Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-06

nE4NAN NAE4NE AUDA
LANE BARRETT. Is and beau
tiful. lives In n eramped New York
apartment with her mother. CASs
BARRETT. n rather faded actress.
On a hot night Lianr goes 20 din
ner with MOLLY lCRONIN. n neigh
bor. mud two OF MoIIy's men
friends. There u n shooting and
the girl ~ held NJ n witness. She
sends n note 20 her mother who
arrives nnd ~perSuaGes SHANE Me-
DERNID. the young policeman IN
charge. that Lame IN innocent Of
wr~onEdoinE. That night NJ n
theatcr where ass ~ playing
Lianc encounters n n n n Il = % m e
stranger who speaks e name.
A few days later Cnns and Lame
Eo 20 Willow stream. u. a.. where
CasE Inns ann Engagement I'm "a small
rEnan1rr n sponsored ny
wealthy MRS. CLEEsFAIGH. IN
widow with n son. CLfNE- Lame
works I'm the hnx oslrr. sharing
duties with MURIEL LADD. pretty
srcfrty girl. At Muriei's home
ltare again meets the handsome
stranger who spoke 20 her I'm n
thrnfcr. He IL VAN HoBARD. hut
when Lame mentions him her
mother makes Lame promise 90
have nothing more 90 do with
him.
Mrs. cIerspaugh asks Cn~M "a
w.. Lane stay with her during
the winter. Muriri Lndd goes
dancing one might with OK
DESMOND. dchonaIr newspnp
man. aud her mother dispatches
Van R0bard In scare 81 them. he
lievinE they have elopcd. He takes
Lime with him. Elsie tells her
later that Van IL said 60 he Mrs.
fadd's lover and the girl IN
crushed. Lame dimes with nes-
mond and finds him Interesting.
Linnr thinks Van does not care
for her hut during n hnid-up nc
the thentrr one night be shows
great concern for her. If ~ de-
cid~d thar Lame will spend tke
winter with Mrs. ClcespauEh. Cag~
packs 90 rctGrn 20 the city nc The
cad Of the reason and Lane. help
Ing her. comes acroSs mn old pie
ture ~ Cas~'s sister. LJfSA. CaNs
snys LrlSa g. tead and refuses 20
sny more about her.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XII
THE room was long and low-ceIl-
a inged and II seemed 70 Lame
"a he packed with ugly. comfortable
mahogany furniture OF the Victo.
rian age. Mrs. C~leeshaugh's big old
house proved TO be a curious dwell
Ing.
Mothers dining room Is pure
Borgia." Give told her that first
day. with ahectionate amusement
In hts voice. Lame had had Ia
agree. The great. black. worm.
eaten oak table with It's huge poly
chromed candlesticks and the dark,
red velvet curtains looped back
from the windows. seemed out OF
place so near 10 the hall with Its
Chinese lacquers ard gold tea box
paper on the walls. Strange. strange
house. Yet Lane rather liked Il,
IL IA ugly and rich and c0mf0rta-
BILE. Her own room pleased ner.
The great bed had a priceless lace
coverlet over rose satin There was
a puffy r~ose-colored down comforter.
Not at all the sort OF thing the
young girl would have chosen but
luxurious in a heavy sort OF way.
I'm dreaming" she said. sitting
up and blinking as she regarded the
breakfast tray which Nora, one oi
the deft. well-trained maids. had set
down on the inlaid table. Mrs.
Clecspaugh had five maids. all Irish
girls.
The breakfast tray was very mod.
ern, set with thin. sprigged china
dishes in pink and white. The COW
cred dish held golden toast. The
fat little pink jar had honey IN IL.
The tall. crystal glass was filed
with Orange juice. The dubious pot
poured q "a thin. amber stream on
inviting coffee.
LUXURY" sighed the young girl.
throwing her cheap challis dressing
gown owe her shoulders and slip
ping her narrow feet into we'll.
worn brocaded mules. She dashed
70 the bathroom where she spIashed
and showered. returning quickly 10
that alluring morning repast Nora
had drawn the shades. shutting out
the insistent September sun.
Lame thought with a pang. How
Mother would have loved thisl" The