Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-21

In the light OF the moo and they,
too. murmured: Glorious, wonder
full" But neither referred to the
glory or the wonder of the sky.
Jimmy Blair occupied a deep
cushioned chair nearby. IN close
proximity, so close she had but to
move her hand q few inches to rest
it on his. sat Margery. Jimmy also
lay with his head back gazing up
into the brilliantly lit heavens.
Looking into his eyes the girl mar
yelled at the inexplicable mystery
that lay behind them. OF what was
he thinking? For it was inccnceiv-
able that no thought Of any de-
scription occupied that twisted
brain. He must be thinking OF
something. What "a IL?
Had she possessed the power TO
project the Output of her own mind
into the midst OF coming events
and read there the underlying story
that destiny was then shaping, she
would have marvelled even more
over the strange workings CT the
human brain. Not possessing that
power she confined her attention
to matters at hand.
Then someone suggested a song.
~whereupon. Lucy's guitar was
brought up and the latest popular
airs began to watt their melody
cross the calm waters OF the Car
ibbean. Rex had a good tenor voice
and the doctor owned an uncom-
monty good bass. These with Pats
rich contralto. and the sopranos OF
the two other girls. produced a COM
bination equal to many OF the
professional Quintettes.
IL was eleven o'clock and after
before the deck party began TO dis
integrate. First. the lawyer and his
wife and Aunt Lottie retired TO
their staterooms. Then DR.. Gordon
rose, stretched luXuriously and de-
clared himself about ready to hit
the hay" But he must have chang
ed his mind almost Immediately,
for instead Of retiring to the cabin,
he strolled forward. A few minutes
afterward Lucy and Margery. tax
ing Jimmy with them. started for
The galley with the avowed inten-
ton Of coping a snack" Pat and
Rex were thus left to the seclusion
Of their own devices.
Don't you feel the spell Of this
wonderful night, Rex?" asked~the
girl, breaking a long silence that
followed the departure OF Jimmy
and his escorts. II just love TO sit
here and watch the stars glimmer
and glowl And that marvellous
moon! Isn't 1t all just perfectly
grand?"
As she put the query her gaze
shifted from the heavenly bodies.
dropping to the level Of the mans
eyes in which lay revealed. all the
unspoken love in his heart. In the
dark eyes looking straight into his
he read something-or thought he
did. at least-that he had not dared
hope ever TO see there. A little cry
gurgled from his lips and he caught
her hand, lying in her lap, in both
Of his.
"Pat-mv deari" The name and
the endearing term were not spoken.
They were gasped out with a trem-
bling huskiaeSs. Il" Some
thing rose up in his throat. lie
swallowed It with a mighty effort.
and tried again. "You know dear
that II love you!" Again he was
forced 10 stop. II was the hardest
work that had ever been put upon
Rex ballard in his entire life.
Once more he swallowed the lump.
Then: II can't ex-eXDect. of course.
that-that you care for met That
Is. as I care. but ! do love you. Pat.
very dearlyl'
do you. Rex-dear?" came the
softly whispered acknowledgement
Whether il was meant for a con-
fession of love on her part or not,
It must have sounded so to REX
and strangely sweet. tool the
swiftness Of motion with which he
leaned over. caught her two arms
and pulled her forward on his lap
in the Enclosure of the deep chair
was any evidence. And from the
in which she accepted and
yes. returned-his ardent kiss II
must have been a correct assump-
ton on Rex's part that he hadn't
made any g~rievous mistake. To
make doubly certain he began an
ether.
II was this one that Or. Gordon,
having smoked an entire cigar IN
the solitude Of the yachts port
bow, where he had stood commun-
ING with the spirit Of the night,
happened to glimpse as he stepped
into the opening Of the after-deck.
THAT the sight was a Jolt TO the
doctors peace Of mind. there can be
but little doubt. judging by his &C
tions. For, as his gaze settled on
the couple IN the big chair. the
light from the moon clearly out.
lining the two. the mans face bent
down over the girls upturned to
his. Or. Gordon stopped short. For
a second or two he stood there ana
then turning, lurched rather than
walked. back TO the place in the
mort bow. where he had stood
dreaming a dream-a futile. impos-
sible dream. he now realized.
And the two hack on the after.
deck sitting in the mellow light OF
the Southern moor .... they were
living through the first fond rap
lures of their loves dream. And
as thew sat there under the stars =.
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