Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-24

CHAPTER a
ZLnnie Ccnfrey had given Elanda
the address of a fashionable lunch
con club on the East Side. She
had Just driven UP In her own
clever little green sport roadster
when Elsnda got out OF her cab.
Zinnie hailed her with a bright
smile:
My wordi You're on time. !
thought ! was the only girl In New
York who kept her appointments
on the dot"
She Rugged Elanda and grinned
up at her:
Il was afraid you wouldn't come"
"Because-why?" Elanda return
ed her embrace.
Il thought perhaps you'd think
because Whoopee played you such
a dirty trick that we were all alike
In happy you have some faith left
in human nature"
The head waiter greeted the rich
zinnie Confrey with such effusive
welcome that Elanda envied her
There was a sinking in her own
heart when she remembered that
not one OF these famous place.
knew her. She was an outsider.
Elanda smiled across az Zinnie
when they were seated.
Il trusted you the minute I saw
you at the beach party. Carmel had
stacked the cards against us, anC
told me, oh S sisterly, that you
had been engaged to Greg and hac
been drowning your sorrows and
would nc doubt get engaged to him
again now that you had met-ac-
cidentally."
Accidentally" Zinnie's musical
laugh was fluted with amusement
Il suppose she told you she didn'l
know ] was coming. I was the first
person she called. I helped hel
plan the party. She said there
would be an outsider. But that
Greg Du Pont had insisted on you
and she supposed he wouldn't come
unless you did and he was a lot
OF fun and she xa-ted him along
Elanda shook her head despair
ingly:
She surely iii have 1t In for
poor little me, didn't she? And Il
think I didn't see through her.
I've always known Carmel va
hard and Jealous and spoiled. But
! didn't think she would SO COM
pletely lose her head as 10 do ar
unbelievable thing like that Just
because you get the job she wanted
at WWBC."
THAT isn't all" Elanda added
knowingly. That's only half OF il
She did Ii because she wanted "a
marry Greg"
Zinnie's eyes widened. In a min
ute she dropped her hands heavily
oh! Why didn't ! think OF that
I car understand a lot OF things
she did and said 10 me last wear
now. Can you beat it? I didn't
think Of that That goes TO show
you how suspicious / am of people. .
Where X Carmel now?"
Haven't YOU heard?" Zinnie eX-
claimed with amazcment. Why ]
thought YOU must know about 1t
Her parents came back from Eu-
rope on the next beat and put her
into a sanitarium. Nervous break
down and all that stuff. Hal Hal
Nice way TO cover I'D q nasty
disposition. They'd rather have
people think too many cocktails
and cigarettes had broken her down
and made her 90 off her top. II
she'd been ANYBODY but Carmel Pre-
vost she would have gone TO jail
She sure has cooked her young
goose. All or us girls are through
with her"
Elanda was amazed.
"Zinniei Aren't any Of you goinf
% be friends with her any more;
Just because she did that to MET
Exactly" the dark-eyed little
Zlnnie shifted. You're as good a!
any OF us-even II YOU haven't go
money. II she hadn't told it M
one would have known. Don't YOU
think our crowd will let that huri
you any? We're all for you sine,
she hurt you so. WV. she'd do tht
same thing 10 any Of us. I wouldn'
trust her as far as I could throw
an elephant by the suitcase"
How was Elanda 70 know p hae
50 many friends because she wa:
/ engaged to Greg Du Pont? Sns
took IL all as Zinnie had said it
II added considerably to her con
ceit. They liked her for herself!
Perhaps zinnie herself didn1
know IL was because Elanda wa