Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-05
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Vivian Matthews, shy and Unhappy
because she was a doorstep baby.
IS considered a flat tire" by the
younger set OF Bender, Kan. Kent
worth Hillman Johns, Tilted and
through with women" offers Vivian
one hundred thousand dollars and a
divorce in Paris at the end OF a
year to marry him SO he . get a
fortune willed by his grandfather.
On their platonic honeymoon in New
York Vivian secures a French maid,
Celeste, who transforms the plain
Vivian with her art. Vivian at
tracts the attention o. the famous
illustrator, Mann Barlow, who takes
her to dinner and asks ner If he may
fly to Kansas and paint her. She is
amazed but, neglected by Kent. con-
sents.
In the intimacy OF the drawing
room, Kent, feeling sorry for Vivian
in her lonely. drab life, suddenly
kisses her for the first time.
CNow 90 on with tho story.)
CHAPTER XII
Thank you. honey. Tin glad you
trust me-" Kent told her softly, as
he released her after tine kiss. II
brought her back to earth so sud
denly that she wanted 70 sceram out
a protest. Then 1t was Just a kiss!
And IL had been heaven TO her. The
greatest momen. Of her life.
But Kent was not AS calm as he
seemed. He lay in his upper berth
far into the night. thinking. Won
dering how things would eventually
turn out. Could they always be
good friends? Would 1t spoil her
life? Poor little girl. And Dovie.
He thought Of her. ..
Grimly. he lay pictuEing the gil
he had thought would be on his
honeymoon. She had always had a
physical power over KcnS that sent
him almost breathless at the sight
Of her. He was surprised. IN the
face OF all these Thoughts, that
Vivian's kiss had left him at al
shaken. But" he thought, Il an
a man. That is not strange"
He thought Of Celeste and her
fiery little French ways. and smiled
10 himself. She was fire, too-like
Dovie. Vivian was different. She
could not let herself 50 as either
Dovie or Celeste might. She was
too serious minded. n she were not,
they might get a great deal more
from their year of matrimony.
The next morning. when Celeste
Knocked on the door. she found
Vivian paler than usual, and with
circles under her eyes that told that
she had not slept and was unhappy.
1t angered her. So that when Kent
grinned Good morning. Frenchie,
she forgot her position and Tipped
back at him pertly:
80 your ole mansl"
AS they neared Bender IN the
early morning sunlight Vivian felt
all her old inferiority complex steal
ing over her. How could she face
all those people7 With her new
wardrobe and the big Johns mansion
and her new position. She felt sud-
denly small and insignificant ard
helpless.
Kippv. the chauffeur. when he
saw Celeste's little French heels tap
ping down the station platform be-
side the bride and groom, could
hardly believe his own eyes.
What a lookerl He self-con-
sciously Strengthened and flushed
when Kent kidded brutality: NM.
Look. Kippy. what we brought
YOU from New York. A brand new
little French maid to play with
Celestes' little nose went in the
air and she accepted It all with a
stony silence. !.
you ought to be ashamed OF
Yourself" Vivian scoided Kent tart
IL. when they were on their way
home. Teasing the poor girl Ike
that"
And Celeste. amusingly queenly,
des5ite her half-pint size, held her
head high and shifted:
"Chauffeurl Apple sauces! IL IS
re lazy man jobs"
Kent liked to sec her that way.
So he kept on:
Listen, Viv. In that cas- can't
we fix up with Geek Waves. the ice
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