Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16
THIS FIRST:

Vivian Matthews marries Kent
worth Hillman Johns III to help him
get his grandfather's fortune after
he has been Tilted by his childhood
sweetheart. She believes herself a
doorstep baby, and is shy and un-
happy-a flat tire" He is to pay
her one hundred thousand dollars,
and give her a Paris divorce at the
end of a year, but a cyclone wipes
his business and home off the earth,
and Wall Street takes his fortune.
He is forced to live with Vivian in
her little contract. She learns from
a mysterious visitor, who turns out
to be her mothers father, that Kent
is an orphanage baby. and that she
is the rightful heir of the Johns for
tune and worth a half million dol
lars. Her father was old Johns son,
and when he was killed in an auto
mobile accident, with Vivian's moth
er, a dancer, Kent was established
in the home, and Vivian placed in
the Matthews home because the old
man would have nothing Of the off
spring of a stage woman. Vivian
Swears the two old men to secrecy
and plans to help Kent.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XLVII
"How'S your grandpap?" he asked
her, then. Hear from him?"
Every day. Wonderful letters.
wish he were here"
Hes a great old boy" the judge
approved. heartily. You'll be goin'
to live with him when you and Kent
smash up. and your contract is
over, ! take tie
Can you keep another secret?'
She smiled at him, then, a little tim
idly. A little afraid to tell him.
IF I can't, lot Of folks in this town
is certainly out o. luck" he accord
cd. raising his hand in an oath.
well, I am going to marry Mr.
Barkow-the artist who was here
this summer" She looked at him
shreWdly for signs Of disapproval.
Judge Potter turned his back and
walked to the window. She could
not see the shocked look on his
face. So that affair had gone pretty
far, after all! No wonder people
talked. But when he came back ne
took her hand.
st les believe, Mercedes Glory
Vivian Johns. what I told you before
There's a teller up there where the
sun shines takes care o His own
I don't worry a bit about you. You
got the right kind Of stuff and you'll
do what's right, and some day you
amt going to have a care in the
world"
She smiled at him-touched and
amused, and placed a quick KISS or
the old wrinkled cheek.
"Well, guardian angel. I hope
you're right. Anyway, you have m;
all cheered up-and I think you're
an old shiek and if you had BLACK
curly hair, instead Of red hair like
mine, I'd be in your office so mucf
you'd have to elope with me TO gel
rid Of me-" .
When she had gone he relit his
nine and sat in his old arm chair
staring into space thoughttully
Then he decided:
"Blind, darn fool young whippel
snapperl I'd like to take him ou'
and manhandle a little sense intC
that fool ~contraption he calls nj
head"
He meant Kent, Of course. Anc
he added a little later to the dus'
and the cobwebs and a bee tina
buzzed into the window from tn
July heat: -
"That's what comes from sendin
bows to college. Knocks all I'M
gumption out Of 'em. He come hons
with a big x sprawled all the wa.
across his manly bosom, and all TN
A. 3. C's Of plain boss sense knocked
clean out of his carcass"
But, he decided. he hoped he hat
a chance to get in on it before tn
show was over. He left his officl
with the fighting light Of twent.
glimmering in his kindly old eyes.
It was a week later that Ken
burst into the house and yellec
Vivian" until she thought he woult
raise the roof. She knew what HI
wanted to tell her-but she tried no