Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-05

the table in the little cafeteria
which they frequented than she
began.
WAS 1t really Ar. Van you saw
last night, Chat?"
"Of course 1t wasl And he tried
to put 1t over that ne "a with
his daughter and a friend Of hers!"
answered Chatty.
We'll, it wasn't really Winnie.
was it?" persisted Billie.
"No-o-o-o, I suppose it wasn't"
confessed Chatty.
Then why don't you apologize 20
her?" suggested Billie. If you are
wrong, why not say SOP"
II will notl" cried Chatty. Nasty.
stuck-up thing"
Billie laughed. "Oh. Chattyl
When 7 think or how you've chum-
med with her-and now calling her
namesl Don't you know, child.
that 10 apologize Is just to say you
are wiser now than you were be-
fore2 And no one need be
ashamed TO have become wIserl"
Chatty thought that over all aft
ernoon. She had never had the
thought put before her like that.
Billie was really very clever to put
ii that way. Chatty had no idea
that 1t was a famous saying of an
eminent philosopher called Emer-
son
The more she thought of ii. the
more she liked ii. She didn't know
she was just seeking an excuse tc
right herself with Winnie. Way
back In her mind was the thought
of all the fun she had had with
the Famous Four" If Winnie
stayed mad" there would be no
more parties in her apartment, no
more roadhouse expeditions, except
just with Bryant: no more chance
to show Dave Jordan how little she
cared
How much Of the office fuss had
David heard? How much had Win
ME told him? If she hadn't told
him yet, maybe she wouldn't If
Chatty apologized-that is. said she
was a wiser girl now that she was
and, Of course, no one must be
ashamed of wisdom
At closing time Chatty watched
Winnie. and when she went to the
dressing room, followed.
Il say. Winniel" she began. II
was wrong. I know better now. /
am wiser than I was this morning.
1t was all q mistake. Please don't
be sore"
Winnie turned dark. smouldering
eyes TO her.
Il got a right 70 be soreI" she
stated. but without passion. "You
talk too darn muchl"
lin SOrry!" Chatty reeated
herself. II truly thought it was
you. Winnie-really I did"
That only takes you out of the
liars classl" famed Winnie. 1T
still leaves you a gossip and a trou-
BILE maker"
But I'm mott / won't again. All,
Winnie, have a heart and be a
sport. Want me to get on my
knees?"
Like most red-headed people,
Winnie had a hot temper and a
quick one, which cooled as fast as
II heated.
Not in those stockings-they're
minel" she laughed. Remember,
you borrowed them when / spilled
cocktail all over yours? All right.
old thing. I'll call IL a day. But
watch that tbree-foot tongue OF
yoursl Some day you'll talk your
self into real troubled"
You'll forive and forget?" Chat
ty put out both hands. Honestly.
Winnie, I'm sorry"
"Oh, can the sorrow and come
over to the house tonight and fling
a foot to the radiol Ask Bryant
before he gets away"
And Chatty left with her heart
as high as 1t had been low when
MI. Van Mugs threatened to fire
her.
Somehow. Strengthening the fuss
up with Winnie seemed to make
everything all right againl Chatty
shed trouble Of her own making
as a roof sheds rain. After all, she
hadn't really done anythingI The
! only one who had really sinEed