Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-19
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the way we have been and not havc
these arEumcnts?n
~You-want 10 like that. do your"
"Oh. yes" the girl eagerly as
su- Ia him. Don't you understand.
Bob. that I'm awfully fond or you
but I don't want 70 marry anyone?
Don't you see how ! feel?'
Yes" said the wi ing man II
guess 7 do"
Somehow after that no matter
how Norma tried Cd turn the con-
versatiOn along lighter paths 10
could not be done. The young man
did not sulk. He was as 1ttentive
a. usual but the pleasure had gone
from the occasion. "a few vivacl0us
rallies and Norma gave up the c.
fort. Sc was glad there was no
movie on the evenings program.
They left the restaurant shortly.
joStled their way 10 a a stop and
boarded an outgoing car. Months
before 10 had been agreed that such
economies were 20 be observed
when the two were together. The
clanEor ar the car made conversa-
ton difficult. Farrell spoke only
once or twice and the girl welcomed
the silence.
At the door OF the apartment she
asked n he would come I'D and
suspected hts mumbled excuse for
declining were impromptu. Norma
was still carrying tine puppy. just
how she was going tO manage about
the dog was a problem demandingv
immediate attention 4
Then iii say good night She
told Farrell. smiling. and 10 was
an awfully nice dinner. 1 enjoyed
ID. It's all right, isn't Id, Bob, about
our being-EOOL friends2"
yes. Until you change your
mind
She felt suddenly that she had
been harsh. treated him badly. "Oh,
Bob, 1 do like YOU. A lotl' over
n shoulder as she disappeared.
She gave the youth IA bright glance.
II was not intended 10 BE- COquet-
fish but 10 is highly doubtful that
N made Robert Farrell any more
comfortable as TIE marched off into
the darkness.
Norma climbed the two flights OF
stairs. Lumbled for her Key and
slipped II into the lock. The door
opened. revealing a large square
room in which "a lamp was bsrning.
There was no one in sight Norma
hastily dropped the puppy IN a
worn, over-stuffcd chair. Then she
called out
Hello. Christ Have YOU been
here lOng?"
Another girl. taller, looking older.
appeared in the doorway I'D the al
cove. Her dark hair. smooth and
glossy, was drawn back from her
face. She had dark eyes, arched
brOWs and "A clear complexion. The
dress she wore was black. unre-
lieved by color except for scarlet
and white bcaus about her throat.
Chris Saunders. lacking prcttinesS,
had an air OF distinction. She
possessed what the garment trade
calls style
I N1AlAN AA AANAN z n AAAAANaN9 AHNF
she said. where's Bob?"
"Oh, he's gone Said something
about having work % do. It's a
shame about you having % put in
al this overtime. n apo you stopped
for "A real dinner"
Il wasn't hungry. MI. Hart sent
out for sandwiches and coffee"
Chris, too, had "A seCretarial po-
sitiOn. Her salary was larger than
Norma's. For two years Chris had
been the highly capable, c%Onfiden-
tIal secretary XII Bradley Hart
whose advertising agency handled
half a dozen Of the largest accounts
I'M the city. Norma knew Bradley
Hart by sign. knew also Chris
Saunders answering admiration
for the cynical. brilliant employer
whose wife spent 80 Nttle ! le In
Marlboro. More and more fire.
quently lately Chris spoke Of night
work, lunches In the office. driving
home iii Harris bulky roadster.
Repeatedly Norma assured her
self there was nothing 10 worry
over. She tossed off her hat
moved toward the mirror 10 fluff
out her hair. AS she turned again
the light through the doorway fell
ON the other girls face.
why. Chris" Noima exclaimed,
you've been CryinE!
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