Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-03

Pretty NORMA KENT. 2D-yesr-
old secretary in n law Office. tees
MARS IHAtEHs Tor the nrsf
time when together they rescue n
puppy from downtown traffic In
Marlboro. mftdie-wrstern mctrea-
oils. Norma refuses in
vitatfons and her indifference
spurs hts interest.
ROB FARRELL. n lawyer.
asks Norma 10 marry him and
n refuses. though IN In fond of
him NJ n friend. Norma shares
mr. apartment with CHRISTINE
SAUNDERS. She fears Chris II
falling I'm love with her married
employer. BRADLEY HART. pro-
prietnr of mr. advertising agency.
NATALIE PRICE. popular drbu-
tante. 4 trying 90 win Iraver. N
n but her efforts fail
when Norma Mt last allows the
young man 10 take her to dinner.
N does not know he Nv the son az
". VI. TRAtER~. cal estate mag
nate. but thinks him n clerk I'm
the real estate office. Within n
week Mark has launched "a whiri-
wind r0urtShip. Norma fnds her
self deeply IN love but thinks she
must send Mark away because az
some secret of the past. Chris
declares IL Norma loves Travers
all else L. unimporfnnt.
Norma ~ alone I'm the apart
mrnt r evening when Marks
father arrives and demands she
must end the AFFAIR with his son.
MARK o~vcrhenrx the conversation.
Father and son quarrel and Trav-
rr~ declares he will ds<0wn Mark
III he mnrries Norma After his
father has gone Mark beEs Norma
10 mary him mt once. Chris and
bradley Hart accompany the
couple 20 n little town In the next
county where the marriage takes
place. Mark takes his bride 20
the pnfatial Hotel Marlboro. He
discovers next morning that he
hns only Si3 In his wafIes. Mark
departs. saying he will return
soon but by . p. m he has NOT
come.
NOW co on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
THE door few open and MARI
Travers, beaming. bocmed {
greeting from the threshold. II
three skips and a leap Norma wa:
In his arms. She was laughing
touching his cheeks with reassurint
fingers. raising her lips for his kis.
Ill in one instant. She was aware
there was film before her eyes.
"Oh. Mark! I've been such az
IDIOT. / was afraid something had
happened-."
"Happened7 Well. I shoult
think there has. I'll tell the world
something's happened. What do
you suppose I've been doing al
this time? Listen. baby. we're
starting on a honeymoon in exactly
two hours. Look-,"
One of Marks hands dived into
a pocket and came out with a dan
Cling unfolding strips OF green pa
per. Railway tickets He tossed
them toward Norma. A second
dive and he was displaying more
paper. Creenbacks. More OF them
than the girl had ever seen. They
were folded into a huge roll.
what? Why. where in the
world" Norma houndered fol
the words.
Before she could 20 on Mark had
caught her arms and was whirling
her into a crazy whirli-gig pirou.
cite.
Don't you hear me. Norma,
darling? Don't you understand:
We're going placesl Come on
we've got Just two hours to make
the train. Blue Springs. Mrs.
Travers, How does that strike
you? Blue Springs. where the sun
shines and skies are almost as blue
as your eyes Riding and bathing
and lots Of golf Oh. you'll love fl,
Blue Springs Is the grandest place
TO play in these here United States.
You and me. Norma, why-why.
what's the matter?"