Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-29


must not confuse silly, ehMttHRAnA
women with simplicity and natural
ness" he said sternly, and glanced
again nc the group. who became
conscious that they were under
discussion and were scandah1ed
You will hno their sort every
where"
But much worse in simple nttls
towns"
Il will NOT admit that. II Is be
cause cities are more Indifferent"
She shook her head. You ara
wrong. Cities are not Indifferent.
They Judge with manners and
morals. but the city cares only for
appearances. II Is much easier 20
live up to. You can always buy
appearances and have them deliv-
cred to your door fin n box"
Their eyes met-hers cool and
knocking and his a little hurt and
bewildered. Suddenly they rea..zed
how little they knew OF one anoth-
er, yet they were wasting time in
generalItIes. And tomorrow this
would Nv over. The stifish worldli-
ness or "A flying train would obllt-
crate NIL this.
He drew her 10 IA window outside
the radius of the bic red stove
where the other travellers were un-
happily cOngreEated- The panes
were covered with lovely fPoGt cas-
ties and piny peaks that reminded
Linda az Switzerland. But Brian
obliterated all this with his warmed
handkerchief. "A little town drow-
sing with its overs half over itB
head was revealed Lights wlnked
through the drift that was begin
ming again. Dark smoke from bur
dened chimneys coIled slowly up
ward. Belated figures hrddled in
shapeless wraps hurried past.
do you like Et?" he asked when
she had been silent n while.
II would like TO 20 and walk
there" she said in n subdued voice.
This time they borrowed CATERS
from the landlords daughter-huge,
knee-high cloth and rubber over
alls lined with thick cheerful red
wool. Their owner called them
"arctics." and cheerfully helped TO
fasten straps. Linda so clothed
could scarcely lift her feet, and
when a red knitted shawl was tied
around her head and neck she
gasped and called herself q ruum-
my. The group OF women beside
the stove murmured together and
looked &C her surercIliously, but
Brian Anstey seemed TO consider
these precautions merely sennible.
Out OF doors "a piercing stilI cold.
ness pressed their lungs uneIl they
gasped out words that were frug1p
nipped before they left their
Threats. Linda was trying tn saw
she could not endure lt--she urust
20 back-but he took her hand mnA
drew her stumbling after him along
the beaten paths OF the little town.
Little houses hidden by Christ
mas trees; larger houses shoulder.
ing the storm; lights everywhere.
warm and inviting.
TX want 10 see inside.- Linda
pleaded childisnly, and then thrv
began "a game that only children
or lonely grownups ever plar.
creeping carefully over the rnRinIed
snow they would reach n window
and peer fearfully within. Snrra-
times they saw n little family. fa.
Their, mother and children. ana
sometimes It was IN young meme
alone rocking her baby. Then thpra
would be young people WATCHING
one another shyly and secretly
married or about to be married-ii
showed upon their revealed faces
that this was all that mattered. But
II was all pantomime. sileneed M
walls and windowpanes. The
could never hear a sound I'D
those moving. v~oiceless lipx.
They went too far in this ensrosA
ing game. and found themsaIvea
az the edge Of the town wheTa ltsa
suddenly ceased I'm the ridst ~
blank fields. Linda was exhausted
II must rest" she raEnnd, ard
leaned against On fence post.
But how can we know that thev
are happy?' she asked bitterlv.
when she could speak. eve crir
saw the outside OF things. III might
have been frightful inside those
houses" o
lie looked at her TN Al trorhlad
way We've come too far. n In-
tend 10 carry YOU back He Heernaa
70 have forgotten what they were
talking about.
Linda started and laurr,aa -.
vously- What nonsense I'M INV IVY
claimed.
She looked around. They ~nra
utterly alone in the midst of AVN
empty world Distances marnihed
ny the intense Wilderness and EtilI.
] ness became mEnnrEnmmm.
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