Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-01
By ROE FuLkERSON
RDEA THIS FIRST:

INOG1 lilo T1IbO -.
In her short career as a profess
sional dancer, Betty Brown finds
the men she attracts are fair wealth
or friends. She IL in all automobile
accident with Andy Adair, the son
Of a wealthy family, and ~disI0cate5
her knee. IN the hospital for ten
days, George Harris, who disap-
proves of her dancing career. pays
All her bills, while AnQy never comes
to see her after the accident. Low
ing Andy, she feels she must marry
George for his kindness. Out 0f the
hospital with a stiff knee, George
4 gives her work in the restaurant he
owns. She pays him hack what he
had spent Oh her and is COmpar-
atively happy in her lob.
NOW co ON WITH TIE STORY
CHAPTER XXXVITI
One day at the lunch hour Betty'e
Old school friend. Lois, came to the
restaurant. As she walked past
| Betty's desk without speaking. Betty
! thought she had intended 10 cut her
dead. But she was mistaken: in the
midst Of her luncheon Lois wig
v-aggod IA her Cheerily across the
dining room. and when she paid her
check. greeted her efuSively.
We'll. ri all things! Who would
ever expect TO see you here! 7 knew
George Harris owned this place. but
I thought YOU had left town with a
road shoW!'
mo. I'm through dancing for life
answered Betty. u hurt my knee
in an automobile accident"
ooh, that's too badi I ran away
from home and Joined q road show
returned Lois. I'm home again now,
but father won't let me dance any
more. even for charity. Wo are both
out If the dancing game
I'm sorry. I know YOU liked dane
ing"
II wish YOU would come and Sc
me begged Lois. Mother viii be
glad to see YOU when I tell her YOU
aren't dancing any more. She isn't
very keen on my dancing friends
I'll be glad to-"
Then come tonight when you are
through. What time do you get Off?'
I'm USUALLY through by eight
o'clock"
Then Ill come for you. Father
bought me q nice little car and I'll
drive you out
When Lois came She suggested
they go riding instead Of % her
house. Betty suspected Lois mother
might not have been as glad to have
her as Lois thought. but she discov-
cred that Lois wanted to talk about
her experiences on the road.
1T was a Scream!" she announced
when they had driven out in the
country and parked. Jessie, a girl
named Olive. Bess and I arranged a
dance act. We pooled u money
and bought a few rather nice props
and put the act on in good shape,
We had a lot of nice, fresh cos
tunes.
Before w we're home, Bess
wished we had started with 2 train
cd seal act 50 We could have killed
and eaten the seals! We did get
hungry 2 time or two, and you
would have died TO see some John
take one or two Of It's out and have
the lucky ones snitch things off the
table to bring back to those who
didn't Get an invitation.
TN Chicago we hardly had q cent.
Jessie got q small Job in a cafe, but
they only paid her ten a week. We
lived on that while q booking agent
told us every day he was going to
get us work. Jessie lost the Job, and
we were down to almost our last
dollar when the booking agent told
lis everything was jake. He had a
Job for us!
The Job was two split weeks in
North Carolina! We didn't have
enough money to 60 to FngleWOod.
right in the suburbs OF Chicago. let
alone to North Cardinal Then I got
a place posing for shoe and stocking
advertisements. We lived on that
till we cot a Job rehearsing for a
show which was to play tank towns
in the west. One or the other Of us
vas on the stage All the time, and
the only thing we didn't do was play
bass drum in the street parade.
1--WE rehearsed for two weeks
Then the angel Of the show said II
was 81 rotten no wouldn't mt I'D the
money TO send it out. We four cried
all over him. and he was 50 easy
| that he gave us fifty dollars each
although show Pirls are never paid
during rehearsals.
To top It a1I off. We got arrested
That is. every one h',t Olive. We
met three bows in the theatrical
boarding house where we lived. who
said they were medical students
Thev were Inose as ashes with their
money. end for q weai we were with
than every night. Then. one night
while we we're ont will, thin. a DO
| Hceman came up to the car anc