Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-19
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Charlotte C~hatterton, nicknamcd
Chatty. is a born gossip. She loses
her job in a hat shop because she
talks too much. Her mother. a Wild
owed dressmaker. has one wealthy
customer. Mrs. Van Mugs. an ole
friend. Through her Chatty gets E
position at the telephone switch
board IN Mr.. Van Mugs bond house.
There she meets Lave Jordan, q
young bond salesman, and falls In
love with him.
Billie L%angenau. who works in the
office. and her sister, Sara, come to
live in the flat across the hall from
the flat where Chatty lives with her
mother and her brother, Pud. Pud
attends high school, and works eve
nings in Ben Tomlinson's drug
store. Chatty learns that he sells
Gin for Ben, and that M Of his
customers Is Winnie Talcott. a ste
nographer in Mr.. Vans" office.
She begs Pud to leave Tomlinson
but he refuses 10.
Dave Jordan falls in love with
Chatty. and the two have several
pleasant parties and picnic5 with
Billie and George Mayhem. another
bond salesman. Then Sara tells
Chatty that Billie has been married
to a man named Brewster. but never
divorced from him. Billie has not
told this TO George because she in
sists that they r matter -of-fact
friends and that there Is no need
to bare her past life TO him. But
when Chatty sees George with an
other girl. and tells her about II
Billie bursts into tears. admits she
IS in love with him, and stops see
ing him.
One day Chatty sees Dave hand a
note to Agnes Herford, Mr.. Vans Z"
secretary. Jealous, she goes through
Agnes desk that night to find the
note. 1t is a harmless message
about some bonds. but Chatty also
finds Agnes diary. which tells the
whole story Of Agnes love for Mr..
Van" She sends some Of the pages
Of 1t to Mrs. ".an." and later ad-
vises Mrs. Van" to make her hus-
band discharge Agnes. He does. and
Agnes is given two weeks notice
Her job is promised to Winnie Tall
colt. who Is jubilant over il. Dave
Jordan Is the only person in the
office who knows why Agnes was
fired. for he found the torn dIarv
IN Chatty's handbag when she LEFT
1t in his car mi night. He teIle
her what he thinks Of her. ana
throws her ever. Chatty is heart
broken, and one morning. when
Winnie tells hel that a handsome
new bond salesman is starting -
work that day, she IS not even mild
ly interested.
Now GO ON WITH THE STORY,
Many a heart is caught on the
rebound" says the old proverb.
And something like that happen
ed to Chatty's sore and aching
heart or that warm. sunny Monday
morning in June, when she stepped
into the big main office.
She stood still. Just outside the
door Of the cloak room. for a mo.
ment, looking around the room fol
Dave Jordan. For weeks and week,
he had been the first person sh,
had looked for when she set foo
in the office in the morning and 4
was second nature for her to d,
It now, even though she knew tina
he was through with her forever.
He was nowhere in sight, and an
other man vas sitting in his desl
chair, looking over the morning pa
per.
As Chatty stood. looking at him
he turned his head. His eyes me
hers and held them fasr.
This must be the man W-lni
was Just telling me about" sh
thought, and she l-new that n
matter how much Winnie had rave
over him and his good looks, sh
had not said he half OF IL.
For this man was be err lookin
than any ohter man Chatty eve
had seen In tar life. He was hand