
Chatty. Is a born gossip. Her moth
or. a widowed ~dressmaker. las 0ne
wealthy customer. Mrs. Van Mugs.
and through her Chatty gets a posi-
ticn as switchboard operator in the
Van Nuys bond house. There she
meets and falls in love with David
Jordan. handsome young bond
salesman.
Chatty's busy tongue creates ha-
voc in the office. Agnes Hereford,
Mr.. Van Mugs secretary, leaves on
account OF Shatty's gossip. David
Jordan knows tha- Chatty Is re-
sponsihle. and drops her. Chatty
begins to 60 with a new salesman.
Bryant Dunning. who says he Is
married but has left his wife. Chat
tvs friends are Billie Langenau. a
file clerk. and Winnie Talcott. Mr..
Vans new secretary. After some
lively parties Chatty makes up her
mind 10 quit going with Bryant.
The next lay David Jordan
brings a girl to the office. and
Chatty. in a .age jealousy. makes
another date with Bryant. But she
does not love Bryant. and deter
mines not to have any more dates
with him. After IN argument with
her mother about Bryant. Chatty
goes across the hall TO see Billie
Despite all her sood intentions.
Chatty still goes around with Bry-
ant and his crowd. She asks Bry-
ant to teach her to drive his car.
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CHAPTER XXXIv
For a while Chatty had difficult
ties with her first automobile les
son. "A shot IN the arm" and a
bottle on the scat are not good be-
ginnings for learning TO drive.
Neither Is the exciting knowledge
that ones boss has just taken his
new secretary to a roadhouse quiet
ing information to q beginner.
Nor does one learn easily to shift
gears and steer. play with a spark
and throttle. md manage clutch
and brake. when a kiss descends on
the nape Of one's neck as soon as
one leans over; when an arm Is
about one. hugging vigorously, with
every move
Chatty hardly gave Bryant time
to give her instructions. for talk
Ing.
The old reprobate." she exulted.
Thought he'd get away with IL.
And Winnie, of all girlsl Thought
she was too wise! She might have
known they'd ha- been scent Oh.
Bryant. what a whispering gallery
the office is going to bel"
Don't see Why you've got to spill
It." answered Brys 1t. good natured-
ly. mo n Is making you tell
you saw them"
See my best friend giving me
the double cross and not telI?' de-
manded Chatty. See the proper big
boss. who vas never going to mis-
behave again with a girl, out in a
road house with his secretary and
keep it secret. Well. not so you
could notice exclaimed Chat
ty. ITS my duty to tell"
well. never mind our dutyl"
put In Bryant. Tend T. your steer
ing, little ladyI You don't want
other people to talk about us piling
up in the ditch Now. clutch out,
and then shift"
Chatty paid attention--for five
minutes. She "a naturally quick.
and the car an easy one to drive.
Neither cared for clashing gears
and sudden jerks. IS Chatty let the
clutch In too quickly.
Steering came easily to her: I'm
half an hour Bryant complimented
her extravagantly. why. you drive
as II you had done it for yearsl"
he told her. squeezing her arm.
You are sure one quick little pupil
No one would ever know 1t was your
fret lessonI"
Chatty expanded like q flower IN
water az his praise. Even il she
didn't love him. IL was nice to be
with him. She didn't. mind his
love making. even when 10 inter-
fered with her driving. She liked
II. The drinks had raised her 10
that condition where everything