Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-06

function. but Judy had never set
eyes on her.
The girl stood there. drawing deep
breaths, so violent that they shook
her slender frame.
Not the sort Of girl one would
marry II one did marry, II would
Mt be q little Judy Grant,
wouldn't It?
So that was what he thought OF
her-this horrible. ugly. loathesome
mani She wasn't the kind Of girl
he would marry. Oh, dear no. He
would only be slimily, disgustingly
amiable and deferential and friend
~. and try TO cheat her and throw
dust in her eyes. and trick her into
believing he had the greatest res
pect in the world for her-that was
ALL
Men were all alike. Didn't she
know the world? But she had very
nearly allowed herself 10 be fooled.
There was no time to stay there
and rage inwardly sgainst Bruce
Gideon. They might come back al
any moment. She was not going 70
be found there.
She slipped across the corridor
that led to the central hall. When
she came upon a servant. il was not
the N who had admitted her.
will you please tell Mr.. Storm
tell him / couldn't sit for him to-
day. I'm his model. They said
there was someone with him, so I
waited a minute, but there's no
sign Of him and I've come away.
Just say that Miss Grant called 70
say that she was too tired 70 ST.
today. He'll understand. Thanks
so muchl"
And before the servant could an
Swer she was running down the
stairs and had reached the front
door.
The maid went 10 find Stornaway
and delivered the message. She
found him with Bruce Gideon in
his den. Both men assumed that
judy had Just come to the front
door and left the message. They
made M comment. and shortly af-
AGA Nd4A 1AGNbAA lOOA Ills ACdNE.
Judy meanwhile walked as fast
as her legs would carry her. She
was deaf and blind with fury. She
did not see where she was going
and IL was a miracle that she was
not run over at the crossings.
Not the sort of girl one could
marry 1t wouldn't be little Judy
Grant,"
The words rang in her ears like
clashing bells. They reused the
devil in her. She would gladly have
killed both Gideon and StornaWay
if she had been strong enough.
So that was what Mr.. Punch
thought Of herl All this time he
had been scheming 70 make her be-
lieve that he was decent-trying TO
deceive her. Then, when she was
thoroughly blinded. when the time
came, then. no doubt
She ground her little teeth as she
rushed headlong through the park.
She found herself. presently and
remembered that she wanted a new
pair Of stockings for her dancing
practice. She was always wearing
holes in l.er stockings, and they
hG. her when they were too much
darned. She was such a bad darner
and Chummy, who would have
loved 70 do II for her. was worse.
She went into a shop and bought
a pair at random. She was ~fiercely
glad. inside her violent little being,
that she owed nothing to Bruce
Gideon-not a thing beyond the in
PRODUCTION to Guarvenius, except
a few meals and motor trips. She
need never eat at the same table
with him or 90 70 a theater with
him again When she wanted to
see dancing. she could save up, IS
she used 70 do. and 90 and stand
up in the gallery. or let one OF the
boys treat her. If he could afford 10.
Never again. Never again should
that odious man be allowed to do
a kindness 10 one Of her friends.
As ne had done 70 Dan.
Judy ran up the stairs and flung
herself into Chummy's room. She
did not expect to find Chummy
there. but they shared the little
writing table, and she wanted to
write a note 10 Bruce Gideon. She
had just remembered that she had
promised to lunch with him on the
following day.
Never againl
Chummy had done wonders TO
her room, and II was quite present.
able now. The screen around the
bed and toilet table had been re-
covered. There were some cheap
rugs on the floor. Her aunt, Miss
Morley, had given her an old chest,
a little writing bureau, and a tall.
old-fashioned mirror. Out OF her
small allowanc, she had bought
two wicker chairs, cushions for
them. and q jar or two of pottery
for flowers. She had the artists
capacity for imparting beauty to
the simplest thin =; and the sun
came into the room in the after
noon.
1t was about five o'clock when
Judy got back. She must have been