Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-05

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Vivian Matthews, shy and unhappy
because she was a doorstep baby,
is considered a flat tire" by the
younger set or Bender. Kan. Kent
worth Hillman Johns. Tilted and
through with women offers Vivian
one hundred thousand dollars and 4
divorce in Paris at the end Of a
year to marry him SO he z get a
fortune willed by his grandfather.
On their platonic honeymoon in New
York Vivian secures q French maid.
Celeste, who transforms the plain
Vivian with her art. Vivian at
tracts the attention q the famous
illustrator, Mann Barlow. who takes
her to dinner and asks ner II Re may
fly to Kansas and paint her. She Is
amazed but, neglected by Kent, CON-
sents.
In the intimacy Of the drawing
room. Kent, feeling sorry for VIVIAN
in her lohely. drab life, suddenly
kisses her for the first time.
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CHAPTER XII
Thank you. honey. Tin clad you
trust me-" Kent told her softly, as
he released her after the kiss. IL
brought her back 70 earth so sud
denly that she wanted 70 sceram out
a protest. Then 1t was Just a Kiss!
And It had been heaven To her. The
greatest momen. Of her life.
But Kent was not As calm as he
seemed. He lay in his upper berth
far into the night. thinking. Won
derinr how things would eventually
turn out. Could they always oe
good friends? Would 1t spoil her
life? Poor little girl. And Dovie.
He thought of her. .
Grimly. he lay picturing the gu
he had thought would be on his
HONEYMOON. She had always had a
physical power yer KcnS That sent
him almost breathleSS at the sight
Of her. He was surprised. IN The
face OF all these Thoughts, that
Vivian's kiss had left him at all
shaken. But" he thought, I am
a man. That is not strange"
He thought Of Celeste and ner
fiery little French ways, and smiled
10 himself. She was fire, tco-like
Dovie. Vivian was different. She
could not let herself 80 As either
Dovie or Celeste might. She was
too serious minded. II she we're not,
they might get a great deal more
from their year Of matrimony.
The next morning, when celeste
knocked on the door. she found
Vivian paler than usual, ana WIN
circles under her eyes that told that
she had not slept and was unhappy.
1t angered her. So that when Kent
grinned Good morning. Frencnie'.
she forgot her position and Tipped
back at him pertly:
$50 your ole mansl'
AS they neared Bender in the
early morning sunlight Vivian felt
All her old i~nferiority complex steal
ing over her. How could she face
ali those people7 With her new
wardrobe and the biz Johns mansion
and her new position. She ielt SUD-
denly small and insignificant arc
helpless.
Kippv. the chauffeur. when he
saw Celeste's little French heels tap
ping down the station platform oe-
side the bride and groom, u
hardly believe his " eyes
what a lookerl He self-con-
sciously Strengthened and flushed
when Kent kidded brutality: INN.
Look. Kippy. what we brought
o from New York. A brand new
little French maid to play with;
Celestes' little nose went In the
air and she accepted 1t all with q
stony silence.
you ought to be ashamed Of
Yourself" Vivian scolded Kent tart
". when they were on their way
home. Teasing the poor girl Ike
that"
And Celeste. amusingly queenly,
DESPITE her half-pint size, held aer
head high and shifted:
chauffeur Apple saucesi II IS
ze lazy man jobs"
Kent liked TO e her that way.
So he kept IN:
Listen. Viv. in that case cau't
we fix up with Geek Wares. the ice
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