Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-18

Elanda came In looking very
pale and very lovely and very
subdued.
Du Pont got up and held out his
arms to her.
Good afternoon. Elanda. Come
here q moment"
She ran over TO him with O
little sob.
"Y-you've forgiven me?"
Nothing to forgive in SO far as
I q see. Unless II Is On your part.
/ knew you were too good for Greg
all along. But, after all. he Is our
son, and we wanted him to be hap
py and find q good wife"
Elanda started TO say something.
Du Pont stopped her with a laugh.
Have you heard the news? You
just ought to see Greg. You'd get
the laugh OF your life"
Elanda widened her eyes.
"Why-what Is there to laugh
about?"
Then" he smiled. you haven't
heard" He leaned ver confiden-
italy. Hes lying in bed, all done
up IN bandages. looking like last
years worst traffic accident. My
dear. you'd die laughing"
Laughing IL don't think
there's anything so funny about
Greg having a bad accident"
"Oh. but 1t wasn't an accident
Du Pont explained. 'Suwanee Col
lier did it."
Elanda cried out unhappily:
"Oh. mol Where is Suvanee?"
Du Pont fumbled at some papers
on his desk and cleared his throat
Men who go to other mems
houses and beat them to a pulp
usually get sent to Jail. don't they?7
Elanda sat down weakly and
fumbled for her kerchief.
"Oh, this is too terribleI After all
he has done for me-"
Du Pont feigned surprise.
I don't suppose you would care,
You've never liked him much. have
you? Why. he's only a ukulele
player! Don't go wasting any tears
over him"
Elanda put her head over on the
desk.
"Oh. how can you say such a
thing? Suwanee Collier is the dear
est boy I've Eve known. And. be-
cause Of me, he has disgraced him
self" She raised her head unhap-
PLY. will he lose his job?"
Du Pcnt shrugged.
He doesn't need II, anyway. He
has made half a million dollars on
i Dreamed for a Day alone"
Elanda dabbed az her eyes with
her handkerchief:
"Oh That's too b-bad. II didn't
know he "a rich"
Too badl" The old man turned
and walked over TO the window so
she could not see how near he was
70 laughing. TOO bad that he has
money!"
"Y-you wouldn't understand"
Elanda sighed miserably.
Il wouldn't understand You talk
as though you were in love with
himl I can't see why his money
should have anything to do with
your feeling for him"
Elanda sat up bravely.
1--we been terrible to Suwanee
Collier, dad. I've never treated
anyone else so mean In my life.
was high hat and superior and
tried 70 make him feel inferior. I
don't know why. IL guess I knew
I was falling in love with him and
thought i hated him because he
was upsetting my plans"
Well" Du Pont sat down and
faced her. that's q fine howdy-dol
What are YOU going to do about it7
Tell him."
Elanda smiled sadly and shook her
auburn head. He certainly wouldn't
come back after the way I've treated
him. Not Suwanee Collier. He isn't
the type OF man a woman can walk
on one day and call back the next
1t seems TO me he must have
some interest In you or he wouldn't
have risked going to jail for you"
oh. that was for Dixie, too. and
for Bang and the baby. He always
Is good and kind. He wouldn't
know how TO be anything else"
Du Pont looked at his watch and
jumped up:
There's a mar out here to see
me. An important business matter
Step right into my inner office here
and wait til I finish. Well see
whether we can't thresh all this
out"