Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-07

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be a better place for a picnic"
They left the two cars beside the
road, and walked through the tai
timothy, carrying their steamer rug
and their lunch boxes and then
bathing suits with them.
Lets make a fire for the coffee
and we can have our swim while
we're waiting Tor it to boil" said
Billie, when they had settled their
things under the water oak trees
beside the clear little pool that was
as round as a mirror. You boys
60 and find a place TO put on youI
suits, and Chat and I will make a
dressing room out Of the steamer
blanket
They hung 1t owe the lowest
branches Of one Of the trees and
using it for a tent, they got into
their suits.
Before the two men had come
back, ready for their swim, Billie
was in the pool-darting about, her
legs and arms shining silver white
under the film Of clear, sunny
water.
"Oh, but it's love-lee-ee-" she
called breathlessly TO the other
three. when they came to the edge
TO watch her. Come along. Don't
you wish we had a ball? We could
play water polo"
She dived and swan under the
water TO the opposite bank, where
she chung TO the tall grass, lookin2
over her bare shoulder at the 9TH
ers. She was as lovely as a water
nymph, with her laShes fringing
her eyes with wet black points. and
the color brilliant in her cheeks and
lips.
zone of the girls down at the Of
flee told me she uses makeup
Dave Jordan said to Chatty. Nov
why do girls talk about each othe:
that way? Anybody can see that
all her color is her own"
Chatty interrupted him by laying
one Of her hands on his arm. y
told you that" she answered. and
her face was fiery red. Don't you
remember? The day you told me
I was made UP because I had pink
powder on my face? But she does
make up-but not very much. And
I'm just as sorry and ashamed as
/ can be because / told you that
She was, too When she was
happy, as she was now, she had
no desire to say cruel and catty
things. There was no bitterness III
her now. no jealousy of other girls
because they managed to have more
good times than she had.
And she WAS happy now, with
her hand in Dave Jordan'S hand
slipping down the long grass and
the moss that covered the slope OF
the bank around the pool-letting
herself down into his arms when
he stood below her in the water
She caught her breath as he held
her. pressing her close 10 him.
Before he let her go he kissed her
just once-and so quickly that
neither Billie nor George Mayhem
saw him do it. Then they swan
out into the water together.
I'm happy - happy - happy
thought Chatty. I'm alive at last!"
She felt as If she had been in
a cocoon all her twenty years. and
that suddenly she had grown wings
and flown out Of IL into the sun
shine and the fields of flowers.
II never would have known Dave
well like this" she figured, IF Il
hadn't been for Billie and that
party Of hers last Sunday" And
right then and there she solemrly
promised herself that she would
never say a horrid thing about Bill
lie again-never do an unkind
thing to her. She would forget
that she knew that Billie was mar
ried and running around with
George Mayhem. She would never
speak Of il to a living soul. Never,
never, never!
II was dusk by the time they had
had their lunch. cleared things
away. and had another swim IN the