Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-18
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Charlotte C~hatterton. nicknamed
Chatty. is a born gossip. She loses
her job in a hat store because she
talks too much.
Her mother, a widowed dress
maker. has n wealthy customer,
Mrs. Lowell Van Mugs. an old
friend. Through her Chatty gets a
Job in the files department of Mr..
Van Nuys' bond house, down town.
There she meets David Jordan. 4
young bond salesman, and falls III
love with him.
Billie Langenau, who's in charge
Of the files, and her sister, Sara
come to live across the hall from
the Chattertons. Billie gives a
party for the office force, and that
night Dave Jordan makes love to
Chatty for the first time. After
that they see much Of each other,
going around with Billie and
George Mayhem, one Of the bond
statesmen. sometimes. Finally Dave
comes to the flat and meets Mrs.
Chatterton. But Chatty won't let
Pud, her young brother. meet him,
for she has found out that Pud
and Ben Tomlinson, who owns the
corner drug store, are ~bootlegging.
Pud admits selling alcohol to Win
ME Talcott, who works in Mr.. Van
Mugs office. helping Agnes.
Chatty unearthS some office
scandal. She finds out that Billie
Langenau has been married but
never divorced, and that George
Mayhem does not know this. Billie
insists that since George isn't in
love with her, or she with him,
this doesn't matter. But when Chat
ty sees George with another girl.
and tells Billie about 1t, she bursts
into tears.
Sometimes Mr.. Van Mugs and Ag-
mes HEREFORD, his secretary, 20 to
lunch together. Chatty promises
her mother never to speak Of this
to Mrs. Van" But when she be-
comes jealous because Agnes is too
friendly with Dave, she steals Ag-
mes diary from her desk and sends
some Of 1t to Mrs. "Van"-enough
to show Mrs. Van" that Agnes is
In love with her husband.
Chatty leaves the torn diary in
Dawes roadster. He returns IL to
Agnes desk, and no one but him
self knows that Chatty stole it. He
scolds her for taking 1t, and saws
he cannot understand her doing
such a thing. That night Mrs. Van
sends for Chatty, shows her the
torn pages Of the diary, and asks
her whose handwriting is on them
Chatty tells her the pages are
from the diary Of Agnes Herford
Chatty urges Mrs. Van to have Ag-
mes fired. Chatty writes David a
note.
Nov Go On With the Story
CHAPTER Xxx
From her chair at the telephone
switchboard, Chatty watched Dave
Jordan's face as he read the letter
she had written to him.
But 1t was as stony and calm as
a good poker players face.
He came to the end of il, and
was folding 1t up to slip it back
into its envelope when Jim Bowen
came walking up to his desk and
spoke to him.
Chatty saw him ned to Jim, pick
up his hat, and then come across
the office to her.
Sorry" he said to her, but
won't be able to take you to lunch
today. I'm going to eat with jim
And then, before she had a
chance TO say a word in answer, he
had turned on his heel and was
half way across the room on hi:
way to the door. AS 1t swung shut
behind him. Chatty felt as II all the
sunshine Of the warm, bright daS
was gone, leaving the office in deer
and gloomy shadow.
A lump came into her throat, anc
her face began to flush slowly anC
intentionally -. She was not only
hurt, but terribly ashamed. Asham.
ed because she had begged him K
take her to lunch and let her tall
things over with him-and he hac
turned her down.
And turned ne down cold, tool
she told herself. He knows I know
he doesn't have 10 20 to lunch with