Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-21

in Bender. would have " go
back to New York. Vivi-n felt that
it was sheer loyalty that had kept
her in the little town. Perhaps she
Would induce her to 60 back when
she saw the situation they were in.
Celeste was SO disappointed that
she could not go with Vivian to
buy the new dress and new hat
that she was sorry re had told her
she was going shopping.
"But-by all means buy something
green, madame" the little expert
cautioned he Something to blend
with re Vamp c."
Vivian did find a pretty green.
A delightful aeavy clinging crepe
de chine that suited her perfectly.
Then a little Ct ;e fitting felt hat
to match. 1t made her feel quite
C,egant. But her heart a lit
tie when she remembered the So
600 worth of clothes that the cy-
clone had wiped off tie earth.
When Kent came home and
found the new shirt and a new blue
tie on his bed, he stopped and
stared at them a moment before
picking them up.
Bless her l-eart!"
And A--e might have been sur
prised if she had seen him 60 over
and stand before a picture Of her
that was Il the wall. A little girl
u, la-ky and freckled, with her
rec hair in pig It's.
ssITTb-y did var IA n UiuO3 ha
asked her when he went downstairs
and how did you F~ov my size?"
7 wasn't going to take you to
the mayors house tonight without
a new shirt a4d tie to celebrate,
at least, she turned and walked
around the room, and I celebrated
with a new dress FOR 'lyself. lever
mind about the size. I'm q 1er."
TITS a knockout. You look grand.
They'll all fall in love with you.
And I've never had q tie that
suited me bett- !"
She was plea.ed as Punch with
his praises. They drove to the
mayors with grins IN ,heic faces,
ar | Vivian said she hoped lie didn't
look at her becauGe 81 : would hugh.
Strange. but she didn't feel at all
~self-consc: IS OF out o place. It
just amused her that, after so long
a time, the mayors wife should be
the first to invi+ ttom to her
home. Kent told her they were
certainly starting at the top Of the
Ladder. And it amused him when
he remembered + 1t Mayor Ster-
Ing, When he a a young man,
had t. IN care of his grandfath-
e~'s horses.
Since that tine he had acc led
wealth in the grain business-and
bo2oted the most pretentious house
II Cende- OF side Of he Johns
home that had been taken by the
storm.
They had { -ected to have a lit
tie tete-a-tete with the S~terlings,
aid found RS laid for y. Mrs.
Sterling had invited a group Of
friends fl N Salina to meet the
far7ous girl who flew in the teeth
of a cyclone and saved 4 score of
Ii---
"You didn't know you we're so
f---nous, did w, my dear?" she put
an arm aror II Vivian as she in
troduced her. I've been raw. z to
everybody about you"
I'm sure chats very sweet Of
-" Vivian found herself being
shaken hands 18th all around, as
though she were a v:1;tin5 cele-
brtty, but you know 20 really was
moth lg. Anyor2 would have done
IT,"
Eyes, anyone w the brave heart
OF I'M the mayor I wed over
her hand ENORMOUSLY. And as
mayor of Bender, I Wa t to tell you
we consider you u greatest citi-
zen"
Kent's eyes were dancing. He
looked at Vivian for signs Of her
usual panic, but she vas calm, as
though there had : 81 dinners CIV
en- in her honor every day Of her
life. She was given the sect OF
honor, with the mayor at her right,
and as Kent sat acroc~ from her
and listored to heT brilliant sallieS
and the way che picked up the
ends of conversation az around the
table and held them, he was fasci-
natej with the change in her.
He wondered if it was the cock
tails Mrs. Sterling had served be-
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