Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-06
PARADE
BY
EVELYN CAMPBELL
wNU Service Copyright by Evelyn campbeLO

She smiled as his eyes cues
toned her. How little he knew.
C~onverse's voice took on a note
Of evaporation. "G0od Cd
women can be idiots when they
choose. / believe you'd marry the
young fool"
She opened her eyes widely and
closed them again. The room, the
world was full of rosy light. she
had sensed that glow a long way
Off but she had not known ii for
what 4 was. But now she was ar
the top Of the mountain and could
look over into the valley beyond
and she knew.
"Yes, l am going to marry him."
she said.
There was the secret between
them. In the gay hurry OF crowds,
across the dinner table where
Daisy. prettiest Of hostesses. made
her futile bid for what never could
be hers. their eyes spoke to one
another. There was no opportunity
for more than a handclasp or a
swift word without beginning or
end. but carrying with II the vibra-
ton of his heart 10 hers. They
stood upon the brink Of this ire
mendous experience. hesitating 10
grasp what was theirs. Sometimes
she read doubt in Brian's eyes and
this was sweeter than assurance.
She was jealous OF her power
only she could dissipate that doubt
make him happy.
She did nothing to avoid what
must come but still she prevented
ii with that resistless force which
women bring 10 bear upon their Ill
timatums. She could not under
stand her own passivity. Happl-
ness lay IN her hand but she would
not clasp her fingers and make it
her own. She was like a sleeper
shielding her eyes from the first
rays OF the sun. Morning was hers
the long perfect day was ahead
of her, yet she chung TO oblivion.
She watched Brian and Daisy
together. Their compani0rship
seemed ideal but now she knew.
and Simon Fentress knew, that Ii
would b. p than IL a
You are a happy woman the
millionaire said TO her n day.
And you have never been happy
before. What IL itT"
Il have learned 10 look 1T life
differently" she told him.
He shook his head. "A pity. You
were % perfect as yOu ere Are
you certain that you can changer"
He had wondered more than
once IL there could be anything in
the talk that connected her name
with Converse. Surely not. for III
she had been such a woman he
could have offered her more than
these other two. And she had not
been tempted by his obvious pref
erence.
She had her moments OF panic
What was she about 10 do? The
step was a tremendous n II ways
and means were to be considered.
There was money to be thought
OF, but Linda was In that exalted
state when poverty T. hung with
the sparkle Of day dreams. She
began TO be ambitious. Her mind.
clear and alert sprang 10 meet the
future and searched ~excltedly
among its possibilities. She knew
every one. The Haverhill connec-
ton reached far. AS Linda Roth In
her self-chosen isolation they had
avoided her with that Icy acknowl-
edgment Of her existance more cut
ting than actual exclusion. But she
know very well that a. Brian
| Anstey's wife their influence would
belong to her. They did not know
Brian; his name meant nothing,
but III stood for all that such peo-
pie hold dear-respectabiliry, solid
ity. They would make him.
Then she remembered how much
lie had resented influence. He had
hated TO know that his appoint
ment came through Simon Fentress
because he sensed through IL the
power Of wealth. But she dis
missed this thought quickly. Brian
| was not worldly and she loved him