Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-25
The Sealed Trunk
By Henry KitcheI Webster
copyrtrht hy me Rohas-Msrrni Co. wNU Service
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Twenty-E Eighth InstaIIment
Except for the expedition 70 re-
cover the trunk there was no rea-
son why she shouldn't have gone
10 work this morning as usual. al
though II had been fun 10 pretend
70 be asleep while Babe was max
Ing all sorts of sudden and calam-
it0us noises In her effort 10 get
dressed and get her breakfast in
perfect silence. and really 10 fall
asleep again for another twenty
minutes after the studio door had
slammed behind her. But BY half
past nine she'd finished her own
breakfast, washed the dishes. put
the studio 10 rights and. dressed
for the street. was wishing that
Martin had set his hour earlier.
He had said ter O'Clock, hadn't her
When ten o'clock passed without
bringing him. she began getting
cross. Had he just gone of 10
work as usual and forgotten all
about her? AT .half-past ten she
stopped being cross and hogan W
be frightened. Had Uncle VIII
liam done some horrible thing to
him TO get him out Of the way. Or
Claire, with g pearl-handed re-
volver, this time, in her little wrist
bag? Or Max Lewis. or Conleyi
He'd been making formidable ene-
mics In her cause, hand over Est.
during the last twenty-four hours
When finally a few minutes after
eleven she heard d step she
thought was his come bounding up
the studio stairs and had darted
to the door and flung IL open, she
was SC glad 70 see him intact that
her eyes filed I'D with silly tears
again and she was In his arms be-
fore she knew IL
Thus a carefully planned effect
went all TO smash A short raptur-
Gus eternity then went by. the de-
tails OF which she was afterward
unable To remember except for the
electrifying discovery that Martin
was trembling too and that his eyes
were vet.
BY and BY, over on the divan-
Martin made q confession. I'D
fully made up my mind" he told
her, that I'd be very calm and
br0therly this morning and at least
give you a chance to think. IL you
wanted 10. that the whole thing
had been n blur for Uncle Will
liam's benefit I told myself I'd be
a dog to take advantage OF you. II
wasn't the money I minded 50
much mean the chance that
you're going 70 be horribly rich
That was what was worrying Uncle
william, OF course But I remind
"a myself tat you'd only known
ma about a week and you were q
mere child and probably didn't
know what love was about and
how much nobler 10 would DO IL I
showed you i wasn't Just greedy
and was Wiling 20 wait And I
WIN wait; IN wait seven years IL
you want me to. But DO you think
that could make you any surer?-
Il think" she todd him. that IL
y0u'd said that Hrst night ak the
Axhambra. WIN you marry meY
instead OF DO ycQ want TO be res
cuedT I'd have nodded my head
at you tnsE the sane Anyhow,
I've known since then
well then" he said, that's set
lied anyhow and he let 40 one OF
her hands Co fish a ring ont OF hts
wasgtcoat pocket and nip k On her
GnpeE
" was a bhndfngAy beautiful
thing. and abe sat gazing ne u.
spenbcund. for about q minute, try
Lng 20 realize what " was and what
Il meant But when she turned
back - Martin to thank him with
q kiss she caught him n the act OF
looking nc his watch. Even with
out thar she could have told from
the way his kiss felt that he had
something on his mind
What nm it7s she asked Are
you thfnktng about TINT cid tTunkf
Does NJ matter ~ we don't ret IL
this norningf Does anything mae-
terF~
There's onIy one tAing that mat
teFR- he nRAd. getting 70 and NOV
ing sway = little 20 put himself
outsaf teEnpk2kxon. and khat's your
tafaeE. I think perhaps We ean do
soEnethAng II 20 nkxz&a while tina
Iran II bot. ! haven't got IL clear
enough to talk quite Bood sense