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

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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 a few inches to rest
1t 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 IL was inconceiv-
able that no thought Of any de-
scription occupied that twisted
brain. He must be thinking OF
something. What was II?
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
10 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
across 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 CON-
bination equal TO many Of the
professional Quintettes.
It 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 glow! And that marvellous
moonl Isn't it 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-my dearl" The name and
the endearing term were not spoken.
They were gasped out with a trem-
bling huskiness. Il Some
thing rose up in his throat. He
swallowed II with a mighty effort,
and tried again. You know. dear,
that II love you'll" Again he was
forced to stop. It 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-eXpect, OF course,
that-that you care for me! That
is, as 1 care. but I do love you, Pat.
very dearlyl'
"Do YOU. Rex-dear?" came the
softly whispered Acknowledgement.
Whether It was meant for q con-
fession Of love or her part or not
IL must have sounded SO 70 Rex
and strangely sweet. too-it 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
manner in which she accepted and
yes, returned-his ardent kiss 1t
must have been a correct assump-
ton on Rex's part that ne hadn't
made any ~grievous mistake. To
make doubly certain he began an
other.
II was this one that Or. Gordon,
having smoked an entire cigar II
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 peyse Of mind. there can be
but little doubt, judging by his ac-
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. DR.. Gordon stopped short. For
a second or two he stood there and
then turning. lurched rather than
walked. back to the place in the
mort bow. where he had stood
dreaming a dream-a futile. lmpos-
sible dream. he now realized.
And the two back on the after--
deek sitting in the mellow light OF
the Southern moor . they were
living through the first fond rap
lures Of their loves dream. And
as they sat there under the stars =.
he told her again the old story.
and she listened and smiled Just as