Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-28


This was all oddly familiar.
Talk she had heard before; talk in
a dream. She sat still, pressing
her ~fingertips against her pale lips
thinking OF what she should do.
or course, she could leave Roth,
but she rejected this thought as It
come TO her. She was not an adj
ventures IL he was, and aside
from that It was impossible 10 adj
NIT 70 her friends and TO Cousin
Amy that she had been a fool I'm
spite of her attitude Of c~leyerness.
She thought OF Senator Converse
and the sureness OF what he would
say. and this thought made her
shudder. In some indennable way
she seemed 10 be closer 70 him
now than before her marriage. He
was SO close that she could touch
his hand. Something within her
warned that one mistake now, one
more error, and she would not es-
cape from him as she had in the
past. OF course she had not been
blinded TO the fact that he admired
her, that he would have paid any
price for her. Cousin Amy'S world
had not left her in ignorance OF
that.
Roth felt sorry for her. though
he was far from reading her
thoughts. she was 30 lovely and
childish with that droop TO her lips.
He took her In his arms and kissed
her tenderly.
Don't fret, dear. When you wor-
~ you let people behind the scenes,
and you've got to watch out for
that IT'S n wonderful game, once
you learn how to play, and you'll
find a lot OF clever, amusing people
playing II with Us. Let the buds
with the bank accounts paw the
bills while we amuse 'em, Ell? It's
a profession in itself, making the
other fellow pay and teaching him
to like IT,"
Her tears dropped upon the
pearls on her breast.
There was one small sheaf Of
certificates that Linda had been
advised not TO sell for two years
at least. But these went into a
brokers hands before Mr.. and Mrs.
Courtney Roth left Boston. How
ever clever one may be, there are
times when currency Is absolutely
necessary. and Roth explained that
with a lovely young bride on his
hands this was one of the times.
He passed lightly over the fact
that 1t was Linda's money that fur
nished the means OF their migra-
ton. He forgot the unpleasant
mes Is quickly as possible, and adj
vised her TO do the same.
The Roths went around the
world. but not as rapidly as they
had planned. It took two years TO
20 as far as they had counted on
going In six weeks. But they did
not travel as the crow flies; they
went as the fox runs-from cover
to cover, wherever the grass was
greenest and the hares most plen-
tiful. Not a bad two years. IL you
didn't care too mHch, a gay two
years II lovely frocks and brilliant
restaurants were enough: IL you
didn't mind ugly scenes with land
lords, and delayed luggage. II you
were careful about making friends
and chose them among people who
had delightful houses and played
bad cards Linda was made emaz.
ingly beautiful and interesting BY
all this travel and change, and
Courtney Roth held his head high.
er than ever. Wherever they went
people remarked about them.
what a lucky pair. They have
everything. Good looks. popularity
and wonderful timesI Life is per
petual play-for them"
II was-a desperate sort OF PLAY
that carried on rather grimly Be-
hind the scenes