Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-16

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Elanda Lee, 20, after four years
| singing over a small Atlanta radio
station. goes to New York and, after
a struggle, becomes Ia Palorna" In
the La Paloma Soap Hour. Suwan-
ee Collier, ukulele player. loves her,
but she scorns his jazz singing. Greg
Du Pont wants to marry her. He Is
| the son Of the owner OF the studio.
Carmel Provost is jealous, and hires
a man to pose as Lord Dusenberry
| to get Elanda away from Greg. The
lord" proposes. Then Elanda over
hears him plotting to steal the Pre-
voSt Jewels with the maid, and
learns the truth. For revenge, she
| gives no warning. Carmel locks her
I'D because she will not tell where
the crooks have gone, and Mamie,
J the maid, calls Greg. Greg brings
a detective. Elanda becomes en-
gagged to spite Carmel. The papers
are full of the scandal.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER So
Elanda ave a little cry and fell
back on the bed. "Oh. Dixie, I can't
see i'll You read 1t to me-"
Dixie read. her face white and her
hands shaking so that she could
hardly hold the paper:
Miss Elanda Lee, staff radio art
list. was spending the weekend
with Miss Provost when the robbery
| occurred. Miss Lee, according to
Mis- Provost was secretly engaged
/ 10 the bogus Lord Dusenberry. II
was said to be q real love match
on the part OF the singer. The
shock has Frustrated Miss Lee"
There was q great deal more.
Elanda began to cry weakly, the
tears trickling between her white
fingers. When Dixie finished she
sat for a moment, aching with SYM
pathy for Elanda.
Poor, silly Elandal She had
brought 1t all on herself with her
desire to show off and climb In So
ciety. She had been warned and
she had become angry and had said
bitter things to the ones who were
her real friends. That, however. did
not make 1t any easier for her to
bear. Dixie might have said II
told you So" But she wasn't the
type.
The doorbelI reused her from her
reverie.
you lie still and don't cry. honey"
Dixie bent over her and put her
cool hand on Elanda's hot face. III
go see who it IS"
1t was Suwanee. She held both
her hands out to him and motioned
him to not make any noise.
You've seen the paper?" she
questioned him in a whisper.
He nodded.
rs Elanda at homer"
Yes. she's in on the bed. crying
her eyes out"
Go in and ask her II she'll let me
see her." Suwanee sat down on the
edge Of the piano bench. i want
TO talk with her about it."
Dixie came back in a second grim
ming.
She says II you won't look at her
you can come in. She thinks her
nose is red. I'll stay out here. You
see whether you can cheer her up
q bit"
Suwanee went in and sat down
on the edge Of the bed.
"Elanda, sit up and dry your eyes,
honey. This won't help any. 1 came
down TO see what / could do as soon
as / saw the paper. You must not
take ii too seriously. People will
forget all about it in a day or two.
Then 1t won't make any difference
"Oh, no they won't" Elanda walled
Not the people around the studio
and the people / know
You weren't engaged to him, were
you?"
i certainly wasn't. But Carmel
was going TO pay him 5000 to get
engaged to me and humiliate me-
She saw that Suwanee looked in
credulous and told him the story
from beginning TO end.
He shook his head slowly.
Il wanted to warn you. Elanda
But ! was afraid you would Just get
mad at me. I knew that birds face
looked familiar and ] couldn't think
where I'd seen 1t. I remembered
toninght when ! saw his picture In
the paper. 1t was more than a year
ago.
Il went down TO police headquar-
ters-a friend Of mine is one Of the