Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
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Vivian Matthews, shy and I'M
happy because she was a doorstep
baby, is called a flat tire" by the
younger set of Bender. She marrieS
Wentworth Hillman Johns III, with
the understanding that in a year
she will get one hundred thousand
dollars and a divorce in Paris. She
loves him secretly, and marrieS to
help him get the fortune left by
his grandfather. Aurelia "Dovie"
Jansen, who Tilted Kent to marry
the Count Won Pepper in Paris, re-
turns and lays her plans to win
Kent again. There is a cyclone,
and when both homes are taken
and Vivian'S maid is wounded, vi
Wan flies through the storm for
doctors and becomes a heroine,
saving a score of lives. The refu-
gees are in the little Matthews cot
tage, willed to Vivian by her old
guardian.
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CHAPTER xxx
Red Cross headquarters was es-
tablished at the Matthews cot
tage. 1t hummed with activity.
Doctors, nurses-boy scouts, run
ming in and out, carrying messages
and doing their little brown uni
forms proud.
Death had laid a heavy hand on
the town. At noon, the day after
the cyclone, the total was nine
dead and twenty-three injured.
The Smith family, a father, moth
er and three children, were all
taken. Three men and a woman
had been on the street when the
storm broke had been buried un-
der the debris.
Celeste, delirious and in grave
danger, vas taken at once in an
ambulance to the Salina hospital.
Cots were placed in Vivian'S liv-
ing room for five homeless who
were not hurt enough to be taken
to a hospital.
All the news wires in the coun-
try had picked up the story Of the
girl ace who had flown in the face
OF death and saved the lives of a
score by bringing aid before it was
too late. In the days news she was
the heroine Of the hour.
When it became known that she
was the girl whose picture had
won the international art prize.
New York papers carried it in their
headlines. With the Countess Won
Pepper, and Mann Barlow, the
famous artist, under the same roof,
all refugees from the storm, the
little cottage took on great i'm
portance in the press dispatches.
CuddleS and Bark assumed the
kitchen responsibilities - cooking
and washing dishes almost dav
and night. Bark, with an apron
tied under his arms, and Cuddles
IN checked Bingham bossing him
sasSily, fed dozens of homeless
that filled the back yard in an al
most continuous stream.
Kent and Vivian took charge of
the rest Of the house and helped
care for the injured. 1t all seem
co q nightmare to Vivian. But it
brought her so much closer to Kent
tnat, heartbreaking as the tragedy
seemed, there were moments when
q felt a new happiness.
Dovie and Mrs. Jansen kept 70
their room the first day. Kent
grew more furious with the mother
every minute. He did not blame
lowe. She was just a poor, mis-
guided kid!
When it dawned upon Mrs. jan
sen suddenly that there would be
several thousand dollars Insurance.
70 collect very soon, she saw a wav
OF getting Of of all the mess and
away from what she chose to cali
.V1vian's dump They could safe
~ go to Paris. The Insurance
money would take care of them m
I'll Kent and Dovie were married.
Dovie was ~overjoyed. She stop
ped Kent as he went by the door
n pulled him into the room.
is my poor little sweetums tir-
ed boy?"
The sympathy and her nearness
overcame him-as usual. He took
her into his arms tenderIy. Her
Dig, blue eyes looked at him plead