Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-31

ing. a. II did. the certainty OF both
fame and financial Independence, was
appealing 10 some hidden weakness
In her character
Il know what you're thinking OF
me. Auntie Madge." she said hut
please look al IL from my standpoint
II Noel wants me enough to tell
mis- father where he can 20 with
plenty OF ice packs and palm leaf
tans as baggage. then | can afford to
add a swift kick to the old goat.
Otherwise. why shouldn't ] make the
DID hyena come through with the
promises he's dishing up? One hun.
dred thousand dollars and the re.
newal OF his promise TO make me
the most famous Veritzen star aren't
TO be sneezed al when a girl has
nothing else in sight"
was seeing my way more clearly
now. and made my voice appealing:
Come ver here. Mary" said
softly. for before I had finished read.
ing the letter. she had sprung I'D
her kneeling position and
walked n few PAGES away.
She did not obey for a second or
TWO. but stood with tensed figure and
stormy eyes. looking down AZ me.
Thea she flashed over to me and
sank down NJ my feet again. with
arms across my knees.
Shoot the works" she said. "IIl
take any medicine you hand out"
I'm not sure that you need any
Inlng u a tonic" i told her, smil-
ing. But ! do want an answer TO
this question: Why do you think that
NnGl NAV .Ae 49,. a.
defy his father for you? Could there
be a more complete defiance. or
remuneration. than he made tust
before Philip Verit1en disappeared?'
NO. there couldn't" Mary annit-
teo slowly. then her face Swallowed.
Noel Has Changed.
But, Auntie Madget' the words
Were an a~nguished cry. ever since
these letters came he has been 50
changed How do I know what he
may be thinking?"
these letters" I repeated slowly.
mindful Of the fact that / must not
oetray my previous knowledge OF the
epiStles Was there more than one.
and have you shown them to NoelY''
Indeed haven't shown this thing
10 him" the gesture OF her hand
toward the letter | still held was like
the savage lashing out OF a horses
hoof-"bIt he had one al the same
time hat mine came. Aunt Rather
Inc handed them out together. and I
couldn't help seeing that Noel's was
in the same handwriting as mine.
and looked exactly Ike it."
DO YOU know what was In itYi I
asked. although ! was sure that she
did not from the description which
Katherine had given me Of the way
Noel had burned his letter. He
patiently had meant no eyes but his
own 10 see IL
i don't know anything" she r.
turned FOR I've never seer IL since
i believe he must have destroyed It
but II must have been something
tierce. even worse than mine-for
ever since then Noel has been 80
changed Tits a hard thing to
talk about Auntie Madge.- her head
dropped lower 70 nv knees but
were engaged Won know Noel and
land he'd Ike = petrins party as
wall rs anyhptv nut hui since this
came y Seems just a. though every
time ne put his arm around me or
took hold OF my hand something
clutched n him and made him Jerk
away again. And II | happen 70 put
my hand on his or-or-anythIng
like that-he firSt snatches at IL and
then shrinks away as II II were
something poisonous. Oh What could
his father have said e make him act
that way?''
(Confinued Tomorrow
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