Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-24

seeming to remember. There will
have to be a double box office staff
at Willow Stream. We have a girl en-
gagged for the afternoons but I won
dered If Lame might not take over
the Job In the evenings
She's inexperienced. but I'm sure
she could manage H." Cass told
him.
"Liane7' Mrs. Cleesbaugh's magis-
terial dark eyes sought CaSs'
My child. She's 49," CasS ex-
planned. with that Surging OF pride
which always accompanied her ex-
PLANTATION.
Going home she found the city al
most endurable in the receding sun
light. II was easier TO be ~philoSophic
about the heat wave when one was
shortly moving 70 the country. She
looked az all the bright. clean little
shops almost fondly as she passed
them. The cheap. effective little
dresses in shop windows. Purple and
yellow and scarlet sports things.
Hats which were so nearly like the
creations Of Agnes and DeScat and
Suzanne Talbot. The Specious jewell
~ and shapely, glittering. small
shoes. All seemed a promise Of bet
ter days to come. Cass stopped at
a butcher shop near home and
bought three lamb chops. Two for
Lame. that growing girl. She hum
med as she unlocked the door OF
the apartment.
There was a note on the table. 70
said, Lame has gone 10 dinner with
me and some friends. Back about
TO- II was signed Molly Cronin.
The spark died in CaSs Barrett's
heart. She sat down. tired. like an
old. old woman. Lame out with
Molly and her crowd She didn't
like IL. Molly did well enough as a
neighbor. but for Lane 10 accept
her as an intimate hurt Cass cruel
". Molly with her nennaed hair and
scarlet fingertipS. her laiSsez-faire.
Some friends" CaSS shuddered az
this phrase. remembering the men
who usually passed her on the stairs
looking for Molly's flat. BOokmak-
ers in checked suits with huge. syn
thetio stones in their neckties. Hard
looking individuals wearing green
hats.
How could Lianei' Cas- muir
INJURED TO herself. Poor child, II was
easy TO see why she had gone. Lame
had no friends I'm New York. Molly
had probably offered a good time
as bait. dancing, delicious food.
Cass set drearily about the bust
ness OF cooking her chop. She put
the other two IN the tee box fol
the next day. All the spice had gone
out Of her own good news now. She
ate. washed up. and began to set
ready TO return 70 the theater. How
strange and silent the flat seemed
without the child
She was putting on her hat Wher
the doorbell rang. Three long peals
Cas- answered and stood there
shaking as a boy In uniform handed
her a note. II read.
Dear Mother Please come al
once to-24th street. / need you
Lane
CaSs thought her heart would
burst before she reached the sub.
way station. Five steps down. turn
seven steps more. An. there was q
train just pounding inl Somehow
she got the nickel into the slot
somehow she crowded through tht
turnStile. And now she was praying
ah, God. help me 10 get there! HelT
me 70 get there IN time! All The
dreadful things she had ever hearC
Of, all the tragic newspaper stories
OF tragic happenings involving younl
girls. came into her poor, tortured
mind. The other passengers saw
only a y~oung-old woman III a plair
blue dress. a woman who twisted
her handkerchief until Il tore:
Now CaSs "a IL the street. run
ming. running. oh. God. why doe
my heart pound SOL My little girl
IL was a shabby brownstOne house
in front Of which she presently
stood. a house as like as possible II
others in that ROY There had been
she could see. Some confusion. nov
being cleared away. "A small kno'
OF loiterers. In a boys mouth. the
word ambulance"
Her knees Sagged. She said, timor-
ously. TO the officer at the door
Tin Mrs. Barrett. / had a mes.
sage from my daughter. 20 come
to this address"
A worn face studied her keenly
somehow kindly. Yen find heI
back there" said this officer. point
ing his big thumb toward the in
terror Of the house. CaSS went ~