Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-02
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Pretty NORMA KENT. 2o-yenr-
old secretary In q law Office, sees
MARK TRAyERs for the FIRST
time when together they rescue N
puppy from downtown traffic In
marlboro. mfddie-western metrop-
oils. Norma declines 20 tell Trav-
crs her name or where he can see
her again.
BOB FARRELL, young lawyer,
asks Norma 90 marry him and she
refuses. though she In fond OF him
ns N friend. Norma takes the
PUPPY 70 the shabby apartment
SAUNDERS. She fears Chris H.
failing i'm love with her married
employer. BRADLEY HART. pro
rriefor Of nm advertising ngenry.
Normn Inserts m advertisement
about the puppy In a newspaper
lost and found column and the
hrst person 20 answer ~ Mark
Trnvers. He tries 90 make n date
but Norma declines bis invita-
ffons. A sinai boy comes 20 claim
tine PUPPY and takes IL home.
Norma goes for n drive with
Bob Farrell md ne tells her he
IL leaving Marlboro. Two days
later she meets Trnvcrs ON the
street u goes "a lunch with him.
THIS n the beginning Of n whiri-
wind courfShip. Norma finds her
self hcat-over-heeis in love hut
thinks she must ~end Travers
away because OF some secret Of
the past. Chris declares if Norma
loves Trnvcrs NIL else A. unim-
portant.
Mark is invited To dinner M the
apartment. Norma II there alone
when n caller arrives. He tells
her he IL Marks father and de-
hands her affair with his son
shall end. In the midst ~ n heat
ed speech Mark appears Father
and son quarrel md the father
threatens to disown Mark IL he
msrries Norma. The elder Travers
Departs Mark begs Norma 20
marry him nj once and after some
hesitation d agrees. The couple
drive 20 the town Of Woodbury.
WIFI Chris md bradley Hart. Nor-
ma md Mark secure n license and
are married. Then Mark takes
MS bride 20 the palatiaI Hotel
Marlboro.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
THE glowing orb OF molten gold
stirred gently and moved to tho
right. Out or the sunlight II was
net glowing metal at all but a mass
CT tangled and unruly curls. Norma
shook her head and the bobbins
tendrll that had been ohscuring The
vision Of her left eye fell back into
place.
Curled up in the huge rose tapes
try chair the girl seemed a TIM
creature. She wore a negligee q
blue. II vas skimpily cut. made o,
cheap material but as gloriously
azure as the heavens on a perfect
July morning. A worn black satin
mule Topped back from one barred
foot. Norma's loose sleeves fel'
away almost to the shoulder, reveal
Ing arms OF creamy whiteness. Like
the rest OF Norma's body the arms
were exquisitely formed. slender
but rounded.
She was smiling. Not at the
young man aerosr the room. His
back was toward her. Norma smiled
at the reflection In the mirror oi
the dressing table. II showed .
young man, coatless. energetically
brushing a shock of brown hair
back from his forehead. lie was
an unusually good-lookins youth
even when he frowned. as he did
Just then. and threw down the
brush to tug at his necktie. Sud.
denly he caught Norma's eyes
watching him In the mirror. The
frown became a grin. Mark whirled.
See here, Mrs. Travers." he
said. do you call yourself a help
full wife? Sitting there taking my
mind of everything I try to do,
Can't even tie my tie decentlyl See
here. what kind OF conduct do you
call that"
In three strides he was across