Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-24

tECCulAy IL q san 6uIA1C paper
an advertisement FOR your where
abouts. Seeing that I came to the
conclusion that a certain contract
which your father had enclosed
with his letter might have a value
for you. and that you ought to be
found"
Good lord!- Martin exclaimed.
do you mean to say you've got the
contract that everybody has been
trying 70 steal7 Did you see Fors-
ter this afternoon and tell him you
had itT"
"I refer" said Uncle william ma.
jestically, ito a contract which my
late brother-in-Iaw entered into with
G. J. Forster. I was speaking Il
my niece. cannot see that X con
Germs you In any way"
Everything that concerns Rhoda
concerns me-" Martin told him
"She and I are engaged to be mar
ried."
"Humph !" snorted Uncle william
He was a perfectly terrible per
son. Martin didn't wonder thai
poor Rhoda had changed her name
and hidden herself away from hin
like a frightened little rabbit
Martin could zee him now majes
tically pausing before be hurled I
thunderbolt.
~It." he said. your matrimonial.
intentions toward my niece are II
anyway predicated upon your knowl
edge OF the existence or that con
tract ! think X only right to tefl
you that 1t i Of small value and
doubtful validity"
That's what Forster told NJ
this evening" Martin observed
He said he had told you that Il
wasn't worth a nickel"
-Tn have no more OF this I'm
pertinence." Uncle William reared
You can't marry nv niece. She!
still a minor. and I shall never con
sent . . :"
Look here" Martin interrupted
him, we don't like each other a.
all, but there's no good IN our
~quarreling unless We have scne
thing 10 quarrel about. And IN
less you're Rhoda's legal guardian
J can't see that We have. Are
you:"
I'm her natural guardian SAID
Uncle william.
mot her legal one, then" Mar
tin observed. But as he turned Il
Rhoda he saw a panic awake onct
more In her eyes. We won't have
any more Of this tonight" he wen
on. "Rhoda's had a terrible day
and she's come clear 10 the end o.
IT, I'm going 10 ask Babe TO pu'
her TO bed mt once III 70 bacl
with you TO your hotel and put yoV
abreast OF the situation"
This was n Napoleouic move
Babe came into action instantly
Before he finished speaking SIT
was leading Rhoda toward the liz
tie stairway that went I'D TO I'll.
loft where their bedrooms were.
Martin followed along to tn.
foot or the stairs shes not Il
get up in the morning" he toll
Babe as IL he were a doctor gfvinl
a nurse instructions about an un
conscious patient, at least NO
until late. Ill come around som
time after ten with the document
and we'll 20 down the baggage
master and get her trunk"
Then. ceasing to treat RhodG nl
II she were unconscious. he kisset
her and she heard him murrur, MI
lips so close 20 her ear that I
tickled. Don't you worry. darling
The bunch - coming along Al
right. You leave Uncle william
70 me-"
Evidently Martin was the rghI
sort or person 70 leave him TO. He,
last glimpse from the balcony wa
OF her uncle. smoldering and FUN
Ing like vesuvins getting ready foI
an eruption but going out Just tn
same through the door Martin helt
open. obedient after all.
When Rhoda really walked vi
the next morning-rnther a LON
process after an unusually sdit
nights sleep-she felt very adnl
and sensible. She didn't precisel.
regret her childish terror OF thl
night before, since II had brough
out once more what q peach Mar
tin was. She didn't believe be fke'
her the less for II. either. he va
like that. He understood things
But her line with him when N
came this morning to take he
down to the station and get To-
trunk must Be one Of sturdy com
mon sense. Above all she must le
him see instantly that she tool
their pretended engagement as
brilliantly clever maneuver for out
nanAdng Uncle william and nc6fhnl
else. II w0uld be- terrible IL n
were left 10 think for a single min
nte that she thought that he mean
1t seriously.