Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-25
The Scaled Trunk
BY Henry Kitchel Webster
Copyright BY The Bos6s-Merrni Co. wNU Service
BY Henry KitcheII Webster
wNU Service

about II. but It's d little ike the
old woman and the pig that
wouldn't get over the stile. DO
YOU remember. Stick won't beat
dog. dog won't bite pig'2 You see,
the only person who q set your
fathers memory right before the
university woodland that's the
only world Ne cared about-is
Uncle William, who Is president Of
the board OF trustees out there.
Uncle Williams the pig, all right
He knows the facts and ! think he
believes them. But he won't ret
over the stile until somebody bites
him On the leg"
who's going 70 bite hiins" she
asked But when NJ answered,
Forster. she echoed the name IN
simple establishment.
Il can't guess what II Is. dar-
ling he told her. but there's
something in that little trunk of
yours that Forster thinks he can't
live without I want % find out
what III ~ and hurI II AZ him while
he's still frightened. He is fright
ened half out OF his wits. He's
making Max marry that Cleveland
woman. / saw them. this morning.
down at the city hall. she with her
face al bandaged up and Max look
ing a. glum as If he was waiting
% be sentenced 70 a term IN the
penitentlary. with Conley on guard
~ see that he didn't do Z bolr. wait
iHg for the marriage license bureau
TO open up"
Gazing ut him wide-eyed she saw
him flush ike a schoolboy, and AZ
that she few Ut him and Rugged
him. She couldn't help &. did
you get ours. too9" she asked.
He nodded. Il thought it was
better" lie said. just in case OF
emergency. That's what ] told my
self at the time. But will you.
Rhoda, now? Before we 20 and get
the trunk 81. Tim0thy's II just
around the corner. | know the
curate and he'll De there"
FIJI get my hat and coat" she
said.
And lie wasn't more than ten min
utes before She found herself being
married bv a hearty young man
who had. It seemed, put out his
pipe Just before he'd put on his
cassock.
She wondered later. when she
had time 70 think things over.
about how vague an impression
this service made upon her. She
was barely able 20 remember any
thing about IL. On the other hand.
every word Martin had said during
their walk 70 the church was
etched deep upon her memory. The
force Of his purpose 10 set mp her
fathers name again IN IT'S proper
place. cleanSed Of the mud Of scan
dal and suspicion: the fact that he
had a plan and that until he had
set that plan In motion everything
else, even ~love-maklng, would have
to wait put a new dimension into
her love for him.
From the church door they took
q taxi 10 the railway station, found
the trunk without misadventure.
and took II back TO the studio. Br
that time they were both wildly
excited owe the mystery or its
contents.
Martin was trying 10 be calm. and
insisted upon being maddeningiy
methodicaI about the preparation
for opening H. They had 10 clear
everything out Of one corner az the
studio until they had a ten-foot
space absolutely bare before be
would let her unlock IL. But she
saw his hands trembling As be
tugged at the straps
What they found was Just what
Rhoda dimly remembered the con-
tents TO have been, sheets Of vel
low paper covered with notes, equa-
tons and diagrams. Some Of them
locked to her like gigantic mag
nEfcanons Of a chud's game OF
naughts and crosses. Pictures or
molecules Martin said he guessed
they were, but II was an. be frank
~ admitted. considerably worse
than Greek 70 him There was en-
enormous amount of IL, thousands
Of SAeets Several thousand. They
began taking them out reverently.
one az a time Then they took
them ont by handouts. There was
no sort Of order to them. apparent