Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-24

seeming 10 remember. There will
have 10 be a double box office staff
nj Willow Stream. We have a girl en-
gagged for the afternoons but I won
dered II Lane might not take over
the JOB In the evenings"
Shes inexperienced. but I'm sure
she could manage IT, Cass told
him.
"Liane7' Mrs. C~leesbaugh's magis-
terial dark eyes sought CaSs'
My child. She's 49," Cas- ex-
planned. with that surging OF pride
which always accompanied her ex-
PLANTATION.
Going home she found the city al
most endurable In the receding sun
light. II was easier TO be philosophic
about the heat wave when one was
shortly moving 20 the country. She
looked al all the bright, clean little
shops almost fondly a. she passed
them. The cheap. effective little
dresses in shop windows. Purple and
yellow and scarlet sports things.
Hats which were SO nearly like the
creations Of Agnes and DeScat and
Suzanne Talbot. The speciouS jewell
~ and shapely. glittering, small
shoes. All seemed a promise OF bet
ter days TO come. Cass stopped az
a butcher shop near home and
bought three lamb chops. Two for
LANE. that growing girl. She hum
med as she unlocked the door OF
the apartment.
There was a note on the table. N
said, "Liane has gone TO dinner with
me and some friends. Back about
TO-" II was signed Molly Cronin.
The spark died III Cas- Barrett's
heart. She sat down. tired, like an
old. old woman. Lame out with
Molly and her crowd She didn't
like II. Molly did well enough as a
neighbor. but for Lame % accept
her as an intimate hurt Cass cruel
ly. Molly with her hennaed hair and
scarlet fingertips, her laissez-faire
Some friends" Cas- shuddered AZ
this phrase, remembering the men
who usually passed her on the stairs
looking for Molly's flat. Bookmak-
ers In checked suits with huge. syn
thetic stones In their neckties. Hard
looking individuals wearing green
hats.
How could Lianei' Cas- muir
INJURED 10 herself. Poor child. II was
easy 10 see why she had gone. LianC
had no friends In New York Molly
had probably offered a good time
as bait. dancing, delicious food.
CaSs set drearily about the bust
ness Of cooking her chop. She put
the other two IN the ice box fol
the next day. All the spice had gone
out Of her own good news now. She
ate. washed up. and began 70 Get
ready 10 return TO the theater. How
strange and silent the flat seemed
without the child
She was putting on her hat wheT
the dOorbell rang. Three long peals
CaSS answered and stood ther,
shaking as a boy In uniform handed
her a note. IL read:
Dear Mother. Please come n
once to-24th street. l need YOU
LANE
Cass thought her heart would
burst before she reached the sub.
way station. Five steps down. turn
seven steps more. All. there was (
train Just pounding in Somehow
she got the nickel into the slot
somehow she crowded through tn
turnstile. And now she was praying
an. God. help me 10 get there Hell
me TO get there In timel All thu
dreadful things she had ever hearC
Of, all the tragic newspaper storie'
OF tragic happenings involving youns
girls. came into her poor. tortured
mind. The other passengers saw
only a ~young-Old woman In a plain
blue dress. a woman who twisteC
her handkerchief until it tore:
Now Cass was in the street, run.
ming. running. "Oh. God, why doe.
my heart pound sol NY little girl
IL was a shabby brownstone hOusl
i'm front Of which she PRESENT.,
stood. a house as Ike as possible Y
others in that row. There had been
she could see, SOme confusion. nov
being cleared away. "A small knO
Of l%oiterers. In a boys mouth, TIT
word ambulance"
Her knees sagged. She said. timor,
ously. 10 the officer AZ the door
Tin Mrs. Barrett. ! had a mes.
sage from my daughter, TO conn
to this address"
A vorn face studied her keenly
somehow kindly. Yell find hel
back there" said this officer. point.
ing his big thumb toward the in.
terror Of the house. Cass went in