Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-23
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NORMA KENT. pretty 2O-year-
old secretary. T. employed In n
law Office in Marlboro, middle
western metropolis. ON her way
20 Keep n dinner engagement with
BOB FARRELL. young nwyer.
Norma sees "A puppy In peril 90
Its life In the midst Of downtown
traffic. a stranger rCHrues the
dog and brings IL "a the girl.
The stranger II good looking. well
dressed ard introduces himself M
MARK TRANERS. Norma re-
fuses 10 tell him her name or
whore he can see her again.
She h the puppy with her
and meets Bob. They dine nj n
~fnNoritc restaurant. For the third
time Farrell asks her 60 marry
him. Norma declines, saying she
wants 20 keep their association on
the basis Of friendship instead az
love. When he reaches the shah
ny apartment she shares with
CHRISTINE SAUNDERS. general
ly called "ChriS," she finds her
roommate has been crying. Norma
Tears Chris T. falling in love with
her married employer. BRADLEY
HART. proprietor of IN advertfS-
ing agency. The older girl re-
fuses 20 tell what n troubling her.
Next day Norma inserts nm ad-
NerttSemcnt about the puppy On
the -iost md found column Of
the Marlboro Press. The follow
ing evening q visitor n
and Norma goes downstairs, un-
aware who her caller may be.
NOV GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER "
MARK TRAVERS cursed inward.
" ~. lie knew his face was Grim
soning-as IL always did when he
was emharrassed-and this height
ened his rage. Five minutes be-
fore he had been 50 confident. Now
damn,
II vas because the girl before
him was so pretty. No-she was
beautiful! She was far, far love
lier than he had remembered her
to be. II came over him with a
shock that here was the prettiest
girl he had ever seen in all his
life. And Mark Finley Travers.
for a young man az % years. had
certainly been around. He had GER
tainly seen some pretty girls. too.
II called" he began. TO see
about a dog"
you what?"
He was sure she had understood
correctly. She was only trying IN
make IL harder for him. In that
case q change OF tactics was i'll
order.
Il called 10 see about a dog" ne
repeated soberly. you see I've
lost one and today I read the ad-
vertisement in The Press. From
the description given / thought the
n advertised might be mine"
In assuming that Norma was Be-
ing petulant the young man did her
less than justice. The girl was
simply startled. She could scarcely
believe the youth before her was
the one she had seen on Broad
street two nights before. the n
who had dashed into the traffic
and saved the puppy. There was
no mistaking him. however. And
now she was not angry with him.
She was amused.
Il See" she replied primly. 'WiII
you describe the animal you're
looking for?"
"Well-he-er-he was a rrav
and brown puppy with a black SPOT
over the right eye" He looked
down at the newspaper folded open
TO the classified pages and then IN
az the girl. Without batting an eve
lash he continued. land he has a
black tail. Owner should'-that II.
no. | mean that's about all I can
say TO describe him. He's a little
NUT. Oh, l assure you l prize him
highlyl I've offered a reward for
his return"
Norma caught the spirit OF the
game. Her eyes we're sparkling.
And Just where did you lose
this dog?" she asked.
We'll. you see ID was like this. l
taking the pup for his after
noon walk. II was about 5 o'clock
maybe a little later-and we we're
on Broad street. l stopped 10
glance at a window display and
somehow the pup jerked the leash