Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-27

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Vivian Matthews, shy and I'M
happy because she was a doorstep
baby, Is called a FLAT tire until
Wentworth Hillman Johns. Tilted by
DOVE" Jansen for the count Won
Pepper, marries her. II Is with the
understanding that 1t is TO be pla-
tonic, and at the end of a year she
is to receive one hundred thousand
dollars and a divorce in Paris. Mann
Barlow, New York artist, paints
Vivian. and teaches her to fly.
"Dovie" mysteriously returns with
out her count, and contrives TO cap
ture Kent. A mysterious stanger
calls and asks Vivian a great many
questions about herself, promising 10
return in a few days. Is she 70
know whom she is at last?
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CHAPTER XXX
For several days after the lawyers
call Vivian went around in sort of
a daZe. Every time the door bell
rang she jumped When she was
called to the telephone she thought
IL might be he. Celeste noticed her
nervousness and was worried. Even
Kent saw an undercurrent Of excite
ment in her eyes and wondered
about II.
Dovie had. OF course. explained her
running from the room the night he
kissed Vivian as jealousy because
she loved him so much. IL mace
everything all right, in a way. But
his interest in Vivian was keenly
awakened by the kiss. and he was
always conscious OF her when they
we're together.
Celeste, too. piqued his interest.
Several times he had pondered over
the idea Of asking her out TO see II
she would 90. 1t vas impossible. he
thought, for a girl to be as attractive
and have the eyes and mouth Ce-
leste had and not be willing to slip
out on a party-if he knew any
thing about women. But every time
he went near her she froze him.
In his conceit he wondered II she
were posing-trying 10 make herself
more attractive to him. He felt as
free as though he had never gone
through a marriage ceremony with
Vivian-and saw no reaSo why he
shouldn't 20 out with any girl he
felt like going out with as long as
no one saw him 90. That could be
easily arranged. He could. Of course,
never love any girl but Dovie-but
there was no reason why he should
tie himself down and be a darned
old deacon.
II was early May. Spring was In
full sway. The apple and cherry
and peach blossoms made a para
disc Of the Johns estate. In the back
was a huge orchard. with squat
trees. pruned to the ground to keep
the wind from blowing them down,
Despite the fact that she wrs
eagerly awaiting another call from
Lawyer Cromwell. and that Kent
paid her very little attention-viv-
ian felt spring creeping into her
heart. Every day found her in the
air, flying by the hour. Bark said
every day that he must get back Ia
New York. but kept putting 1t off
He had never accomplished Sc
much work. A series OF paintings
that he had wanted to do for years
were completed. II was the first
time he had ever really settled down
to work so MANY hours a day. He
found IL impossible TO believe. wher
he thought II over. that he had beer
away from the gay life and buried
in a Kansas hamlet for nine months
But he felt like q new man.
When he remembered that he had
followed Vivian to the wi1ds OF Kan-
a because she looked like another
interesting conquest, he smiled. How
differently 10 had all turned out
Here he was. waiting day after day
for her promise to marry him. Manr
Barlow. who had never thought o.
marriage before. Three months
more and she would 90 to Paris fol
her divorce. He would follow hei
there-and he felt certain she would
marry him then.
1t was so warm one afternoon thai
Vivian decided 10 wear her white
flying suit. Mann had given II II
her when the picture was completed
She sailed down the stairs singing