Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-16
DANCING JUDITH
ANIEA 81 COPAl[ STANTON and HEATH HOSkEN
VvRp SSGGT6iSuT Io5O ~ CHEISrA HOUSE

when they come pack. ! WISH you
hadn't told mel"
When she 60 tback TO her rooms,
she sat by her window with a very
set little face.
She was wondering. Was 1t pos
sible that Chummy had guessed
something's Had Alan been so fool
ish, SO wicked, as ever TO let her
see for a second that he did not
care for her? No. Of course he
couldn't. II was impossible that
Chum-ny had guessed. That would
be too great a calamity TO con-
template. But why, then, had she
decided not TO be married?
Judy had got proscenium boxes
for Bastien and Tony Leigh and
Michael Stone. She would have
filled all the boxes If she had not
been checked.
She had a beautiful seat all ready
for Chummy, Of whom she had
heard nothing since the receipt Of
q post card from the coast In reply
to Judy's long and rambling ac-
count Of her extraordinary good
fortune.
1t came TO the last day before the
first night. Judy's heart was very
sore. Chummy not to be there
when she first danced in publici
Every few minutes or the day she
found herself thinking about it.
Alan she dared not think about;
but Chummy-it seemed TO her
that Chummy was the most i'm
portant person in her life. All those
years when she and Chummy had
fought life together-all those poor.
Woodworking years. Years OF
slavery. yet they had been happy
in a way. And had Chummy for
gotten 70 all? Didn't she care a bit ?
Then, going home about six
o'clock, Judy found Chummy wait
ing in her little sitting hoom. As
usual. 1t was a bower Of flowers.
She knew nov that Gideon sent
them; but she had said NOTHING.
She loved them too much.
1t was a gray day. and 10 had
been drizzling. but Chummy's hair
and her ~delicately tanned face
seemed TO make sunshine in the
room. Judy flung herself on her.
"Oh. Chummy darling. what jov
and blissI I've been SO miserable!
I've been thinking you'd forgotten
little Judy! I was hating the idea
OF tomorrow"
Il came back FOR II. Judy" the
other girl said, when Judy finally
released her and she could breathe.
I've got you a lovely seat" said
Judy. 4 don't care what happens.
now that you're going to be therei"
In breathless haste she poured
out the whole tale OF her wonderful
luck. SO innately modest was lit
tie Judy that you might easily
have thought that her genius had
nothing to do with it all.
When she had finished. a silence
EEL. Something had to be said.
They both knew II. They looked at
each other. Judy's glance was
fever bright: Chummy's was Seri-
Gus. but serene.
judy nerVed NerSeH.
"And-Mr. Steyne?" she asked.
Il don't know whether he's still
in Paris" Chummy sad quietly.
Tell me, Chummy-it was only
a squabble. wasn't it?"
What do you mean?" Chummy
replied, with her grave smile.
Il mean between you and Mr..
Steyne. Chummy. from the first !
knew it must be only a quarrel"
You are wrong, Judy. 1t was
never a quarrel I couldn't quarrel
with Alan-you know that. We
were always such-fr3endS."
'Chummy, you seem years older!
I'm sure there's something"
There's nothing. Judy dear"
And you don't know where Mr..
Steyne is now?"
NO" Chummy was not looking
az her friend. She spoke very
slowly, as If choosing her words.
Il have not heard from Alan. Judy
You see, ID was better not, since
we had parted. He saw ii just as
I d'd. He was very generous. He
might have reproached me-"