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

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lie frightened me 10 when 7 was q
little girl thar I've never got cve
being afraid OF him. He was cruel
to my father and wanted to take
me away from him then We ran
away so that he couldn't
Il was only sixteen when my "a
Their died and ! was afraid that II
Uncle William heard about II and
knew where I was, he'd ret me.
then There wasn't any one else,
you see. So I changed nv name
and pretended I came 70 Chicago
from Denver. and got a job on the
News.
"And. Martin. I'VE loved II. I've
loved It all. The whole two years.
I've been happy. And I don't want
anything changed. You won't do
anything TO change things. will
your"
She was looking rather blurred
and he blinked in order to see her
better. mo. i won't do anything
you don't want me. TO-" he said.
Then he did a little rudlmentary
arithmetic. eff that was two years
ago you're only eighteen now"
DO you mind7" she asked him
seriously.
"No." he said. Il don't mind at
all"
After a while she said. ~You must
have worked awfulIy hard today,
to have found out all that about
Max Lewis and the chorus girl.
How did you do it,"
1T was all IN the 'morgue,'- he
told her. 'Tt took about ten min
utes."
Shed been working for the paper
two years and she didn't know
what the "morgue" was. Martin.
with a true reporters pride In the
whole news-gathering side OF the
organization. told her all about X.
He was startled when a sudden
movement OF hers a sort OF shud-
der. aroused him 70 look around
into her face whats the mat
teri" he gasped.
II think it's horrible" she said
shakily. 1T ear that there's no
forgiveness az all. Anything
that anyone has ever done--or that
people think he has done--B kept
there. waiting 20 be rot out and
told All yer again. Anyone who
wants TO 70 and open n drawer can
find II. And they call Il the
morgue-' Martin, I didn't know
anything could be an cruel as that 7"
But you've got II all wrong" be
protested "A newspaper doesn't
keep a 'racrgue' for the purpose Of
intimidating people with their
pasts. Nine times In ten the files
used for writing handsome cbitu-
airy articles When IN man dies
they want to be- able to tell how i'm
portant he's been
But nothing he could say on the
subject seemed TO change her feel
ing about It. Lets try TO forget
about t." she said At last
On his agreeing 10 hat-and he'd
have agreed TO almost anything just
then-she pushed her advantage a
little further. Let's forget about
everything that's mysterious and
depressing. will your VIII you
agree that the burglar was just q
plain burglar who was perfectly
satisfied with my three hundred
dollars. and that Mr.. Forster and
Mr. Lewis were oaly trying to End
me-to settle a bet. o. for some
silly reason IKE that1 And then.
Martin. will you take me some
where for the rest OF thA1 evening
where we can dancer
You bet I Will" he said I'll
agree 20 the whole program-for
the rest OF the evening-if youT
let me say Just one thing first
She considered this request a
little obviously, but finally Eaid.
"Al right; Just one. though
II you're really eighteen years
OLD
II really am Bhe interrupted.
almost. My birthdays In two
weeks-October th~Irty-hrst: Hal
loween. IL t."
"Hurrah r. he said. Wen have
q partyl Wei then. ON Halloween
youT come OF age and you1l have
no nor reason to be afraid Of your
uncle than ! have Hell have no
more authority over you than he'll
have over the king Of England And
ever In the meantime I don't see
that he could do very much That's
all. Now let's 20 70 the Alhambra.
And heaven help Leander Higgins,
or anyone else who tries 70 cut In
on US tonightf
Downstairs In the tiny vestibule
she noticed that there were some
letters In their mail-box. The post
man had come. she remembered.
while Ehey were 10 excited mbout
the burglar that they both forgot 10
20 down and ret the mail she
didn't want TO be bothered with n
now. though AL SIZE wanted to do
was dance
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