Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-01
By ROE FuLkERSON

RDEA THIS FIRST:
In her short career as a profess
sional dancer, Betty Brown finds
the men she attracts are fair wealth
er friends. She is in an automobile
accident with Andy Adair, the son
Of a wealthy family, and disloCates
der knee. In the hospital for ten
days, George Harris, who di5ap-
proves of her dancing career, pays
all her bills, while Andy never comes
to see her after the accident. Low
ing Andy. she feels she must marry
George for his kindness. Out of the
hospital with q stiff knee. George
gives her work in the restaurant he
owns. She pays him back what he
had spent on her and Is Compar-
ativelv happy in her job.
tNOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXXVIII
One day at the lunch hour Betty's
Old school friend, Lois. came to the
restaurant. AS She walked past
Betty's desk without speaking, Betty
thought she had intended to cut her
dead. But she was mistaken, in the
midst Of her luncheon Lois wig
wagged to her cheerily across the
dining room, and when she paid her
check, greeted her efusivelv.
We'll, of all things! VINO would
ever expect to see you here! I knew
George Harris owned this place. but
| thought YOU had left town with q
road ShoWi'
mo. I'm through dancing for life
answered Betty. L hurt my knee
in an automobile accident"
ooh, that's too bad! I ran away
from home and Joined a road show
returned Lois. I'm home again now,
but father won't let me dance any
more, even for charity. We arc both
out Of the dancing game"
I'm sorry. ] know You liked dane
ing"
Il wish YOU would come and see
me- begged Lois. Mother will be
glad to see you when 7 tell her you
aren't dancing any more. She isn't
very keen on my dancing friends
I'll be glad to-
Then rome tonight when you are
through. What time do you get OFF,
I'm usually through by eight
O'Clock"
Then I'll come for you. Father
bought me a nice little a and I'll
drive you out
When Lois came she suggested
they go riding instead of to her
house. Betty suspected Lois mother
might not have been as glad to have
her as Lois thought, but she diScOv-
cred that Lois wanted to talk about
her experiences on the road.
1T was a screami" she announced
when they had driven out in the
country and parked. Jessie. a girl
named Olive, Bess and I arranged q
dance act. We pooled u money
and bought a few rather nice props
and put the act on in good shape.
We had a lot Of nice, fresh COS
tunes.
Before we were home, Bess
wished We had started with a train
ed seal act so we could have killed
and eaten the seals! We did set
hungry a time or two, and you
would have died to see some John
take n or two Of us out and have
the lucky ones snitch things off the
table to bring back to those who
didn't get an invitation.
I'm Chicago We hardly had a cent.
Jessie got a small Job in q cafe, but
thew only paid her ten a week. We
lived on that while 2 booking agent
told lis every day he was going TO
get us work. Jessie lost the job, and
we were down to almost our last
dollar when the booking agent told
us everything was jake. He had a
Job for us!
THE lob was two split weeks in
North Cardinal We didn't have
enough money to go to EngleWood,
right in the suburbs of Chicago. let
alone to North Carolina! Then I got
a place posing for shoe and stocking
advertisements. We lived on that
till we got a Job rehearsing for a
show which was to play tank towns
in the west. One or the other Of US
was on the stage all the time. and
the only thing we didn't do was play
bass drum in the street narade.
1--WE rehearsed for two weeks.
Then the angel Of the show said It
was so rotten he wouldn't mt IN tho
p1onev to send If ont. We four cried
al over him. and he was so easy
that he gave us fifty dollars each.
although show girls are never paid
dr'-inp rehearealS.
To FOB it al off, We cot arrested.
That i. every one brit Olive. VIZ
met three boys in the theatrical
boarding house where we lived. who
eaid they were medical students.
They were loose as ashes with their
money. and for a wee'C we were with
than every NIGHT. Then. nne nirht
while we were ont with thin. a po-
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