Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-23
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NORMA KENT. pretty .~o-year-
old secretary. j. employed IN "A
law Office in Marlboro, middle
western metropolis. ON her way
10 keep "A dinner EaEcmen with
q FARRELL. young lawyer.
Norma sees "a puppy In peril ~
Its life in the midst az downtown
traffic. A stranger rcScucs the
dog and brings "a 10 the girl.
The stranger il good looking. well
dressed mud introduces himself ms
lark TItANTRS. NOrmn re-
fuses "a tell him her name or
where he can see her again.
y takes the puppy with her
and meets bob. They dine Mt n
~fhvoritc restaurant. FOR tho third
time Farrell asks her 20 marry
him. Norma declines. gavfnw she
wants - keep their association on
the basis Of friendship instead of
love. hen She reaches the shah
~ apartment she shares with
CHRISTINE NDEIIs. general
~ called "JhriS.- she finds her
roommate has been crying. Norma
Tears Chris n falling in love with
her married employer. BRADLEY
HART. proprietor Of an advcrtiS-
ing gcncy The elder girl re-
fuses "a tell what A. troubling her.
Next day Norma inserts mn nd
Nrrti.ement about the puppy IN
N0FA ~ ANAnA column OF
the Marlboro Press. Tbs follow
Ing evening = visitor o.
ana Norma goes downstairs. un-
aware who her caller may be.
NO-- GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER "
MARK TRAVERS cursed inward
- IN. He know his face was Grim
s~oning-as X always did when NJ
was embarrassed-and this height
ened his rage. Five minutes be
fore he had been 50 confident. Now
damn,
It -as because the girl before
him was so pretty. No-she was
beautiful She was far. far love
lier than he had remembered her
70 be. IL came over him with n
shock that here was the prettiest
girl he had ever seen in all his
life. And Mark Finley Travers.
for a young man OF 20 years. had
certainly been around. He had GER
tainly seen some pretty girls. too.
II called" he began. ito see
about a dog"
You what?"
He was sure she had understood
correctly. She was only trying TO
make ID harder for him. In that
case a change of tactics was IN
order.
4 called to see about a dog" he
repeated s0bcrly. "You see I've
lost n and today I read the ad-
vertisement in The Press. From
the description given / thought the
n advertised might be mine"
In assuming that Norma was b.
Ing petulant the young man did her
less than justice. The girl was
simply startled. She could scarcely
believe the youth before her was
the one she had seen Oh Broad
street two nights before. the one
who had dashed into the traffic
and saved the puppy. There was
no %mlstaking him. however. And
now she vas not angry with him.
She was amused.
4 see" she replied primiv. 'WiU
you describe the animal you're
looking for2"
"Well-he-er-he was 4 rrav
and brown puppy with a black spot
over the right eye" lie looked
down az the newspaper folded open
TO the classified pages and then I'd
at the girl. Without batting an eve.
lash he continued. "'And he has a
black tail. Owner should'-that ~.
no. / mean that's about all I can
say TO describe him. He's a little
nut. On, | assure you / prize him
highly! I've offered a reward for
his return"
Norma caught the spirit of the
game. Her eyes we're sparkling.
And just where did you lose
this dog?' she asked.
We'll, you see IL was like this. I
taking the pup for his after
noon walk. II was about 8 o'clock
maybe q little later-and we were
Broad street. I stopned ~
glance at a window display and
somehow the pup 1erked the leash