Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-16

tMentlcth lnStaliment
well. IL seems kinl o. queer.
her going or TO New York like that
without letting you know anything
about To- You said you'd lost some
money. didn't your She's g0t that.
too, II you ask me. she certainly
talked As II she had plenty. She
told me size Was taking her yaca-
lion late so that the biz burg would
be running full time when she got
there"
lnvoluntarily RhOda started af
that Babe had been talking about
that sort or vacation ever since sire
and Rhoda had begun living to-eth-
er. Shed used that very phrase.
Max couldn't have made it np TIE
had met Babe ENC the station then
and she had made him think she
was going to New York.
Mhy3 Why hag size gone ~ the
stationf Why. FOR that matter. had
Max gone there himse.fs Had he
meant % 40 On New York on that
train2 With her three hundred
dollars and her trunk9
Well. how about C4ireq Where
dld she come ins Ur didn't SHE
come Ing Had he ditchcd Claire
III tried to- Was that what the
telephone message had been
Auutf Never mind that now
Whatever Max had tried Go do he
allied. Ehcda remembered hnw
Hgd looked when lie came into the
room.
ii wish you'd ten me." Ste said.
looking - him Ia as chiiaiIke 4
manner as she could manage
what the terrible thing was thar
Babe ara 10 y0u"
Never mind about that" be-
rrow!cd az her. Get ON icy, its
~ business of yours. You've got
enough 70 Worry about with what
she did 90 you
Il don't think. she told him
cheerfuiiy. "that I've anything to
worry about ~ an. I think she
cot my trunk back. You see ] uas
aiking 10 her on the telephone
Just now. when You came ia here
This proved one dart too many
aud he came for her. not Kindly,
either. Ile seized her arm with m
wrench that made hcs want tc cry
5ut, and ierked her t0 Ter fecf.
Get out of here 4" he said. "Il
make il worth your while 10 talk 70
me some other time. In you get
out now before my uncle ENDS you
here"
For ar instant she stared up Ne
him blankly. the realization break
ing over her that IVY didn't know
she'd already seen hts uncle: that
he thought she was Voluntarily
waiting fnr blum. rAil right. she
Ssid. FIJI rn. Bnt vnnM have to
show me the way out.n
He didn't altogether release her.
but his grip ~ her arm relaxed
As be started Leading her toward
the door she had come III ~. Half.
way TO II they were halted hy Cen
ley's voice He had come fin ON
ona Of the smaller doors.
Conley came up w them oriskiy.
let the girl alone" AZ continued.
-She's 40 STAIR OK yours. Mr.
Forster wants her TO Rait here
Now Max did lei GO her arm. but
n wasn't i'm obedience 10 conlev's
order. lay off it.n he said. "You
aren't IN on this. The young laayis
a friend or mine and now she's
talked 70 me she doesn't want ~
see c. J."
Coniev agreed with "a grin. III
Euess she doesn't Rut she don't
cav this o until the boss
.omes back"
CHANGING " AZ Max. Rhoda could
sec that that word. back troubled
aim. though be hadn't vet made
sut the Implication IN IL.
Rhoda started for the door. and
she kept on going. though Conlpy
parked at her. Come back here.
your" She was aware that Max
interposed 70 check Conley's rush
for her. The last thing she heard
before she closed the door after
her was the thad OK ! heavy blow
and sha inferred from the fact that
she wasn't immediately pursued
and dragged back. that the recipl.
M az II must have been Couley.
She walked-it saeuec safer
somehow than breaking into 4 run
iowa the broad corridor and
around the ccTneF. rc.Saeing her