Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-28

Vivian Matthews, 20, q doorstep
baby. is known among the younger
set Of Bender. Kan, as a flat tire"
Wentworth Hillman Johns III, scion
Of the wealthiest family in the town,
Is to marry Aurelia "Dovie" Jansen.
and learns she has married Count
Won Pepper in Paris. Through
with women" Kent. in order to get
a million dollars willed 10 him by his
grandfather, providing he marries,
offers Vivian 100000 and a Paris
divorce in a year. If she will marry
him. He tells her frankly 1t Is be-
cause he loved Dovie and wants TO
marry someone who couldn't hurt
him.
CNOw GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER "
Cuddles. consumed with curiosity
to hear all about the date. was at
her door the next morning before
Vivian was dressed. She burst in
like a young cyclone.
Gimme newsI Gimme the low
down"
She caught n look at Vivian.
red eyed and sleepleSs and sat down,
shaking a knowing head.
BY golly, a hangover! You sure
look bleary-eyed this morning.
sweetheart. Must have been a large
evening"
Vivian shook her head negatively.
hesitating TO tell Cuddles anything
about what was on her mind, yet
wanting, nor than she had ever
wanted before, to confide in some
one.
mo. indeed. I haven't slept
that's all"
well, I expected that" Cuddles
giggled. Il could see when YOU we're
S 70 tongue-tied last evening that this
vas all going to so to your head
and cause insomnia and things"
Suddenly Vivian surprised Cud-
dies. herself. into speechlessness.
when she turned and looked az her
~squarely.
you we're right. Pat. He does
want to marry me"
Cuddles opened her mouth TO
speak-and gulped. Vivian smiled
and nodded.
This tongue ties even you, does
mt ii? Well. it's the truth. Kent
worth Hillman Johns III has asked
to take In marriage Vivian Mat
thews' Bender's smallest social
light"
Pat was beside her in a moment,
her arms around her neck.
"Oh, my dear, I am so glad. I
know you love him. I am so glad
he loves you, too. Why. it's-like a
book"
Vivian stopped her with a light
laugh.
"Yeah-it's like a-book. all right.
But this loving me has nothing to
do with IT,"
Pat was mystified with Vivian
taking it in such an indifferent way.
Plainly she was puzzled and stun
ned, as Vivian told her as much as
she could Of Kent's wanting to mar
~ her. withholding the more impor-
tant details. She made it quite
clear. however. that IL was TO get
Grandfather Johns million dollars.
Pats mercenary little heart could
not begin to understand how Vivian
could even entertain the idea Of
turning the proposition down. See
ing her own love Of luxury and
clothes, and knowing what they
meant TO a woman who had lived
her life on Broadway four years,
she could not conceal her amaze
ment at Vivian's hesitation.
You're crazy. plain crazy" she
told her seriously. You love him.
Whether he loves you or not, what
does that matter7 Maybe he will
! some day. Besides. you'll have all
that money. Believe me. honey,
clothes and things r all that mat
ter to a woman. She can win any
man in two shoes IL she has the
fine feathers to parade before his
nose"
Vivian did not tell Cuddles that
she was 10 marry Kent for just a
year. What she did tell her she
knew she would keep. Cuddles was
loyal to the last drop OF the hat.
Luxury loving and flippant she
might be-but not catty on a tattle
tale.
Just as nearly every woman In the
world believes that she can be beau
tifuI and desirable II she has the
proper background. 10 Fat con-