Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-26
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Lane Barrett. IL and beautiful,
i IN q cramped New York apart
r~0lt with her mother. Cass Bar
a rather faded actress. Cass
v les over their low finances.
Tnel she resolves an offer 70 play
al the Willow Stream Theater, a
Long Island play house " which
wealthy Mrs. C%laespaugh is patron
On a hot night CaSS rusheS home
to tell Lame this news. The girl
has been working in a department
store and has gone TO dinner with
Molly CrOnin. a neighhOr Of WHOM
Cas- dlSapproyeS, and two 81 Mol
Tvs men friends. Soon a note ar
riveS from Lane, begging her mo-
ther 20 come at once ~ q down
town address. Frantic. Cas- hastCns
there. Shane McDermid. young pc
liceman In charge. tells her that
the men with whom Molly ana
Lane dined have quarrelcu and one
Of them is shot. Touched by Lanes
youth and obvious innocence, he
releases her. Back at the thcater
Lame encounters a handsome
stranger who calls her by name.
Cas- and Liann leave for Willow
Stream. Elsie Minter. ingenue. goes
with them 10 play IN the same
company as CaSs. Lame is TO work
I'm the box office. Elsie introduces
Lane % Give Cleespaugh. son 81
the theater's patron. Shane Nc
Dermid comes 70 tell Lame That
the man wounded IN the gun fight
has recovered.
Now Go on With The story
CHAPTER III
Muriel Laid was the girl who
was To share Lanes duties III the
box office Mur.el was slender and
graceful. She had a skin Ike pOr-
ceiain. delicate, Ins0lent hrOwS and
an intimidating drawl. Muriel was
a willow Stream Junior Lacquer,
bored with life and anxious to
express herself She wore eX-
quisite sports clothes. and banded
a gypsy scarf about her head when
she rode. Her %iinEcrnal.5 were AS
lOn- as a mandarinS and she used
quantities OF exotic scent.
Lame was impressed Beside this
other girl who was her own age
she felt s.nEularly immature. Muir
lei spoke with equal carelessness Of
Biarritz and Monaco. of Milan and
Gibraltar and Burllngame and
Hawaii and Sartoga and Havre a.
Grace and AShcYillc. MIriel had
been everywhere. knew everybcdv
and liked nothing at all She tod
Lame that she could bear Dutch
beats better than English ones be-
cause the officers on the Dutch
line were "smooth!es." Lame didn't
know what she meant and said SO.
Muriel explained tolerantiy that
q smoothly was a darb. a love. a
cute thing or what have you? She
didn't seem 10 despiSe Lane Tor
her abysmal ignorance. Rather she
patronized her and tried 10 en-
tighten her.
Don't Won think = girl should
have affairs before she marries?'
Muriel drawled.
Lane looked shocked. She trem-
bled 10 think what the sisters m
st. Anne's would have thought of
Muriel Ladd
II really don't know she fall
tered. IL hadn't thought much
about H."
We'll. I do Muriel said coldly.
Il think IL accentuates her charm.
I think we're awfullv stupid and
provincial over here
She blew a cloud N smoke.
Come to dinner Saturday night.
she offered lazily. I've got a new
smoothly / want you to see Hes a
love. Awfullv old for me, o. course.
He's 80. But I like EN- that way.
Happens 10 be married but his
Vife's a dud and doesn't matter.
Come and watch my technique
Lane said. IF YOU really want
me MI ask mother"
Muriel laughed. You're a queer
one" She trilled. All this ask
mother stuff amuses me 70 death
Really Il does. I think you're one
OF those quiet. slv ones. Why. your
mothers not bothered about what
YOU do. Isn't she Oh the stage?
Isn't she broadminded? Seems 50
silly, to talk as II you were stiIl
IN kindergarten"
Lame defended herself. MY
mothers frightfully particular. Y
she said. She couldn't help being
scornful OF Muriel's opinions. She
allowed herself to be lofty on this
familiar ground. Everybody who
knows anything at all realizes that
people IN the profession are eX-
tremely circumSpect in their pri-
vate lives. You evidently believe all
you read in the papers"
Muriel looked slightly surprised
"Oh. come on. I didn't mean any
thing. really She said apo.ogetl-
cally. II was Just trying TO see what
you'd say. But do comet We need
an extra girl. Mothers at Bar Har-
Dor and I'm throwing this party
myself"
Liane allowed herself 10 be molli-
fled. She felt that she had won the
upper hand with this superior girl