Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
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By ROE FuLkERSON e,aoa - c, ,.~nnr x
By ROE F~ULKERSON


, spent on il, I'm not ~hcartless!
I'm doing this to keep from think
ing Of less pleasant things."
Trying TO forget your poor faith
err" sobbed Mrs. Brown.
II am remembering my nice faith
er as he was. We must go on liv-
Ing. Nothing would make father hap
pier than 20 know that ! am living
as he wanted me to-"
"lou blame me for being sorry
he y gone. Poor dear, up In
heaven lie knows ! cannot help
but cry while you dance."
Mother, I'm not going ~ dance
In public. No one will know | am
dancing unless you tell them. u
shall keep in practice. though. for
| may need to dance for our living.
II you don't let me work at some
thing elsei"
your father dead and you away
from home with some wicked showlr
Mrs. Browns emotion and sorrow
for herself overcame her. She left
the room hysterical.
IL took her months 10 get over
u and become normal again. Al
though Betty cried less than her
mother, she was more depressed.
One Sunday some eight or nine
months later. she went for a ride
with Harry Ford. He asked her
what she was going 70 DO.
Harry. I don't know how III AZ
anything" she answered. Mother
viii not let me work. and cries cv-
cry time ] suggest getting 4 lob"
How much money have you rot7r
he asked, bluntlv.
Only fathers life insurance.
five thousand dollars
Bad stuff, Is il in your nams
or your mothers
my mothers Of course. Whv did
you ask"
! Better keep an eve on her. Some
, body viii gyp her out Of it,
Il guess there IA no danger.
Mother knows nothing OF n and
always asks at the bank about ev-
crything."
Home from her ride. Betty found
a middle-aEed man at her house
talking with her mother. She intro
duced him as Mr.. Brainard. A friend
Of her fathers. who had called 10 see
how she was getting along.
Betty did not remember hearing
her father speak Of Mr. Brainard.
and she did not like his looks. II
seemed incredible that her father
had liked n man Of his tyne. He
was meticUlously dressed, and his
manners were so perfect as 10 seem
/ n@feTHn1s Aak - -
genuine interest in them. ard SEEM
ed 40 kind, that she was uncertain.
His call was soon over. but be-
fore he left ne assured them that
he was glad "a he az service to them.
and left his card with her mother.
Hc also insisted that Mrs. Brown
not give herself over 20 rrievinr.
She was a young woman and must
90 on with her life. He was sure
Mr. Brown would not approve OF her
crying 50 much.
Betty looked AZ his card. He was
an investment banker. which &c
assured her OF his standing in the
community. Her mother was criti-
cal Of her fathers lodge members.
who had not called as often as she
~1'@hNA tHtN rlWI4Qs Af. bFalraTu
told her he would come around
some afternoon and take them out
for a drive.
Daring the next week Mr. Brain
ard telerhoned and did .re III his
cor and take them FOR q ride. n the
country. He took them PAST ! pret-
~ subdivision -wo miles out. re
said he had bought n farm there
and cut X " into city lots and sold
II through thA real estate firm
whose name appeared On the few
unsold lots.
He had already made almost
hundred thousand dollars out az the
transaction ard had man lots left.
All he had Invested was twenty
thousand dellarx, and had sold lots
long before the mortgage OF the
farm had come due.
Mrs. Brown and Betty were both
very much impressed with his story
cf the transaction and the fact
Father had such a wealthy and I'm
fluential friend. Betty thought az
asking him for n position In his a.
flee. but decided "a wait until her
mother was not present.
a week later BETTY cane horne 20
find Mr.. Bruinnrd had taken her