Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-23
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choked him. But she chose to ignore
it with:
"Yeah2 At last a mar who under
stands me.
There was q large bonfire burning
when they arrived at the beach. The
breeze blowing from the Atlantic
was brisk and cool. The fire felt
fine. Elanda slipped off her beach
pajamas and stood revealed IN her
bathing suit. The remainder were
all at the waters edge, ready TO 80
In, and only Greg stood waiting for
her. His eyes narrowed:
Wheel knew 1t! Elsnda. you
ought 70 be on the stage. You are
gorgeous" -.
she felt elf-conscious. She would
have liked to put her paiamas on
again az she saw his eyes sweep
over her figure, and he came close
TO her. But she turned and ran TO
loin the others:
Come long, / havn't had a dip In
ages"
The water was warmer than the
breeze, and IL vas truly a lovely eX-
perience. She swan like o fish. and
reveled in the green, salty waves
that enveloped her sim body. Greg
STAYED close beside her.
They came out when they heard
the rest clamoring up the sands for
refreshments. When they we're be-
side the fire Greg took her hand
and she could have cried for en-
barraSSment:
Look. bows. what little Greggie
found? Don't you wish you were IL?
How's that for a skyline? Danger
Gus curves"
Silhouetted against the red fire
in her green bathing suit and with
her hair darting red and gold. and
her surprised gray era cp-n virS.
Flanda was e picture TO make a
woman turn green with envy and a
man gasp. The men were open in
their admiration, and Carmel watch
ed with narrowed eyes as she pre-
tended ito see that everyone was
served properly.
Only Zinnie seemed to observe
Elanda's embarrassment and under
stand.
She picked UP her own beach coat
and put 1t around Elanda's shoul-
ders:
you look cold. my dear. Don't
get a chill"
They sat down and Eianda reach
ed over and took ner hand in a
tight clasp Of gratitude. No one
else noticed. But the two girls
looked at each other in the fire.
light with complete understanding.
Zinnie bent over and whispered
when the rest were busy with theit
cocktails:
You'll get used to those things.
The bark IS a lot worse than the
bite"
So that was the sort OF girl Greg
had been engaged to. She was the
best sport in the crowd. WHY hadn't
he married her? Because she was
too tame for him-perhapS.
Elanda fell TO thinking as she ate
delicious steak grilled over the
fire-and a banquet fit for a king.
She wanted to use Greg TO help her
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really fall in love with him She
guessed most men IN society were
much like him. She couldn't be too
puritanical.
Afterward they sang, and she dis
covered Whoopee's voice was much
worse than she wen had supposed
II 70 be. The following GAY was one
of cocktails and noise-but pretty
much without its events. Except that
every one of the men asked her for
a date-and she was. no would
deny. the most popular girl at the
party.
Carmel looked tired and more the
washed out blonde than ever when
Greg and Elanda waved goodbye
and drove away late Sunday night.
She burned with an insane rage at
her foiled plans. But she had
others.
Elanda was shocked at q changed
Dixie when she got home.
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