Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-01

LANE BARRETT. ~ and hean-
tifui. Tivr. An n crnmpcd New York
apartment with hrr mother. CA8S
JARRETT. . rather faded actress
one hot night Lame goes 90 dfn-
ner with MOLLY cH0NfN. N neigh
hor. N two uf Mniiyis men
friends. The two men quarrel and
IL shot. Liznc. frantic. sends
Tor her mother who arrives and
ronvinces SHANE NfcDERMID. che
young policeman fn charge. hat
N Elrf e. Of wronEdo-
Ing That might af b theufer
where Cns~ a. playing Lame en-
counters q handsome stranger who
speaks her name.
A few days later Cnns md LIane
go 20 WIiiow Stream. T.. l.. where
lass has nm engagement an n
mmnff unnmer sponsored
by the wealthy MRS. CLEFs-
pACGH. Lame IL 20 work I'm the
boz once. sharing dEfies with
HuHiEL LADD. pretty society
niFi. ELSIE MfNTER. inK~nur.
Introduces Lame 90 Give CLEES-
PAUGH. son Of the thenfer patron.
shane McDermId comes 10 tell
Finnc the man wounded Am the
gun IRE will
AZ Muriel Lndd-s home Lame
again NEE the n a . o m .
stranger who spoke 10 her in the
thenter- lie a. VAN ROBARD.
when Lame mentions his nnme
Cnss becomes excited and makes
n girl promise Ca have nothing
more On 10 with him. Lame agrees
with reluctance.
Mrs. Creespaugh nsks Cnw9 60
let Lame stay with her during the
winter. CHUCK DESMOND, news
paper ninn who ndmirrs Murirl,
calls me the thenfrr and the two
drive away together. Mrs. Lndd
believes the couple have clipped
and n.t. noh.rd 60 And them. Hc
love 90 Limne. but later when
Elsie tells her Hobnrd has heen
Mrs. Indd's lover the EtrI -
crushed.
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VII
NTURIEL Ladd sat up I'm bed al
-'A the 81. Wilbraham. She pulled
the silksn coverlet over one bare
yawned and reached for
the telephone
WILLOW Stream of2." she said
sleepily. Then after a long pause,
This IN Miss MurIel.
Father home? Oh. motheri Yes.
put me on her wire"
She made a naughty face at her
charming reflection In the mirror.
Mother? When did you get
back? Oh. for Pete's sake stop
bowling or I can't tell you a thing,
AZ the ST. wilb'ram. OF course
Where d'you suppose I stay when
I come 70 town? Well. you can
ring back the desk II you like wien
l finish and ask the clerk when
checked in" Long pause. -Yes.
admit / did 10 dancing with him
What's all the shooting for? We
went 20 the Club Royal and I got in
at three. Don't be 40 steamed I'D
You thought I'd eloped? Darling
how / wish you were right. The
young mans too cagey. | put the
car In a garage. Well, I didn't want
to drive back that late. Oh. you
give me a double distilled paint"
On this Ilial note Muriel
slammed up the receiver. In o min,
ute the bell shrIIled again anu ..e
answered the summons with a
bored air.
What? or coErse I've got day.
time clothes. I stopped and took q
bag with me. Too bad you haven't
got something real 10 worry about
Goodbye
She dropped the coverlet and ran
for the bathroom where. amidst
gold-plated spigots and mammoth
bath towels monogrammed II. st
W.. Ehe proceeded to turn on tbs
hot water until the mirror and
window filmed over with steam.
Muriel warhled Il love you Sc
much. it's a wonder-you-don'i
feel H." as she laid out sheer, cItron
colored undertakings and sitting hall
a bottle Of rose geranium salts into
the boiling tub. Five minutes later
she emerged in her citron-coIoret
shift. rosy. stocklnglcss. Thus cas-
ually nttired. she sought the phone
again. This time she called a Beck
man number.
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