Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-25
copyriEh, by ne Bosba-Merrm c.

Twerty-EiphtH InstaEimert
Except for the expedition I'D re-
cover the trunk there was no rea-
sen why she shouldn't have gone
~ work this morning az usual. 1T
though IN had been fun "a pretend
t0 ~ asleep whsle Babe was max
ing all sorts nf Sudden anl callin-
itogs noises in her effort ~ get
dressed and gei bier breakfast in
perfect silence. and really 70 faL
asleep again for another twenty
minutes after the studio door had
slammed behind her. But bv half
past nine she'd finished her own
breakfast washed the dishes. PM
The studio % rights and. dressed
fnr the street. WINS wishing that
Martin had set his hour earlier.
tIe had said ten O'Clock. hadn't hcF
When ten O'Clock passed without
bringing fliL. size began getting
cross Had be Just gone or 10
work WIS usual and forgotten All
about herr AZ haif-nast ten she
stopped being cross ami began fa.
he frightened. HAD Uncle VIII
i.am done some horrible thing tO
him tC yet him ont of the wavs OR
Claire. with d peari-handled re-
v%oiver. this time, in her little wrist
hags OR Max Lewis. or C0nley2
He'd been making formidable enc
mics in her cause, hand over fist.
during the last t~Nenty-f0ur hours.
When finally q few minutes after
eleven SHE heard a step She
thought was his come bounding up
the studio stairs and had darted
70 the door and flung II open, she
was so glad tH SEE him int -t, that
her eyes filled up seilh silly tears
again and she WAS in his arms be-
fore she knew IL
Thus q carefully planned effect
went eli 70 smash. A short raptnF-
0us eternity then went BY. the de-
tails Of which she was afterward
unable 10 remember except for the
electrifyine discovery that Martin
was trembling too ana that his eyes
were wet.
Bv ana NV. over "a the divan.
Martin made a confession. I'D
fully made up my mind" he told
her, "that Il he very calm and
br0therly this morning and at least
give you a chance TO think. III you
wanted ~. that the whole thing
had been "a blur for Uncle VIII
liam's benefit I told myself I'd BE
a dog tU take advantage on you. It
wasn't the money 7 minded so
much mean the chance that
fou're going 10 Be horribly rich.
That was what was worrying Uncle
william. Or course. But I remind
al myself Tat you'd only known
mc about j week. and you were q
uere child and probably didn't
snow what love was about. and
how much nobler Ii would Dc III II
showed you ] wasn't Just greedy
and was willing 10 wait. and II
viii wait; III wait seven years II
ron want me 70. But do you think
that conld make you any surerF~
II think" she told him. shat X
you'd said that first night az the
Alhambra. VIII You marry meY
instead Of do you want to be res
ruedY I'd have nodded my head
at you just the same Anyhow.
I've known since then
"Well, then" he said that's set
led anyhow" and he lee 70 one OF
her hands to fish "A ring out OF his
Haistcoat pocket and slip II on her
finger.
Il was a biindingly beautiful
thing, and she sat gazing az III,
S~pellbound. for about q minute, try
ing To realize what II was and what
L meant. But when she turned
back TO Martin to thank him with
a kiss, she caught him In the act Of
looking nc his watch. Even with
out that she could have told from
the way hts kiss felt that he had
something on his mind
-What il itY' she asked. Are
you thinking about that old trunk
Does II matter II we don't get ii
this morningi Does anything mat
terg"
There's only one thing that mat
ierss" he said. getting Up and nov
ilg away a little TO put himself
nut or temptation, ~and that's your
father. I think perhaps we can 90
something II we strike while the
ron 10 hot I haven't got il clear
enough to talk quite good sense