Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-28

mon. Had she really been In that
horrible place. eating impossible
food. with a foul-smellIng waiter
and n hare-brained crime re-
porter" for companions? Looking
back az herself through the cold
blue eyes OF Mrs. Ruyther, she be-
gan to think she was losing her
mind.
What on earth would Dirk say?
She should have consulted him. She
began to feel like a truant child
tagging schoolward.
Well. IL was past. III George
Bowen rang UP the house she
would not even talk 10 him. No
doubt his schemes were just an ex-
cuse 10 print ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
about herl she shuddered at the
thought OF tomorrow's Star and
what II might contain.
II was Thursday and she was
dining al the Ruythers. Well, she
would do all she could TO make Il
up to Dirk. The truth. dimly felt
before. now revealed itself 10 her
bit by bit, as on an unrolling scroll
Dirk's worried abstraction. Mrs.
Ruyther's ~fluttering apologize air.
Mr.. Ruyther's booming heartiness.
There was something they we're all
ashamed OF. that they felt had to
apologize for. II had all passed un-
noticed. except az background. She
had been 81 absorbed that their
suspicious had glanced of without
pricking her. Now II all came back
with q rush-every cutting. two
edged word that had been turned
toward her. every blank and guard
ed look. awkward moments that
she now realized would have been
definite snubs II the snubbers had
dared. What had stopped them?
The power Of the Ruyther name!
Not even the Jupiter money was SO
woodworking as that.
With q sudden rush OF under.
standing and pity. she knew that
Dirk must have been having a bad
time at home. No doubt he had
had 70 fight for even the sembIance
OF surface ease. With only one son
10 marry on, Mrs. Ruyther would
have liked to see him marry Ito
advantage" She had accepted
Mary without enthusiasm. because
there was nothing she could say
against her. But now. good heav-
ensi
Suddenly she wanted 10 see Dirk
terribly. She wished the bus
would hurry. II was only three or
20. but he might come early.
The bus ground 10 a stop TO take
on two passengers. who turned out
TO be Cornelia Tabor and another
girl. a little blond fun named Ethel
Somebody. who was visiting Cor.
nelia from Boston. Mary had seen
her picture In the society section.
They collapsed breathlessly "A n
front seat. without looking back.
Mary was leaning her head against
the cool window. and sat slumped
down in the seat 70 that they
would hardly have seen her my.
how.
As he bus topped a rise and be-
gan 10 coast down the other side.
their voices became distinctly
audible.
Rotten for Dirk, but I don't sun.
pose he realizes it-men IN love are
30 stupid Oh. I don't think he's
30 much In love Don't your
Why don't you think so?" Then
shrieks OF mirth, subsiding into
giggles. "oh. it's too funny--the
family skeleton walking out and
rattling Just at this time-every
family has one. they say-my dear,
not the Ruythersi Can you mag.
Inc a Ruyther walking around in
his bones?" More shricks. more
giggles.
MARY turned hot and cold. and
49, shrank down further 70 avoid
any chance or being seen. Or were
they doing Il for her benefit She
couldn't tell. Thank goodness. they