Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-30
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Pretty NORMA KENT. 20-ye3r-
old secretary i'm n law Office. sees
MARK TRAEERS for the first
time when together they reSrue n
puppy from downtown trafiic In
Marlboro, middIe-weSfcrn uctroF-
oils. Norma declines 10 tell FraN-
erS her name or where ne can see
her again.
nom FARRELL, young lawyer,
asks Norma 20 marry him and u
refuses. though she il fond 81 him
a. 4 friend. Norma the
uuDuv To- the shabby npartment
she shares with CIT tlsTkNE
SAUNDERS. She fears Chris is
falling in love with cr married
employer. BRADLEY HART, pro-
prfefor Of mn ndvcrttsinE
Next day Norma inserts an uiver
tiS~Incnr har the purny n The
lost and found column or the
Marlboro Press. The FIRST person
a. answer thi. advertisement -
Mart TraVcrS. lie ulcs 90 make
= date but Norma declines his in-
v~itaftons. TraNers cpart~ ana
later goes with NATALIE PRS M.
wealthy dcbutante. on n gay rouhu
Of the night CLUBS.
Next evening a small hoy comes
20 see Norma. claims the PUPPY
MI % NAN
90 aid MINNIE EAAE4t, an ira
poverISacd friend whose --ychr
old son has been badly burned.
Normn receives telephone calls
from Travers and ignores thcm.
She goes for n drive with hpb
Farrell and he tells her ne ~ go
ing 10 leave Marlboro. Two Gays
later she meets TravcrS on the
street and goes 20 lunch with him.
This a. the beginning ~ n week
OF M~hfrtWind cOurtSntp. Norma
fnds herself hcad-Over-heeis n
love bnt thinks she must send
T-avcrs away whcn he nsEs her
~ marry him or some
secret OF the past. chris know.
This secret. and declares that ~
Norma loves TraVers MI else y
unimportant. Mark ~ invited 20
dinner nj the apartment.
NOW co on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER X
THE vegetable trays looked
H. fresh and inviting with crisp
curling lettuce. crimson radishe'
and ivory-white heads of cabbage
Peas and spinach added grada.
lions OF green 20 the picture and
a mound OF oranges on the smell
above proved that the grocer'
boy who arranged these wares
each morning mad an eye for color
Norma Kent lifted q head q
lettuce to see IL Il vas solid. Sht
made her selections briskly and
the wh~ite-c0ated clerk wrapped
the packages. Norma was en-.
gagged III mental arithmetic, at the
same time trying to list the task.
before her and the order in which
10 attack them.
She paid her bill and left the
store with arms bullying with bags
and bundles. There was no tim'
10 wait for the grocer's unreli
able delivery system 70 function.
Letting herself into the apart
ment building required almost Z
vaudeville balancing act. she
shifted the packages 50 a. 10 free
her right hand and foraged in hel
purse for the key. Another shift
when the door was opened and
Norma started up the stairs.
The two flights had never
seemed longer. AT last, breath.
less, the girl reached the third
floor front. She turned the kel
and the door swung OPEN
Thank goodness Helga had
done the cleaningl Norma pur
down her packages, threw Of hel
het and coat and tucked them oui
OF sight in the clothes closet. Sh'
thrust an enveloping apron oYel
her head and set to work.
She began with the least conse.
clential-fowers for the table
All the way from a cut-rate forisf
shop down town she had carried
a 25-cent bunch OF blue asters
Mark, seeing a basket or such
blossoms in a shop window a few
nights before, had declared tina.
no flowers on earth could equG
the glorious azure Of Norma'l
eyes. The asters. he said. onl!
showed how foolish it was FOL
them to try. Thereby IN the secre'
treasure place OF Norma's hear.
blue asters had become enshrined