Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-05
Passed UpI
By ROE

her careful instruction in walking
and going up and down stairs.
She became acquainted with Doc
tor Clark'S secretary, an Efficient
! girl who made his engagements, kept
his books, sent out his bills and gen.
orally looked out for the big, care
less fellow. She was a graduate
nurse who had studied stenography.
The nurse told Betty Doctor Clark
paid her sixty dollars a week for
| very short hours
Betty regretted that she had neg
lected the business course when she
was in school to study lirera-
ture an dmore cultural subjects. She
| wondered if she could not yet take a
bushes course and get into some
work Of this character. She felt
George had no thought Of keeping
her in the restaurant, after his flu
ture wife had q knowledge Of the
business.
She determined to look into fitting
herself for more congenial Secre-
tarlal work. She was now daily try
ing the simpler steps Of her dancing.
The doctor had told her it would
be good exercise and also she loved
to dance.
Mrs. Hogan had a photograph.
Betty bought a few dance records
she particularly liked. Every night
she went through as much of her
dance routines as her stiff knee
would permit.
Mrs. Hogan's dining room floor
vas covered with linoleum, and
it was here Betty danced, as both
MI. Hogan and the little Hosans
enjoyed watching her. She arranged
a simple routine for thre three chill
dren, and they all had much fun
when she taught them. Her knee
was slowly but surely becoming
more flexible as a result; the in
cision was now just a red streak
down her knee which scarcely
showed through her stocking.
One evening, as the phonograpf
shrilled out a jazz dance, Betty, ir
an abbreviated practice costume
dancing, and the whole group laugh
ing, they looked UP to see George
Harris standing in the dining room
door.
Georges face wore an angry
frown, evident to all. The little
group in the dining room paused
The photograph died out, a needle
scratching the disk. When Betty
stepped over to stop this the tension
was broken.
Good evening, George" said Bet.
ty Il am taking the exercises as the
| doctor instructed me to. While ]
am at it, ! am teaching the Hogan
trio a dance. Want to see them de
it?"
Il will hardly have time" George
answered, gravely. Il only stopped
for a moment"
1T will take no longer than that
Betty did not wait for him to reply
but wound and started the phono-
graph. The three children began tx
dance. The smallest one, eyes fixed
on the largest ones feet, presented
such a comical spectacle that George
laughed in spite of himself.
"There!" cried Betty. What DE-
you think of my pupils?"
81 will give the little one one hun.
dred per cent for effort" answered
George. II would like a few word!
with you, Betty, if you will dress"
Looking at her costume. and back
at George. Betty saw disapprovai ir
. his eyes. She went upstairs al
quickly as her knee would permit
and was soon back in the room witt
her dress on. Lets go out on tn,
veranda," she suggested.
Betty. ! am shocked. panied anc
surprised to find you dancing" be.
gan George. gravely. you know
thoroughly disapprove Of it,"
Il didn't know you objected to m,
dancing for exercise. George. The
doctor told me it was good for m,
knee, and I have been doing it ever,
evening. 1t isn't as II I danced il
publicl"
Il have no objection to your dane
ing for exercise. But II you get a
it again privately. I fear you vii
want to do it on the stage"
George, I told you I would never
dance again publicly. When
said it I did not think I would eve