Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-26
1880. BY Central Press Association. In

gave YOU I4EG4t ia lldFLlS SIlloS.
II someone lad told me you would
have cheapened yourself hat way.
dancing with a strange man IL
have slapped her in the face"
Dixie defended herself warmly:
There was nc harm in IL. He
knew who ! am. I didn't have TO
tell him I am a married and tied
down Old omar with a baby. did
i? / said l was going out to forget
it for u evening and 1 meant Il.
I didn't do any harm"
Are you going 10 call that RIA
up? You couldn't do such a thing"
Couldn't II" She laughed un-
pleasantly. you don't know what
I could do when I get too fed up
But. Dixie Elanda pleaded with
her earnestly, "you can't do those
things when YOU have a little girl
like Andree. 10 matter how far YOU
go. IL Just isa't decent. And with a
wonderful husband like Bang. He's
g0od-natured. But I known he
wouldn't stand for that
Hell stand for anything ! do
and like itt Or"
There was l silence all the rest OF
the way home. Inw5rdly Dixie was
smiling. Elalda was SO genuinely
puzzled and worried that there GER
tainly vas no humorous side 70 the
situation in 50 far as she could SEE.
AS far as she was concerned she
wouldn't go out with Dixie alone
any more. She certainly didn't wan.
to 20 through another evening ~
embarrassment like such IS the
one she had Just suffered through.
She didn't have to fl4rt with strange
men when shc could know men like
Greg Du Pont and his friends. It
would ruin her with them If they
thought she would Cd out and dance
with a man she didn't know. He
might be almost any.hing--o. no.h-
.ngl
They parted in silence and Elard7
went to her room to lie awake and
think about II and worry. II Dixie
got off on a wild streak Ike that. Il
would break up her home. II was
hard to imagine Bang getting a cl-
vorce. He adored Dixie 50. and was
crazy" about the baby. She felt so
HELPLESS and unable to do anything
about X.
The next dav both girls acted as
though nothing had occurred Dixie
seemed cutie natural and Ike her
Old self. Elanda decided II was Just
a temneramental storm and stopped
thinking about II.
In the late afternoon she went UP
10 WWBC and bumped into Nelson
Cornell in the elevator.
Got a whale OF q SUNDAY story
coming out about YOU. Georgia. You
arc going to find out things about
Yourself you've eve dreamed be-
fore"
Am / the mother OF a large fam
ily7" she laughed. happily.
Nothing so prosaic, my dear. But
YOU have a long line Of aristocrat.c
ancestors that would turn the kinG
az Siam white with envy. You are
the top off the cream Of the old
south. When this editor saw vaiiI
story he Jumped up and whooped 10
iov. And do you know what he
said?"
-What?" she waited breathlessly
HE said: Bring her in sometime
That gal is sure up my street And
YOU ought to be flattered. Sunday
editors are fed up with pretty girls
They've got all the DANES on the
stage chasing them for a spot on
the front page. Most Of EN- would
| sell their sox for two lines on the
| inside somewhere"
"It's awfully sweet Of you" Elanda
used her special smile again. Il
don't know why you are SO nice &c
Me"
ITS your baby stare. honey" he
prirned as he left the elevator. But
YOU amt seen nothin' yet. Ill make
you famous"
She felt deliciously happy and
pleased. When she opened the studio
She was smiling and humming. SUI
! vance was sitting in a deep chair
| his ukelele ON his knees. looking
into space. He did not see her until
she stood beside him:
"A penny for your thoughts. Mr.
Collier"
oh" he jumped up. his face
lighting with welcome. i was Just
thinking about you"
You didn't look 1t. You looked a:
though you were going over al
your sins and your conscience hurt
you or something"
He picked up his ukelele and be-
gan to strum:
MY sin is loving you.
Not wisely. but too we'll"
Then he grinned his ~diSarninl
! I'm going to write some songs