Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
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BEGAN HERE
Pretty NORMA KENT. 2O-year-
old secretary, mnrries MARK
TRAVERS, mIIlIonaire's son, i'm
spite OF the opposition OF Marks
father.
The story takes place On MARI
boro, middle-western metropolis.
After nm extrnvnEant honeymoon
the couple face poverty. Mark
n Job. loses 60. and then
becomes lOorwaIker In n DEPART
c tore. The young couple nre
beginning TO master their prob
lens when Marks father sends
for him and offers him n place I'm
his own business organization IN
the o will o he N make
good. Marks first assignment
Involves n business trip te France.
Norma must remain Mt home.
Mark goes and Norma. rndely
home, slips away. leaving no
trace OF her whereabouts. CHRIS
SAUNDERS. Norma's forme r
roommate. helps her find n job.
marks father employs detec-
tives 10 trail the girl. They un-
earth records showing that three
years before Norma was convicted
ON n vice charge. In spite Of evil
dence that the charge was framed.
- So ~
"a engineer n divorce. Weeks later
Norma learns the decree has been
granted.
In August Norma's son IN horn.
when the baby On six months old
Norma eturns 20 her former job.
Marks mother secs her with the
baby and n few days later n pub
lie health nurse comes while Nor
mn IN away md takes the baby,
explaining a complaint has been
mndet that he IN neglected.
HOB FARRELL, young lawyer,
that Mr.. nnd Mrs. Trav-
ers are behind this move. seeking
to get custody of the child. Far
rcu persuades Norma to 20 20
LAFAYETTE FLYNN. district mt
torney. and tell the story Of how
the charges against her were
framed
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
THE cries OF the n~ewsboys ross
loud and shrill above noon-dal
traffic. "Wuxtrai Wuxtrai ALA
oouta Vice Charges! wuxtral
Pretty Victim Tells OF Framing
They barked the raucous. unin
:elligible words and waved news
papers with headlines in three-incl
:ype. Screaming black banner lines
that repeated the words the boys
weres shouting. Pretty Victim De
,lares Charges Framed" Beauty
Tells Own Story" Girl Asserts
Conviction Was Frameup!"
II was the second day after
Norma's story had broken" in tn,
news. Lafayette Flynn. with tn,
dramatic instinct which had played
so large a part in his political sue
cess. had staged events carefully
He had arranged the interviews
He had seen to 1t that Norma sale
Just enough and not too much thai
first day. Flynn had come out witt
a denunciation OF the system" that
permitted such evils.
Two newspapers treated the story
cautiously the first day. Two others
spread IL across their front pages
On the following day Norma Trav
ers had become a headline heroine
IL was learned that she was Mark
Travers' former wife. Photographs
filed away since the honeymoon trip
to Blue Springs reappeared. Be.
sides the running story Of the in.
terview there were pen pictures
OF Norma written by star feature
writer's Lafayette Flynn issued q
second and stronger attack on the
system" Members Of the opposing
political organization came back
with vitriolic counter attacks.
Norma did not 20 to the Office.
She stayed in the apartment. believ.
Ing herself secure there because
none Of the newspapers had been
given her address. BY 10 a. IN. she
learned her mistake. The telephone
rang constantly. Reporters we're at
The front door and at the rear OF