Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-05

her careful instruction in walking
and going up and down stairs.
She became acquainted with Doc
tor Clark's secretary, an Efficient
girl who made his engagements, kept
his books. sent out his bills and gen.
orally looked out for the big, care
less fellow. She was a graduate
nurse who had studied Stenography,
The nurse told Betty Doctor Clark
paid her sixty dollars a week for
very short hours.
Betty regretted that she had neg
lected the business course when size
was in school to study litera-
ture an dmore cultural subjects. She
wondered ii she could not yet take a
bushes course and get into some
work Of this character. She felt
George had no thought Of keeping
her in the restaurant, after his fu-
ture wife had a knowledge Of the
business.
She determined to look into fitting
herself for more COngenial Secre-
| tarIal work. She was now daily try
ing the simpler steps of her dancing.
The doctor had told her it would
be good exercise and also she loved
to dance.
Mrs. Hogan had a monograph.
Betty bought a few dance records
she particularly liked. Every night
she went through as much Of her
dance routineS as her stiff knee
would permit.
Mrs. Hogan's dining room floor
was covered with linoleum, and
it was here Betty danced. as both
Mr.. Hogan and the little Hogans
enjoyed watching her. She arranged
a simple routine for tire three chill
dren, and they all had much fun
when she taught them. Her knee
was slowly but surely becoming
more flexible as a result; the in
cision was now just a red streak
down her knee which scarcely
showed through her stocking.
One evening, as the photograph
shrilled out a jazz dance, Betty, in
an abbreviated practice costume
dancing, and the whole group laugh
ing, they looked up to see George
Harris standing in the dining room
door.
Georges face wore an angry
frown, evident to all. The little
group in the dining oom paused
The photograph died out, a needle
scratching the disk. When Betty
stepped e to stop this the tension
was broken.
Good evening, George" said Bet.
ty Il am taking the exercises as the
doctor instructed me to. While !
am at it, I am teaching the Hogan
trio a dance. Want to see them d.
it?"
Il will hardly have time" George
answered, gravely. Il only stopped
for a moment"
1T will take nc longer than that
Betty did not wait for him to reply
but wound and started the phono-
graph. The three children began tt
dance. The smallest one, eyes fixec
on the largest ones feet, presented
such a comical spectacle that George
laughed in spite Of himself.
"There!" cried Betty. What d.
you think of my pupils?"
Il will give the little one n hun
dred per cent for effort" answered
George. 81 would like a few word,
with you, Betty, if you will dress"
Looking at her costume, and bacl
at George, Betty saw disapprovai il
his eyes. She went upstairs a.
quickly as her knee would permit
and was soon back in the room will
her dress N. Lets go out on thu
veranda," she suggested.
Betty. I am shocked. panied ane
surprised to find you dancing" be-
gan George, gravely. You know
thoroughly disapprove of it."
Il didn't know you objected to m.
dancing for exercise. George. The
doctor told me it was good for m,
knee. and ] have been doing it ever.
evening. 1t isn't as if I danced il
puhlic!"
Il have no objection to your dane
ing for exercise. But If you get a
it again privately. I fear you vii
want to do it on the stage"
George. ] told you I would never
dance again publicly. When
said it I did not think I would eve