Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-21

almost chopped one leg off and
impersonated Peter ~Stuyvesant.
he perked up. noticeably.
You 60 right over o and get
the room and look under the bed
and see IL the s~uitcases are still
there. Then get the key and lock
II and come back and meet me at
your room at the hotel. You bet
ter get the stuff we need TO fix
me up, too. I'll 90 out and get
some decent clothes" Then he
grinned:
isn't it disgusting after all the
years I've worn this suit TO give
IL I'D Just for q oma I've never
! seen but once in my life."
KeneSsa looked Rowdy over. He
was q dear-but he certainly was
not the worlds best dressed news
I paper man.
1T won't hurt you. Rowdy.~ she
encouraged him. Wei make "a
perfect lady outa you before we're
through"
Good, old KeneSSa. He had known
her almost ever since she came to
Philadelphia as q green kid-she
must be nearly thirty now. Get
her mad and she was like q buzz
saw gone wild-but she had a heart
as big as a barn. She was a sea-
soned ~burlesque trooper OF the
cheaper theater-but he had al
ways liked her for her honesty and
her unselfiShness and her reputa-
ton for keeping younger girls In
the straight and narrow.
Mother Murphy met KeneSsa at
the door and Kenessa was shocked
10 see how pale and old she had
grown. She had lost pounds. When
mother saw that ID was Kenessa
she threw her arms around her
and burst into tears.
God bless you, Du Barry. It's
that glad I am 20 set eyes on We
You're a sight for sore eyes
yourself. mother" KenesSa Rugged
her tightly. IL came TO stay awhile
Mother burst into fresh weep
ing: Have We been afther seem
me colleen"
mo, but I've just talked to a man
who haS-a newspaper man-and
he says she Is looking fine and
keeping I'D great. He say5 he Is
working on the story and Is sure
he'll have her out Of the jug in
a few days"
God be praised" mothers face
cleared happily. Sure I'LL niver
smile agin until they bring her
back"
ITS been terrible for you" Ke-
nesSa Sympathized. Police and re-
pOrters and SO much in the papers
IT'S nothin' TO what me darlin'
colleen is goin' through in that
awful jail"
You got quite hipped on the kid,
didn't you?" KeneSsa smiled nc
mother. Il knew you would. That 1
why / sent her to you"
Mother wept again.
Sure. Du Barry, it's meseif feel:
I didn't carry out me trust lettin'
the poor lamb get into trouble like
that. For day she was lookin' that
worried and peaked. Sure I thought
twas the yellow-haired little fish
she was afther bein' i'm love with
from her home town worryin' her
I didn't dream twas any seriou,
trouble like that haste che kill.
ed"
oh" KeneSsa tried to be non.
chalant. Il guess I'll take Resale!
room. mother. Are her things still
IN it?"
Sure. just as they left it afthei
takin' all the police pictures anC
things. I amt had the heart Il
60 In and do n thing. but take On.
small rug up that was afther bein
all covered with blood"
KenesSa shuddered as mother
opened the door.
"I1l take good care OF her thing
for the few days I'm here, mother
You just run along and let ma
wash up. I'm goin' out In a few
minutes and I won't be back til
after dinner"
KeneS.a stood, cold as ice-afraiG
to look under the bed If the suit
cases were g0ne-what would the.
do?
To BE CONTINUED