Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-17
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LANE BARRETT. IS and beau
tful. tries I'm vain 10 forget VAN
ROBARD when his engagement 10
announced 60 MURIEL LADD,
popular debutaute. Linne's moth
er. CAss BARRETT. g. nm actress
md IL 10 during Cass's engage
nient I'm stock mt N fashionable
Long Island summer colony that
h BnrrettH meet MRS. CLEEs-
PAUGH. wealthy widow. when
Cnss goes on tour I'm the fall Lame
becomes Mrs. CIcesrauEh's secre-
tary. Give CLEEsPAUGH, the
widows only son, nsks Lame 20
marry him. Give annot Inherit
his fortune unless he
marries before he fs Is Lime nc
cepts. agreeing the marriage IL 20
be a matter Of form only.
TRESsA LORD. Jealous OF
Lame. tries 10 make u for
her. Trrssa unsuccess-
fully with a gang Of blnckmniIers.
LIN 40 md Give are married.
spend n honeymoon I'm the south
and then return north. Muriel
eIopcs with CHUCK DESMOND.
newspaper reporter. Weeks pass
and Lame encounters RObard On
the street. He begs her 20 20
abroad with him. She conhdes en-
Cass and learns she L. not Cnss's
daughter hut the child OF CaEs'.
sister. LUISA. and Richards step
father. Tulsa was Robard's nrxt
wife. Van ~ killed I'm nm nutomo-
bile accident. Lame is over
Whelmed by n sense OF guilt and
finally runs AWAY. I'm n New Jer-
sey town she find work. half
stHrves herself and becomes iIi.
She RECEIVERS md with health
ono knowledge Of the deep love
n has for Give. Believing Give
cares for Tressn. Lame suggests
N divorce. Tressn comes TO visit
them Give and Tressn drive into
town mud do not return until II
y. I'm. Later Lame. going 10 the
library for n book, confronts the
two together. There Is n scene I'm
which Tressn's plotting comes 20
light and Give and Iinne realize
n ench cares for the other.
(NOw co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XLVII
THE sun shone through the rose
= colored curtains. II touched the
pale eastern rug with fits splendor
Lame stretched. yawned. rem,m
bered. A smile curved her lips
Turning. she stared at the door
which separated her room from
Gives. Always before II had stood
closed. For the servants benefit
II had not been locked. Now II
stood wide open.
The sound or splashing water
came TO her from the bathroom be
yond. A young man sang IN his
tub.
She called, "Clivel" Even the
sound OF his name on her lips made
her smile for sheer wonder. He
did not hear so she tiptoed TO the
intervening door and closed IL soft
ly. In her own tiled sanctuary she
showered herself briskly. She
slipped into the briefest OF silken
things. The tube OF white silk
which she shrugged over her head
was called a tennis dress. She con.
templated herself with pleasure. in.
nocent and artless. She was glad
she was lovely for bis sake.
When he came IN. looking very
young and tall and somehow shy
she was brushing out her hair. II
lay In a cloud around her shout.
ders. She stopped. confused, brush
in hand.
"I-oh, I meant 10 ne ready be-
fore you!"
The smile he gave her held a rare
quality, something Of tenderness,
something Of worship.
He placed a note in her hand.
Wonderingly Lame read in ,rressa's
bold script. Il give up. You're two
rare fools. suppose a sentimental
list would say this proves you we're