Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-03
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7 LII

CHAPTER LII
Byrd turned a soothing face toward
Martin.
Would you ict one girl make a
mes, II your life IN she said, impu-
IDENTIFY.
he looked at her 2 little dumb
founded. "a the twuiklIrg " All eye.
Byrd h-d changed from n quiet,
sweet girl into 2 pert, hooking young
miss.
Well. you did" he answered,
~ did she said. c%mphatiraliy,
with a reckless note i'm her voice. III
broke my heart over a husband who
treated me rs a household chattel. I
was Just a liability hanging around
bis neck. Inc good old aibatross hid
nothing on me-,
she laughed lIIppantly.
Then she leaned 4 little closer. as
IN they were cngrosscd in the most
intimate conversation.
II was a darn fool
Martin saw o young man start to-
ward them from across the room.
when Ne was within q few feet on
their table, nc wheeled about and
shot out az the door.
Nv hy that's the fellow that spoke
% you this morning. he said, sur
prised. DO you know him III
My husband" said Byrd, quietly.
II was acting for his benefit"
Martin looked at her musinCly.
Hes Eaga about you, too he
added, a, if nc had made the rcmark
az himself. "Hc would be-
Hes GaGa about him.clf'' she
Did. ycornfuliy.
Martin drove Byrd On the Semenoff
cla-..
DRIVE down with mr. In the morn
inr IT. : ked. coaEluE'y. But Byrd
shont hcr head.
on the following Monday night.
Fred stopped AZ the bank FIR hcT.
Fat and Chef and she were going 20
the Uhcrmans for dinner.
As they went through the big.
glass door or the bank, the noise or
tho newshovs calling the evening
napcrs seemed unusually strident,
ami AZ they stepped out On the side
walk they were Immediately sur
rounded nv y tat~tcrdcmalion crew
that swarmcd like humble bees
around them.
IN seemed m III fifty voices beat
unou her ear drums Al the same
time. The air seemed to he hanging
III tfttcrS torn 70 shrcdS by their
brill, piercing cries.
Fred bought two papers and
thrust one into her hands.
The same feeling of torebodlnE
seemed to strike each gimUltlnc-
ously.
The same thought swung through
their minds: Its Iach Duncan
Byrd heard the clattcr or the two
wheeled wagons drawn ly Wiry little
nags a. they tore back and forth
acroas the street, leaving the special
editions ~ every corner
SIZE hurricdly opened her paper.
Across the front page, "a huge, black
type. ran the words:
HILLANDALE AND SUNSET
POINT REALTY 60. OFF,
GERS SUED
Stakeholder. in Petition, Charges
President and Directors
With Fraud
Suit for S7,g99.25 was filed SgtUr-
day IN Common Pleas court BY John
Goldman. 800 ". i2d street, seeking
10 recover from directors Of the Hill
andalc and Sunset Point Realty GO.
funds deposited in partial payment
for the company's stocks. Goldman 3
petition charged John Duncan and
eight directors OF the company with
fraud in the sale az stocks.
The petition filed by Attorney
Gerhart also laid before the directors
q series Of 30 interrogatories they
are required to answer, and which
dciye into the details Of the manage
ment Of the company.
Byrd read the article through to
the end.
Byrd read the article through to
tho end.
"Oh. Fred. how simply terrible"
she managed 10 gasp.
He nodded.
Certainly going To DC tough IN
Jack. Il 4 penItentiary sen
tcncc, sure Tic turned a worried
face toward Byrd. There's a rumor
that Larry's one of the directors and
will come into the investigation. too"
A tremor passed through Byrd's
body and lear held her mute
Larry doesn't v orr cents
worth of stock. III he had been a
director I ~ -oii v.orld havr
seer to Il tAlt an name va struck
off,"