Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-14
NlISG5SHI5A$5AzAIIL.
>. &ALMAt SIOUX scAReERRvl

In sisht-and show her UP II pos
sible, later in some way Carmel
thought that Elanda looked mex
perienced. She did not look like q
girl with money. She probably was
N nobody. A four-flusher.
So. while Elanda was apparently
absorbed in Greg and he "a slowly,
but surely, losing his head over her
attractiveness and coquetry. Carmel
looked cross at her and smiled
sweetly.
MY dear, If / had your hair and
eyes / wouldn't give a darn for any
thing else in the world. Id 60 out
and get anything ! wanted
Nelson swallowed to keep from
laughing-and kept still. Elanda
was surprised-but not fooled. when
she replied:
IF you had wept over your hair
as often as I did when I was a kid
o wouldn't say that. No n that
has red hair likes it."
Greg looked into her eyes.
"You can have anything I've got,
beautiful. Anything in the world"
II may take you up on hat some
time" Elanda laughed.
And was very proud Of herself be-
cause she thought she might be Civ
ing Carmel just the impression she
hoped to give her. That she was go
ing after Greg Du Pont-bankroll
and all.
Nelson decided the little girl from
Georgia was nobody'S fool. 1t always
amused him to See two women mix
it up a little kittie fight. But he
had a bunch then and there that
this might turn out to be a feud.
It was no secret that Carmel Pre-
vost and her mother had been after
Gregory junior to throw him into
the matrimonial bag for a long
time. Ever since Carmel came out
six years before. He knew. too. that
Carmel was not so popular as she
had been.
She was pretty in a blonde, light
blue-eyed sort of way. But she
would soon be all washed out. She
looked thirty then-and would never
improve at the rate she lived. No
sleep-and cocktail parties every
afternoon and dancing till all hours
Of the night. She wasn't more than
twenty-four.
He couldn't understand why a girl
with so much money should want a
singing career. But. for that mat
ter, 1t seemed half the debutantes
in New York were trying to buy
places on the stage or in the movies
or on the radio. They used to buy
titles. Now they were going in for
buying careers. Buying. begging or
stealing their way into the limelight
because since the war it was the
smart thing TO do.
Elanda and Greg seemed to be abb
sorbed in each other. Whoopee
boiled inside-but controlled herself
as best she could. She reached over
and picked up Nelson's hand-try-
ing to clown to cover up the stu
alton.
Nelson. darling. aren't you glad
you met me? Don't you think ]
have the cutest ears2 And my cir
culation is the largest in the world"
She thanked her lucky star when
she looked up and saw Bid Cameron.
And IL didn't take her long TO s.
gest they 60 some place else TOR
dinner. "A perfectly tricky rev
Oriental place she knew about where
the walters wouldn't even let a
shadow fall across your rice because
1t was ar evil omen or Somethingl'
When she went out Elanda drew
away from the arduous Greg.
Il don't think she likes me
much"
Both men laughed. It vas some
thing Of a shock to Elanda when
Nelson confided:
IF you a keep a secret I'll tell
you one. / happen TO know she Of
fered thousands of dollars to a d.
rector for the job you've got now
She has spent fortune on her voice
and can't get a break anywhere
SO that WIS It'll
CTO BE CONTINUED